Arne reports that FutureCom Global will be launching their PDA-phone called PC-Ephone at CES in January. This device runs Windows CE and a full 640x480 display. This is the same device that Brighthand as reported on in several occassions.
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In what ways can Pocket PCs be used in the classroom? What lesson plans can we develop?
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Brain Boxes - Products - Bluetooth Compact Flash Card - BL-565 This Bluetooth CF card will be a Type 1 card that is compatible with all Pocket PCs that have a CF slot. I have no idea when this will be available, but my guess would be that it would appear in Europe first. I think we are supposed to see some Bluetooth devices appearing 1Q 2001.
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Alex Kac has created a ClearType Control Panel that you can use to enable all pages to be rendered in Internet Explorer with ClearType. I have been using the precursor of this application for some time, and I have to say that I really like browsing all web sites using ClearType, and AvantGo channels look particularly nice.
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Pocket PC Thoughts Jason reports that Stardock is working on a Pocket PC application called PocketBlinds. It is basically a skin for the Pocket PC shell. He includes a couple of screen shots from Stardock's web page.
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Wow, did the Cubs just win the penant? It appears that Dale has a Palmax in his posession. Check out his notes: pocketPCpassion - PD131 Diary
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Invasion of the 'Blog': A Parallel Web of Personal Journals You may or may not know that this site is a web log. For those of you who are wondering just what the heck a web log is, I think you find this New York Times article to be informative.
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It took all of five seconds to install the microdrive in my Compaq iPAQ.. I just plugged in to the slot of the CompactFlash expansion pack. One thing to note, it will not fit in my SanDisk USB CompactFlash reader, as I expected. So, I will have to move files by using the USB cable of my iPAQ, or get a reader in which the microdrive will fit.
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Yippee, the UPS guy just dropped off my IBM 1GB Microdrive.
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Handspring to buy Bluelark in stock deal This would be another case where it would appear that the Palm/Handspring duo is acknowledging that Microsoft is right. People do want full access to the Internet from their handheld devices, not just clippings. Let's see, you add this to removable storage, color screens, faster processors.... hmm, is there anything about the Pocket PCs that they haven't added yet?
posted by Frank McPherson 1:26 PM |
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CNN.com - Technology - Review: Add-ons for your new PDA - December 28, 2000 This is a pretty good article on PDA Accessories.
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Handheld Battle Heating Up
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LinuxDevices.com is running a series of articles on installing Linux on a Compaq iPAQ.
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E & B Cases is coming out with a SlimPAQ case for the Compaq iPAQ. Dale has a review of the case, along with some slightly messed up pics. I use the E&B SlipperPAQ as my main case, and it requires either the basic style pack, or the CompactFlash style pack. I generally use the CompactFlash pack all the time and pretty much of gotten used to the larger size.
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Mystery fingers There can be danger writing about small storage devices when you need pictures. Oh, the article does a good job explaining MMC...
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Handheld Devices Selling Smartly "Compaq Computer, for one, is sold out of its popular IPaq handheld product."
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Even though it is about Palm, I found this article about how one school is incorporating Palms into their curriculmn to be very interesting. I really think this is something that Microsoft has to find a way to get in to, but the only way that is going to happen is if prices come down.
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pocketSOAP "This is a SOAP client COM component for the Windows family, originally targeted at PocketPC (hence the name)" SOAP is one of the tools that Microsoft is using to build .NET.
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CNET.com - Secret project may be Microsoft's next big deal "Microsoft’s new stealth service, known as Netdocs, is slated to be one of its showcase .Net building blocks, but company officials steadfastly refuse to discuss it publicly." I wonder if Windows CE fits into this in any way? One of the most important parts of a future Pocket PC upgrade will be Internet Explorer, which I think at least needs to meet the Handheld PC 2000's version of IE.
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CNET.com - Sony mulls adding music, cell phone to handheld "Sony, which introduced its Clie electronic organizer in September, may add music and cell phone features by the middle of next year in a bid to revive slumping sales, an executive said."
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