Palm got a great deal with the Handspring merger: the Treo 600, for which Handspring has just posted a preview. It’s a combination PDA-smartphone with QWERTY keyboard, but it actually resembles a phone. (As long as you don’t mind microscopic keyboards.) Features include Palm OS 5, ARM processor, built-in camera and a full-featured web browser […]
Month: June 2005
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WWDC: Stevenote Apple Store Broadcast
As we’d hoped, MacMinute has confirmed that Apple will be broadcasting the WWDC Keynote by Steve Jobs at Apple Retail Stores with theaters, 10 AM (Pacific) on Monday the 23rd. I’ll be watching (and uploading the news to the Powerpage via the fabulous Airport connection in the store)! See you at the Apple Store Soho, […]
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Death of a Browser
Love it or hate it, this week has been all about Microsoft killing MSIE for the Mac. Some love it, some hate it, but all view the MSIE decision as historic. The question is, what does it mean for the Mac’s future: a portent of Microsoft abandoning the platform? The loss of a great browser? […]
Trolltech has announced it will release its Qt/Mac development environment in a free version, available for download at WWDC. (Thanks, Rand, for the tip!) The release is part of a dual-licensing strategy in which the company’s products are available both via a GNU General Public License and a commercial license. What does this mean for […]
MacSkinz is shipping designs of case covers for the 12″ iBook, with more Apple portable models planned for the future (stay tuned). There are 30 designs, or clear models to display photos or your own artwork. Not since the PowerBook 1400 have we had this much fun. If you’re going to Macworld in July, up […]