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Note from Jason Flick The summer lull is over, and the 'mobile makers' are back at it. The sleeper company you're going to be hearing from most in the coming months is HTC. Less than a handful of people I’ve spoken to have ever heard of them, but they’ve been the biggest engine behind some of the best devices you've come to know and love—specifically, the Treo, HP's PDAs, smartphones and many more. What is changing is that this gigantic China-based company is starting to build its own brand. They’ve just recently opened an office in North America and the word from the VP is that they want to improve support with the carriers who traditionally have not been picking up their smartphones. All good news for the gadget geek and mobile professional, keep your eyes open for these devices from your carriers, or if cost is no object, hunt for them online today!
Cheers, Jason Flick, |
Last week we told you about a rumored new HTC Smartphone that has a QWERTY
keyboard like the Motorola Q or the Samsung i320. This morning, I was
very surprised to find a pre-production picture of this device sitting in my
inbox. This new device is being developed under the codename of
Excalibur. While the picture appears to make this device look big, I'm
told it's only a couple millimeters thicker than Samsung's i320 and 2 millimeters shorter.
The HTC TyTN 3G Microsoft® Windows Mobile® 5.0-based Pocket PC phone, with its compact size and ultimate connectivity, is truly the complete mobile office solution. Roam anywhere in the world and use the high speed internet access, Bluetooth® and Wi-Fi. It gives you more control than ever over the way you work.
But wait, there's more... Zune deets
By Paul Miller
July 17, 2006
For a product that Microsoft hasn't even officially confirmed, there sure is a
whole lot of Zune info to be getting on with.
The latest leaks are from Digital Music News, who has been reviewing some of the
presentation material that Microsoft shared with top-level execs of partner companies.
The biggest detail that they've unveiled is that the Zune will
indeed be basing its social networking capabilities on Microsoft's Live
Anywhere platform.
Google expanding mobile offerings
By Chris Ziegler
July 27, 2006
In a move sure to steal a few folks away from their carriers' WAP home pages, Google has added a system for customizing users' mobile screens independently of their desktop counterparts - a good move, especially for those 99.9% of us without VGA screens on our phones. Separately, they've also announced a new version of their Java-based Google Maps Mobile app that adds support for live traffic and saving favorite locations. We've tried the new release, and yeah, it's gorgeous - Moto bundling or not, Yahoo's got some catch-up to play.
Mobile Compia PDA designed with day trading in mind
By Darren Murph
July 18, 2006
Think your PDA is all that and then some? Korean-based Mobile Compia has unveiled their MC-7000, designed to not only handle the basic tasks any PDA should tackle, but also give stock traders the scoop without needing a PC or laptop, of all things, essentially bringing the chaos of Wall Street into the confines of your back pocket. Internally, it's underpowered by a 312MHz XScale PXA270 and comes with Windows CE 5.0; a 3.5-inch LCD, CDMA connectivity, 64MB SDRAM, 128MB ROM, and a miniSD slot for expansion purposes.
Carry-on casualties
There are some barriers to mobile computing you can't do anything about
By Shane Schick
August 10, 2006
Several years ago a good friend of mine was travelling on business around with a
loud-mouthed colleague who was surprised to see my friend taking his notebook as
a carry-on item aboard an airplane. “I always check my notebook,” he said,
pointing to a bag that was already sitting on a conveyor belt.
Needless to say, when they arrived at their destination several
hours later, my friend was still toting his mobile computer and the loudmouth
found himself without one.
So my heart goes out to business travellers in the U.K., where onboard
electronics have been prohibited on all flights. Following the arrests of 21
people Thursday in connection with an alleged plot to blow up aircraft
mid-flight en route to the U.S., the policy is part of a wider government
directive aimed at liquids and gels in all forms. The Canadian government moved
in step with the latter part of the policy, but for the moment you can still
bring mobile IT with you to London, if not from it. That could change quickly as
law enforcement probes into other terror plots begin to heat up.
Microsoft Developing New Mobile OS
May 18, 2006
Microsoft, which has been carving a larger slice of the market for mobile device
operating systems, is developing a new product code-named Crossbow that will
incorporate instant messaging, a company executive confirmed recently.
Crossbow would have strong links with Office 2007 and Exchange 12,
Microsoft's pending new office application suite and e-mail server, says Pieter
Knook, senior vice president for the mobile devices and telecom sector. Crossbow
would be the successor to Windows Mobile 5.0, released last May.
Crossbow is expected to take aim at the Symbian and BlackBerry operating
systems. It will contain a new mobile version of Office Communicator, an Office
2007 enterprise communications application that includes instant messaging on
public and private networks, Knook says.
Linux Coming to Your Mobile Phone
By Barry Levine
June 15, 2006
Several leading mobile-device manufacturers announced Wednesday that they plan
to form an alliance to develop and support a global version of Linux for mobile
phones, PDAs, and other portable devices by the end of 2007.
Handset makers Samsung, Motorola, NTT DoCoMo, NEC, Panasonic, and Vodafone
said they were creating an independent, not-for-profit group to spearhead the
effort and share the costs.
The main operating systems for mobile devices include Microsoft Windows
Mobile, Symbian, Palm, and BlackBerry. Linux, a popular open-source operating
system, has a smaller share of the mobile market.
Trend: Planning For Reliable Mobile Communication
By Marcia Gulesian
June 25, 2006
It is undeniably clear that our societies are becoming more and more organized around electronic communication; increasingly the cell phone and other multi-purpose, hand-held devices.
Disasters can be localized (e.g., a toxic waste spill at a single plant) or wide spread (e.g., an ocean-wide tsunami). They can occur within walking distance of IT servers or a continent away.
Not surprisingly, major wireless carriers like Cingular are establishing mobile disaster command centers with generators, housing and supplies for dozens of emergency workers, building quick response teams, and more. So, what can your IT organization do to be proactive?
Mobile Business Continuity Planning & You
The responsibility of
the senior information officer extends beyond overseeing the development of
vital documents such as continuity of operations (COOP) and emergency response
(ER) plans for use in the event of a natural disaster or terrorist attack.
Samsung Means Business With Its Q1 UMPC
Samsung Electronics has big plans for its tiny Q1 ultramobile PC.
Despite a less than warm initial reception for the diminutive
PC category by analysts— ultramobile PCs are small, keyboard-less handheld
computers capable of running Microsoft's Windows XP—Samsung said its Q1 UMPC has
exceeded its expectations, particularly for businesses.
And now it's raising the bar.
Samsung, which had not sold a Samsung-brand PC in the United
States for several years before the May 2006 launch of the Q1, expects to
announce soon at least one deal to sell quantities of the $1,100 UMPC to a
corporation.
Meanwhile, depending on the success of the device, its future
plans include at least one Q1 follow-on and possibly offering Samsung-brand
notebooks again in the United States.
Review: Avvenu Links Handhelds to Desktop Files
By Joe Moran
July 19, 2006
Regular readers of this site may recall a review we did several months ago of I'm In Touch, a $99 remote-access application that lets you
access files on a remote computer though an
Internet-enabled PDA or smartphone. Now there's Avvenu, with a product of the same name that can give you many
of the same remote access capabilities at a price that's hard to quibble
with—namely, free. If there's a catch, it's that Avvenu limits its focus mainly
to file access and sharing rather than full system control, but in these areas
it does a pretty good job.
In order to use Avvenu, you must first install a small application on any system
you want remote access to. Avvenu lets you set up a maximum of four systems for
remote access, and they must all be running Windows XP. Installation is
exceedingly easy; unless your network uses a proxy server, there isn't any
configuration required.
Top Ten Mobile Games, Publishers
By James Alan Miller
July 19, 2006
Informa Telecoms & Media reports the worldwide mobile gaming market surpassed
$2.43 billion in 2005. The analyst company projects it'll reach $4.02 billion
this year and could possibly top $10.17 billion in revenue by the end of the
decade.
In what may come as a surprise to some, the gender most commonly downloading
games to their cell phones and smartphones are woman.
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