Research firm Canalys reports that global mobile device shipments hit another high in Q4 2004. Among the highlights: Overall global shipments of mobile devices up 51% year on year in Q4 2004 Data-centric devices (handhelds/wireless handhelds) up 5% Voice-centric devices (smart phones/feature phones) up 101% Nokia ships almost 5 million smart phones in the quarter, remains leader and increases share […]
January, 2005
Pocket Painter 2.10 adds VGA support
Pocket Painter is a painting and image manipulation software for the Pocket PC. It comes with support for JPG, GIF and BMP file formats, 24 bit colour and offers a variety of drawing tools (3 line tools, 16 painting tools, image filters and more). Version 2.10 adds support for WM2003 SE, landscape display and VGA mode. Pocket Painter can be […]
PocketNow reviews the hx2755
PocketNow has done a thorough review of the iPAQ hx2755. They look at the device itself, compare it to similar PDAs, take a closer look at its display, biometric security and software and also run some benchmarks. And the review is accompanied by plenty of pictures. I’d say that HP’s iPAQ strategy has been a bit misguided as of late. […]
Stream your iTunes collection to your PDA
Although this software is still in pre-release alpha, it looks very promising. Aspecto Software has released an early version of WifiTunes. It will let you stream your mp3’s from iTunes to your PDA over your local network. More functionality is planned: Support for AAC and improved buffering to better transition between songs. Note: WifiTunes will not run on Pocket PC […]
Windows XP SP2 compromised?
A Russian security company called Positive Technologies claims that it has found a way to beat Windows XP Service Pack 2’s Data Execution Protection. This SP2 tool is meant to prevent the insertion of rogue code directly into a computer’s memory and tricking the computer into running it. Positive Technologies reports that two minor mistakes in the implementation of this […]
ROM updates for Axim x50 and x50v
Dell has released the new A02 ROM updates for its x50 (QVGA) and x50v (VGA) Axim PDAs. You’ll find: Improved SD and CF read performance (x50 and x50v) Updated wireless button usage scenario to avoid enabling / disabling wireless accidentally (x50 and x50v) Allow the WLAN auto power-off feature to be enabled and/or disabled in the WLAN utility (x50 and […]
A new word game: Wordpop
Do you enjoy word games? If the answer is yes, check out WordPop! from Smart Box Design. Create words from the available tiles, watch them pop but make sure you plan ahead so that you can clear the level. The Windows Mobile version features audio and visual effects designed to take advantage of the high-resolution screens and audio capabilities of […]
iTunes Music store downloads hit 250 million
Apple’s iTunes store has recorded the download of over 250 million songs (or a quarter billion songs as Apple’s press release puts it). The iTunes store is now averaging over a million downloads a day! Should this pace continue (and there is no reason that it shouldn’t as iPods and iPod Shuffles continue to fly out of the stores), iTunes […]