MSmobiles.com posted some information about a new Orange SPV 2 Smartphone. There’s no pictures available yet, but it sounds like there will finally be a Microsoft Smartphone with Bluetooth. Originally published on Pocketnow on August 12, 2003. More Smartphone News articles from the Pocketnow archive.
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Cell Phones, Billboards Play Tag
“Due to be launched in 20 cinemas in mid-July, the Hypertag technology will enable mobile-phone and PDA users one-click access to Web pages by pointing and clicking at advertising posters. ” Mobile content here we come! This new Hypertag technology uses Infrared and/or Bluetooth to allow users to access more information online. The technology opens up alot of other possible uses as well… “For example, it could be used in museums and galleries, where visitors …
Continue readingBuyMusic.com off to a rocky start.
Buy.com last week released their answer to Apple’s iTunes Music Store called BuyMusic.com. The service allows you to purchase songs in Windows Media format at low cost. “But in an example of the technological trickiness involved in offering users the freedom they desire while giving music labels the protections they demand, early customers have found they can’t transfer the tunes they buy on BuyMusic.com to digital portables.” – USA Today Here’s another user’s bad experience …
Continue readingMedia Consolidation in a Broadband Era
An article in the August issue of PC Magazine discusses the new Handspring Treo 600 and HP iPAQ 2200 PDAs. Michael J. Miller suggests that the days of the standalone PDA are numbered. I agree! I would never buy a PDA that didn’t include at least Bluetooth and GSM/GPRS wireless capabilities. Miller is also anticipating great things from Windows Mobile 2003 Phone Edition devices. Originally published on Pocketnow on July 23, 2003. More Smartphone News …
Continue readingEuro Q2 smartphone sales sky rocket
“The European PDA market is bouncing back, according to the latest figures from market watcher Canalys.” But it seems smartphone shipments are doing very well in the linked article from the Register. Originally published on Pocketnow on July 23, 2003. More Smartphone News articles from the Pocketnow archive.
Continue readingReliability Matters
Here’s an article (PDF download) about increasing productivity and reliability in businesses. It references a solution where Hanau City Hospital in Germany used iPAQ H5450 PDAs that “instantly puts at doctors’ fingertips all the information they need.” It also references a solution for Kone Elevators that enables real-time business communications using iPAQ Pocket PCs and bluetooth-enabled mobile phones. Originally published on Pocketnow on July 21, 2003. More Smartphone News articles from the Pocketnow archive.
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