Archive for August, 2004

And the lashing goes on …

Wednesday, August 18th, 2004

We revisited our post, “HP iPAQ PR disaster spills over to corporate buyers, other product segments” and found that the original thread of the Windows Mobile 2003 SE upgrade debacle in the HP Business Support Forums has been pulled (deleted).
Some snooping around revealed that the HP iPAQ Team had re-worded their statement on why Windows [...]

WiFi arrives in Tungsten T3 & Zire 72 - all others, wait

Wednesday, August 18th, 2004

Wow. palmOne releases a press statement about the availability of the palmOne SD WiFi Card and the whole PDA community goes wild. Not surprising, given that palmOne has been awfully slow in addressing the wireless needs of its loyal customers - which is like zip since the day the Tungsten C with built-in WiFi [...]

New JavoSkin for the Zire 72, tip for nitpickers

Monday, August 16th, 2004

Alright; enough of the peeling Zire 72 hoo-ha already.

JavoEdge should be lauded for its latest product; the JavoSkin for the palmOne Zire 72. Due out for sale 19 August 2004 at a promotional price of $28.95 this skintight case should almost be the ultimate protection against peeling, scuffing and chipping on the Zire 72’s fragile [...]

Great long-term play with the HTC Typhoon (C500)

Friday, August 13th, 2004

We thoroughly enjoyed the ongoing evaluation of the HTC Typhoon Smartphone by lutzh over at MoDaCo Smartphone’s forums. There are plenty of pics and videos shot by the owner/reviewer and we must say we’re pretty impressed considering it came from a Smartphone and a HTC one at that: Previous HTC Smartphone incarnations were rather [...]

HP under fire by global PDA community - again

Tuesday, August 10th, 2004

To provide products, services and solutions of the highest quality and deliver more value to our customers that earns their respect and loyalty.
Underlying beliefs supporting this objective:

Our continued success is dependent on increasing the loyalty of our customers.
Listening attentively to customers to truly understands their needs, then delivering solutions that translate into customer success is [...]

World’s smallest Smartphone already shipping

Tuesday, August 10th, 2004

That’s the big news today folks, according to HTC’s earnings call spotted at PPCW.Net and Smartphone Thoughts, is that HTC has begun shipping its latest Smartphone dubbed the C500 or E500 (HTC codename Typhoon) this month.

Peeling Zire 72 laid to rest

Sunday, August 8th, 2004

Ok; we are posting this up because we noticed there are still some of you who are concerned about purchasing the palmOne Zire 72 due to the peeling blue Velvecron coating incident of earlier production batches.
Going by what we read from posts in various Palm-centric discussion forums worldwide, we are assured sufficiently by palmOne product [...]

Axim X30 deal at Dell Small Business

Sunday, August 8th, 2004

The Axim X30 624MHz unit with Bluetooth & WiFi is going for only $297.00 after a 15% discount only at Dell Small Business (USA); price excludes shipping and taxes (if any.) We couldn’t find any expiry dates of this special offer.
Dell Home & Home Office (USA) has the same model selling at $314.00 after a [...]

HP iPAQ PR disaster spills over to corporate buyers, other product segments

Saturday, August 7th, 2004

We know that HP is in deep doo-doo with its decision not to offer the Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition upgrade for its existing customers of older iPAQs … but what we didn’t imagine was they are really in that deep.
Thanks to Pocket PC Thoughts, we are led to HP’s official Windows Mobile 2003 support [...]

Danger Hiptop2 announced; T-Mobile readying sale of Sidekick II

Saturday, August 7th, 2004

If you are a total devotee of always-connected email and instant messaging, coupled with the incessant need to be available by phone 24/7 … this is what you should be looking for in a gadget.

The Danger Hiptop2 - known as the the Sidekick II at T-Mobile - was unveiled to a glitzy party of celebrities [...]