By now everyone who can read knows that the big news in wireless this week was the announcement for "Steve's Amazing New Device". We've had several queries for comment over the last couple of days and reluctantly have decided to offer a few thoughts on his so-called 'future of mobile handsets'. One might be forgiven for asking "what does this development have to do with Japan" but it was actually the LA Times who started it.
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If you think mobile games mean Snake, thing again. Whether you're an old hand at this mobile gaming lark or new to the thrills and spills to be had on your phone, 2006 has been a great vintage. From action-adventures to puzzlers to racers, just about every genre had one or two standout titles to download. Here's the 50 best...
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Here, we take a look at a wide variety of interesting Linux-powered gadgets that don't fit into the other categories of this guide -- everything from web-enabled digital cameras, to automobile telematics systems, to IBM's Linux wrist watch, to cameras and cockpits.
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Japan's mighty monopoly NTT DoCoMo has developed a tiny, SOLAR-POWERED FLIP PHONE prototype that has regular cell phone goodies on the inside, and solar panels on the outside
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Live shots of the HTC Athena (X7500). Its running Windows Moble Pocket PC edition with a 3.5-inch QVGA touch-screen and detachable qwerty keyboard. The unofficial specs being passed around indicate that this handheld is destined for Europe: UMTS 2100 with tri-band GSM/GPRS radio (what, no EDGE or HSDPA?), 802.11b/g WiFi, 256MB ROM / 64MB RAM, 2 megapixel camera, SD expansion, and USB 1.1 interface. All running on a 400MHz Samsung processor.
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Do you remember your first PDA device? I do. It was a Palm product, and it was based on the now dated Palm OS. Overly complex, Palm OS was not, but the benefit it offered was something that I, among thousands of others have clamored over the Palm OS back in the day, thanks in part to its obvious advantages. Today, we revisit some of the advantages.
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Intel Corporation today announced design completion of its first mobile WiMAX baseband chip. Combined with the company’s previously announced single-chip, multi-band WiMAX/Wi-Fi radio, the pair creates a complete chipset called the Intel WiMAX Connection 2300. This development marks another major step in Intel’s efforts to deliver an “always best connected” mobile Internet experience for future laptops and mobile devices.
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ITU Telecom World 2006 was held in Hong Kong this week, Theo does a report of the show just for "Palm lovers". ACCESS was there showing off the Access linux Platform (ALP) as well as a few Palm OS Treos. The Xplore m70 also made an appearance.
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Michael Mace's take on the recent licensing of Garnet by Palm.
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