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Ok, so it looks like Toshiba might not be releasing a $199 Pocket PC. DigiTimes, which originally reported the news, has retracted its story, and is now saying that sources at the company indicate that Toshiba is merely considering making such a move. Hopefully they’ll realize that they’re losing marketshare to Dell and HP and…
Two new concept PCs from Intel, code-named Newport and Marble Falls. Newport is a prototype laptop that has a few nifty features, like an LCD on the exterior with a simplified user-interface so it’s possible to check email without actuall opening the computer, a detachable tablet, and the ability to scan for available wireless networks…
New 6.2 megapixel camera from Fuji with a new sensor called the Super CCD SR that is actually two sensors, each with 3.1 million pixels, and one with a high sensitivity to light and the other with a low sensitivity to light. The FinePix F700 should be out this spring. Read
Speaking of Series 60, a quick visit to Series60.com reveals a website that has nothing to do with the new cellphone operating system, but rather a site dedicated to Microsoft Mobile Devices, including the Smartphone operating system which is a direct competitor to Series 60. A quick check of the WHOIS registry reveals that the…
Samsung has a new camcorder phone that can record up to 30 minutes of video. Read
First cellphone from Siemens that runs Series 60, that new Symbian-based cellphone operating system that Nokia and other handset manufacturers are pushing hard in opposition to Microsoft Smartphone. The SX1 has a 16-bit color screen, a built-in digital camera, video and MP3 player, FM radio, and instead of a regular keypad, it has two strips…
Reader Jon Wiley writes in with a dream gadget of his own: A tri-mode GSM/GPRS world phone with GPS, 802.11b, Bluetooth, a slot for an SD memory card, digital camera, color touchscreen, SyncML, Rendezvous, Firewire 800 or USB 2.0 cradle, a Bluetooth headset that can also be used for listening to MP3s, and of course,…
Not sure whether there is even a demand for such a thing, but Sharp has a new cameraphone out in Japan that can convert the pictures it takes into three-dimensional images. The SH251iS doesn’t actually have a 3D display, rather it uses a trick similar to those “Magic Eye” optical illusion books and posters that…
Sony continues to pump out new handhelds at a furious rate, their latest is a new mid-range color, the PEG-SJ33. The SJ33 has a 320×320 pixel color display, 16MB of RAM, and a built-in MP3 player. Read Amazon
HP and Nokia are working on a way for Nokia cellphones with Bluetooth to wirelessly connect up to a printer (an HP printer, of course) for printing documents, emails, and digital photos that are stored on the phone. Read
Can you believe that they can squeeze 2 gigabytes of storage into a keychain USB drive now? Read
Sony Ericsson is coming out with its first 3G cellphone, the Z1010, which has a 65,000 color display, Bluetooth, and comes with not one, but two digital cameras, one for taking pictures and the other for video conferencing. Should be out sometime later this year. Read
Probably not, but this piece by WNDU-TV does a fairly good job of introducing the often confusing world of high-definition television. Read [Via Slashdot]
Apparently using your cellphone as a wireless modem for your laptop isn’t as easy as it sounds. Actually it doesn’t sound easy to begin with, and in his column for ZDNet, David Berlind details the considerable trouble he encountered when he tried using Ositech’s USB Cellular Data Cable with Cell Phone Charger. Read
Amazon is taking pre-orders for the Oyster Dock, that stylish and ergonomic laptop stand that keeps your computer almost completely perpendicular to your desk.Read Amazon
Speaking of 3G and video calling, Richard Marton writes in that the first video calling cellphone service to hit in the UK will be “3” from Hutchinson: At present only 3 handsets are available for the network from Motorola and NEC (no Nokias as yet) and it’s only the latter which can handle video calling…
It’s not even clear yet whether there is going to be much demand for “wireless gaming consoles,” but the N-Gage, Nokia’s new gamephone, already has a competitor. The B’ngo cellphone from TTPCom comes with a digital camera, a 176×220 pixel LCD screen, and Bluetooth for multiplayer gaming. Since it’s just a reference design, there’s no…
Rex Sorgatz of Fimoculous dreams of a handheld the combines WiFi and a cellphone, and astutely notes that he expects to read about it here first. Well there is one option, Rex. Get a WiFi enabled Pocket PC like the Toshiba e740 or the iPAQ H5450 from HP, and add the RTM 8000 GSM/GPRS Compact…
Nikon has finally taken the wraps of its new Coolpix SQ digital camera. The 3.1 megapixel SQ certainly follows in the Coolpix tradition of having a swivelling lens, has a 3x optical zoom lens, and is just one inch thick, and 3.2 inches wide and 3.2 inches long. Read
Clarinet has figured out a way for PDAs that lack 802.11b and have only InfraRed ports to access WiFi hotspots. Has some serious downsides though, like the range is only about 3 feet, the maximum connection speed is about 4 Mbps, and you have to have a direct line of sight connection with the hotspot…