A Mobile Quandary: Lifestyle Devices or Communicators

By AWright | 5/18/2007

In his latest editorial, Antoine Wright takes smartphone makers to task for designing trying to design products that try to be all things to all people, and so end up satisfying no one.

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Get Ready for a GPS Enabled World

By Ed Hardy | 5/17/2007

In his latest editorial, Brighthand's Ed Hardy predicts that before too much longer you won't be able to find a handheld or smartphone without the Global Positioning System built into it, and it will have a significant effect on our lives.

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Beta Program Available for New Opera Mini Version

By Ed Hardy | 5/14/2007

Opera Software is starting a beta program for the next version of its Opera Mini web browser. This Java application is often used by those with Palm OS-based devices, but it can also run on many types of smartphones.

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Mobile Tech Notes -- Geocaching App, USB Recharger, Baby Manager, and More

By Ed Hardy | 5/14/2007

• VITO SmartNavigator Released
• 2400 mAh USB Power Backup Now Available from Brando
• Babble Soft Introduces Software for the Parents of Newborn Babies
• Palm Now Offering Palm Treo 680 Smartphone in Dominican Republic

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Smartphone and PDA Deals - 5/11/07

By Brian | 5/11/2007

Hot deals this week:

• T-Mobile Dash - get $55 back
• HP iPAQ rx5915 - $20 price drop
• Samsung BlackJack - Only a penny
• Several Palm Treo and RIM BlackBerry Offers
• and many more...

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Mobile Version of Firefox Coming... but Not Soon

By Ed Hardy | 5/11/2007

The CEO of the Mozilla Foundation recently said that there will be a mobile version of the Firefox web browser released at some point, but it wouldn't be out anytime in the near future.

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Palm Now Offering Online Service for Treo Users

By Ed Hardy | 5/10/2007

Palm, Inc. has launched a public beta of a new online service for owners of some of its Palm OS and Windows Mobile smartphones.

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Full Vista Support Coming to the Palm Desktop... Eventually

By Ed Hardy | 5/7/2007

Palm expects to have a beta of a version of the Palm Desktop with Windows Vista support out this summer.

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Mobile Tech News -- Photo Dialer, Animated Themes, iPhone Cases, and More

By Ed Hardy | 5/5/2007

• Contact-ing for Windows Mobile Smartphone Released
• Put Animated Themes on a Pocket PC with FlashThemes Player 2007
• Line of iPhone Cases Announced
• Treos Debut Around the World

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Stream Songs to a Pocket PC with LobsterTunes

By Ed Hardy | 5/2/2007

LobsterTunes is an MP3 player that allows users to stream music from their home PC media servers to their handheld, wherever they are.

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Most Popular Smartphones and PDAs of April 2007

By Ed Hardy | 5/1/2007

Each month, Brighthand publishes a list of the most handhelds and smartphones readers have shown the most interest in during the preceding four weeks. Continuing a trend that developed a few months ago, several of the most popular devices in April were ones not yet on the market.

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Palm Kicks Off Treo Application Contest

By Ed Hardy | 5/1/2007

As a way of encouraging more developers to create applications for the Treo 700 and 750 series, the Palm Developer Network is holding a design contest. The grand prize for this is $10,000.

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