Tuesday, December 21, 2004
Tom’s Hardware Guide Mobile Devices: The OQO: WindowsXP in the Palm of Your Hand - What Is It Good For?: “The OQO attracted a lot of attention during our testing. Dozens of people walked up and asked us what it was and how such a small device could run Windows. After showing them the device, [...]
Friday, December 17, 2004
So while Connick is gushing over his new U750 and Vivian is awaiting hers, here’s a look at the other one: the OQO, on Tom’s Hardware. Check it out.
Friday, December 17, 2004
Saw this over at Mobile Read: there’s a new AG client available (based on the latest version). Click on link to download.
AG has finally recognised that there are hi-res, wide screen Palms out there. However, on the Zodiac, the screen is filled only in portait mode, and not in landscape. Also, there are still the [...]
Wednesday, December 15, 2004
Amazon.com: Electronics: HP iPAQ RZ1715 Pocket PC
Amazon has dropped the price of the lackluster iPAQ rz1715 to $199. This puts it head to head with the PalmOne Tungsten E, with which it compares fairly. Frankly, I’m surprised this sold at all at $280, but at the same price point as the E, it’s not a [...]
Wednesday, December 15, 2004
dottocomu: Tokyo University’s wraparound scanner: “Tokyo University’s Quantum-Phase Electronics Centre has come up with a scanner in the form of a flexible plastic sheet containing organic diodes that can be placed against an object to scan it. This makes it possible to get a perfect scan of both pages of old and fragile books without [...]
Wednesday, December 15, 2004
Handango just sent this out to developers.
“Handango is preparing a special marketing program for applications that support the new square screen Pocket PC. Are your Pocket PC applications screen orientation aware? If so, please send a quick email to [deleted] with your company name and a list of your screen orientation aware Pocket PC applications.”
Is [...]
Wednesday, December 15, 2004
Saw this at PocketPC Thoughts… Text to speech software that will turn your favorite blog into speech, in case you’d rather listen than read. See it here.
Wednesday, December 15, 2004
It could be that publishers, reported in the New York Times, are beginning to see the advantages in first-time authors who self-publish their work. For instance, no longer will an editor really have to guess whether a new novel or social commentary will strike a chord in a number of readers; they could get [...]
Tuesday, December 14, 2004
The Doc Searls Weblog : Tuesday, December 14, 2004: “See, I think the future of periodical publishing, and of journalism itself, will be built mostly by individual bloggers and indivdidual blogs, and by a new breed of publishers who harvest and republish (and, yes, pay for) goods from the wide open ranges where bloggers roam, [...]
Tuesday, December 14, 2004
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