March 10, 2006 | Back

HP Pushes Mobile Connectivity to the Next Level with new iPAQ

Email accessibility made easy. Just push it, says HP. The company has just introduced the latest HP iPAQ handheld, a smart device with the ability to receive email wirelessly using new "push" email functionality from Microsoft.

In addition, the HP iPAQ hw6900 Mobile Messenger provides customers with all the essentials to keep a business or personal lifestyle running while mobile, including a mobile phone, access to Wi-Fi wireless hotspots, data networks, digital content and services, and enhanced security. The Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 Messaging and Security Feature Pack allows HP iPAQ hw6900 customers to automatically receive new email, calendar items, tasks or contacts without incurring additional email middleware expenses.

> Source: HP
> Estimated price: Will vary by region and carrier.
> Date released/expected: N/A

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October 18, 2005 | Back

Micro-Power Fuel Cells for Mobile Devices

Micro-power fuel cells, intended to power portable electronic devices such as cell phones, PDAs and laptop computers, will be the key technical and economic driver for the entire fuel cell market -- including stationary and automotive applications -- said Jim Balcom, president and CEO of PolyFuel.

The reason, said Balcom, is that the great engine that drives rapid technological progress is "true market demand." And of the three key segments of the long-awaited fuel-cell market, portable applications will be ready for liftoff first. Cost and performance of the technology are in line, volume distribution channels are already in place, and a huge, pent-up market demand is developing. Only regulatory issues -- principally the carriage of small fuel cartridges on airplanes -- remain an impediment, one that is widely expected to disappear within the next 18 months.

"According to recent published studies, portable device power demand is increasing three times faster than the rate of battery improvement," stated Balcom. "This gives rise to what we call a 'run-time gap' -- the difference in the demand for energy in devices like PDAs, smartphones, laptops, or MP3 players, and that actually available with contemporary battery technology. By 2010, the demand for energy is forecast to be four times that which is available."

> Source: PolyFuel
> Estimated price: N/A
> Date released/expected: N/A

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July 25, 2005 | Back

Palm Helps Commuters with New Traffic Application for Treo

For Treo customers who need help navigating traffic-jammed commutes, Palm, Inc. has lauched Traffic for Treo Smartphones. The wireless traffic application helps users make commute decisions quickly with interactive maps and incident information located conveniently on their Palm Treo 600 or Treo 650 smartphones. Traffic for Treo Smartphones debuts in 10 of the most traffic-congested markets in the United States: Atlanta, Baltimore, DC, Chicago, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, San Diego, San Francisco and Seattle.

According to the 2005 Urban Mobility Report, traffic congestion occurs for longer portions of the day and delays more travelers than ever before -- in 2003, 51 urban areas experienced more than 20 hours of delay per rush-hour traveler. Traffic for Treo Smartphones gives users both visual and textual information when they want it, on the routes that matter to them and updated as often as every five minutes. The information comes from local Departments of Transportation and is complemented with information collected by its operations staff, and extra cameras and speed detectors at major choke "points," such as bridges and tolls. If it works better than those digital highway signs that are always out of service, I'm sold!

> Source: Palm
> Estimated price: $5/month for one city - $8/month for two cities
> Date released/expected: N/A

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May 26, 2005 | Back

SF Giants Pitcher Beams Autographed Digital Baseball Card from LifeDrive Mobile Manager

San Francisco Giants pitcher, Scott Eyre, beams an autographed digital baseball card from his LifeDrive mobile manager from palmOne to Giants fan Matt Crowley. Designed for people with a significant volume of digital information, palmOne's all-new LifeDrive offers loads of storage space for photos, videos, files, folders, email and custom applications like ScorePad.

LifeDrive is the first product in a new category of mobile managers, which fuses business productivity tools and entertainment applications. It's about time!

> Source: PalmOne
> Estimated price: $499
> Date released/expected: N/A

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