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Gartner group says year-to-year PDA shipments are up 2.7% in the second quarter of 2006, but an IDC study over the same period shows a 26.3% decline. That’s a huge gap to bridge, but it’s all in the method of measurement. Gartner includes two units that […] Read more »

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If you’re an Alltel subscriber, you’ll be happy to hear what the Alltel and XM press folks have told us.  Starting today, you can listen to one of 20 XM satellite radio channels on your Alltel phone, at a cost of only $7.99 per month. Per […] Read more »

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Since we wrote about the new TypePad Mobile client, you know we just had to try it! Using the very lightweight client on my Windows Mobile Smartphone, I quickly snapped this pic of the latest Vista build as I’m setting up the speech recognition. The TypePad […] Read more »

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Wow is all I can say. It’s hard to believe that the Nokia N73 is a smartphone when you get to see the pics provided by the 3.2 Megapixel sensor and Carl Zeiss optics. Lisa Gade provides all of the hands-on information you could want in […] Read more »

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Oh, that Craig Pringle is a lucky man! He has one of the Motion LE1600 touchscreen slate Tablet PCs and immediately got the latest and greatest Microsoft Windows Vista build (5472 for those keeping score) up and running. So far, we just have the teaser of […] Read more »

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Not that I’d want to blog solely from a Windows Mobile device, but it’s nice to know you can. I’ve seen software options for blog platforms over the past two years, but TypePad just joined the fray with their TypePad Mobile application. It’s not just Windows […] Read more »

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In case you didn’t hear, the latest Vista speech recognition bombed on the stage.  Lucky for us, Long Zheng had time to do his own demo.  Using an M400 tablet PC and the latest Vista build, Long provides a very impressive demo of speech recognition.  I […] Read more »

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I’m all for expanding the podcast audience beyond computers…OK, so I’m biased. Still, it doesn’t matter what podcast is your favorite; if you’re looking for a way to easily convert those .mp3 files into something your cell phone can use, you’ll want to take a look […] Read more »

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Richard McManus of ZDNet says people are and Marc Orchant also of ZDNet says maybe not. I think it’s not just a question of whether people are ready, it’s a question of "is the Internet ready and capable?" I’m not so sure. You’d think that a […] Read more »

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This headline almost had Chow Mien and Tamagatchi in it, but that would have been messy for those li’l digital varmints that are mostly extinct. Instead, the real news is that LogMeIn has purchased Hamachi. LogMeIn is already a great mobile connectivity product that allows secure […] Read more »

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After upgrading the BIOS on my Samsung Q1, the first thing I did was install the newest version of Notebook Hardware Control. Truth be told, that was the second thing; the first thing was to thank the mobile-tech deities for a successful BIOS upgrade! I hit […] Read more »

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Students participating in the Microsoft Imagine Cup competition developed a solution that helps provide environmental awareness for the visually impaired. As if that isn’t impressive enough, the solution uses a Windows Mobile handheld device to provide audio information to the blind. "We used ultrasonic sensors to […] Read more »

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Eagle-eyed jkOTR reader Bill spotted a BIOS upgrade for the Samsung Q1 on the company’s website; the 912 Kb file is dated July 28th and will bring your BIOS up to version "MA02". Bill and I have both run the upgrade without any major issues. Bill […] Read more »

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I continue to read David Allen’s "Getting Things Done" each year and every time I do, I get closer and closer to fully adopting it, which is good. The downside is: I also see new tools and software implementations that can help my adoption every few […] Read more »

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Yep, going forward, I’m introducing my XV6700 to everyone by the name of mylo. When I saw the picture to the right of Sony’s new personal communicator, I immediately thought of my current Smartphone, since the functional design is so similar. I’ve got a screen that’s […] Read more »

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Not to be outdone by my Samsung Q1 RAM upgrade, Frank (aka: ctitanic) has taken the plunge on a hard drive upgrade for his eo UMPC. Better yet, he captured pics and accompanying steps so that you too can upgrade the drive if you’ve got a […] Read more »

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Kingston gives the portable media player space a go with the K-PEX. Two choices are available: a 1 GB model at $130 or a 2 GB version for $180. I’m semi-surprised about two things: one, that a company like Kingston is entering a market that is […] Read more »

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Can’t say I’ve ever used a Sony Ericsson phone but if I did, it would likely be the P990i that’s expected in the UK this month. MobilitySite drops the specs on us and this is a pretty solid feature-set running on Symbian OS 9.1: 2 megapixel […] Read more »

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Normally we keep all of the posts related directly or indirectly to mobile tech, but I wanted to pass along some personal info. I’ll be on the road and mostly off-line today through the weekend. Unfortunately, Barbara’s father passed about two weeks ago, so we’re heading […] Read more »

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CLICK HERE to download the file and listen directly.MoTR 60 is 35:16 minutes long and is a 32.4 MB file in MP3 format.INTRO: Based on “Time v2.1″ by Meta Sektion, additional mixing by James Kendrick.HOSTS: James Kendrick (Houston), Matthew Miller (Seattle) and Kevin C. Tofel (Philadelphia) […] Read more »

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It’s the last day of July and what a month it’s been for GottaBeMobile’s InkShows.  Rob, Dennis and Warner aren’t really pulling these July videos off the site, but if you haven’t seen ‘em yet, I gotta ask: what are you waiting for? Here’s what those […] Read more »

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Apparently, fast food and retail stores have graduated to the POI, or Points of Interest, that many GPS devices use. Tele Atlas is including POI icons based on company logos for GPS map data, so that when you’re looking for McDonald’s Golden Arches, you’ll see…well…the Golden […] Read more »

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Yowza this QWERTY keyboard Smartphone looks interesting. I’m still not into the whole Smartphone operating system due to my touchscreen addiction, but if you’ve been enamored by the Motorola Q, you just might want to feast your eyes on the photo Smartphone Thoughts has of the […] Read more »

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Basecamp is a fantastic on-line project collaboration tool and a Tablet PC is an equally solid productivity tool. So what do you get when you combine Basecamp and Tablet PCs? For those of you that said "TabletCamp", try again because the answer is Scout. ;) Scout […] Read more »

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Most folks know that I went solely to digital magazine subscriptions a few years back. There’s a few exceptions since some of my favorite mags aren’t yet in a digital format, but by and large I’m all digital. Since I’ve migrated from a 12.1-inch tablet screen […] Read more »

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EverNote just announced a deal with Lexar that helps keep you productive and mobile: the standard EverNote software will be pre-loaded on 1 GB and 2 GB Lexar USB flash drives. Lexar is including the productivity application with their PowerToGo software, which will allow you to […] Read more »

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We often discuss the challenges a smaller screen mobile device faces, so this Office 2007 info is welcome news. Chris Pirillo notes a CRN article telling us that the Office 2007 Ribbon is getting some tweaks. You can currently minimize or collapse the toolbar ribbon by […] Read more »

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CLICK HERE to download the file and listen directly.MoTR 59 is 33:14 minutes long and is a 30.4 MB file in MP3 format.INTRO: Based on “Time v2.1″ by Meta Sektion, additional mixing by James Kendrick.HOSTS: James Kendrick (Houston), Matthew Miller (Seattle) and Kevin C. Tofel (Philadelphia) […] Read more »

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Microsoft showed a prototype of the FonePlus yesterday, a concept phone that doubles as a full PC when connected to a display and keyboard. This device ran Windows CE, not a full-blown desktop OS, but don’t underestimate the potential power of CE here. Additionally, if you’ve […] Read more »

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I gotta wonder if you could actually use the LogiNoki mouse for Windows SideShow; the built in LCD display isn’t super powerful, but just maybe…. This interesting little rodent was mashed up by Jani ‘Japala’ Pönkkö by using a Logitech laser mouse and a Nokia 6610 […] Read more »

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Last month I grabbed a Slingbox and the Sling Player software is one of the most often used apps on my UMPC, not to mention my PCs at home on my WLAN. Sure it’s great for watching TV on any Internet connected computer or Windows Mobile […] Read more »

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The stork finally arrived at Intel and officially delivered the expected Core 2 Duo mobile processors today. The siblings named Core Duo are now suffering an identity crisis claiming the more power-efficient new arrival should have been named with an esoteric male/female symbol and called "The […] Read more »

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Earlier this week, those crazy kids down at Geekzone got the Ubuntu flavah of Linux on their Sony UX-17 handheld and today Brenda at Coffee.Geek.NZ shares the details on how to get the touchscreen working. There appears to be a little trial and error involved to […] Read more »

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On the surface, the Universal Language Real-Time Message Translator, or ULRTMT, sounds amazing in any language. It appears to be a web-based language translation service for Skype that takes advantage of the Skype4COM library available directly thorough Skype’s developer page. After installing the library (which may […] Read more »

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I used to use Topix.net for topical story aggregation but RSS steered me away from it at some point previously. It’s a great service, but I really haven’t looked at it in some time. Just last week, Topix gave me a new reason to review their […] Read more »

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The iPod Shuffle might not have much longer of a shelf live, but that won’t stop others from applying the concept of a basic MP3 player. The SC-MP001W is a prime example and actually takes an interesting twist on the shuffle: you supply the memory. This […] Read more »

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Since folks have the ridiculous desire to use wireless broadband the way they sit fit [you know who you are you wireless "heathens"! ;)], options other than the limited-unlimited Verizon EV-DO plans are always good. Morotola is providing the hardware for one of those options with […] Read more »

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We’ve heard rumors of Verizon shutting down unlimited Broadband Access accounts for some time, but now that it’s happened to ConsumerAffairs, I think we’re about to hear a whole bunch more. Without much warning, ConsumerAffairs received a letter telling them of the impending service shut-down and […] Read more »

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One of the early issues with the Samsung Q1 may be resolved. Initial experiences from several folks, including me, showed that the Display Rotation function would apparently stop working; a real shame since the Q1 is the only UMPC with support for rotation. A few days […] Read more »

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Since the DualCor cPC didn’t materialize in the first quarter as expected, there are very few shots of it in the wild. Judie over at The Gadgeteer just received her engineering sample for review and while she hasn’t had a chance to use the unit for […] Read more »

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