Mesh computing and pubs?
Posted on 18-Apr-2003 09:55 News, Computing
If you have a pub, a club or any business with lots of people, you might be interested in this.
Handspring to develop Smartphone for Orange
Posted on 16-Apr-2003 21:11 News, Palm
Handspring reported results for the third quarter of fiscal 2003 ended March 29, 2003 and announced an agreement with Orange to develop smartphones.
CNET Video: H5450 fingerprint
Posted on 16-Apr-2003 21:06 News, Windows Mobile Pocket PC
At the RSA security conference in San Francisco, CNET's Brian Cooley casts an eye over Hewlett-Packard's built-in biometric scanning technology, designed to replace passwords in PDAs and tablet PCs.
The Official Microsoft Smart Devices Developer Community
Posted on 16-Apr-2003 17:12 News, Development
This site provides the developer with essential information to help creating solutions for smart devices, which include Pocket PC 2000, Pocket PC 2002, Pocket PC Phone Edition, Smartphone, and Handheld PC as well as devices running the Windows CE .NET real-time embedded operating system.
Are you thinking of buying a MIRA?
Posted on 16-Apr-2003 07:14 News, Computing
ZDNET posted a review of the Viewsonic viewpanel, based on the Microsoft Smart Display (MIRA) technology. A single page with lots of information for people thinking of buying the new style of cordless display for your PC.
3G available in Australia
Posted on 15-Apr-2003 18:30 News, Computing
3 started operations today, opening its first stores in Australia, joining the British and Italian operations.
O2 sells Dutch operations
Posted on 14-Apr-2003 23:13 News, Mobile
MmO2, the mobile phone firm spun off from British Telecom, has announced its withdrawal from the Netherlands, with the sale of its Dutch unit for £17 million. British Telecom purchased 50% of the company in July 2000 for £1.2 billion.
Are you touring New Zealand?
Posted on 14-Apr-2003 18:40 News, Windows Mobile Pocket PC
I was reading the Pocket PC Magazine forums and found this interesting (but old) article on a trip around New Zealand, with a Pocket PC as a companion.
Hard to decide which PDA?
Posted on 14-Apr-2003 07:20 News, General
CNET posted a review of top PDAs, including the H1910, Dell Axim, some Sony Clie models and Palm Tungsten T. Worth checking if you're in the market looking for a new device.
Shade coming to a mobile near you...
Posted on 13-Apr-2003 18:06 News, Computing
The game Shade, from Canadian company Cosmic Infinity comes to New Zealand this weekend, brought of Telecom NZ. Shade is a RPG where mobile users can game against real players from Australia, Canada and USA.
Telecom NZ videos
Posted on 13-Apr-2003 10:45 News, Computing
I was reading the Xtra MSN website and found a page full of TV ads and information about the Telecom NZ 027 (CDMA).
3 confirms price cut for 3G phones
Posted on 13-Apr-2003 10:17 News, Mobile
Slow uptake of 3G in UK forces 3 to move and reduce handset prices. Perhaps the public is really not interested in paying more for the "opportunity" to see a soccer match on the little tiny screen. Or not very interested in writing e-mails using a phone keypad. Something that I still don't understand, is why operators think that mobile services have to be provided with such limited interfaces. May be we need a phone with touch screen, but not the size of the Pocket PC Phone Edition?
CNET Video: GoToMyPC goes mobile
Posted on 12-Apr-2003 17:15 News, Computing
A 5:50 min CNET video about the upcoming release of GoToMyPC PocketView, which touts full wireless access to your computer using a browser on Windows CE and Pocket PC mobile devices. Brian Cooley hosts Klaus Shauser, founder and CTO, ExpertCity.
Vodafone live! available in New Zealand now
Posted on 12-Apr-2003 11:52 News, Computing
I was lucky enough to be invited by some Vodafone folks to a Rugby match last night, and had a glimpse of the Vodafone live! service in New Zealand.
TextMaker promotion is now over
Posted on 12-Apr-2003 10:26 News, Windows Mobile Pocket PC
TextMaker offered a free download of TextMaker for Windows software, a complement to their TextMaker for Pocket PC. In seven days users downloaded 6,124 copies of this software.
