New Microsoft Smartphone - Enter the Canary (Pictures)

By Brian | 7/23/2002

Orange UK is evaluating a test unit of a Stinger Smartphone, Microsoft Smartphone 2002, produced by contract manufacturer HTC. How well it works on the Orange system may go a long way to determining the Smarphone's place in the integrated device world.

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NTT DoCoMo to release a very cool G3 integrated phone (with pictures)

By Brian | 7/10/2002

We all know Asia is well ahead of the US when it comes to cell phone technology. With Microsoft's delays on the SmartPhone, we may give the crown for best integrated device to Asia as well.

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Kyocera announces two new PDA's

By Brian | 5/23/2002

One model is a SmartPhone, based on the old 6035 design. The latest effort integrates color and a hip new design. The second is a color PDA running its own OS, that looks cool but doesn't match up well against current releases.

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GPRS wireless PDA due out from Palm 4Q 2002

By Brian | 5/5/2002

Daren Ng, Palm sales director of South Asia/Australia and New Zealand, said last week that Palm plans on releasing a GPRS wireless PDA late this year. It's not going to be an integrated SmartPhone, rather a successor to the Palm i705.

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Microsoft SmartPhone: Impressive Bridge Between Current Handsets and PC Functionality

By | 9/15/2001

Microsoft's data-enabled phone, called Stinger in the early stages of development, will now be known as the Microsoft SmartPhone. A beta build of the phone was demonstrated at Möbius 2001 by Brian Shafer, Mobile Devices Product Manager, and Erick Eidus, Smart Phones Product Planner.

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Cell phone makers learn software the hard way

By | 4/24/2001

Of all the features on the Kyocera Smartphone released last month in the United States, one stood out: a "reboot" button.

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