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PalmOne offers $50 rebate, free WiFi card with purchase of T5

Fire sale at PalmOne. The company is offering a $50 rebate on the Tungsten T5, good at any authorized reseller. Moreover, if you order directly from the PalmOne store, you will receive a free WiFi SDIO card with the T5. This comes on the heels of rumors that the T5 will be discontinued after the release of the rumored LifeDrive model. If this were true, it would give the T5 the shortest active life of any PalmOne model.

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Windows Mobile 5 upgrade policies for Fujitsu, Garmin, PPC phones

In the wake of the Windows Mobile 5.0 announcement, news has been trickling in from various manufacturers about their plans, or lack thereof, for WM5 on their existing devices. The good news is that the Fujitsu LOOX 720 is going to receive an upgrade despite having a minimal amount of available flash ROM. Unfortunately, not on the upgrade list is the Loox 400 series, Garmin's M5, and the HTC Harrier PocketPC phone--which is sold under the PPC6600 and XV6600 names. This suggests that the HTC Blue Angel, a GSM equivalent to the Harrier that is sold as the MDA III, SX66, and PDA2K, is also unlikely to receive an upgrade.

Handango: Windows Mobile customers tops in satisfaction

According to a user survey conducted by Handango, Windows Mobile users are the most satisfied with their devices of any mobile users.

Dell's Axim handhelds were rated number one in user satisfaction, with 59% of owners rating the devices "Excellent" and 37% rating them "Good," for an overall approval rating of 96%. The next most favored device family was the RIM Blackberry, followed by the palmOne Treo in third.

The survey also indicated that of the 92% of users who had upgraded to a new device at least once, previous Windows Mobile users were most likely to buy another Windows device, and that users of other platforms were more likely to switch to Windows than a Windows user was likely to switch to another platform.

Handango press release

ActiveSync 4.0 available for download

The newest version of ActiveSync, announced alongside Windows Mobile 5.0, is now available for download. Besides support for WM5 devices, the new version offers the following improvements:

• Improved USB support
• View Exchange Server Synchronization status on your PC
• Synchronization of pictures in Contacts on your mobile device with Outlook
• Easier to identify friendly device names
• Synchronization over a Bluetooth connection with your PC
• Integration with Windows Media Player 10
• Enhanced user interface and enhanced new partnership wizard
• More robust synchronization with Outlook
• Configure synchronization settings prior to first synchronization, including custom synchronization settings

It also eliminates syncing over TCP/IP connections such as WiFi, cellular, and ethernet, so watch your step.

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