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The truth about desktops and laptops: The failure of One Laptop Per Child (and it is a failure) to mass market its $100 Linux laptops made me realize something important about that market. There is something cheaper than free. It's called subsidized, bundled, marketed and supported. Subsidy comes in many...; Tags: Desktop, Handheld, Laptop Computer, Handheld Internet Terminal, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-04-22
The REDFLY gives me back the utility of a Handheld PC, but with the latest OS: The REDFLY gives me back the utility of a Handheld PC, but with the latest OS$500 is still too expensive.I don't have an "IT Department" who will buy one for me, and I'm not going to spend $500 for a bluetooth keyboard and add-on display. If I spend $500, I'd...; Tags: Handhelds, REDFLY, handheld computer, handheld, operating system, PC; Discussion threads 2008-03-21
Microsoft Handheld Synchronization for Entourage X (bin): Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac 11.3.3 Update contains several improvements to enhance security and stability, including fixes for vulnerabilities that an attacker can use to overwrite the contents of your computer's memory with malicious code. In includes all update of the improvements released in all previous Office 2004 updates. Version...; Tags: Handheld, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office 2004, Microsoft Office, Security, Office Suites, Software; Software downloads 2008-02-28
Mobile/Handheld TV could bring $2 bln by 2012: Broadcast television could reap an additional $2 bln in annual revenue by 2012 delivering content to mobile and handheld devices if an industry standard is adopted and technology deployed quickly, according to Flexible Advanced Services for Television & Radio On All Devices. Assuming early adoption of a M/H standard, the...; Tags: Mobile, Handheld, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, AM; Blog posts 2008-02-26
Handheld Mobile Computing in the Enterprise: Your workers want to use mobile devices in the office and on the road. How do you manage all these new devices and keep your corporate data secure? Watch this demo to learn how NetMotion Wireless' award-winning Mobility XE Mobile VPN software ensures security and control over devices while enhancing...; Tags: NetMotion Wireless, Handheld, Worker; Webcasts 2008-02-01

Why Dell needs a Handheld: Why Dell needs a handheldWhere can Dell best compete?There are already plenty of phone manufacturers and there are several good music players available. Where can Dell best compete? Dell had an excellent PDA. I may be the odd one, but I use my Dell Axim X51v for at least...; Tags: Handhelds, PDAs, Palm Inc., smartphone screen, HP iPAQ, Dell Computer Corp., Dell Axim, handheld, Dell Needs; Discussion threads 2007-12-10
Photos: Amazon fires up Kindle e-reader: The online bookseller goes a step further with its new $399 handheld gadget for reading books and newspapers electronically. by CNET News.com; Tags: Handheld, Amazon.com Inc., Photograph, Handhelds, E-business/E-Commerce, Hardware, Internet, CNET News.com; Image galleries 2007-11-19
Going cold turkey off a Handheld: Going cold turkey off a handheldnow you knowwhy its nickname is 'crackberry'... ;)I got a Visor in January 2000.And it wasn't more than a couple of months before I was referring to it as the third lobe of my brain. It and its successors are so important that this...; Tags: Handhelds, Palm Inc., Palm Pilot, handheld; Discussion threads 2007-11-14
Interactive game merges tech with urban adventure: Hewlett-Packard's Mscape suite of software applications helps users create location-based games and tours. HP brings its technology, currently in beta, to life with an urban adventure using handheld devices and actors. Here, CNET News.com's Erica Ogg chronicles her journey in San Francisco.; Tags: Game, Hewlett-Packard Co., Adventure, Games, Tools & Techniques, Handhelds, Personal Technology, Management, Hardware, gps, location, hp, handheld, erica ogg; Videos 2007-11-06
Remotemp3 (exe): Remote controlled Mp3 player. Turns a two or tree button wireless/cordless mouse into a handheld remote control. Use just the buttons of the mouse to control this Mp3 player. Features included Playlists, Selection of Mp3 directories/folders, Fast Forward and Backwards. Version 1.3.0.332 adds Scroll Wheel support.; Tags: Mouse, MP3 Player, Handheld, MP3, Digital Music, Mice, Digital Media, Media Players, Personal Technology, Hardware, Peripherals, Consumer Electronics; Software downloads 2007-11-02
Displaying Handheld data on a table: When Dan Olsen, a professor of computer science at Brigham Young University (BYU), was on sabbatical last year at Microsoft Research, he got a bright idea. He realized that even a laptop was too heavy to carry for him, and that a handheld computer was powerful enough to handle the...; Tags: Application, Handheld, Brigham Young University, Circuit, Computer, Brigham Young University Team, Handhelds, Hardware, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2007-10-29
Nokia announces N810 Internet device: Look out, iPhone. Nokia's latest handheld Internet access device browses the Web, runs Flash and has GPS. It'll sell for $479 when it comes out in November. The downside: it has no cellular modem built in, so you have to use Wi-Fi or reach the Net via a Bluetooth link...; Tags: Nokia Corp., Modems, GPS, Bluetooth, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Handhelds, Hardware, Components, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Wireless, nokia, n810, tablet pc, mobile, iphone, cell, phone, webware, rafe needleman, handheld; Videos 2007-10-17
Intel's IPhone Killer: Now in the way cool corner. Check out this demo of Intel's Moorestown, an open iPhone-like handheld. Imagine equipping all of your team members with one of these things. It's like having your desktop, XBox, Ipod, phone, and desktop in the palm of you hand. Then again, maybe giving your...; Tags: Game, Apple iPhone, Desktop, Application, Handheld, Intel Corp., Games, WiMAX, Desktops, Keyboards, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Personal Technology, Hardware, Peripherals, Dave Greenfield; Blog posts 2007-10-16
Unit Converter & Sci-Calculator (zip): Palm Unit Converter is very fast and simple tool for Palm OS handhelds that allows you to convert more than 3000 units organized in 95 categories and fourty subcategories. Features: converts and calculates 3000 units; simple and fast, on-the-fly conversions; support for 95 unit categories with 30 subcategories; all math...; Tags: Palm OS, Handhelds, Palm Inc., handheld, tool; Software downloads 2007-10-04
Intel has ARM in its crosshairs: Intel has ARM in its crosshairsConsumers will be the winnerIntel has been wildly successful in most of itsventures, but has stumbled every now and then.As the article says, Intel did license the ARMtechnology sometime ago, and couldn't makea go of it. Intel then sold that (probablymoney-losing part) to Marvell....; Tags: Processors, Handhelds, Intel x86, Intel Corp., ARM, handheld, Puppy Linux; Discussion threads 2007-09-26
RIM's new, Wi-Fi enabled BlackBerry: The RIM BlackBerry 8820 gets another boost with Wi-Fi capabilities. CNET's Bonnie Cha examines this and other features in the latest version of the popular communications device.; Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., CNET Networks Inc., RIM BlackBerry, RIM BlackBerry 8820, Wireless LANs, Handhelds, Hardware, blackberry, rim, research in motion, wifi, 8820, first look, bonnie cha, portable, handheld, smartphone, smart phone, wi-fi, communication, device, business, email, Wireless; Videos 2007-09-19
Intel wants you to put the Internet in your pocket: San Francisco—The next big thing for Intel is little. The company has used its Developer Forum, here, to extol the virtues of its forthcoming handheld device platforms for allowing consumers to connect to the Internet. Intel calls this "Internet in your pocket." Intel has been...; Tags: Device, Apple iPod, Network, Handheld, Broadband Wireless, Broadband, Apple Inc., Intel Corp., MID, Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Internet, WiMAX, Handhelds, Broadband Internet, Wireless, Digital Music, Digital Media, Wi-Fi, Telecommunications, Tablets, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Emerging Technologies, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, John Spooner; Blog posts 2007-09-19
Diagonal cursor navigation described in new BlackBerry Patent app: A newly published BlackBerry Patent app describes an onscreen "diagonal cursor" method of navigation on smaller, non-QWERTY BlackBerry devices. Fittingly, the Patent app is entitled, On-Screen Diagonal Cursor Navigation On A Handheld Communication Device Having A Reduced Alphabetic Keyboard. A...; Tags: Movement, Method, Handheld, RIM BlackBerry, Handheld Communication Device, Cursor Movement, Russell Shaw; Blog posts 2007-09-06
ACTc Anesthesia Clinical Tutor & Calculator (zip): New and improved ACTc. Anesthesia Clinical Tutor and Calculator (ACTc) is a unique software built for today's handheld devices. ACTc is designed to teach and simplify the everyday calculations that are involved in Anesthesia Practice. Areas include a full drug database, Regional anesthesia guides with anatomical reference, Age airway selectors,...; Tags: Handhelds, handheld device, handheld, database, software; Software downloads 2007-08-27
A nanosensor to predict asthma attacks: Asthma is a common illness which affects at least 300 million people worldwide and which is responsible for about 200,000 deaths every year. But asthma attacks could be detected up to 3 weeks before they happen by testing regularly the breath of asthmatics. If the levels of nitric oxide increase,...; Tags: Nanotube, Handheld, Sensor, Breath, University Of Pittsburgh, Attack, Asthma, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2007-08-24