Look for a merger of both Brighthand and BargainPDA. "Brighthand.com and BargainPDA.com have combined to create one of the largest handheld computing focused sites on the web, bringing the latest industry news, reviews and support to consumers around the world."
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I spotted this on Gizmodo "what better service for our dear readers than telling you which hotels to avoid because of their world-class-awful WiFi service. The Hotel Chatter web site helped us out yesterday with a list of the best WiFi hotels, and follows that today with those that are best avoided."
PC Pro on Palm's 10th Birthday. "Palm is celebrating 10 years since the release of its first PDA, the Pilot. Although far from being the first personal digital assistant, the lightweight (by the standards of the time) device virtually single-handedly created a mass-market for handheld computing devices, to the extent that for a while the term Palm was the generic name for a PDA."
Justine from Creative Algorithims was telling me earlier that a lot of people are looking into her DateWheel program which certainly sounds useful. "Date Wheel™ is the electronic version of the plastic wheel-shaped calendar used by businesses to calculate lead times. It can also be used to calculate the time between two dates or to calculate the Julian date for any day of the year. The time is calcuated in months, weeks, days, and business days. This handy program performs all the functions of your plastic wheel and more. "
According to MobileMag, the Motorola Q is set to be "Available April 2006.
Crave says that the Nokia N-Gage is being resurrected as a gaming platform for smart phones. The logic is that many of us will own a Nokia smart phone in the next couple of years, so we might as well play N-Gage games on them.
Pocket PC Thoughts reports that Cingular has officially launched the Nokia 9300 Communicator for direct consumer sales. The carrier has been selling the phone to its business customers since November. The 9300 is one of Nokia's Series-80 devices and has an extensive feature set.
MobileWhack reports that there is a possibility that Sony is gearing up for a new handheld which in all probability maybe a new PSP. Graphics card manufacturer NVIDIA has confirmed that they have signed a new contract with Sony but did not come forward with more details. NVIDIA’s Mary Burnett told Reuters, “We have a contract to do engineering work for them. I don’t think I should discuss what that product is.”
Alex Older over at PDA Live has done a review of the 02 XDA Mini S.
From PDA Live- "As Palm's tenth birthday is upon us, the CEO, Ed Colligan, and co-founders Jeff Hawkins and Donna Dubinsky, among others, are celebrating with a big birthday bash podcast! Hawkins and Dubinsky were also the co-founders of Handspring, the makers of the infamous Treo smartphone."
The Latest on the Palm's Upcoming Low-Cost Treo is new at Brighthand.