After 18 years with Apple, Human Interface chief Greg Christie is leaving the company at the end of the year. Christie was instrumental in the development of the first iPhoneOS. There were recent suggestions that the retirement announcement was promoted by difficulties regarding working with Senior VP of Design, Jony Ive. Apple has denied any problems […]
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My Dream PDA Moves a Step Closer
For many years ‘convergence’ has been a buzzword bandied about by pundits in the computer industry, and by just about anyone who has ever thought ‘Wouldn’t it be nice if I could carry just one compact, easy-to-use, stable, attractive, sturdy, cool device that allowed me to store my contact details, manage my diary, browse the web, ‘phone, ‘skype’, text and email my friends, capture images and video, control my hifi, navigate my car, listen to my music collection…’
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 […]
Just when you might have considered Palm down for the count they breathe new life into the PDA with a hard drive-based device called LifeDrive MobileManager (US$499). The LifeDrive is the first HDD-based Palm and features a 4GB hard drive, Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity and high resolution screen, this device is sure to be a […]
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Veta Universal Palm Edition is here
Salling Clicker isn’t the only way to control your Mac via Bluetooth devices. You can use Romeo for free, and install a slick application called Veta on your Palm OS handheld or Series60 mobile phone. Now you can use your Palm or your Nokia 3650 and get very similar functionality. –Emory Veta Universal Palm Edition […]