BrightBytes™: VeriChat, HandStory, RingRing, and More

By Ed Hardy | 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 exchange ringtones with their Nokia phones, and more.

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PC Magazine Announces COMDEX Best of winners

By Brian | 11/22/2002

PC Magazine has handed out their blue ribbons for best of breed and best of show for COMDEX Las Vegas. Fossil picks up a win for their new Palm OS watch, beating out the likes of the HP iPAQ h5450 and the Nokia 3650.

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Nokia to release Blackberry devices in 2003

By Brian | 11/13/2002

Nokia plans on attacking the broader business market with a series of phones featuring the Blackberry operating system. The first effort is the Nokia 6800 which will sell for $250 in the second half of 2003.

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Nokia trying to communicate better – Set to release the 9310 Communicator today

By Brian | 11/4/2002

In late May, Nokia released the Communicator 9290 in the US with limited success. While the large clamshell design opened to reveal a very nice, wide color screen and large (by thumb-pad standards) QWERTY keyboard, it was hampered by GSM connectivity speeds. All that is about to change - today in fact, as the Nokia Communicator 9310 gets its wings.

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Symbian Rules the Roost in Europe

By Ed Hardy | 10/21/2002

Symbian OS, with Nokia as its champion, dominates the market for handhelds and smartphones in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa

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Nokia to release video phone, yes, video (pictures)

By Brian | 9/27/2002

We will likely not see this device in the US any time soon, but Nokia is going beyond low res digital cameras and will include video recording in its latest phone.

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RUMOR: Sony Ericsson P800 Available in Germany This Week (pictures)

By Brian | 7/18/2002

Multiple sources are now claiming that Sony Ericsson will have the P800 on German store shelves as early as this week. The early release is said to come in response to Nokia's release of the similar 7650.

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Nokia releses the 9290 Communicator

By Brian | 5/29/2002

This is perhaps the most anticipated PDA release in the past few months. After many delays, the US is proud to have the Nokia 9290 Communicator in the integrated PDA market.

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