Handheld Computer
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OQO model e2
Reviews Although the OQO model e2 is a nicely built UMPC with a neat docking station, we can't see it replacing the notebook in your briefcase or the handheld in your pocket.
Pentax PocketJet 200
Reviews It's certainly portable, but it's expensive and can't print on plain paper.
Fiorina sees darkness on tech horizon
News Hewlett-Packard Chief Executive Carly Fiorina opened the CeBit trade show on a sour note Wednesday, predicting that the technology spending slowdown that has afflicted the United States is migrating to Europe.
UK police slash paperwork with mobiles
News From next week, law enforcers in the United Kingdom will use handheld devices to enter data during street searches, which can help cut each process from 20 minutes to 60 seconds.
Tags: Employee communications, State Government, Politics, Mobile, Home Secretary, Officer, Mobile Device, handheld computer, State Government, CIO
Apple refusing royalty-free license to widget patent
News Apple has asked the W3C's Web Applications Working Group to exclude one of its patents from the licensing requirements around a proposed standard for updating widgets.
Tags: Patents, Web sites, Web 2.0, Apple Inc., Patent, Mobile, Smart Phone, W3C, handheld computer, computer
Handspring inks deal to go corporate
News Handheld computer maker Handspring on Tuesday said it signed an agreement with Ingram Micro to expand its distribution network and increase sales in the corporate market.
NTT DoCoMo says i-mode service interrupted
News NTT DoCoMo Inc, Japan's largest mobile phone company, said its i-mode mobile phone and DoPa handheld computer Internet services were interrupted for more than three hours, affecting as many as 514,000 subscribers.
Palm, DoCoMo to ally on Internet-ready handheld
News NTT DoCoMo Inc, Japan's No 1 mobile phone company, and Palm Inc, the No 1 maker of handheld PCs, will jointly develop an Internet-ready palmtop and start selling it in the first half of 2001.
NEC considers entry into PDA market
News NEC Corp, the world's second-biggest chipmaker and Japan's largest personal computer (PC) maker, noted Tuesday it was considering entering the handheld PC market and was aiming to release a wireless product this year, said Reuters.
Handheld makers already foresee Christmas shortage
News Palm, Handspring, Sony and other makers of handheld computers will have trouble filling orders this holiday season because of the ongoing parts shortage, according to executives and analysts.
Microsoft acquires speech recognition software maker
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Handspring offers PDA-cell phone sneak peek
News Handspring is offering an early look at its new handheld computer that with a add-on cartridge, works just like a mobile phone.
Sony updates Clie handheld
News Sony on Tuesday announced a new Clie handheld computer and an add-on digital audio player.
Apple applies for touch-screen Mac patent
News A recent patent application filed on behalf of Apple describes technology for controlling a touch-screen Mac tablet with iPhone-like gestures and controls.
Tags: Personal Computers, Notebooks and tablets, Mac OS, Patents, Apple Inc., Patent, Tablet, Apple Macintosh, Touch Screen, software
Fiorina sees darkness on tech horizon
News Hewlett-Packard's chief executive opens the CeBit trade show on a sour note, predicting that the technology spending slowdown that has afflicted the United States is migrating to Europe.
