This will be a regular feature looking at PDA industry news as a whole, we will include under the PA-TECH banner and will be edited by myself and Jennifer. You can contribute your own PDA & technology stories for our PA-TECH section by emailing us at sammymcloughlin@gmail.com
Looks like rumors of the wireless Mighty Mouse has been confirmed as gospel truth by Apple themselves. The California outfit has unveiled the new Bluetooth-enabled Mighty Mouse that boasts a tracking engine that is 20 times more sensitive than standard optical mice.
Silicon.com have published an interesting article suggesting that, if Motorola continue to produce great handsets at the same rate, they'll overtake Nokia as the largest manufacturer of mobile handsets in early 2007.
Motorola unveils MOTOKRZR mobile handset. The MOTOKRZR is certainly a looker - with its metallic gloss finish, polished chrome and hardened glass. It's available for both GSM and CDMA networks, the GSM MOTOKRZR (which we'll see in the UK) featuring a high resolution 2 megapixel camera, stereo Bluetooth audio, an updated phone directory and new messaging applications, while both versions offer integrated music players and expandable memory up to 1GB.
New technology will enable law enforcement officials to track the license plates of conceivably every car on the road. The equipment has the uninspired yet functional name of License Plate Reading, or LPR. At its most basic, it's a camera about the size of a 10-ounce pop can that can be mounted on the dash of a police car and runs on power from the car's cigarette lighter.
Not sure if this would be Artemis, Trinity, or another device entirely, but Dopod has announced that they intend to drop a GPS-enabled phone in the late Q3 / early Q4 time frame -- and needless to say, it's rather probable that the device will be coming from bestest buddy (and owner) HTC.
The Lowrance iWay 600C is the latest GPS device to come from the stables of Lowrance.This one isn’t your run of the mill GPS unit as it’s the first of its kind to combine both street-ready and marine-ready navigation.
Warner Bros. has added several of their most popular classic shows to the iTunes Media Store library, including the first season of "Friends," which can be purchased in its entirety for $27.99 (or $1.99 for single episodes).
Averatec, a maker of notebook and laptop computers, has released a handheld GPS device that runs Windows CE. The Voya 350 boasts a "sleek, compact design" incorporating a high performance helical antenna for increased signal stability, according to the company.
Astraware are offering the puzzle game Pixelus at half price for Club Astraware members.
Stock brokers and stock market aficionados unite! You need not go to the heart of the financial district to always be updated about the latest market happenings and share prices. Financial information company Dow Jones Newswires is launching a mobile news service called DJNmobile.com. The browser-based information service will be available to future subscribers through their cellular phones, PDAs and other handhelds. They promise to offer a range of content including news, commentary, analysis, stock prices and index information. The service also provides search and personalisation functions.
Minnesota University uses Tablets and Podcasting for class. The school has adopted several mobile technology methods which extend learning far beyond the classroom.
FCC approves HTC STRTrK WinMo5 flip phone. The HTC STRTrK rocks Windows Mobile 5.0 in a skinny flipping package. Its dimensions are almost identical to the ubiquitous MOTORAZR, making for an attractive, slim package. Running off of an OMAP 195MHz processor, you'd expect some lag, but it is said to run quite smoothly.
mBlox, the world's largest mobile transaction network, today announced that it has been selected by Skype to help power its new Skype SMS service. By connecting to mBlox's mobile message delivery platform, Skype SMS lets people send text messages from their computer to mobile phones across the world.
UK Youth Addicted to Mobile Phones. The report identified six distinct groups of mobile phone users: Generation Mobile, Phonatics, Practical Parents, Fingers & Thumbs, Smart Connecteds and Silver Cynics. Generation Mobile, comprising the young and single, are the most style conscious.
