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Ever since cameraphones hit the market, it’s been pretty much inevitable that video calling would come along sooner or later. Well sooner or later is turning out to be next year, when Nokia plans to sell its first 3G cellphones that can handle video calling. Read
By this summer T-Mobile is set to offer a new cellphone running Microsoft Smartphone, that version of Windows for cellphones. HTC, the same company which made the Pocket PC Phone, is going to build the phones. Read
New superthin Tablet PC from NEC. The Versa LitePad is just six-tenths of an inch thick, and weighs just 2.2 pounds, has a 10.4 inch screen, 256MB of RAM, 20GB hard drive, and both 802.11a and 802.11b built-in. Read
Handspring may be in trouble, but at least the company’s left a lasting legacy: keyboard entry on the Palm. We never managed to master the funny writing that Palm used to insist upon. So it’s good to see Sony’s new Clie — leaked by PalmInfocenter — will have a keyboard. Read
Good article on multi-region DVD players, the ones that let you play DVDs from anywhere in the world, not just discs encoded for your “region”. Like that player from Norcent (pictured at right) that can be made region-free with a few simple steps. The whole concept of region coding was just created to better control…
New wireless charging station for gadgets, this one from Splashpower. Devices fitted with its “SplashModule” will recharge whenever set atop a “SplashPad”. I didn’t think these were really all that necessary until I got to the point where I am now – two laptops, two PDAs, a Blackberry, two digital cameras, a cellphone, and an…
PimpRig.com review of Logitech’s top of the line MX-700 wireless mouse, which actually convinced the reviewer to abandon his beloved trackball. Read Amazon
Ok, so GPS can be a little bit confusing, but Pocket PC Thoughts has the first installment of what looks like a three part series about how to get the best GPS system for your Pocket PC. The first part gives an overview of GPS, how it works, the difference between a car’s GPS system…
Over the weekend Joltage sent out an email to its customers that by the end of this month they would stop offering its wireless Internet subscription service. Joltage was one of the first wireless Internet Service Providers, and their model was to convince places like coffeeshops to set up a WiFi network and then install…
Microsoft is working on a prototype of a new wraparound display, inspired by IMAX, that curves 90 degrees and is 112 centimeters wide. Read [Via PocketPCThoughts]
Both Verizon and Sprint PCS are racing to see who can add “push-to-talk” to their phones, which is that walkie-talkie-like function that is currently offered only by Nextel. Read
The Pocket PC price war is about to get into full-swing next month. Toshiba is set to put out an inexpensive Pocket PC that is a clear shot across the bow of Dell, which introduced two low-priced Pocket PCs a couple of months ago. The e350 will have a 300MHz processor, 64MB of RAM, and…
Some more details, as well as some pictures, have turned up on that new Linux-based cellphone/PDA from Motorola. The A760 has a color screen and looks a bit like a Treo or Pocket PC Phone, and comes with an MP3 player, Bluetooth, and a built-in digital camera. Read
Word is that an updated version of Windows XP Media Center Edition, which has gotten low marks for being buggy and for being designed so that users can’t do what they want with television shows recorded with it, is already on the way, despite the first version only having been out for a few months.…
We’ve heard plenty about Logitech’s io pen, which stores whatever you write on this special paper in its 1MB of Flash memory, and then transfers it to your PC, but in this piece in the New York Times about pens that capture your handwritten notes, David Pogue mentions another pen that hasn’t gotten much attention:…
New York is probably the most cellphone infested place in America, except for possibly LA, but because everyone walks here, just about everywhere you go you see people walking and talking. Not that it’s really been that much of a problem, but the New York City Council overrode Mayor Bloomberg’s veto and have instituted a…
All DVD/VCR combo players are on sale at Amazon, like Samsung’s DVD-V2000, which costs scarcely more than a standalone DVD player. Amazon
Nikon is responding to all of the rumors and leaks about that new Coolpix SQ digital camera (pictured at right), basically asking everyone to sit tight until the officially take the wraps off on Tuesday. Read [Via PhotographyBlog.com]
Talk about niche products. After creating a remote control aimed just at the pre-teen market called the Weemote, Fobis Technologies has come out with a follow-up that’s aimed entirely at the senior citizens market, the somewhat oxymoronically named Weemote Sr. Read
Nomadness.net guide to upgrading the hard drive on a Nomad Jukebox 3 MP3 player from 20GB to 60GB. Anyone seen any similar hacks for the iPod? Read Amazon