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blackberry

BlackBerry Javelin Photos Leak Out

A few months ago while talking about the rumored BlackBerry Niagara we mentioned the Javelin. And now it looks like a RIM insider has managed to sneak a few photos of a prototype copy of the phone. It's a standard quad-band GSM/EDGE cell, with 480 x 360 LCD, GPS, Wi-Fi, a 3.2 megapixel camera and it'll run the 4.6 OS. It's slated for release "next year" apparently, which sounds like a pretty long way away for something that sounds like a dumbed-down Bold. [BGR via Pocket Lint]

8:52 AM on Mon Jul 14 2008
By Kit Eaton
5,605 views, 20 comments

Latest by dws: @NilSn: the iphone sold 6 million in it's first year.RIM sold over 5 million in Q1. And there is still 3 more quarters to go. You do the math. iPhone is not a big threat at all. more »

pdas

miBook PDA is for Ladies Doing Lady Things...WTF?!

The miBook is a $130 PDA with a 7" screen that teaches skills to people through step-by-step videos and other multimedia. Now, we don't like to reinforce gender stereotypes, but the pictures of each $20 title in the gallery below, such as cooking, gardening and home decorating show a woman learning the job—all except the diaper changing lesson, which shows a man. It's sold without onboard memory, but they must think women are pretty stupid if they expect to charge $150 for 128MB. The rest of miBook's specs are gender neutral:UPDATE: That's a typo in the spec sheet, the 128MB memory is a much more reasonable $1.50, but it's for retailers only. More »

4:40 PM on Mon Jun 16 2008
By Benny Goldman
5,532 views, 25 comments

Latest by n/a: I don't see anything wrong or overly stereotypical with this. I mean You aim your product at your market and the hobbies portrayed are typical hobbies for middle aged women, whom also have enough disposable income to try this product more »

pocket watch

Cobalt Pocketwatch Gadget Concept Revolutionizes Foppery

Even before wrist watches—and now cellphones—replaced the pocket watch in the everyman's wardrobe, pulling something out of a pocket and flipping over a cover just to tell the time was known to be inconvenient. (Wait, isn't that how cellphones work now?) This Cobalt concept, on the other hand, improves the pocket watch by shoving a small computer inside, letting you get temperature, your email, the time, the date, text messages and all kinds of nonsensical crap inside. Yeah, the interface is a bit cluttered, but the idea of shoving a connected PDA inside a pocket watch is something we could get behind—that is if our cellphones didn't already do the same thing. [Yanko Design]

5:20 PM on Thu May 29 2008
By Jason Chen
5,336 views, 31 comments

Latest by Barion: I love pocketwatches (I hate wearing a wristwatch, and using my cell phone as a gigantic pocketwatch just doesn't appeal to me). Still, I'd prefer something with a digital display rather than telling time the old fashioned way. Throw in more »

stylus

Triforce Touchscreen Pointer Combines Tchotchke With Surprising Functionality

The Triforce Touchscreen Pointer is a marketing ploy destined for swag-bag oblivion, but it could also be a rare case where functionality and tchotchke coalesce into something genuinely useful. First, the lanyard-pointer from Specialdesign eliminates the act of fumbling with your PDA's lanky stylus. Second, the lanyard means no more dropped devices. Finally, when Specialdesign promises the Triforce pairs up with "hip hop" devices you just know the transformation from vanilla roadwarrior to white party-throwing music mogul is close at hand. No info on pricing, sorry. [Triforce, via GeekAlerts]

2:30 PM on Sun Apr 6 2008
By Jack Loftus
3,798 views, 5 comments

Latest by Nikongmer: In a realm beyond sight, The sky shines gold, not blue. There, the Triforce's might Makes mortal dreams come true. more »

super standby

LionKing 800 Cellphone Has One Year Standby Time, Manufacturer Says (Verdict: Manufacturer May Smoke Too Much Skunk)

The lion engraving on the back of this Chinese all-in-one cellphone/PDA is presumably what gives it its strange name. The strangeness doesn't end there though: it takes dual SIM cards ... and has a standby time of 365 days? Yes, this is what the manufacturer says. One year chaps. More »

6:39 AM on Thu Mar 13 2008
By Kit Eaton
9,732 views, 25 comments

Latest by Makkuro: I can't help but think maybe they meant 365 hours of standby and 5-6 hours of talk time... with that extra zero in battery capacity. But then again, you can buy 200GB Memory Sticks in China for $30... more »

i-mate shell

i-Mate Creating Palm Foleo-like UMPC With i-Mate Shell?

According to Ubergizmo, i-Mate's working on a Palm Foleo-like UMPC/PDA device that has a 1024x768 display, a built-in keyboard, an 80 (!) hour battery, and a price point of only $300. However, this shell is just a "shell" (like its name), and uses one of i-Mate's Windows Mobile Ultimate smartphones as a base/processor. That makes sense with the VGA and XVGA display out on the phones, and is slightly more reasonable than what the Foleo was trying to do. [UberGizmo]

2:29 PM on Tue Oct 23 2007
By Jason Chen
2,011 views, 7 comments

Latest by n/a: I was talking with my brother about this idea when iPhone rumors were coming about. Apple are you listening??? sjobs@apple.net will get his 100th e-mail from me. more »

pdas

iPaq 110 and 210 Apparently Cost Money

From rumor to fact, we've watched as HP has revived their iPaq line. The first two units will be coming out in just two days, on October 8th. Featuring Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, identical 624mHz processors and WM6 Pro, the cheaper 110 will run $299 while its older brother the 210 will cost $399.

Of course, with contract, they'll cost you a lot less. Wait. They're just PDA's, or, "phone companions" as the models are called in HP's press release. And there are no contract rebates for "phone companions."

Damn. [HP and HP via engadget]

6:29 PM on Sat Oct 6 2007
By Mark Wilson
6,574 views, 12 comments

palm

Linux Based Palm OS Pushed Out to End of Year '08

Yesterday during Palm's Q1-08 Conference call, CEO Ed Colligan dropped some tidbits about their release schedule for the Linux-based Palm OS
"[The Palm Centro] team is now totally focused on delivering our next generation platform, which we expect to have available by the end of the next calendar year."
By the end of 2008? Are you serious? This OS needs to be out right now, not a year from now. Hopefully with the addition of the Centro & Foleo team they will be able to get it out the door a little faster. [Palm Info Center]

6:20 PM on Tue Oct 2 2007
By blongo3
2,107 views, 16 comments

Latest by ChopSue-Me: Bye Bye Palm, it was good knowing ya. I will tell my children one day about this once great PDA company... more »

pda

LevelStar's Icon Mobile Manager is a Screenless PDA


The Icon Mobile Manager by Levelstar is designed with a different clientele in mind: the visually impaired. Instead of a screen, the Icon features audio menus to help the user navigate, and acts as a hub for daily technology-related activities. This thing is just a great idea, designed specifically to give functionality to a user base that hasn't enjoyed a PDA this full-featured. Despite being a niche product, the Icon Mobile Manager doesn't skimp on power. More »

10:40 AM on Mon Jun 25 2007
By Charlie White
1,927 views, 6 comments

Latest by ideaman2020: I was going to point out how '80s this gadget loooks, but... I guess no one is going to be buying it for its looks. more »

folding tablet

Tablet PC Concept Folds Up and Doubles as Cellphone

Design-wise, the Flexi PDA concept may be one of the most interesting Tablet PCs I've seen in a while. When its unfolded, it works like a tablet and features its own QWERTY keyboard. Thanks to the handheld's flexible screen, you can also fold it in half and use as a cellphone. More »

8:58 AM on Tue May 15 2007
By Louis Ramirez
1,039 views, 3 comments

dandelions suck

New York Times Garden Expert Solves Those Puzzling Petunia Questions

Come on, Times. Not only are you guys one of the top newspapers in the world, but now you are taking over the portable gardening database gadget market with this thing. The Garden Expert is a database chock-full of information about gardening. The device scours decades' worth of gardening factoids from Times gardening columns to find the tough answers you are looking for. Oh, and it looks like a watering can—how cute. $20. –Travis Hudson More »

6:00 PM on Tue May 1 2007
By Travis Hudson
939 views, 2 comments

Latest by Xenobiologista: It's for the same kind of middle-aged lady who would buy the purple Mother's Day RAZR. more »

cellphones

Dell Getting Into Smartphone Business

Remember when Dell dropped the Axim PDA and the world yawned like a slutty hippopotamus? Well, it looks like it was because even Dell knew that PDAs were out and smartphones (PDAs with calling capabilities) are in. They've contracted Quanta Computer—which incidentally supplies Dell's laptops as well—to build them a smartphone for launch in Q4 2007. More »

11:30 AM on Tue Apr 17 2007
By Jason Chen
6,528 views, 22 comments

pdas

Teague Breathes New Life into PDAs with Rugged Concept for HP

PDAs are pretty much in a coma nowadays, but Seattle-based design firm Teague is giving them a dose of CPR with the above concept created for HP. It's a rugged PDA designed to "streamline day-to-day tasks. It synchronizes with the user's PC to track inventory, communicating through RFID and Bluetooth." It's meant for for the IT crowd, but should HP ever decide to enter the rugged PDA/smartphone market, this design would certainly be a nice start. Especially since it just won CeBIT's If Design Award. – Louis Ramirez More »

11:52 AM on Tue Mar 20 2007
By Louis Ramirez
2,990 views, 4 comments

Latest by Piuro: Awesome, I'd buy it. more »

gadgets

Wrist PDA Gives You the Magic Touch

I've never been a big fan of wearable tech and the mere thought of strapping a PDA this big onto my wrist ain't helping, but fortunately this PDA comes with a twist. It creates a body area network (BAN) that lets you communicate with other peripherals by touching them. So for example, you could print documents from your PDA by touching a compatible printer or transfer files from your PDA by touching a computer. The concept is still in development, but seems promising (as long as they don't make you look like an android in the process). More »

11:00 AM on Mon Nov 20 2006
By Louis Ramirez
1,175 views, 8 comments

Latest by infmom: So what else is new? People have been communicating with their peripherals by touching them from the beginning of time. You have to get pretty old before your batteries run out... more »

hipda

HiPDA Combines Tablet PC with TV and HSDPA

I doubt this one will ever leave Korea, but it sounds cool: the HiPDA combines a PC with a touch screen and a digital DMB TV receiver, plus a HSDPA high-speed data connection into a package weighing just 1.3Kg. The processor is a rather slow 500MHz AMD Geode, so I wouldn't expect it to be a speed racer. You can get a Google translation of the review here. – Richard Baguley More »

1:46 PM on Wed Aug 23 2006
By gizcontrib
306 views, 6 comments

smartphones

Torq N100 GPS PDA Phone

Torq's new GPS enabled device not only allows it to function as a navigation unit, there's also a receiver onboard that allows it to support Traffic Message Channel (TMC) functionality. This means real time traffic conditions which allow you to make changes to your route accordingly. More »

1:05 AM on Tue May 2 2006
By Jason Chen
4,816 views, 4 comments

portable media

Acer MP-500 PMP/PDA

Acer is planning a PMP with a 3.5-inch touchscreen, and interesting departure from the usual "dump and watch" PMPs we've been seeing. The MP-500 will come in 20GB and 40GB flavors and offer four hours of video playback on one charge. No info on Wi-Fi et al, but this would be a nice competitor to the Nokia 770 Internet tablet. More »

12:59 PM on Fri Feb 24 2006
By johnb
433 views, 4 comments

cellphones

Mitac Mio A701

If you ever wanted to multi-task to the point of insanity AND know where you are, the Mitac Mio A701 is your new favorite toy. Arriving in March according to this translated page, the Mio runs on Windows Mobile 5.0, has Bluetooth and USB and is yet another PDA that doubles as a phone but nifty addition of an internal antenna for GPS, based on the SiRFStarIII chip. More »

6:56 AM on Wed Feb 15 2006
By johnb
1,277 views, Comment

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