ThinkSecret has some new iPod rumours: The iPod Mini should get a capacity bump to 5 GB (courtesy of Seagate rather than Hitachi) and may appear in new colours. A product announcement could happen in the February or March timeframe. As we reported earlier, Hitachi is working on new drives with 8-10 GB capacity – Maybe these will make their […]
January, 2005
Taxis are a PDA black hole?
In 6 months, tens of thousands of digital devices have been left behind in taxis according to a nine-nation survey of leading taxi companies in Australia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Great Britain, and the U.S. One Chicago firm reported that 85,619 mobile phones and 21,460 PDAs/Pocket PCs had been forgotten! As a result, Pointsec, a security firm, is […]
Computer woes
My primary computer decided to die on me sunday night. At this point, it looks like a system board failure. So, news may be a bit slower for the next few days as I work on getting the computer up and running again. If there is a silver lining in this, it is that it was not the hard drive […]
NetFront v3.3 Internet Browser Engine
NetFront is an Internet browser that offers features such as support for WAP 2.0 and the latest W3C specifications and special functions to improve the display of web pages on small screens. Currently, version 3.1 is available for Pocket PCs. Access has just announced that it has released the NetFront v3.3 Internet browser engine. New features include better support for […]
Bluetooth Stereo Clip Headset
iTech has released a Bluetooth stereo headset that combines mono and stereo sound for listening to audio as well as hands-free calling. If you have a phone-enabled PDA, this could be very useful but make sure that it uses the Bluetooth 1.2 specification. It offers up to 6 hours of talk time or stereo playback and up to 150 hours […]
Western Digital enters miniature hard drive market
Western Digital has announced its entry into the miniature drive market. Starting in Q2 2005, Western Digital will offer 3600 RPM 1-inch hard drives with capacities up to 6GB. They will be offered with either a standard CF II interface or will be integrated directly into new products. “The sub-2.5-inch markets, mostly driven by massive demand for MP3 players and, […]
Carrying case for your storage cards
Have you ever found yourself wanting to pack more than one storage card? What do you do in that case? Toss them in a coat pocket? Lose them in one of the many pockets for your Scott eVest or your backpack? Stuff them in your back pocket and hope you don’t bend them too much? Fortunately, ePorter Inc. has come […]
10 GB 1-inch microdrive coming from Hitachi
Just as Western Digital announced their entry into the microdrive business, Hitachi has announced its plans to double 1-inch microdrive capacity to between 8GB and 10GB in the second half of this year. At the same time, they will replace the Compact Flash interface with a ZIF (zero insertion force) connector to make a gain of about 20% in the […]