O2 XDA II vs. Sony Ericsson P900

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Here’s a review posted on HowardForums.com that details the differences between the XDA II and Sony P900. He gets a few things wrong, however. For example, the send SMS menu is in the Contacts list view and the “Beam” command does both IR and Bluetooth on the XDA II. Although, I agree that the “Send SMS” and “Call Contact” menu commands should also be in the opened Contact item dialog. There’s also some nice pictures …

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New pictures of the Lenovo ET560 Pocket PC Phone

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Wow! Some new photos of this Pocket PC Phone with a flip-and-twist screen have surfaced. See the source URL for size comparisons. This Pocket PC phone will have Bluetooth, SDIO, 64Mb RAM, 400Mhz Xscale, and dualband GSM/GPRS. It’s too bad it won’t work in North America. Originally published on Pocketnow on January 7, 2004. More Hardware articles from the Pocketnow archive.

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New SmartPhone Studio software for managing SMS messages

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Some one at MoDaCo has finally created an application that will allow you to back up and manage SMS messages on your Windows Mobile Smartphone or Pocket PC Phone. An English version is also available. The program allows you to view SMS, send SMS, export/import SMS, copy/move/delete SMS, view contacts/SIM contacts, export/import contacts, and copy/move/delete contacts. This is a great program to have if you need to do a hard reset and don’t want to …

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Pocket PC Phone with 1.1 Megapixel camera

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A photo review of the LG-SC8000 Pocket PC phone has been posted at Intizen.com as reported by MSmobiles.com. The Windows Mobile 2003 Phone Edition includes a 1.1 Megapixel camera as well as a slide-out keypad. It looks like the camera also includes a flash. I don’t see any mention of Bluetooth or WiFi though. Originally published on Pocketnow on December 18, 2003. More Hardware articles from the Pocketnow archive.

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Samsung Ships Linux Phone

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Here’s an interesting new PDA Phone. It’s basically a Linux version of the Samsung SCH-i700. “Samsung recently launched its first Linux smartphone, the SCH-i519 for China. The CDMA 1xRTT phone is based on the same hardware as the Windows-Mobile-powered SPH-i700, but runs Embedded Linux. The Linux software includes a full web browser, email client, MP3 player, and is compatible with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and PDF documents, MSN and ICQ for instant messaging, and syncs with …

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