Palmstation's HandEra Pics show a very intriguing prototype handheld from TrgPro. From the pics it appears that they have addressed one of the problems I have with other Palm OS devices in that there is a soft input panel that shows what you write on the screen. Note to Pocket PC OEMS: there is an innovation here -- to my knowledge this is the first pen-based handheld that has two slots, a CompactFlash and SD slot. It can be done.
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This page of photos of Windows CE devices from CeBIT includes a picture of a prototype Toshiba Pocket PC. I wonder if that is a photo lense at the top or a light sensor?
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You already be familar with my directory of Pocket PC Friendly Sites, but that is only a branch off the top-level of my directory. If you go to the top level you will find other branches to eBooks, news, enthusiasts, and more. Most of those sites require reading from a full web browser. Some are Pocket PC Friendly. If you have a link to suggest, please click on suggest a link.
posted by Frank McPherson 1:20 PM |
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Pocket PC Applications List - Data powered by HanDBase Todd Ogassawara has put together a Pocket PC application index. How this index is different is that it lists the web sites of the individuals or companies that write Pocket PC software. So you won't necessarily find program X listed here, but you will find company Y. Another cool thing is how Todd compiles this index, using HanDBase, exporting it from HanDBase to XML and then running some Javascript to convert the XML to HTML. If you check the source of this page you can peruse the Javascript code.
posted by Frank McPherson 1:10 PM |
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Do you have something that you want to get off your chest about ActiveSync? If you do, head over to Pocket PC Thoughts and post them in the ActiveSync discussion thread. The only problems that I have personally had with ActiveSync is the duplication of Outlook data whenever I have had to break and re-create partnerships. Personally, I don't think ActiveSync is as bad as some say, nor is it as good as it should be.
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Tablet PCs can be thought of as a cousin to Pocket PCs. Have you noticed that all of the tablets announced so far cost > $1,000? I think people are intrigued by a Tablet PC, but I don't think they want to pay that much for them.
posted by Frank McPherson 1:09 PM |
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I've downloaded and installed the Version 3.3, build 710 of the AvantGo client on my HP 540. Before you get get to the wireless stuff you need to go to your AvantGo account and turn wireless on, then you need to synchronize. When that is all done you will end up with a My Wirless link at the very bottom of the AvantGo home page on your Pocket PC. Tap on that to see the "my wireless channels" page. You can also browse all of the channels. The problem is, tapping any of the links just brings up a "content not found" page. In order words, the wireless stuff doesn't make any attempt retrieving any wireless information.
posted by Frank McPherson 12:56 PM |
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The wireless version of AvantGo is now available. Note that while the Palm OS client is Version 4, the Pocket PC integrated client is version 3.3, build 710. I just installed it, so now I need to try and figure out what it does.
posted by Frank McPherson 10:14 AM |
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Brighthand shows you all the Pocket PC books that are now available to you.
posted by Frank McPherson 10:23 PM |
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David Haskin: "Our answer is that Pocket PC should give Microsoft a boost, but probably not much of one." 4/19/2000 Hmm... 16.5% share in the United States; 30%+ share in Europe... not much of a boost, eh?
posted by Frank McPherson 10:03 PM |
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Pocket PC Appears 04/19/2000
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smaller.com: "It's hard to believe that Pocket PC was only launched one year ago today. The PDA that Microsoft finally got right was launched in New York amid much fanfare- and scepticism. Now Pocket PC has enough of a toe-hold that no one talks about PDAs without at least mentioning them. Not bad."
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allNetDevices: - Audible Goes Wireless I'm not an Audible user, but it sounds like they are gearing up to enable one to download their content directly to a Pocket PC -- presumably via a wireless connection. I wonder how fast the transfer will be on a 19.2 CDPD connection?
posted by Frank McPherson 9:14 PM |
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Pocket PC.com has a nice birthday graphic marking the happy occasion.
posted by Frank McPherson 9:08 PM |
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PDA Buzz / Pocket PC: Year One PDA Buzz has done a nice chronology of all their Pocket PC articles during the first year that the Pocket PC has been available.
posted by Frank McPherson 9:06 PM |
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Infoworld is reporting that the Toshiba Pocket PC is coming in July. That's interesting given that the article says it is still being designed. If that is the case I don't know how it would be available in July since these things usually need 90 days from RTM to shipping.
posted by Frank McPherson 9:44 AM |
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David Coursey reflects on the one year anniversary of the Pocket PC and asks whether it will rule the PDA kingdom. He states his bias towards Pocket PC up front, so the column is pretty much written from a positive Pocket PC perspective.
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News: An end to recharging for mobile phones Do you wish your Pocket PC had longer battery life? This article suggests that in the near future you may never have to recharge that battery. Of course, it probably means that you have to let your Pocket PC sun itself every now and then.
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LizardTech has created their own proprietary compressed image formats called MrSID and DjVu and now have a beta of a Pocket PC viewer for those files. DjVu is used for scanning paper into a digital format and MrSID is for photos.
posted by Frank McPherson 12:43 PM |
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While we wait for faster wireless communications several companies are attacking the speed issue by using compression. BlueKit is one such company, and a recent press release from them announces their support for Pocket PCs. BlueKit recently came up in a discussion on Brighthand regarding Sprint's PCS Network.
posted by Frank McPherson 12:08 PM |
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infoSync : Amiga gets into Linux PDAs The race is on to see who will make the first compelling Linux-based PDA. Interestingly enough, while all the focus seems to be on which operating system is best, (Palm, Pocket PC, Linux) the truth of the matter is that hardware is what sells devices. Think about it... Palm would never have been nearly successful as it is without the Palm V, Handspring differentiates itself with expandability via Springboard, and Pocket PCs would not be nearly as successful without the Compaq iPAQ. So, the question for a Linux PDA is who will come up with a good hardware design. All the Linux-softees can't solve that problem, and it won't matter how good the OS is or how many people can program for it if every piece of hardware looks like a cheap toy. Well, Sharp just might solve that problem. They have a long history of portable hardware design. And the Blackberry keyboard attachment they are designing for their new Zaurus might be a neat innovation. The final question is, how much will it cost?
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The Pocket PC team to fight cancer is now up to 56 members; 48 of which are active, and we now have generated 17,787 points. If nothing else you can see who has the faster processors in their desktop computers. At least I am assuming that those ahead of me who have returned one more result in less time that my one result is faster. I really should try this on my 600 Mhz AMD Duron server.
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ZDNet: eWEEK: Compaq banks on rickety Ricochet for mobile When I first heard of Compaq's partnership with Metricom I hoped it meant that some money was headed Metricom's way. From the tone of this article it doesn't appear as though I was right. The article seems to say that Compaq is stupid for offering this service, yet if Compaq doesn't invest any money in Metricom how does this hurt them? The company that seems to have the most to lose would be Sierra Wireless, who makes the PC Card modems that work with the Ricochet network.
posted by Frank McPherson 3:12 PM |
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Intermec 6651 Review All I can say is that I agree with this review 100% The Intermec 6651 is probably the most elegant Handheld PC that I have ever used. Unfortunately, it is priced well beyond what an average consumer will find acceptable.
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Yesterday was a personal milestone for me as it marked the one year anniversary of when I finished writing my book. A little over one month later I had actual copies in my hand. At that time my life changed in that I now shared something in common with those who I admired for so many years. When we started this I wasn't really sure how many copies would actually sell, but sales have far exceeded my wildest expectations. To those of you who read this and bought a copy of the book, you have my host heartfelt appreciation. My goal was to write the best book available for Handheld and Pocket PCs, and I did my best to reach that goal. It is one year later now, and while the book is still relevant many things have happened. We are currently in the process of putting a proposal together for a second edition, which will enhanced the current content with all the developments that have happened in the last year.
posted by Frank McPherson 11:06 AM |
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Microsoft Celebrates Record-Setting One-Year Anniversary of Pocket PC Microsoft annual hosts a Local Media Day in Seattle, which occurred this past April 12. This year they announced the one-year anniversary of the Pocket PC, which was officially launched on April 19.
posted by Frank McPherson 10:53 AM |
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Have you joined the Pocket PC Club yet?
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Holy Whuh! My desktop computer has been running the THINK Agent from United Devices, busy determing if the protein superoxide_dismutase will interact with certain molecules. This is part of a distributed computing effort to help fight cancer. So far the computer has been processing for over 48 hours and is 96% of the way done. If you are interested in contributing to this effort you can read the project goals. Oxford University has a web site that explains things in detail.
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