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Excellent, lengthy article in by Peter Lewis in Fortune about Sony and its vision of the future for gadgets and consumer electronics. Get ready for the Airboard, the SDR-4X, and the Cocoon. Read
PPCSG.com review of Toshiba’s new mid-range e330 Pocket PC. The e330 has a 300MHZ processor, 64MB of RAM, 32MB of ROM, an SD card slot, and 3.5″ reflective 64,000 color display. Amazon has these for sale for just $324.99 after rebate. Read Amazon
Tom’s Hardware Guide on how to build a PC for your living room that combines the functionality of a TiVo with an MP3 server, and that can also be used for watching video streamed over the Internet. Read
TechTV on the second Pocket PC Phone to hit the US market, the SX56 from Siemens. Almost exactly the same as the one that T-Mobile is offering, but this one works with AT&T Wireless instead. Read
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