The Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3i is a budget friendly laptop that should handle basic computing …
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Inexpensive E-TEN P300B Officially Released
Here’s a very inexpensive Pocket PC Phone Edition device that runs Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition and has Bluetooth! But wait, there’s more… it’s also set to be available in Europe for 380 Euro. Compare this to the XDA 2 for 800 Euro and the Eten looks quite nice. Another advantage this has over the XDA 2 and any other Phone Edition device currently on the market is that it supports the Voice Dialing function …
Continue readingWindows Mobile 2003 SE Upgrade Now Available for Toshiba e800!
Mobile Gadget News has posted that there is now an upgrade to Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition available to Toshiba e800 owners. You can download the ROM upgrade here. Mind you this is for the European version which includes Bluetooth.. so upgrade at your own risk. Originally published on Pocketnow on May 26, 2004. More News Archive articles from the Pocketnow archive.
Continue readingMessagEase Video available
Here’s a new video about the MessagEase input method software from ExIdeas. I think it’s very important for developers of pen-based human-computer interaction devices to further strive for efficient and usable input methods. As we know, the QWERTY keyboard was designed to be difficult to use such that typists would not jam the keys on their typwriters by typing too fast. Anyway, take a look at the MessagEase video to see how fast you can …
Continue readingPen Optimized Skin for Longhorn
There’s a screen shot photograph on Paul Thurott’s SuperSite for Windows that shows a Pen Optimized Skin for Longhorn-era Tablet PCs. This skin is designed for potential future Tablet PCs running 5-8 inch screens. As you can see, this will be quite similar to the Pocket PC today screen and thus could consolidate the Pocket PC’s OS as part of Longhorn. Either that, or future Windows CE based Pocket PCs will become much smaller, in …
Continue readingAnother Windows XP powered Mini Tablet PC
Now here’s Sony with a competitor to the OQO and Flipstart palm-sized Windows XP powered computers. They’re all still vaporware for now and I’m not sure what we’re supposed to be calling these things… Mini Tablet PCs? At any rate, the Sony Vaio supposedly will cost less than $2000. According to MS Mobiles, it probably won’t be running Windows XP Tablet PC Edition so it will likely need some other type of propietary screen-based input …
Continue readingAudiovox PPC4100 Pocket PC Phone Approved by FCC
Brighthand notes that the Audiovox PPC4100 has been approved by the FCC. It looks like we might have another Pocket PC Phone Edition in the North American market soon. Originally published on Pocketnow on May 12, 2004. More Hardware articles from the Pocketnow archive.
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