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
The Fujitsu Siemens Pocket LOOX N100 is a GPS navigation system that comes with music playback capability. The N100 is extremely portable, measuring just 89mm x 62mm x 16mm and weighing 110g. It is powered by a Samsung 300MHz processor and runs on Windows CE 5.0 Core Version.
Microsoft is planning to have a portable music and video player out by Christmas in a challenge to Apple Computer's iPod. The digital player will have a wireless Internet connection, enabling users to download music without being linked to a computer, a feature the iPod doesn't offer, according to people briefed on the company's plans.
T-Mobile has built a successful relationship with ALK, bundling its navigation kit with various Windows Mobile devices and now it has snapped up CoPilot Live 6 for Symbian to sell in a bundle with Nokia’s N70. That handset is available either in its standard guise, or, if you are particularly masochistic, in a World Cup themed version.
Sony's Recording Media and Energy (RME) division unveiled one of the smallest USB drives yet. Called the Micro Vault Tiny, the USB drive is compact and lightweight, and is available in capacities ranging from 256MB to 2GB.
Medion has added four new model to its GoPal GPS range device. Those four are PNA-210, PNA-500, PNA-510 and PNS-515. All the models are powered by a Samsung 300MHz processor and have on-screen and voice directions as well as pre-loaded points of interest database (PQI), voice output, estimated time remaining to the destination, compass, navigation with arrow or 2D display except GoPal PNA 500 which have 3D mapping and all four runs on Windows CE 4.2.
“The Big Brother is watching you!” or maybe hearing you. Big players like Nokia and Siemens have put an add-on feature on their successful range of phones. This time they look to have been inspired by the George Orwell’s concept of invasion of privacy. Strange(or insane) as it may sound they have come up with a technology which turns an otherwise normal(read harmless) phone into a bugging device as soon as you call from a special number programmed in the aptly named Spyphone.
ActiveSync 4.2 now available. Changes in ActiveSync 4.2 help resolve connectivity related issues with Microsoft Outlook, proxies, partnerships, and connectivity.
There are plenty of ways to get your favorite TV shows onto your iPod, but if for some reason you don't want to frequent the iTunes store or have to endure tedious conversion processes, iLuv has a new dock that takes your computer out of the equation altogether and records directly from almost any video source.
Step aside, Microsoft: that UMPC form-factor is officially played out. The new hotness is running "Leopard Mobile" on your iPod, which is no small feat considering the devices' sub-100MHz processors and lack of a touchscreen or Internet access.