Wayback Wednesday #2 at The Smart PDA

The fast pace of technological development, particularly in smartphones and PDAs, is nothing new. Yet it's still amazing that only 3 years have passed since the release of the Treo 600. On November 2003, Wired Magazine's Gadget Lab featured the smartphone. The author was apparently smitten by the device. Everything was to his liking, except for the 0.3 megapixel camera. The Treo 600's greatness seemed to point to the end of [...] Read More


Wayback Wednesday #1 at The Smart PDA

Sometimes looking back at history surprises us. Smartphones and PDAs have come a long way. After the first handhelds made their debut, who would've thought they'd be able to connect to the internet, access e-mail realtime, and take pictures, while they've been getting smaller? Today I'm starting Wayback Wednesday. Every week, I'll feature an article on smartphones or PDAs from years ago. For this inaugural issue, here's an article from [...] Read More


Wayback Wednesday #3: Palm IIIe Special Edition at The Smart PDA

In a time when digital cameras produced grainy pictures, when Palm dominated the PDA market, and when transparency was novel, came the Palm IIIe Special Edition. Sam Evans writes a review on Geek.com, dated February 10, 2000. What made this handheld "special" were cosmetic changes, and a low-end price. The $149 device featured translucent casing, and was aimed at entry level users; the original, grey-colored IIIe originally sold back in 1998 [...] Read More


Palm at CES - Treo 750 Reviewed; SlingPlayer Mobile for Palm OS at The Wireless Weblog

InformationWeek's Elena Malykhina looks at Palm's launch of the Treo 750 at CES. "It's the first Windows Mobile 5.0-powered smartphone to become available from Cingular and the first Treo to use Cingular's 3G network," she writes. CNET's Bonnie Cha already has a review of the 750, and it ain't good. The downside? "The Treo 750 will not support Cingular's HSPDA network at launch and doesn't have integrated Wi-Fi," she writes. "It [...] Read More


Windows Powered Palm Treo at The Mobile Technology Weblog

While the collective attention of the world seems to be focused on the forthcoming Apple iPhone 2.0, rumors of Palm's latest Treo, the 800W are flying high. According to our sources, the unit is set to come equipped with a 333mhz TI processor (yet unspecified) while running Windows Mobile 6.1 as opposed to an updated version of their typically well renowned Palm OS Software. As for features, the 800W should [...] Read More