Roaming Messenger under test on Samsung i600
Posted on 30-Apr-2004 08:00 News, Software
Currently targeted at the Homeland Defense and Emergency Response sectors, future markets include Enterprise automation and mobile commerce.
Who wants to pay for content?
Posted on 29-Apr-2004 23:19 News, Mobile
Nokia commissions a study to try and find out if consumers are willing to pay for mobile content. No surprise: young people are more willing to pay for content.
BluePhoneMenu for Mac OS Bluetooth
Posted on 29-Apr-2004 08:06 News, Bluetooth
BluePhoneMenu is a small application that adds Caller ID functionality to the Mac OS 10.3 menu bar and desktop using your Bluetooth enabled phone.
Orange celebrates tenth anniversary
Posted on 28-Apr-2004 23:00 News, Mobile
In ten years the company set as the largest UK mobile operator and one of the biggest innovators, launching the first Windows Mobile Smartphone, new push-to-talk services and M2M platform.
Handheld shipments decline in Q1 2004
Posted on 28-Apr-2004 19:48 News, Computing
According to IDC, worldwide handheld device shipments declined 12% from previous year. Numbers show that while palmOne declines 38.7%, HP rises 24.8%.
Impressive numbers on British SMS usage
Posted on 28-Apr-2004 19:43 News, Mobile
Numbers for the month of March 2004 show an increase of nearly 80 million on February's total. More than 2.1 billion messages sent during March alone.
palmOne introduces two color Zire handhelds
Posted on 28-Apr-2004 18:36 News, Palm
The new Zire 31 is a good value entry-level PDA, while the Zire 72 brings enhanced multimedia and easy of use Bluetooth wizard.
Beta testers for Spb GPRS Monitor for Smartphone wanted
Posted on 27-Apr-2004 23:09 News, Software
Spb Software House needs beta testers for Spb GPRS Monitor Smartphone. This new application is very similar to its Pocket PC predecessor, Spb GPRS Monitor 2.0, and will provide you with detailed information about your online traffic amount and its costs.
ZiLOG keeps improving IrDA
Posted on 27-Apr-2004 08:41 News, Computing
ZiLOG launches the ZirDA, an embedded 8-bit solutions for flash-based IrDA, available for mobile phones, digital cameras and PDAs.
Symbian likely to lead Smartphone OS market through end of decade, says research company
Posted on 27-Apr-2004 08:35 News, Computing
In a market that is still driven by proprietary OS, on the order of 98% this year, Symbian, Microsoft and Linux are fighting over a small portion of the total handset market. But 2% of handsets shipped still amount to about 10 million handsets a year. And ABI Research predicts that Smartphones and connected PDAs will represent nearly a quarter of all handsets shipped by 2009.
Trade-in promotion for HP iPAQ Pocket PC customers
Posted on 27-Apr-2004 08:25 News, Windows Mobile Pocket PC
HP is offering customers a cash-back offer of $50 or more toward the purchase of a new HP iPAQ h1940 or h2210 series Pocket PC when they trade in an old PDA through 10 July 2004. Offer include software for Mac OS sync if Mac-based Palm users use the trade-in.
New ActiveSync 3.7.1 available
Posted on 26-Apr-2004 21:54 News, Software
It was noted that a newer version of ActiveSync (Build 4034) is now available for Windows Mobile users.
