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Handset Hands-On: The LG Electronics Vu
(Reviews) How does the LG Electronics Vu stack up against the Apple iPhone? Our cell phone columnist finds out.
Intel has a chip, but where are the MIDs?
(News) For all the fanfare surrounding the launch of Intel's Centrino Atom chip package at the Intel Developer Forum in Shanghai, there was a notable shortage of new products based on the chips, apart from a few concept designs rolled out for the occasion.
BlackBerry Network Down Again Today
(News) The problem affected only users of BlackBerry Internet Service and not BlackBerry Enterprise Server customers, RIM said.
BenQ to launch ultramobile device in Q2
(News) Taiwan's BenQ is showing off a new user interface on an ultramobile PC that it plans to start marketing in the second quarter of this year, a spokeswoman for the company said Tuesday.
Old BlackJack Whacks New BlackJack II
(Reviews) Samsung's BlackJack II PDA phone offers only minor improvements over its cheaper predecessor.
GPS Devices: Road-Tested and Reviewed
(Reviews) These in-car GPS devices can vastly simplify your driving life, and they're simpler to use and last costly than last year's models.
Microsoft Solves Office Mobile Incompatibility Issue
(News) Microsoft introduces an upgrade to Office Mobile that lets users work with documents created in Office 2007.
HTC launches Shift ultra mobile PC in UK
(News) Handset maker HTC (Hi-Tech Computer) Monday unveiled its hotly-anticipated Shift UMPC (ultra-mobile PC), along with details of when it will be launched in the U.K. The HTC Shift will run Windows Vista and will have a 7in widescreen display. The screen will be touch-sensitive and will tilt and slide, providing access to the keyboard hidden underneath. The HTC Shift will be a 3G internet access device with HSDPA (high-speed data packet access) and will weigh just 800g.
Nokia adding WiMax support to products next year
(News) Nokia Corp. plans to add WiMax connectivity to its N-series Internet tablet next year, the company said Wednesday.
Redefining Ultra Portables
(Reviews) New devices promise to squeeze computers into your hand. Here's why you might--or might not--want one of these new gadgets.
Faster Via processor finds home in updated OQO handheld
(News) Via Technologies Inc. is shipping a faster version of its C-7M ultra low-voltage processor, and the 1.6GHz chip has found a home in an updated version of OQO Inc.'s diminutive handheld computer, the company said Monday.
EU hopes to push mobile TV with the help of satellites
(News) A European Commission plan to simplify the licensing of Europe-wide mobile satellite services could boost the nascent market for broadcast TV services over handheld devices.
Via announces 1-watt processor for mobile devices
(News) Via Technologies Inc. has developed a processor that consumes a maximum of 1 watt of power and is intended for use in mobile devices and embedded applications.
IDC: PDA shipments drop 43 percent in Q2
(News) Sales of PDAs continued a steep decline in the second quarter, as struggling vendors shipped 719,000 units worldwide, down from 1.26 million last year, according to a market research report released Wednesday.
Getting around mobile data hurdles, using voice
(News) The CEO of UnWired Nation Inc. thinks he's found a way to get around the challenges involved in offering a data service to mobile phone customers: use voice instead.
Fujitsu's ultraportable shows up outside of Japan
(News) Fujitsu Ltd.'s recently launched convertible ultra portable PC is starting to appear outside of Japan as the company widens sales of the pocket-size device.
iPhone to ignite smartphone use, ARM chief says
(News) The iPhone is about to do for smartphones what the iPod did for digital music players: put one in everyone's pocket.
Clip-On GPS
(Reviews) Garmin's handy navigation device clips to your belt or windshield visor.
Ubuntu plans mobile Linux version
(News) Ubuntu Linux developers plan to extend its open-source software development to handheld Internet-enabled devices.
RIM finally breaks silence on Blackberry outage
(News) The addition of a new software routine caused the multi-hour failure of Research in Motion Ltd.'s Blackberry messaging service in North America earlier this week, the company said Friday.
Nokia-Palm buyout reports baffle some experts
(News) Recent reports that Nokia Corp. is in talks to buy Palm Inc. surprise some analysts, who nonetheless said some type of buyout might make sense and could even be a good thing for customers.
Finally from Sony, a video Walkman
(News) Eighteen months after rival Apple Inc. raised the bar in the music player market with its video iPod, Sony Corp. will launch its first digital video Walkman.
Nokia N800 Internet Tablet
(Reviews) This device sports a beautiful display, but it lacks the basic PDA and office apps you'd find on a smart phone.
Memorex iFlip 8.4
(News) If you're getting tired of squinting at your video iPod's small screen--or if you've been put off from purchasing a video iPod by the small screen--Memorex's US$199 iFlip 8.4-inch portable video system for iPod (a.k.a., the Mi8000-BLK) might provide a resolution (no pun intended). The iFlip is a portable video player featuring an 8.4-inch LCD that works with [<a href="http://playlistmag.com/reviews/2006/09/5gipodlate2006/index.php">fifth-generation iPods</a>] . The 2.5-pound unit enables you to watch your iPod's videos on a much larger (if not sharper) screen, and can also serve as a video conduit between your iPod and your TV. It has two external speakers, but it's designed primarily with video viewing, not music listening, in mind.
TomTom GPS Systems Come With Trojan Horse
(News) Go 910s shipped over the past few months have a virus that infects PCs when connected.
How to Buy a PDA
(How To) How to Buy a PDA
Austek, Samsung Ready Ultra Mobile PCs
Austek, Samsung Ready Ultra Mobile PCs
Prevent BlackBerry Squint
(howto) Prevent BlackBerry Squint
T-Mobile Sidekick 3 Launches Soon
(news) T-Mobile Sidekick 3 Launches Soon
Handheld Sales Still Slumping
(news) Handheld Sales Still Slumping
CeBIT: Mio's Smart Phones, PDAs Call on GPS
(news) CeBIT: Mio's Smart Phones, PDAs Call on GPS
CeBIT: RIM Adds Instant Messaging to BlackBerry Server
(news) CeBIT: RIM Adds Instant Messaging to BlackBerry Server
CeBIT: Intel, Microsoft Share Origami Details
(news) CeBIT: Intel, Microsoft Share Origami Details
CeBIT: Samsung Shows First Origami Device
(news) CeBIT: Samsung Shows First Origami Device
Nokia's Small, Svelte, Internet-Savvy PDA
(reviews) Nokia's Small, Svelte, Internet-Savvy PDA
BlackBerry as Notebook Alternative, Part 2
(howto) BlackBerry as Notebook Alternative, Part 2
Portable Video: It's the Content, Stupid
(howto) Portable Video: It's the Content, Stupid
LG to Enter U.S. Portable Media Device Market
(news) LG to Enter U.S. Portable Media Device Market
Sony's E-Book Is Easy on the Eyes
(news) Sony's E-Book Is Easy on the Eyes
IRiver Readies WiBro Game Player
(news) IRiver Readies WiBro Game Player
Handhelds Get a Boost From Windows Mobile 5
(reviews) Handhelds Get a Boost From Windows Mobile 5
Moving Pictures
(news) Moving Pictures
Top 10 PDAs
(reviews) Windows Mobile handhelds new to the chart offer a variety of entertainment-oriented features.
PDA Sales Get a Helping Hand
(news) PDA Sales Get a Helping Hand
PDA Pundit: News, Notes, and Mail
(news) PDA Pundit: News, Notes, and Mail
Are You a Good Eater or a Bad Eater?
(news) Are You a Good Eater or a Bad Eater?
What's In a Name?
(news) What's In a Name?
Why Aren't Portable Media Players More Popular?
(news) Why Aren't Portable Media Players More Popular?
The BlackBerry Software Story
(news) The BlackBerry Software Story
Garmin PDA Includes Handy GPS Features
(reviews) Garmin PDA Includes Handy GPS Features
When a Plain PDA Is Best
(howto) When a Plain PDA Is Best
Use a PDA as a Voice Recorder?
(howto) Use a PDA as a Voice Recorder?
My TV Is Following Me
(news) My TV Is Following Me
GPS Meets Pocket PC
(reviews) GPS Meets Pocket PC
Migrating Your PDA
(howto) Migrating Your PDA
Worldwide Handheld Market Declines Again
(news) Worldwide Handheld Market Declines Again
Ovideon Displays Portable Media Player
(news) Ovideon Displays Portable Media Player
First Look: Service Speeds Wireless Info Gathering
(reviews) First Look: Service Speeds Wireless Info Gathering
OQO Handheld Disappoints
(reviews) Attempt to provide PC performance and features in a handheld falls short.
Top 10 PDAs
(reviews) This month's chart splits in two, to rank the best Windows Mobile-based handhelds and the best Palm OS-based PDAs.
Faster, Smaller, Better
(news) Faster, Smaller, Better
PDA Pundit: The PDA-less Pundit
(howto) A used Treo 600 gets big bucks on EBay; or, how to finance your next tech toy by selling your last one.
PDA Sales Continue to Drop
(news) PDA Sales Continue to Drop
Sharp Boosts Zaurus Storage
(news) Linux-based handheld gains a 4GB hard drive.
First Look: OQO Handheld PC Fails to Excite
(reviews) Design and performance issues hold back this very cool idea.
Mattel Designs Handheld for Tots
(news) Juice Box personal media player will use 3-D memory chips.
First Look: Creative Zen Portable Media Center
(reviews) New device plays back audio and video on the go, but it sports a hefty price tag.
Mobile Computing: The Problem With PDAs
(howto) Thinking of taking a PDA instead of a notebook on your next trip? Read on.
PDA Pundit: HP's IPaq Hx4705 Trades Taps for Touches
(reviews) New Pocket PC sports a touchpad, but using it isn't exactly intuitive.
Mobile Computing: PDAs vs. Smart Phones
(howto) Is it time to dump your PDA for a cell phone/PDA combo device?
Mobile Computing: Take Your PDA Abroad
(howto) Put your handheld to work as a tour guide, translator, and more.
PDA Picks for School
(reviews) Handheld computers are ideal for students. But which one is right for you? Check out our expert's shopping tips.
Top 10 PDAs
(reviews) New Windows Mobile units take top places.
PDA Pundit: So Long, Sony; Hello, Zire 72 and Axim X30
(reviews) Sony gives Clie a rest; two hot new PDAs arrive.
NEC Readies Power Handheld
(news) Notebook alternative uses Bsquare design combining PDA, phone.
New Gaming Handhelds Enter Fray
(news) Upcoming Gizmondo, Eve challenge Sony's PSP and the Nintendo DS.
PDA Pundit: Zire 31, and Clie PEG TH55 Revisited
(reviews) PalmOne offers color for beginning PDA users; the Sony way with handhelds.
Sony, Nintendo Unveil Game Handhelds
(news) Next-generation portable entertainment devices offer top-notch graphics and wireless capabilities.
How Secure Is Your Handheld?
(news) Your PDA may be more vulnerable than you realize, but protection is available.
PDA Pundit: Your Questions Answered
(howto) Answers to reader questions about buying and using PDAs.
First Look at the FlipStart
(news) This ultra-ultra-portable PC puts Windows XP in your pocket.
Home Office: Help With Handhelds
(howto) What to buy, how to buy; beware the world's worst headset.
PDA Pundit: Games PDAs Play
(reviews) Trivial Pursuit makes a stylish PDA debut. Try getting that on a Game Boy.
Mobile Computing: Holiday Gift Ideas
(howto) Gadgets that are sure to generate buzz in your household.
Mobile Computing: Camera Phones
(howto) Our buying guide tells you everything you need to know.
Mobile Computing: Notebook Substitutes
(howto) Powerful PDAs, hearty handhelds, and other alternatives to porcine portables.
Mobile Computing: Upgrading Your PDA
(howto) Add slick new features to your old handheld.
Sleek Sony PDA Impresses
(reviews) The Palm-based Clie PEG-UX50 is handsome, innovative, powerful, and expensive.
Well-Connected Handhelds
(reviews) New wireless PDAs and cell phones put the Web, e-mail, and more in your pocket. We road-test ten models and find two with real Net savvy.
Mobile Computing: Power Outlets on Airplanes
(howto) Everything you need to plug in--and keep working--once you're airborne.
Pumped-Up PDAs
(reviews) You can have your handheld and your Wi-Fi (or a camera) too, but how useful are these extras?
Mobile Computing: PDA Keyboards
(howto) A keyboard and PDA can sometimes be as good as a notebook PC.
High-Tech Tools for Your Wrist
(news) Watching it at CeBIT: Checking out wristwatches with extras.
Mobile Computing: Gifts for Grads and Dads
(howto) Small notebooks, powerful PDAs, and mobile multimedia.
Mobile Computing: Portable Printing
(howto) Slick printers and snazzy carrying cases--everything you need for output on the go.
Mobile Computing: Best Programs for Your Palm
(howto) How to track expenses, convert foreign currencies, and more.
Mobile Computing: Emergency Kit
(howto) Be prepared for data and hardware disasters.
Mobile Computing: Ideal Notebook Alternative
(howto) A compact device that acts like notebook without all the weight.
Flashy Mobile Phones, PDAs Debut
(news) Newest handsets do double duty with built-in camera features.
Wireless PDAs Offer Something for Everyone
(news) New devices debut from Samsung, Hitachi, Sharp, and RIM.
Which Way Will Wireless Go?
(news) Mobile devices and services vie for hearts and minds at wireless show.
Mobile Computing: Hertz In-Car GPS
(howto) We take this rental car service's navigation system out for a spin.
Mobile Computing: Airport Security Tips and Update
(howto) Tips on packing and on surviving the inevitable wand scan.
Portable Combo Device Does It All
(news) Panasonic unit handles video, snapshots, TV, music, more.
Mobile Computing: Rent Movies for Your Notebook
(howto) Should you rent a DVD or download a movie from a Web site?
Timex Revamps Data Link Wristwatch
(news) Ironman and athlete's versions available, now with USB for syncing.
Casio Cassiopeia BE-300 Pocket Manager
(reviews) This basic PDA lacks the high style of others but it's affordable, it has a versatile expansion slot, and it offers higher-than-average resolution.
PDA Bargain Bonanza
(reviews) Four budget PDAs compete on features.
Mobile Computing: Shopping at SkyMall
(howto) We evaluate the high-tech offerings in this catalog, found on most airlines.
Comdex-Goers Size Up Budget PDAs
(news) Dell, HP, Fossil, Samsung, Sharp and others join in PDA parade of new devices, apps.
Mobile Computing: Portable Printers and Scanners
(howto) Can these products really cut it on the road? We test them to see.
First Look at Budget PDAs
(news) Dell's bargain Axims join a growing bonanza, including both Pocket PC and Palm devices.
Buyers' Guide to PDAs
(reviews) For simplicity look to a Palm OS-based device, and for a Windows look and feel go with a Pocket PC model.
Mobile Computing Tips: Best Notebook and PDA Accessories
(howto) Data storage, night lights, dining hot spots, and an ergonomic notebook stand.
Mobile Computing Tips: Web Access on Planes to Take Off
(howto) What the airlines plan to offer Net-savvy travelers, plus new products and tips.
More Power For PDAs
(news) New CPU for handhelds ups power and multimedia oomph.
Colorful Calls and Contacts
(reviews) We look a PDA and two PDA/cell phone combos with color screens.
Mobile Computing Tips: PDA Tools for Travelers
(howto) Travel guides, language translators, a road atlas, and a weather watcher.
TechXNY Roundup: PDAs Faster, Connected
(news) Kyocera, Hewlett-Packard, Sony, Toshiba show wares ranging from hybrids to color handhelds, plus applications.
Future Gear: The Real Pocket PCs
(howto) Forget PDAs. True PCs are coming to your pocket.
Handhelds: PDAs for Typists
(news) Sony and Sharp launch innovatively designed personal digital assistants with trendy thumb keyboards.
Palm M515
(reviews) A great screen and a neat package round off Palm's latest color PDA.
Palm Squeezes BlackBerry
(news) Handheld enables wireless e-mail with or without IT department blessing.
Next-Generation PDAs
(reviews) Today's handhelds finally offer something for everybody--from bargain-price organizers to the first PDA/phone combos that actually work. Our tests of 16 models spotlight the best.
Posh PDAs for Big Spenders
(reviews) The Sony Clie PEG-T415 and the Compaq IPaq H3850 will appeal to corporate travelers.
Combo PDA-Cell Phone Selection Grows
(news) Microsoft OS updates power both types of convergence devices, challenging Palm and Symbian.
NEC's Pocket PC for Corporate Users
(reviews) Sturdy and stylish Pocket PC has expansion options, corporate software bundle, disappointing screen.
Get Organized: PDAs for Any Budget
(reviews) We review new handhelds from Casio, Handspring, and Toshiba.
Mobile Computing Newsletter Debuts
(resource) How to work best in a car, from a hotel, or in the airport.
PDAs: Pocket PC 2002
(news) Upscale Palm rivals feature mobility and usability to attract corporate users--but prices rise, too.
CyberBoy: The Multitalented Handheld
(reviews) Gadget fanatics will enjoy the fun tools loaded on the new CyberBoy PDA.
New Visors Add Memory and Colorful Cases
(news) Handspring's Neo and Visor have 16MB of RAM and optional Springboard camera.
Extras! Extras! (For PDAs)
(news) Accessories and add-ons make personal digital assistants more powerful, more versatile, and even longer running.
PDAs and Accessories Take Center Stage at PC Expo
(news) A few new handhelds and plenty of wireless PDA add-ons are proliferating at PC Expo.
Portable Charger Fuels PDAs on the Run
(news) Electric Fuel's PDA Instant Power Charger gives handhelds the power to go on.
Access Your PC From Your PDA or Phone
(news) AlertWire's Omni 2.0 shrinks your PC application for display and control on anything with a browser.
Handspring Accepts Trade-Ins for New Visors
(news) Handheld vendor gives $100 for its own or competitors' products when you buy the latest Visor Edge.
Franklin's EBookMan Scores an F
(reviews) Small PDA tries to offer a music player, PIM features, and an e-book reader in one.
Cybiko Revamps Its Teen-Oriented PDA
(news) CyX2 is slimmer, more capable, and has wireless chat along with more boring, practical functions.
Palm vs. Pocket PC
(reviews) The newest PDAs pack a lot of power into a handheld package. We review 12 of the latest palmtops and pick two that we'd take anywhere.
PC World's Enterprise Technology: Real Wireless on the Go
(news) Wireless handhelds can help your company gather critical data from people in the field, but only if the devices are used properly. Here are three examples of how to do it right.
Tips for Keeping a Leash on Your PDA's Data
(news) Built-in and third-party security tools can help protect your PDA, even if you let it out of your hands.
Is That a Book In Your MP3 Player?
(news) HipZip joins a growing list of devices that make Audible.com's audio books easier to pack.
A PDA for Your Pocket--Or Your Wallet
(news) Xircom's credit-card-size REX 6000 MicroPDA takes the concept of portability to new lengths.
Put a Photo Album in Your Pocket
(news) Album To Go software takes advantage of Handspring Visor Prism's color capabilities.
Predicting the Future Handheld
(news) The fewer functions the better for future handhelds, says Comdex panel on digital innovations.
Gates Wows Comdex Crowd With Tablet PC
(news) Declaring the end of the browser age, Microsoft chair offers wide-ranging technology display.
Xircom Unveils Tiny PDA, a Revamped REX
(news) Personal digital assistant is the size of a credit card, with touch screen and hot keys.
Link Pocket PCs With Palms
(reviews) Peacemaker Professional lets Palms talk to CE devices.
Cassiopeia EM-500: A PDA for the MP3 Set
(reviews) The Cassiopeia EM-500 is a great take-along for music lovers.
Handspring's Visor Line Gains Color, Options
(news) Handspring's newest PDAs are still larger than sleek Palm V but accept Springboard peripherals.

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