Samsung Telecommunications America and Sprint PCS Announce Agreement to Bring Compact, Full-Color PDA Phone to Market

By | 5/25/2001

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 20, 2001--Wireless industry leaders, Samsung Telecommunications America (Samsung) and Sprint PCS (NYSE:PCS) today announced the companies' intentions to bring to market the technology to converge a wireless handset with the Palm-OS(R) in a compact, full-color-screen device.

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Music on Your Handheld

By | 5/25/2001

Thanks in part to small MP3 files, digital audio is also on the rise, and it's becoming clear that music and PDAs are a natural match. Why bulk up your pockets with multiple, single-purpose devices when you can carry around a PDA that's nearly as powerful as the desktop PC of just a few years back?

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Gates Bullish on Tech, But Sees Broadband Weak Link

By | 5/24/2001

REDMOND, Wash. (Reuters) - The spectacular bursting of the dot-com bubble is not the end of the technology boom only ``the end of the beginning,'' Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates (news - web sites) said on Wednesday.

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Microsoft Touts Success of Pocket PC

By | 5/23/2001

It's not all gloom and doom in the handheld market. At least not from Microsoft's perspective. On Tuesday, the software giant said worldwide sales of handheld computers using its Pocket PC operating system passed the one million mark in less than one year.

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Acer to license Palm OS

By | 5/23/2001

TAIPEI, Taiwan--Personal computer maker Acer said on Wednesday it planned to license Palm's operating system for its handheld computers, or personal digital assistants (PDAs).

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Handheld makers duke it out on price

By | 5/23/2001

The current price war in the handheld computer market between heavyweights Palm and Handspring may have consumers on the fence, but analysts don't expect prices to go much lower.

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Psion, UBM to end joint venture

By | 5/22/2001

Psion, Europe's biggest maker of handheld computers, will end its joint venture with media group United Business Media and write off up to $1.44 million (1 million pounds).

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Pocket PC sales pass 1 million

By | 5/22/2001

Handhelds using Microsoft's Pocket PC operating system marched to the million-unit shipment mark in under a year, according to the software giant.

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Activation problems hit Palm.net

By | 5/22/2001

update Some customers trying to subscribe to Palm's wireless service, Palm.net, have been unable to activate their accounts, CNET News.com has learned.

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Palm gets boost from upgrade

By | 5/21/2001

Shares of Palm surged Monday as one analyst upgraded the stock and called it a bargain. The gains, however, were not enough for the handheld maker to recover the 28 percent it lost Friday after it warned of weak sales.

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The ultimate guide to wireless e-mail devices

By | 5/21/2001

OK, we admit it--reviews of wireless email devices and add-on modems aren't as easy to find as they should be on CNET Wireless. Part of the problem is that they cross over a couple of different categories: wireless handhelds and two-way pagers. On top of that, the handheld category is split between Palm OS devices and Pocket PCs.

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FCC mulls fast track for wireless Net

By | 5/20/2001

The Federal Communications Commission and a technology standards group are working to speed wireless Internet connections in homes and businesses.

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