Amazon.com: Free Shipping on PDAs and Handhelds Amazon has the Casio E125 for $379 with free shipping.
posted by Frank McPherson 12:05 PM |
link
Metricom plans to shutter Ricochet - Tech News - CNET.com Disappointing news. Metricom has been a pioneer of wireless data service, starting with a 28.8 wireless service in the San Francisco area in the late 80s. They just brought up their 128K service in several metropolitan areas, including Detroit, at the beginning of this year. There is still hope that the service could return under different ownership, but if that happens the price must be lower than the $75 Metricom was charging.
posted by Frank McPherson 11:06 PM |
link
Tonight I installed Pocket Streets 2002. I've confirmed that the push pin problem is fixed. I can also confirm that Pocket Streets 2002 is not able to read Pocket Streets 2001 files. However, PS 2002 now accepts a city, state and zip code in Find Address. I also tried MapHelp and that doesn't work with Pocket Streets 2002. It loads the map file I select but doesn't go beyond that. Hopefully Tapani will get his hands on PS 2002 and be able to work out the kinks.
posted by Frank McPherson 9:30 PM |
link
allNetDevices: - PDA Makers Slash Prices, But Revenues Sputter And here are some good comments from analysts about the current handheld market, and in particular what they think Palm needs to do.
posted by Frank McPherson 12:32 PM |
link
allNetDevices: - Analysts: Pocket PC to Pass Palm It looks like a few analysts got their calculators out and did some simple math. They conclude that at the current rate, by 2005 Pocket PCs will over take Palm in market share. I guess that would be assuming everything stands still. According to the Aberdeen Group the reason why Pocket PCs will come out on top is enterprise sales.
posted by Frank McPherson 12:28 PM |
link
allNetDevices: - WLAN Card for Handhelds Ships This is interesting. allNetDevices is reporting that D-Link is shipping their 802.11b CF card now. I wonder if that is true?
posted by Frank McPherson 12:25 PM |
link
If you have read any of my reviews or comments regarding Pocket PC GPS software, you will know that one of my gripes is the lack of integration with Contacts. What I want is to be able to go to Contacts, tap and hold on a contact name, and have options in the pop-up menu like, route to address, for find address.
Tapani Otala is working on a program called MapHelp that provides the functionality that I am looking for, except right now it only works with Pocket Streets. Basically, it is the same level of integration that you get when you install Streets & Trips on a desktop that has Outlook. To look up a contact on a map you tap-and-hold and then tap Map It in the pop-up menu. MapHelp grabs the address info from the contact, fires up Pocket Streets and does a find on that address. Provided that the address is in the map file that you select, you will shortly see the location of the contact.
Tapani is also working on providing integration with online maps such as MapQuest, but that is currently not available the beta version of the program. Later on tonight I will try MapHelp with Pocket Streets 2002. Since it doesn't seem to read the map file directly, I am hopeful that the program will work just fine.
And best of all, in any future reviews about GPS software I can point to MapHelp as what I think Pocket PC GPS software should provide.
posted by Frank McPherson 11:27 AM |
link
Pocket PC Thoughts reports that D-Link will be selling a 802.11b wireless LAN card in the CompactFlash form. I think I saw some information last night that it will be available this fall.
posted by Frank McPherson 10:31 AM |
link
modbee.com | PDA and cell phone merge This article is about the e-Phone, which apparently will make it to market after all. I believe the price quoted in the article is now wrong. I see they also have a cool new web site.
posted by Frank McPherson 4:21 PM |
link
infoSync : NEC's new Pocket PC I think I have seen these pictures already. In any case, if you are interesting in what NEC is planning, check these pictures out.
posted by Frank McPherson 4:15 PM |
link
Fred Kasparek is an architect who uses his Compaq iPAQ to show fly arounds of 3D models. Read exactly what he uses in this Pocket PC Passion article.
posted by Frank McPherson 10:50 AM |
link
allNetDevices: - Handheld Horse Race Heats Up "Compaq has done several things extremely well. First, it has masterfully sold iPAQ directly into the enterprise. Second, unlike Palm and Handspring, which botched some business basics such as inventory management and product rollouts in the last couple of quarters, Compaq executed its marketing and channel strategies crisply." Really? Why am I not surprised given the source? Obviously Mr. Haskin hasn't spent much time trying to actually buy an iPAQ. And then there is the quality issues. My point is, if Mr. Haskin can be so far off on his assessment of Compaq, why should people trust his assessment of anything else?
posted by Frank McPherson 3:08 PM |
link
eBookWeb : Microsoft Explains Decision on Reader for Pocket PCs The key piece of information in this article is that the reason why DRM5 cannot be added to the existing Pocket PCs is because they don't have the necessary hardware keys that would be used for the encryption.
posted by Frank McPherson 1:13 PM |
link
Pocketnow.com has posted a review of Microsoft Pocket Streets 2002, which is only available with Streets & Trips 2002, AutoRoute 2002, or MapPoint 2002. You can not longer download this program from the web site, and it does not read PS 2001 maps. Nor can you read PS 2002 maps using PS 2001. I just checked Best Buy and they will starting selling Streets & Trips 2002 on Thursday, August 2. Microsoft is in the process of pulling links to the Pocket Streets 2001 download from their web site, but the door is still a bit open. For the time being you will find the download here. Once that link is gone the only way you will be able to get the software is off the ActiveSync 3.1 CD that ships with the original Pocket PCs.
posted by Frank McPherson 12:20 PM |
link
If you are having difficulty getting a Windows NT or 2000 PC to recognize an iPAQ connected to a serial port, this patch from Compaq should fix the problem.
posted by Frank McPherson 11:49 AM |
link
I just tried one of those electric fuel chargers for my Ipaq and found that it won't charge the Ipaq if it is in a PC card sleeve.
posted by Frank McPherson 10:17 PM |
link
ORiNOCO RG1000 software update I just read about a problem with the Summer 2001 ORiNOCO software release. If you use a hex string to define your WEP key it will not take the string. Orinoco Tech Support knows about the problem and is currently advising to downgrade to the Spring 2001 release. There problem is reported to affect NT and 2000 PCs, but probably affects all Windows operating systems since they use NDIS 4 and 5. I have installed this software yet, but I suspect it will affect Windows CE devices as well.
posted by Frank McPherson 1:38 PM |
link
Wireless: High-Speed Wireless With Your Frappucino: Hands-On With Starbucks/MobileStar's 802.11 Network - Welcome To AnywhereYouGo.com Al Pritchard writes about the hoops he went through to connect is Apple Powerbook to Starbuck's WLAN in Dallas. It gives you a bit of a flavor for what you can expect should you decide to try out this service.
posted by Frank McPherson 1:22 PM |
link
