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Archives: April 2004
Fri Apr 30, 2004
Today Bjorn Endre sits down and takes a look at the Prolink PlayTV@7000. | |
Zi Corporation Awarded eZiText® License Agreements by Five Asian Handset Manufacturers |
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Zi Corporation (Nasdaq: ZICA) (TSX: ZIC), a leading provider of intelligent interface solutions, today announced that it has added to its growing base of original equipment and design manufacturers (OEMs and ODMs) using the Company’s technology with the signing of licensing agreements for its new Version 6 of eZiText® predictive text technology by five Asian handset manufacturers, increasing the worldwide total of licensees to more than 100. Under the terms of the various license agreements with these five new customers, Zi receives upfront payment fees and ongoing royalties based on the number of handsets embedded with its technology that are sold by each manufacturer. More... | |
For those of you who like the traditional look and feel of a leather case, but are left slightly apprehensive in terms of not providing enough protection for your PDA…Proporta’s newest collection of cases may be the perfect solution. | |
Puget Sound Foods, Inc. Launch’s New Gourmet Naturals Flavor |
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Mercer Island, WA, U.S.A. – Puget Sound Foods, Inc. announces today that it has introduced a new Mustard flavor in its popular Gourmet Naturals line – Alder Smoked Walla Walla Onion Mustard. | |
6GB CompactFlash card pricing reduced, 12GB CF card announced by Pretec |
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Pretec™ Electronics Corp. http://www.pretec.com offers a complete spectrum of small form factor memory cards and card readers such as ATA/CF card, IDE & Mini-IDE Flash Drive (MIDE™), SmartMedia™, MultiMedia Card™, and SD Card for the digital imaging, mobile computing, and Military/Industrial Control markets; and is the creator of Innovative CompactI/O™ cards for PocketPC™, digital cameras and many IA devices. Pretec has consistently demonstrated the highest capacity CF cards in the world; such as 80MB, 128MB, 160MB, 320MB, 640MB, 1.5GB, 2GB, 3GB, 6GB and 12GB CF card at various locations around the world for the past five years. More... | |
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Pretec Electronics Corp., the inventor of CompactI/O (CF I/O card) since 1997, demonstrates seven (7) new Secure Digital (SD) I/O cards for PocketPC and Palm OS PDA at Pretec booth #IW233B of the North America Retail Vision event here at Hyatt Grand Champions Resort & Spa hotel; including SD WLAN (802.11b), SD Bluetooth, SD GPS, SD 56kbps Modem, SD Camera (VGA and 1.3 mega-pixel), and SD Barcode Scanner. Pricing ranges from $79 to $199, five (5) of Pretec SD I/O cards will be offered to retail market by Q2/2004, while VGA SD Camera will be only available for OEM customers and SD Barcode Scanner mainly for vertical applications and industrial customers. Thu Apr 29, 2004
Not only are all current GBA emulators flirting with copyright laws, they're now violating a Nintendo patent. | |
Linux PDA framework project preps next major release, invites testers |
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The Open Palmtop Integrated Environment (Opie) project has released a developer preview release in hopes of attracting testers for a pending stable release. The Opie 1.1.3 release previews a "vastly improved" version of the free graphical application environment for Linux handhelds and webpads, project leaders say. | |
Night for Niños A Benefit Cocktail Event Supporting Fabretto Children’s Foundation |
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Enjoy cocktails, hors d’ oeuvres, a LIVE Cuban Jazz Quartet and dancing. Hear Kevin Marinacci, founder of Fabretto, speak on Fabretto’s work in Nicaragua. Bid on a fantastic array of silent auction items. Drinks specials - $3 Coronas and $4 Margaritas. Help support and raise money for a good cause. 124 South Washington St, Seattle, WA · Reception - 6:00-7:45 p.m. Guests will enjoy a complementary glass of champagne or a cocktail, hors d’ oeuvres and get an early preview of the fantastic array of silent auction items. · Cuban Jazz Quartet 6:00-9:00 p.m. LIVE Cuban Jazz band! · Presentation by Fabretto Founder Kevin Marinacci and Francis Rienzo, President of the Fabretto Children's Foundation - 7:45-8:00 p.m. Learn more about Fabretto’s progress and our work with Nicaragua’s kids. · Night for Niños Fiesta – 8:00 onwards. (after 9 pm, the doors will open to the public) · Silent Auction – Take home smart phones, gift certificates to restaurants, spa packages and much more! · Dancing, dancing, dancing – With music by LIVE Latin ensemble until 9pm, DJ afterwards! · Attire: Cocktail. · Tickets: Please purchase tickets on-line at www.fabretto.org/seattle · Donation: $35 in advance, $40 at the door (includes hors d’ oeuvres, a glass of champagne or cocktail, jazz band plus free entry into the post party). More... | |
Multi-Media Messaging for palmOne's Zire 72 Handheld Built Upon Electric Pocket's Pixer MMS Architecture. | |
New Samsung SPH-i700 & Toshiba e4XX/8XX Stylii Available @ Pocket PC Techs |
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They are now shipping a 2-in-1 Stylus for the Samsung SPH-i700 and a 2-in-1 Stylus for Toshiba e4XX/8XX Series Pocket PC Phones. | |
PalmSource(TM), Inc. (NASDAQ:PSRC) provider of Palm OS(TM), a leading operating system powering next generation mobile devices and smartphones, today announced the appointment of Betsy Rafael to the PalmSource board of directors. Rafael currently serves as vice president, corporate controller and principal accounting officer at Cisco Systems, Inc. More... | |
MTI Micro Executives to Speak at Fuel Cell And Industry Conferences |
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MTI MicroFuel Cells Inc. (MTI Micro), a subsidiary of Mechanical Technology Inc. (NASDAQ:MKTY) will discuss MTI Micro's recent progress in the development and commercialization of Direct Methanol Fuel Cells (DMFCs) as a power source for portable electronics during the 6th Annual Small Fuel Cells 2004 Conference, May 5-7 at the Double Tree Hotel and Conference Center in Arlington, VA. | |
SplashID safely and securely stores all of your personal identification information including user names, passwords, credit cards, calling cards, bank accounts, PINs, and more. Information is stored in a secure, encrypted format and is quickly accessible on a Palm OS handheld or Desktop computer with the included desktop software. More... | |
Wed Apr 28, 2004
XcelleNet, Inc., the leader in management solutions for the front lines of business, today announced that it has been recognized as the outstanding partner in Microsoft Corp.'s Mobility Partner Advisory Council (MPAC) for the first quarter of 2004. XcelleNet received the top honor for exceeding partnership requirements and maximizing MPAC opportunities. More... | |
With the growing number people building their own PC’s and upgrading their existing PC’s we have been seeing a huge explosion in the PC upgrade market. New upgrades from advanced memory modules, enhanced power supplies, advanced cooling solutions. Many of these upgrades are used to achieve superior system performance and stability while overclocking the CPU. Even if you do not overclock your system replacing your existing components with premium parts may lead to better system stability and performance over the stock parts. Our friends over at ClubOC.net, Bjorn3d.com, ViperLair.com and TweakNews.net have several new reviews that will enlighten you to these system enhancements. More... | |
Astraware and Pazzazz take you beyond the frontline with Hellfire for the Pocket PC and Palm |
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Today sees the release of the latest game from the team that brought you GTS Racing Challenge, Astraware and Pazzazz Games' Hellfire: Apache vs. Hind, a dynamic new helicopter based 3D arcade action game, that puts you in the pilot’s seat of a state of the art helicopter gunship, and takes you on a worldwide tour of duty.Quote: | |
Telecom Communications, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: TCOM) announced today that its focus in marketing and promotion of the SMS and MMS contents and services in the past 6 months has been achieving major success. Telecom Communications China operations has acquired more than 6 million subscribers through cooperation with its partners, such as Service Providers of China Mobile Communications Corp, China Unicom and China Telecom. More... | |
STMicroelectronics Enters Trusted Platform Market with Complete TCG 1.2 Solution |
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STMicroelectronics (NYSE:STM) announces the introduction of a personal computer security solution meeting the Trusted Computing Group (TCG) 1.2 specification, which was published in November 2003. The TCG is a broad alliance of major hardware and software companies which aims to create more secure computing environments through the use of hardware building blocks and cross-platform software interfaces, without compromising functional integrity, privacy or individual rights. | |
PDA Buyer's Guide has published in-depth reviews of both new Zires. Here are the links to the reviews in case you wish to share with your readers: | |
Building on the success of the best-selling Zire(TM) handhelds, palmOne, Inc. (NASDAQ:PLMO) , the world's leading maker of handheld computers and maker of highly acclaimed smartphones, today announced two color Zire handhelds. | |
Tue Apr 27, 2004
The Osler Medical Handbook for the PDA covers all of the essential topics encountered in the daily practice—written by contributors from the Johns Hopkins Hospital. A volume in the Mosby Handbook series, it concisely discusses all diseases and disorders in an easy-to-follow, standardized outline format. Readers will find all of the features that have made The Harriet Lane Handbook the most popular handbook in pediatrics. Within each section is information on pearls and pitfalls, differential diagnoses, algorithms, and reviews of the most current literature. More... | |
Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) have become a daily productivity tool for millions of business users. A new study of PDA users, however, points to a significant risk to companies, as large numbers of employees store company-sensitive information on the small, easily lost or stolen devices with virtually no security protection of any kind. More... | |
Navman, a leading designer and manufacturer of world-class global positioning systems (GPS), communication and marine products, announced today its new powerful and featured-packed SmartST(TM) Version 2 software. With the advanced capabilities today's consumers expect from a comprehensive GPS solution, V2 delivers a cutting edge navigation feature set. The new software is available on Navman's popular Windows(R) Mobile(TM) Pocket PC solutions, and on Navman's iCN 630 transferable in-vehicle navigation devices. Innovative, safe and easy-to-use, Navman's suite of navigation solutions with V2 software are the most dependable guidance system on the market. More... | |
Navman Announces New Additions to its Popular GPS 4000 Series Bluetooth Navigation Line |
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Navman, a leading designer and manufacturer of world-class global positioning systems (GPS), communication and marine products, announced today the latest addition to its innovative line of GPS products for the consumer electronics market, the Navman GPS 4410. Designed for use with Bluetooth(TM)-enabled Pocket PCs, this upgraded version of Navman's popular GPS 4400 leverages the power of the advanced navigation software and the latest in wireless technology, to deliver the next generation of handheld guidance systems. Additionally, Navman has released a GPS 4100 hardware-only solution for consumers looking to use other navigation software with Navman's Bluetooth technology. More... | |
Participate Systems, a provider of online customer- and sales-support solutions, announced the addition of TiVo Inc. to its growing list of world-class customers. TiVo selected Participate Systems' hosted software solution, Participate Enterprise (PE), to provide TiVo subscribers with a new support channel to help resolve support-related issues. More... | |
ACCESS Announces Availability of NetFront v3.1 Browser for UIQ Platform for Symbian OS |
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ACCESS , a global provider of mobile Internet technologies, today announced the immediate availability of its NetFront v3.1 browser software for UIQ 2.x, a customizable user interface platform for smartphones based on the widely adopted Symbian OS. NetFront v3.1 redefines the mobile Internet browsing experience for UIQ 2.x devices with advanced rendering technologies like Smart-Fit Rendering(TM) and Rapid-Render(TM), two unique technologies that dramatically improve the quality and speed of the browsing experience. A free demonstration version of NetFront v3.1 for UIQ 2.x is available for download from the ACCESS Systems Europe Web site www.access-sys-eu.com More... | |
Zagat Survey Releases 2004 Top International Hotels, Resorts & Spas |
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"The results of this survey prove that you don't need to spend top dollar to enjoy top quality. In large parts of the world the travel industry is still a buyer's market with truly astounding values widely available," said Tim Zagat, co-publisher and CEO of Zagat Survey. "This guide will help travelers find the places thousands of surveyors have identified as the best in luxury travel." | |
If you have never heard of Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edtion before, you'll be probably very pleased. However, there is one important thing - I don't have a real Windows Mobile 2003 Second edition or at least upgraded device, yet. All screenshots you will see are taken from SDK for Pocket PC which is already being available for developers. I don't think that there will be a lot of major changes in the final system, but that depends mainly on the manufacturers. | |
Mon Apr 26, 2004
Reminder of tomorrows meeting for Tuesday April 27th. PSHUG will be temporarily using new meeting rooms for the months of April and May. The location of the TUESDAY, 4/27 meeting is in the Okanogan Room (#1086) in Building 50 on the Microsoft campus. | |
The Madshrimps take a look at what makes a good hardware upgrade, is every bit piece out there worth your money? | |
Sybase Brings Fans Closer to LPGA Action With New AvantGo Mobile Channel |
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SYNOPSIS: Sybase, the official wireless software provider for the Ladies Professional Golf Association, unveils new AvantGo channel for LPGA.com to deliver golf tournament news updates, schedules, and player statistics to PDAs and smartphones. More... | |
Unbiased Standard-of-Care Drug Treatment Guidelines Now Available on PDA |
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According to a recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, only about half of patients receive standard of care treatment. To provide health care professionals with up-to-date standard of care treatment information, The Medical Letter today released the PDA version of Treatment Guidelines from The Medical Letter, a publication that provides authoritative drug prescribing recommendations. Treatment Guidelines, also available in print and online, provides physicians and other healthcare professionals with unbiased drug treatment recommendations for common diseases. | |
Visto Corporation Receives Prestigious Investors' Choice Award at Wireless Ventures |
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Visto Corporation www.visto.com, the leading provider of personal and corporate mobile messaging solutions to wireless operators for the broadest set of mobile device platforms, today announced it has been awarded the prestigious Investors' Choice award at the Dow Jones Wireless Ventures conference. Based on selections by an audience of more than 300 leading investment and industry professionals, the ten winners were selected from among 54 companies whose CEOs were invited to present their business plans. The winners were announced at the conclusion of last week's Wireless Ventures 2004 conference held in Redwood Shores, California. The award recognizes privately held companies judged most likely to succeed. More... | |
The Iomega Floppy Plus 7-In-1 Card Reader is designed for simple, portable convenience. Just one inch tall and with a smaller footprint than a CD jewel case, the attractive two-tone design in silver and grey travels easily in any laptop computer bag and weighs just 12 ounces (340 g). A single USB cable handles all power and data requirements. Front-loading slots let users read and write the most common memory card formats and transfer data between different media types, providing an all-in-one solution that can replace multiple card readers. More... | |
Small and Home Office (SOHO) users can now wirelessly print from a Bluetooth-enabled computer or PDA using IOGEAR's new Bluetooth USB Print Adapter or Bluetooth USB/Parallel Combo Print Adapter. The two new products allow employees to share one printer, print from multiple devices like PDAs and reduce the amount of messy wires lying around. | |
Opus Technologies Titanium Tiny Tower TT-501 Review @ Club Overclocker |
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Sat Apr 24, 2004
PocketPCTechs.com is truly a PDA enthusiast's accessory supplier |
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OK, a little off topic but I ordered a bundle of gear for my XDA II from PPCTechs and received it in less than 24 hours. Granted I am in Seattle and they are in California so it's not a huge distance but they were very responsive. | |
Fri Apr 23, 2004
Although PCs may provide most of Nvidia’s near-term revenues, the company also remains focused on cell-phone and PDA opportunities that last year’s acquisition of MediaQ enabled it to pursue. Nvidia has, at least for the moment, shelved MediaQ’s ARM core-inclusive chips but is continuing the development of multimedia coprocessors. The latest products include the GoForce 3000, targeting $149 cell phones, and the higher end GoForce 4000 for fuller featured $199 phones. GoForce 3000 embeds 320 kbytes of SRAM, interfaces to 2 million-pixel camera modules, hardware-accelerates 2- and 3-D graphics functions, and decodes CIF-resolution MPEG-4 Simple Profile and H.263 video streams at 30 frames/sec. GoForce 4000 doubles the amount of embedded memory over its lower end sibling and adds CIF-resolution, 30-frame/sec video-encoding capabilities, along with 3 million-pixel still-camera support. Nvidia has its work cut out for it; the market for handheld multimedia accelerators is quickly becoming crowded. Intel’s (www.intel.com) 2700G, previously code-named Marathon, is a formidable foe, especially when the company bundles it with the latest generation PXA270 XScale processors. | |
GE Energy Will Showcase Key Technology at the GITA Conference in Seattle |
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GE Energy will showcase its latest GIS software, the Smallworld 4 product suite, at the 2004 GITA Annual Conference and Exhibition in Seattle, Wash., from April 25-28. | |
What makes the Zire line different? It was created specifically for the consumer market, not for corporate accounts (which were having a problem justifying handheld computers anyway). | |
Microsoft has broken into the Chinese market with a Windows Pocket PC Phone edition wireless PDA, the CU928 from Daxian. | |
accelenation.com has a 3-in-1 article taking a close look at the company and three of its leading products: the CNPS-7000A-Cu CPU cooler; the ZM80C-HP + ZM-OP1 VGA cooler; and the ZM400B-APS 400W PSU. | |
Thu Apr 22, 2004
Zalman ZM-RS6F Theatre 6 Real Surround Headphones Review @ myWORLD |
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BlueTake BT009M Bluetooth USB 2.0 Pen Drive Review @ Modtown |
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Quote:At the recent Palmsource Developer conference, Palm announced that new version of the Palm operating system would no longer include any desktop-based sync software for the Mac. This of course leaves devoted Mac-based Palm users with dramatically fewer options. | |
Sales of palmOne's Zire Handheld Family Surpass 3 Million Units in Fewer than 18 Months |
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palmOne, Inc. (NASDAQ:PLMO) has sold more than 3 million Zire(TM) subbranded handhelds in fewer than 18 months, spurred by worldwide sales of the original $99 entry- level Zire handheld and the $299 media-rich Zire 71 handheld. | |
New Handsfree Headphone Adapter & Repair Services for XDA II |
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The PPCPADPT04 Handsfree adapter for the XDA is one of the most popular headset adapters that Pocket PC Techs have made. They have retooled and released a new replacement version of the adapter, PPCPADPT11, that is compatible with both the XDA & XDA II as well as several other systems. This adapter is best used with headphones or in an automobile setting. This adapter converts the proprietary 4 conductor Jack to a 3.5mm standard stereo headphone jack while enabling the internal microphone. The adapter cable is approximately 3" | |
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Wed Apr 21, 2004
Who has not played Counterstrike online? Well time to see how good bots are with Counter Strike: Condition Zero. | |
Elegant Algorithms Releases Flybackup™ 1.5 For Palm Powered™ Handhelds And Smartphones |
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Elegant Algorithms, a leading provider of innovative data compression solutions for the Palm OS® mobile computer users, announced the release of new product FlyBackUp 1.5 with built-in cutting edge data compression technology. | |
Stenograph Selects Socket’s Cordless Technology for Wireless Court Reporting |
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Socket Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCKT, PSE: SOK), the Mobile Connection™ Company, and Stenograph, L.L.C., the market-leader of court reporting technology, today announced that Stenograph has elected to recommend and offer Socket’s Cordless Serial Adapter (CSA) with Bluetooth® Wireless Technology to Stenograph’s worldwide customer base of professional court reporters. Stenograph is the leading developer of computer aided transcription (CAT) software. Case CATalyst, a 32-bit Windows CAT product, is used by more than 11,000 professional court reporters. | |
With many rumors flying around on several PPC Phone Edition devices, PDABuyersGuide.com decided to put all things in one place, they have posted a collection of information about current an upcoming Pocket PC Phone Edition devices like the XDAII, iPAQ 6300, Motorola MPx, AnexTEK SP-230, and Audiovox PPC 5050. Be sure to check it out: | |
Sybase Unlocks Information Through Simplified Access From Any Communications Device |
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Agreement to acquire assets of Dejima adds patented technology to simplify access to backend data, applications and information using mobile messaging and natural language technologies | |
Cingular Wireless Launches Cutting-'Edge' Technology in South Florida |
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Cingular Wireless customers in South Florida who use wireless data services are in for big gains -- in performance and speed. Cingular today announced the deployment of Enhanced Data for GSM Environments (EDGE) technology in its South Florida market and the availability of its new SonyEricsson GC82 EDGE PC card. | |
Intellisync Launches Desktop Synchronization for Windows Mobile-Based Smartphones |
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Intellisync Corporation (NASDAQ:SYNC) , a leading provider of synchronization and mobilization solutions formerly known as Pumatech, today announced that its award-winning Intellisync(R) desktop synchronization software now supports Microsoft Windows Mobile-based Smartphones. | |
Release Provides More Powerful and Flexible Applications Through Extended IntegrationWith Microsoft Office, SQL Server and Windows Mobile-Based Pocket PCs | |
Tue Apr 20, 2004
myWORLD Hardware has just posted their latest article for this week. This time, we covered PC Fair (I) 2004 at PWTC. PC Fair is Malaysia’s biggest computer cash and carry event organized by PIKOM. | |
JAVOedge announces a never before seen skin case for the Palm Tungsten E |
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New case for the Tungsten E uses Javo's unique translucent silicon covering “JAVOSkin”. It’s flexible nature and durability makes it ideal for outdoor use and provides protection for the Tungsten’s exposed surfaces and connectors. | |
Responding to enthusiastic feedback from OneNote(TM) users, Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) today announced the release of Microsoft(R) Office OneNote 2003 Service Pack 1 (OneNote SP1) Preview, a software update that delivers technical updates and feature enhancements requested by customers to help them better capture, organize and share their notes and information. Customer feedback from newsgroups, surveys, focus groups and customer visits directly impacted 90 percent of the new SP1 features, including increased integration with Microsoft Office 2003 Editions, the ability to copy notes from a Pocket PC into OneNote, and the ability to password-protect notes. More... | |
OverDrive is First to Lend Popular eBooks for Smartphones and all PDAs |
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When Cleveland Public Librarian Cynthia Orr checks her new Motorola cell phone, in addition to making calls, it's to read new eBook titles available from the CLEVNET Digital Library Connection http://dlc.clevnet.org/ . Cleveland Public Library was first among a national network of public libraries to add Mobipocket eBooks to their download libraries. With the free Mobipocket Reader software, patrons can download and read titles on Motorola, Samsung, and Nokia Smartphones, virtually all PDAs, and on personal and notebook computers. | |
Mon Apr 19, 2004
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NubyTech® announced today the launch of a special limited edition Onimusha 3 Demon Siege controller for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system. A peripheral to be used as the ultimate weapon while playing the Onimusha 3 Demon Siege game developed by Capcom®. Onimusha 3 Demon Siege, the highly anticipated and concluding chapter of the critically acclaimed Onimusha epic saga, is scheduled to be released at retail outlets throughout North America on April 27, with the controller releasing shortly thereafter. Ducklets is a new game from ducklets.com. It is a fairly simple duck shooting game with some neat little twists and a very silly background story. Here is a blurb from their review: | |
This year, RFIC continues the effort at featuring 802.11g, 802.11a and combo application components that can meet the customer demands as well as being unique in the market. According to RFIC Senior Deputy Manager of technical marketing, Richard Tsay, RFIC's newly introduced WLAN PA, AP 1098 is an ultra low current PA, as low as 38mA for 11g applications, and it achieves linear output power ~15dBm with detector at 3V. Tsay said, AP1098 is the lowest current PA available in the market and it is best used for WLAN handheld devices such as PDA and laptop computers. AP1098's high efficiency enables the front end transceiver to lower its power burden, and can help achieve higher power level yet using less overall current. More... | |
Good Technology, the leader in industry standards-based wireless messaging and corporate data access, and palmOne, Inc. (NASDAQ:PLMO) today announced that the GoodLink wireless messaging and data access system, which is optimized for the Treo(TM) 600 smartphone from palmOne, has received the Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-2 certifi | |