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SmartPhone Articles for December of 2002

Below are the 106 SmartPhone articles for December of 2002

1. Review - Lemonade Tycoon for Palm OS from Hexacto 12/1/2002

Lemonade Tycoon is one half Business simulation one third puzzle/strategy and the rest ice cubes. Hexacto has taken another of their popular

2. Review -- Sony Clie NX60 and NX70V 12/1/2002

Sony owns the record for the most PDA's ever to be released in one year. The Clie NX60 and NX70V mark the ninth and tenth PDA's to be releas

3. Review -- Sony Clie NX60 and NX70V 12/1/2002

Sony owns the record for the most PDA's ever to be released in one year. The Clie NX60 and NX70V mark the ninth and tenth PDA's to be releas

4. Review -- Sony Clie NX60 and NX70V 12/1/2002

Sony owns the record for the most PDA's ever to be released in one year. The Clie NX60 and NX70V mark the ninth and tenth PDA's to be releas

5. HP iPAQ h1910 release slated for mid-December 12/1/2002

The new entry-level Pocket PC's have been slow to materialize, painfully slow for many of you. Well, HP's sleek but underpowered device is o

6. BrightBytes™: NX Series, iPAQ Cases, Bartlett’s 12/2/2002

The first person to develop a CF memory card driver for the NX series will win over $1,000, RhinoSkin has a new line of hard cases, Bartlett

7. Where Are the New Handhelds? 12/2/2002

Updated Several companies have announced new Pocket PC models that have yet to materialize.

8. Review – SplashClock 1.02 for the Palm OS from SplashData 12/2/2002

If you’re like me, you’re PDA of choice sits next to your PC monitor or laptop while charging in the cradle. I often like to run the default

9. Free weather software for Pocket PC's and Palm OS PDA's 12/2/2002

Accuweather.com and Sharp electronics have partnered to bring us free weather software for both the Pocket PC and the Palm OS. The new graph

10. Comic-al content for PDA's and SmartPhones 12/2/2002

Beamable.com is taking an interesting twist to graphic novels and comic books: porting them to Palm and PocketPC based handhelds, and Java-e

11. BrightBytes™: Weather, Tungsten T, Pocket Artist 12/3/2002

AccuWeather.com has a new weather display app, there is a beta of an audio player for the Tungsten T, two companies are making leather flipc

12. Nextel Offering New Blackberry 12/3/2002

RIM has developed the BlackBerry 6510, a smartphone that runs on Nextel's wireless networks and offers web surfing and email.

13. CodeJedi releases Palm OS 5 game emulator 12/3/2002

We all remember the great games that were released back in the 80's. Pac-Man, Galaga, Dig Dug...just thinking about it takes me back to the

14. Review – Stowaway XT Ultra-Thin Keyboard for Palm PDA's 12/3/2002

Anyone who’s researched PDA keyboards or even owns one, knows Think Outside’s Stowaway line (also sold under the Targus name) is the cream o

15. TextMaker for Pocket PC Now Available 12/4/2002

One of the most anticipated Pocket PC apps this year is now available, a word processor with features to rival one for a desktop or laptop.

16. Samsung Demoing Prototype Wireless Handheld 12/4/2002

The SPH-M400 will run the Pocket PC Phone Edition and include a TV tuner and GPS receiver.

17. Brighthand Reviews the AlphaSmart Dana 12/4/2002

The Dana is a rugged word processor that runs the Palm OS. It has an extra-wide screen and a full-size keyboard.

18. Want a keyboard that's not foldable and doesn't require thumbs? 12/4/2002

FrogPad might have a solution for you. They have an alternative that you've just got to see to believe. FrogPad is touting one-handed use an

19. New miniSync cable will let you sync and charge with a single retractable cable 12/4/2002

This might be one of the best thought out accessories PDA's have seen in a long time. The miniSync from Boxwave will let you plug in almost

20. Review - Quest of the Hero II 12/4/2002

Quest of the Hero II is a roleplaying game that puts the player in the role of the Hero, out to defend the Free Lands against the Dark Wizar

21. Palm Tungsten W to come bundled with WorldMate 12/4/2002

We're still weeks (read: months) away from the release of Palm's Tungsten W, but details are surfacing about at least some of the software t

22. BrightBytes™: XCade, AvantGo, Cropped Out 12/5/2002

XCade is similar to MAME in that it allows Palm OS 5 users to play the ROMs from classic arcade games, AvantGo for Palm OS 5 is in closed be

23. Check an eBook out of the Library 12/5/2002

Libraries will soon be able to loan eBooks to patrons for a specific timeframe, according to Palm Digital Media.

24. ZIOSoft about to release Age of Empires for Pocket PC 12/5/2002

Age of Empires is one of the biggest games in PC history and mobile users are about to get a taste of the greatness. I'm such a big fan of t

25. Where Did the ViewSonic V35’s RAM Go? 12/6/2002

ViewSonic admits it made a mistake by not properly informing customers how much of the V35’s RAM is taken up by the operating system.

26. Kickoo Updates Their Palm Games TacTik and Breakout 12/6/2002

If you don't know who Kickoo is, you should. They've got two of the best looking Palm OS games I've ever seen. They play very weel too, so t

27. Picture of an unknown PDA captured by accident 12/6/2002

Yahoo news has posted a picture of two guys at the NYSE using PDA's with WiFi on the trading floor. One is clearly an iPAQ, but the other is

28. Free Pocket PC Software From HP 12/6/2002

HP has released a free software for Pocket PC owners that will let you print to a variety of Bluetooth, network and other wireless printers.

29. Review - Age of Empires for Pocket PC 12/7/2002

No, you didn’t read the title wrong… Age of Empires the hugely popular real time strategy classic by Microsoft, has been ported to the Pocke

30. 2002: Year in Review 12/8/2002

It was another exciting year in the world of handheld computers. One company split into two, two companies merged into one, and a couple of

31. Satire Sunday - Here are a couple PDA news satires I thought you might appreciate 12/8/2002

Let's face it, not much news breaks over the weekend. We like to post a few reviews on the weekend and bring you the lighter side of technol

32. Review – The Emperor’s Mahjong (Palm OS) by Hexacto 12/8/2002

A few days ago Hexacto released another Palm port of a fun Pocket PC game. Emperor’s Mahjong is essentially a matching game that requires qu

33. More Is Not Always Better 12/9/2002

Contributing writer Ted Ladd returns to discuss the implications of using a handheld to become more efficient and effective.

34. Treo 180 Drops to $99 for the Holidays 12/9/2002

Handspring and T-Mobile are offering a $150 rebate on the Treo 180 with GPRS service.

35. BrightBytes™: PPC Printing, Tungsten Tunes, New Reseller 12/9/2002

HP is giving away a utility to allow Pocket PCs to print, there is a new audio player for the Tungsten T, PdaPointer is a new software resel

36. Handspring slashes price of the Treo 180 to $99.99 12/9/2002

For a limited time Handspring is offering the Treo 180 series integrated PDA phone for only $99.99 after a $150 mail-in rebate. You do have

37. Review - HP iPAQ h1910 12/9/2002

Somehow the guys over at Canada Pocket PC have managed to get their hands on an iPAQ h1910. They've posted a pretty good review that you sho

38. Fight Terrorism with your Palm Handheld 12/9/2002

The government told us that we need to take fighting terrorism into our own hands, so now you can, literally! Next time you fly, check for

39. Legend Licenses the Palm OS 12/10/2002

Updated The largest computer maker in China is going to release a Palm OS model in January.

40. Handspring Commits to Keyboards 12/10/2002

No future Handspring product will use Graffiti as its main method of entering text.

41. PalmSource Announces Another Asian Licensee 12/10/2002

The third largest seller of handheld computers in Asia has licensed the Palm OS. At the same time, PalmSource has laid out a roadmap for Ch

42. A new breed of adult content coming to Pocket PC’s 12/10/2002

Be honest baby! Pocket PC owners will either be excited or outraged by this news. A company in Spain is preparing secure digital cards with

43. HP iPAQ h5450 is now shipping! 12/10/2002

Dig deep, real deep, to pull out the cash you need for the new iPAQ h5450. Now that you've found $700, place your order because these bad bo

44. Palm's Ultra-Thin Keyboard 12/11/2002

Editor-in-Chief Ed Hardy reviews the new version of the Stowaway Folding Keyboard that is smaller and lighter than the original.

45. PalmSource signs up two new licensees in China 12/11/2002

PalmSource has signed Legend Computing and Group Sense as new Palm OS licesees. That means either company may now produce devices that run o

46. New Pocket PC from CMC low on power but nice design (picture) 12/11/2002

I'm not sure if this PDA will ever make it to the US, likely not, but I think it's always interesting to see what's happening abroad.

47. New Smartphone from Compal on the way (picture) 12/11/2002

The FCC has granted approval to Compal Electronics to sell their new Smartphone in the US. The phone runs on the Microsoft Smartphone 2002 o

48. First Thoughts: HP iPaq 1910 Overview 12/11/2002

Today I got my hands on the HP iPaq 1910, one of the two new iPaq devices from HP, and am able to put forth some initial thoughts on this ve

49. BrightBytes™: ViewSonic, Games, FitalyVirtual 12/12/2002

There is good news for anyone who wants a refund for their V35 because of the amount of its accessible RAM, several games have been released

50. RumorMill: Better Memory Sticks in January 12/12/2002

According to rumor, Sony will soon announce higher capacity Memory Sticks in sizes up to 1 GB, though not all current devices will be able t

51. Pocket PC Buyers Will No Longer Get Outlook 2002 12/12/2002

It seems Microsoft will no longer ship Outlook 2002 with new Pocket PC's. Word is, Microsoft is afraid of losing out on sales of Windows XP,

52. Sony to release new memory sticks up to 1GB! But they won't work on any current PDA's!?! 12/12/2002

Rumors have Sony planning to release 256MB, 512MB and 1GB memory sticks, dubbed memory stick pro. The official announcement should come at t

53. Total Remote for Pocket PC Released 12/12/2002

My favorite use for the IR port on any PDA is syncing. The second is controlling an unsuspecting friend's TV. Total Remote is packed full of

54. First Thoughts: ViewSonic V35 Overview 12/12/2002

It’s another day and, yes, another PDA. Poet laureate I am not, but a PDA connoisseur I will call myself. On today’s plate is the ViewSoni

55. PiTech to Aid Palm OS Licensees 12/13/2002

Portable Innovation Technology has been made a Palm OS System Development Partner, which means it will help Palm OS licensees with both hard

56. BrightBytes™: General Magic, Bookworm, Memory Stick Deal 12/13/2002

General Magic has filed for bankruptcy, Bookworm is a new game for both Palm OS and Pocket PC, Buy.com has a deal on 128MB Memory Sticks, an

57. Sena releases new cases for the Clie NX series, Dell Axim and Tungsten T 12/13/2002

Sena is well known for their quality cases, although in the past they've been designed only for Clie owners. Now they're expanding the line

58. BookWorm Released - New Pocket PC and Palm Game From Astraware 12/14/2002

It's been a little quiet in Astraware land...but they just took the wraps off a new cross-platform game, BookWorm. I found it to be a mix of

59. Free Pocket PC Software - Snowed In From Clickgamer 12/14/2002

Clickgamer is getting in the Holilday spirit by giving away one of their Pocket PC games for free.

60. Review - Cube Head Pocket PC Puzzle Game 12/14/2002

Cascata Games hasn't been in the Pocket PC arena for all that long, but they've introduced a wonderful puzzle game title in the form of Cube

61. REVIEW: HP iPaq 1910 12/15/2002

The HP iPaq 1910 is all about being small and having good form, while at the same time being very functional. My goal in this review is to

62. Saving the Pogo 12/16/2002

A new company headed by a former Microsoft exec is trying to revive the Pogo wireless handheld and license the technology to OEMs.

63. BrightBytes™: Snowed In, New Flipcovers, FlexWallet 12/16/2002

Snowed In is a new free game for the Pocket PC, COVERTEC has new flipcovers for several types of handhelds, FlexWallet can securely store pe

64. First Glimpse of Hitachi Pocket PC 12/16/2002

his handheld will include a built-in keyboard and camera and be able to connect to Sprint's high-speed wireless network.

65. More on Legend’s Palm OS Handheld 12/16/2002

There are more details trickling out of Asia on the Palm OS handheld that Legend Group will release in China in January.

66. The first Bluetooth keyboard to be rollable? 12/16/2002

Man and Machine, who is well known for their FX100 rollable keyboard may be releasing a Bluetooth version in the near future. PDA users rejo

67. New Pocket PC from Hitachi has it all, literally (picture) 12/16/2002

Hitachi may be about to release the first Pocket PC with everything - phone, data, keyboard, camera...am I missing anything? From the pictur

68. Vaja adds leather cases for the Clie NX series, iPAQ h1910 and Tungsten T 12/16/2002

Vaja is long-known for their quality leather PDA cases. They are historically not cheap and these new ones are no different. But if you want

69. Brighthand reviews the HP iPAQ h1910 12/17/2002

It's bold, it's beautiful, and it blazes an exciting new path for Pocket PC...but it's not perfect.

70. Clamshell Zaurus SL-C700 Coming to U.S. 12/17/2002

Updated A Linux-powered handheld that created quite a buzz at last month's COMDEX will soon be available in the U.S.

71. Software to Fill in the Gaps in Pocket PC 2002 12/17/2002

Spb Pocket Plus adds many of the most requested features to Pocket PC 2002 , like one tap closing of apps, multiple PIE windows, and more.

72. Unannounced Garmin Handheld Wins Award 12/17/2002

Though not yet announced, the Garmin iQue 3600, which runs Palm OS 5, has won an award for innovation.

73. New racing game lets Palm OS 5 owners to drive in 3D mode 12/17/2002

Xavier Martin has been hard at work making PilotMicroRace. It's one of the first Palm games to take advantage of all the ARM processor has t

74. Samsung i330 to finally see the light of day! 12/17/2002

The i330 from Samsung is the follow-up PDA to the popular i300 model. The i330 features a more stylish form factor and a few upgrades, the m

75. Samsung i330 Palm OS Smartphone Now Available 12/18/2002

Samsung has finally made the i330 smartphone available for purchase. This Palm OS smartphone can connect to high-speed CDMA 1XRTT wireless

76. Palm Reports Profitable Quarter 12/18/2002

Palm Inc. has announced the results of its most recent financial quarter and the news is good.

77. First Thoughts: Dell Axim X5 Overview update! 12/18/2002

The time has arrived for many of those that have been waiting for months for the appearance of the Dell Axim. Today I got my hands on the A

78. PDA News Bits - SD to CF adapter, MP3 software for the Tungsten T and two cool CF cards 12/18/2002

Panasonic has an SD to CF converter being sold in Japan Aeroplayer is in Beta 2 and has added support for MP3's on Palm OS 5 devices Lifev

79. Finally a portable keyboard for Toshiba Pocket PC owners 12/18/2002

Toshiba e740/310/330/335 owners or prospective buyers rejoice! There is finally a foldable keyboard to meet your needs. Want to know the bes

80. BrightBytes™: Palm Update, MP3 Player, Mapopolis 12/19/2002

Palm has released a system patch that lets its OS 4.1 devices format large SD cards. Also, there is a new version of the AeroPlayer for the

81. NetFront Browser for Pocket PC Released 12/19/2002

The new NetFront browser for Pocket PC has a good number of features not supported by Microsoft's Pocket Internet Explorer.

82. Belkin Offering Keyboard for Toshiba Pocket PCs 12/19/2002

Belkin has developed a portable keyboard for the Toshiba e330, e335, and e740 Pocket PC.

83. Kyocera 7135 Palm OS Smartphone Due Tomorrow 12/19/2002

The long-awaited Kyocera 7135 Palm OS smartphone will be available on Friday from ALLTEL. It offers a clamshell design, an SD/MMC slot, and

84. Alert - Kyocera 7135 to be released tomorrow 12/19/2002

It's official! The Kyocera 7135 will finally be available for purchase in the US. Here's the bad news. It's only available through Alltel fo

85. Preview - Intrinsyc MicroPDA 12/19/2002

Intrinsyc Software, Inc. today announced Microsoft Corp. is one of the first customers for its next generation wireless handheld reference d

86. Struggling AvantGo Acquired by Sybase 12/20/2002

Popular handheld software and services company, AvantGo, has been purchased by Sybase, a company that also develops mobile enterprise softwa

87. “Buggy” Beta of AvantGo for Palm OS 5 Available 12/20/2002

A beta version of the new AvantGo app for Palm OS 5 users has been released, though it still contains a number of known bugs.

88. Review - Compex Wireless Infrared Access Point 12/20/2002

With an increasing number of devices on the market that lack other options for network connectivity, the built-in infrared ports sported by

89. Quest of the Hero II goes grey 12/20/2002

That's right, Dmitri has taken the great color version and made it in 16 shades of grey. So now all you colorless folks can play this challa

90. Wi-Fi Expansion Card for the Axim -- $54.99 12/22/2002

Many of our readers have recently bought the Dell Axim or may have another PDA device that offers CompactFlash expansion. A fantastic add-o

91. First Thoughts: HP iPaq 5450 Overview 12/22/2002

We all know that saying about life and money, “you get what you pay for,” although usually it’s used in a negative sense it can still apply

92. Touch Typing without a Keyboard 12/23/2002

Senseboard Technologies is talking up a new prototype of a device that allows touch typing on a virtual keyboard. A final version could be

93. Sendo Suing Microsoft Over Smartphone 12/23/2002

Sendo accuses Microsoft of giving its intellectual property to other developers of mobile phones running Smartphone 2002.

94. The end of the year is nearing and the best of hardware is being handed out 12/23/2002

CNet has dished out awards to the top 100 tech products of 2002. In the handheld category there were a few things to take note of. Sony, Del

95. BrightBytes™: RIM, T-Mobile, Pocket Informant, and More 12/26/2002

There is good and bad financial news from RIM, T-Mobile has released a ROM update for its Pocket PC Phone Edition, Pocket Informant has been

96. Pocket PC owners to dial with their voices! 12/26/2002

Fonix Corporation has a new program called VoiceDial that will let Pocket PC Phone Edition owners dial any of their contacts with very simpl

97. iNDUSTRY Entertainment releases MONSTA of a game for the Palm OS 12/26/2002

iE has been working hard at their MONSTA game and it shows. Released a few weeks ago, they have addressed numerous bugs to make the gameplay

98. New Pocket PC Phone Edition to Add GPS 12/27/2002

The Falcon, a folow-up device from HTC, gained FCC approval today for sale in the US. The biggest new feature includes GPS tracking and rela

99. Asustek (ASUS) to broaden their PDA line with new Smartphone and a second PDA 12/27/2002

ASUS is a Taiwanese electronics company best known for their motherboards. In the second quarter of next year they plan on adding to their P

100. New Palm software to tie together all your instant messanging clients 12/28/2002

PDAapps has just released VeriChat for Palm based devices with internet connections like the Treo series and Kyocera 7135. Now you can bring

101. New Wireless Pocket PC Developed by HTC 12/30/2002

The FCC has released some information on a new Pocket PC Phone Edition device that uses CDMA wireless networks. It also includes a GPS rece

102. Future iPAQ to Include Folding Keyboard? 12/30/2002

Hewlett Packard developed a prototype handheld that includes an integrated folding keyboard.

103. BrightBytes™: VeriChat, HandStory, RingRing, and More 12/30/2002

VeriChat lets Palm OS users do instant messaging on all of the top networks, HandStory Suite adds Palm OS 5 support, RingRing lets users exc

104. UPL releases Stone Age game for Palm OS 12/30/2002

Ever wonder what it was like being a cave man? Ok, neither do I but this game has some nice looking graphics and I'm a big proponent of help

105. REVIEW: Dell Axim X5 12/30/2002

Dell's goal in releasing the Axim X5 was to get a foot in the PDA market -- they may just have gotten two feet in though. The Dell Axim X5

106. Astraware goes pre-historic with latest Palm OS game 12/31/2002

Astraware is well-known as one of, if not the best Palm OS game developer out there. They've now ported another Pop Cap game which is very s