Archive for April, 2005

As solid as it gets - iPAQ hx2750 review

Friday, April 29th, 2005

We have always considered the iPAQ hx2750 as best of the current crop of HP PDA’s (yes - even against its glamorous hx4700 brother) and are heartened to read time and again, good reviews of the superb PDA and the results that come out of them.

Granted, the hx2750 does not sport a fancied VGA (480×640) [...]

Dell plans for Axim future

Tuesday, April 26th, 2005

Brighthand has word of Dell’s future plans for its Axim handheld lineup, which according to its source would include what could be a PDA phone model in 2006 and a multimedia powerhouse with a built-in hard drive in the nearer future (this Fall ‘05).
Read the rest in Brighthand’s article.

DAP as a PDA/smartphone?

Tuesday, April 26th, 2005

We thought about it … digital audio players (or DAP’s) have quite a bit of functionality built in these days, with basic calendaring, address books, and simple file readers. Of course, no one would expect them to have the input capabilities that PDAs are traditionally known for, but hear us out on our little concept:
What [...]

Cheaper WiFi for the average Palm

Monday, April 25th, 2005

Ok, so palmOne’s dropped their price for the WiFi SD Card to $99 and palmZone.net goes further by posting up the fact that its affiliate Amazon.com store has it even lower for $94. The current Net lowest is $71.91.

We take this bit of news as a natural progression of things at palmOne, given that its [...]

Good PDA advice

Monday, April 25th, 2005

We couldn’t have written it better: J. Kohrs articles a column for Computer Geeks’ Tech-Tips on how to pick and choose the best PDA for yourself - have a good read here.
Thanks to Lynette Chandler of Tech Based Marketing for the tip-to-the-tips.

Tungsten E2 review

Thursday, April 21st, 2005

Pocketfactory’s got a nice and concise review of the new palmOne Tungsten E2, complete with comparison pics and the usual screen shots. Pocketfactory Editor and author of the review Kent Pribbernow:
I came away from this review surprisingly impressed with the product.
- excerpt from review conclusion
… and gives a high 8.0 out of 10 rating for [...]

Win a Treo

Tuesday, April 19th, 2005

Thanks to you, our customers, we’ve sold over one million Treo™ smartphones. To celebrate this milestone we’re giving away one Treo smartphone every five minutes between the hours of 9 am Pacific/Noon Eastern to 9 pm Pacific/Midnight Eastern time, today, Tuesday, April 19, 2005. Enter as many times as you want. You could win a [...]

Zire 72 Special Edition deal

Tuesday, April 19th, 2005

Buy.com is offering the palmOne Zire 72 Special Edition (silver) with a free-in-mail palmOne 512MB memory expansion card in the mail for only $262.78.

Free BlackBerry 7100g

Sunday, April 17th, 2005

Get the RIM BlackBerry 7100g smartphone with RIM’s much-touted push-email technology from eCost.com for free.
The regular price is $249.99, but you get a two $125 MIR’s which means the phone’s free after. Of course, to qualify you need to sign up on a Cingular plan upon purchase. MIR’s valid until 4/30 so best hurry [...]

HP iPAQ 2755 offers

Thursday, April 14th, 2005

Not exactly cutting-edge, the iPAQ hx2755 nevertheless is a solidly made productivity PDA. The 240×320-pixel display may not appeal to the tech-chasers, but work well in this unit that also sports Bluetooth, WiFi and a biometric security scanner to prevent those Paris Hilton … uh, corporate secrets from falling into wrong hands.

eCost.com has it for [...]