Comdex Panel Debates the Future of Handheld Digital Devices Two observations from this article. First, where was Microsoft? Second, it would seem that the panelists, all of whom are competitors of Microsoft, agree with Microsoft's strategy of multiple devices. Though they certainly would not come right out and say that.
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I had all sorts of grief yesterday publishing this log. Time to see if I can publish today.
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PC World has a story on Podius, the code name for Lernout & Hauspie's command and control software for Pocket PCs. The article also mentions that L&H's Power Translator for Pocket PC will be announced in December and ship first quarter, 2001.
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Proxim Introduces the World's First Compact Flash Wireless Adapter This sounds very interesting. I wonder when it will become available for us non-OEMs? When it goes up for sale I may be first in line to get it... this would enable me to use any Windows CE device in the house wirelessly!
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Is web logging getting too popular? I've been having problems working with my logs at Userland and Pyra. It's starting to get frustrating.
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Proxim Introduces the World's First Compact Flash Wireless Adapter This is very interesting... I wonder when it will be available for us non-OEMS?
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Yahoo - Compaq's iPAQ Home Internet Appliance, iPAQ Pocket PC Honored in 13th Annual Popular Science Magazine 'Best of What's New' Issue The iPaq Pocket PC has won another award... I wish Compaq could get all the quality issues ironed out. I really want to like my iPaq, but I am finding digitizer problems with two different iPaqs manufacturered two months apart to be a major bother.
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PocketPCHow2: How Page 5 A new question has been added: How do I synchronize two Pocket PCs with one PC and keep my Outlook data separate?
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CNET.com - News - Enterprise Computing - Concept computers, concerts and cocktails at Comdex:
"Elvis has left the building, and so should you. As Palm began its 5:30 p.m. PST press conference Monday, a loud announcement went over the public address system: "The first day of Comdex is over. Thank you for attending.""
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Fall COMDEX 2000: Talk to the Pocket PC! Todd found some interesting speech recognition and text-to-speech software at Comdex. Well known Lernout & Hauspie is also working on speech recognition software for Pocket PCs.
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Dual PC Card Sleeve! - Brighthand's Discussion Board Tinman reports over on Brighthand about a new iPaq sleeve being devloped by Datanywhere.com that supports two PC Cards and a CompactFlash card. And, it even has its own battery. The thing must be humungous!
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What’s Hot for Pocket PC Developers at COMDEX Chris Muench has a developer's take on Comdex. Highlights include Bluetooth SDKs, Text-to-Speech and Sony Memory Sticks.
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Now available at the PocketPC.com web site are video clips from Fall Comdex.
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Here is a review of the Pocket PC Entertainment PocketPak.
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Fall COMDEX 2000: Kid in the Pocket PC Candy Store Todd Ogasawara's first Comdex report includes a picture of a prototype Stowaway keyboard connected to an iPaq. Targus hopes to have them available in 2001. Todd also reports that there are long lines at the Pocket PC Hands On Lab.
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Compaq.com - iPAQ Pocket PC - Accessories Wahoo! Compaq has come out with color basic style paks. And it looks like they even have a new expandable case to fit an iPaq that is inserted in a CompactFlash expansion pak.
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A new question has been added: PocketPCHow2: How do I create a shortcut on my Pocket PC?
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Microsoft Launches the Entertainment PocketPak, A New Game Add-on for the Pocket PC You can buy this Entertainment pack for $29. There is also news about several other PocketPaks, such as the Pocket PC Navigator PocketPak.
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Compaq.com - Compaq Leads the w-Business Revolution with iPAQnet: Complete Wireless Business Solutions from Compaq Lot's of marketing fluff here, but the jist is that iPAQnet is Compaq's business mobility solution centered around their iPaq Pocket PC and Blackberry two-way pager.
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Windows Media Player for Pocket PC Technology Preview Microsoft has released a preview version of the Windows Media Player that plays streaming video. You can download it from this page.
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CNET.com - News - Personal Technology - Microsoft to Palm: BMW to Volkswagen? CNet's take on the Palm-Microsoft debate. I still don't think these type of things are of much value.
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BrightHand has filed their first Comdex report that includes closeup pics of the Compaq iPAQ Blackberry and the new Xircom REX 6000 MicroPDA. Steve also reports that Casio announced that effective November 1 anyone who purchases an EM-500 will receive a free 28 MB MultiMediaCard.
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Bill Gates COMDEX Keynote: The Strategic Role of the Pocket PC Chris De Herrera's report from Comdex on Bill Gate's keynote mentions a new Windows Media Player for Pocket PCs that plays streaming video. He also says that the Whistler OS for the Tablet PC sports the same user interface as the Pocket PC. That makes sense given that the Tablet would be designed for use in portrait mode like the Pockeet PC.
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Comdex: MobileFocus 2000 Dale Coffing reports on the Mobile Focus event at Comdex. The report includes information on OmniSky, Ricochet & GoAmerica, and the Intel PRO/Wireless LAN.
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OmniSky: Products and Services: HP Jornada: Home OmniSky has officially launched their service for HP Jornada 540 PCs. You can pay $39.95 per month for unlimited access.
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OmniSky: Company: Press Release: OmniSky To Offer Wireless Internet and E-Mail Service for the Compaq iPAQ in January 2001 You can sign up for a beta program from a link off this press release.
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COMDEX FALL 2000 This is the official PocketPC.com Comdex site.
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ZDNet: Comdex: News: Comdex: Gates unveils Tablet PC As expected, Bill Gate's keynote last night focused on the Tablet PC. What does that mean for Pocket and Handheld PCs? Who knows.. my take right now is that the Tablet PC will be marketed as a notebook alternative. All of the specs are similar to notebooks. The operating system is Whistler not CE. My guess is that the inking and Transcriber technologies in the Pocket PC are going to be ported to this device.
What does this mean for Pocket and Handheld PCs? My guess is that these devices will continue to exist, which is consistent with Microsoft's "Any Device, Any Time, Any Where" message. The one important thing that I see in the Tablet PC message is a close coupling of Microsoft's .NET strategy with portable devices. In Microsoft's vision of future computing, .NET is a key enabler for making these mobile devices work.
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Microsoft Mobile Explorer Emulator One of the neatest things that has come with the redesign of Microsoft's Mobile Devices page is this emulator for Mobile Explorer. I'm looking forward to seeing how PocketPCHow2.com works in the emulator.
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Mobile Devices Microsoft has completely redone their mobile devices page. So far ,a href="http://www.pocketpc.com">PocketPC.com remains the same, and I am not entirely sure how the two sites are intended to work together.
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PHM System Tools for Pocket PC Jason Dunn points to Phillippe MAJERUS' Registry Editor for Pocket PCs. A registry editor is an important tool for Pocket PC Power Users, so like Jason, I recommend that you grab a copy. Phillippe is a regular at microsoft.public.pocketpc.
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Dale Coffing is getting geared up for Comdex. Jason will be there too, as will many of the other PocketPC.com writers and MVPs. I'll be virtually attending via the Internet, using links in my Virtual Comdex directory.
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Going to Comdex with your Pocket PC? If so here is a Comdex guide in MS Reader format.
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