BrightBytes™: Treo 180, Total Remote, Sony, and More

By Ed Hardy | 10/29/2002

Handspring has dropped the price of the Treo 180, a Pocket PC universal remote control add-on will be out next month, Sony is releasing colored versions of some of its handhelds, and more.

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Snag a free game for your Pocket PC from Capcom

By Brian | 10/24/2002

Capcom, the maker of classic arcade games Commando and 1942, is giving back to the Pocket PC community with a free version of Vulgus.

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Pocket PC Software Award Winners Announced

By Ed Hardy | 10/24/2002

The winners of this year's Pocket PC Awards have been announced, divided into 9 categories and 57 sub-categories.

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Microsoft Smartphone Released

By Andrew | 10/23/2002

Microsoft will be powering the new Smartphone released in England yesterday titled the SPV (Sound, Pictures, Video). This smartphone will run Microsoft's Smartphone 2002 OS and come equipped with a digital camera. Microsoft hopes to beat out the Symbian OS and be the software manufacturer behind the next hottest selling handheld devices to be released in Europe this year and U.S. 2003 Device specs.

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Razor Zayo A600 Pocket PC Officially Announced

By Ed Hardy | 10/23/2002

The Razor Zayo A600 is a high end Pocket PC that is slim and light.

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Smartphone 2002 Debuts in Europe

By Ed Hardy | 10/23/2002

The first mobile phones running Microsoft's latest operating system will be available in Europe in the next few months and in the U.S. next year.

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Toshiba recalls thousands of their e740 Pocket PC's

By Brian | 10/22/2002

Due to a battery issue that may result in the loss of critical data, Toshiba is recalling the popular e740 Pocket PC. The first PDA to integrate WiFi, Toshiba has been credited with taking the Pocket PC to the next level.

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BrightBytes™: Themes, NS Basic, Visual CE, and more

By Ed Hardy | 10/21/2002

Updated New version of Microsoft's Theme Generator now available; NS Basic/Palm 3.0 now available, as is Visual CE 7; DataViz buys ThinkDB; First Smartphone 2002 handset due tomorrow

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BrightBytes™: Sprint, Sound Effects and more

By Ed Hardy | 10/18/2002

Sprint is offering access to its high-speed wireless network at a bargain price, Red Mercury has updated its apps to support Palm OS 5, HandStory Suite is coming to the Pocket PC, and more.

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BrightBytes™: RIM, Kyocera, ViewSonic, Bluetooth

By Ed Hardy | 10/16/2002

Updated RIM has announced GSM/GPRS devices, Kyocera has renewed its Palm OS licence, and Microsoft is adding limited Bluetooth support to WinXP.

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And then there were three - Toshiba confirms two new PPC's today, the e330 and e335. Here's the rub, neither are $300!

By Brian | 10/15/2002

In an iPAQ-esque move, Toshiba has confired two new units, which are near mirrors of each other. The Pocket PC e330 and e335. They differ in price by $50 and have a subtle difference in their software package.

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Mobius 2002

By Ed Hardy | 10/14/2002

Microsoft's annual get-together with the people who run mobile websites covered topics ranging from the company's new operating system for smartphones to Tablet PC.

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