The Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3i is a budget friendly laptop that should handle basic computing …
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Pocket MSN Maps & Directions
If you’ve signed up for Pocket MSN, the preview of MSN Mobile’s Maps & Directions web application becomes re-accessible. While the link is no longer available at the MSN Mobile website, you can now access it from here so long as your passport account has the Pocket MSN feature added. What do you think about having to pay for MSN Mobile features like this? Originally published on Pocketnow on June 2, 2004. More News Archive …
Continue readingPretec 2 GB MMC 4 card
“At Computex Taipei Pretec demonstrated a new 2 GB card which conforms to the new MMC 4 standard and which Pretec are calling the ‘World’s Fastest Flash Memory Card’. Thanks to the fact that MMC 4 allows for transfer of 4-bits of data in parallel this new card has a quoted write speed of around 18 MB/sec (120X) and a read speed of around 22.5 MB/sec (150X). If verified this card would indeed be far …
Continue readingPocket MSN software integrates MSN Hotmail with Pocket PC
At MSN Mobile, you can now sign up for the Pocket MSN Trial Program for your Windows Mobile 2003 devices. The Trial Program lasts for 6 months at no charge. After you sign up, you’ll be able to download the Pocket MSN software which will create a new Hotmail account in your Inbox application for sending/recieving Hotmail email. It will also install a Today Screen plug in that lets you sign in to Passport, and …
Continue readingMicrosoft to undercut iPod price with player
From the Denver Post: “Microsoft Corp., the world’s largest software maker, will begin selling portable music players for as much as 80 percent less than Apple Computer Inc.’s iPod. The Microsoft-branded devices will “look and feel” as good as the iPod for as little as $50, said Yusuf Mehdi, corporate vice president of MSN at Microsoft Corp., at the Goldman Sachs fifth annual Internet Conference in Las Vegas. The iPod sells for $249 to $499. …
Continue readingStowaway Bluetooth Wireless Keyboard
Wow, this is great! Here’s a foldable Bluetooth keyboard that works with most Bluetooth enabled Pocket PCs, Tablet PCs, Laptops, and some mobile phones! Gary Garland has posted some thoughts on it here, and it has surfaced on Pocket PC Thoughts as well. I wonder how many devices you can pair it with and I wonder how you can switch between those multiple devices if such functionality is possible. Originally published on Pocketnow on May …
Continue readingMobile Devices Chat at the Expert Zone
At 3pm Pacific Time today, there will be a Mobile Devices Chat at Microsoft’s Expert Zone. This is a great place to get live assitance from Microsoft professionals on your Windows Mobile device. Originally published on Pocketnow on May 27, 2004. More News Archive articles from the Pocketnow archive.
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