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more about #pda more comments → Someone horked my name at engadget: Is it customary to place plastic containers in ovens? "When Melnikov ran into the kitchen, he found a piece of plastic cookware left inside the oven ... more » iwishiwasjeff: Sometimes when I flush my toilet, my TV turns on. Well it only happened once and it was bc I flushed the toilet at the same time someone pushed the p... more » Monty: I have watched folks be able to tell a cell phone is about to ring before it does, and can easily demonstrate a cell phone setting off amplified speak... more » appletoad: What is really funny is I made a pizza last weekend at someone's house, and was using my iPhone within a few feet of the oven the whole time. Despite ... more » Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: I still have my IIIe and Zire71 (which now has been relegated to daily duty as a backup alarm clock). Sorry, M130. I should never have given you away... more » infmom: Oh, nuts. The Centro was the only smartphone that ever appealed to me, and that's precisely because I liked my Visor and my Tungsten E3 so much. I w... more » strider_mt2k: Palm Pilot Pro, Palm M120, Palm M130, Sony Clie SJ33, Sony Clie TH55, and most recently the Palm OS Emulator (Garnet) form the short lived Nokia N810.... more » BeautifulAgony: I loved the Palm OS, and I had tons of apps that did virtually everything. It was a very clever, simple and powerful system. Unfortunately, PDAs lost ... more » PaddyDugan: Y'all continue to ignore the simple detail that before the handhelds from Palm, phones were for making phone calls. If you have a device that holds d... more » nchatch: That timeline is seriously weak . . . I'm not even sure four pictures with no dates qualifies as a "timeline." more » Eduardo Flores: i had the pilot as a kid then the sony clie wich was palm os based, then nothing got bored of the whole pda thing more » MrBlahBlah: I'm pretty much against anything that uses an intel atom processor at this point. Unless they can squeeze it into a phone. more » Hello Mister Walrus: Does anyone remember when Aspire was a desktop line? They had dark "fancy" cases and CRT monitors when most other manufacturers were using grey. more » Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: It looks like the Netbook of cell phones... more » Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: Hey it's the new Palm Foleo Tobasco! more » -
#scary
Cellphone Calls Fire Up This Guy's Maytag Oven
Surely you have heard rumors about cellphones wreaking havoc around electronics and flammables, but this guy claims that calls to his Sony Ericsson PDA (P910 perhaps?) light up his Maytag Magic Chef oven—and he has video to prove it. More » -
#palmos
How Palm's OS Tried To Go From PDAs to Smartphones
After today's remarks from Palm Co-CEO Ed Colligan, the Palm OS is officially dead as far as new updates and development goes. But here's a look at its evolution over its 13-year lifespan -
#acer
Who Needs Netbooks? Acer Plans Detail Mobile Internet Device
Acer, makers of the 10-inch Aspire One netbook coming later this year, could be prepared to take business in a new direction, if a recent U.S. patent filing is to be believed. More » -
#smartphones
Fugly Phone Identified: Not Palm Roteo but Compal Tabasco
Pocketables has identified the ugly mystery cellphone: It's not the fabled Palm Roteo but the Compal Tabasco. However, the forrible Tabasco with giant rotating screen and tiny keyboard may become the Roteo after all. -
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#superstandby
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 » -
#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 »
