Nowadays, personal digital assistants are almost unpopular because road-
On the contrary, Warriors executives tend to show off BlackBerry push-
Email device or trendy paper-
Smart phones. Hewlett-
However, the 1 Pa card of the first companies to accept PDA did not give up easily.
It is continuing to promote and expand its iPaq series of PDAs inherited from Compaq in its 2002 acquisition.
A typical product is the $499 Ipaq 2190 handheld computer, which uses Microsoft's Windows Mobile platform to provide Mobile versions of Office applications such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint, and connect to the Internet.
The IPaq 112 classic handheld device is added to this product, which is described as a traditional pen type, although small and stylish
A pda for $399.
This is almost a no. nonsense entry-
Level equipment for students and work professionals who want to keep personal and business calendars in sync without the need to track day and night by relentlessly pushing BlackBerry's corporate emails --style.
It will also store a limited number of digital content such as MP3 music files and photos.
Another new iPaq from HP is the GPS navigator, known as the iPaq 312 travel companion. It has a 4.
3 in widescreen for displaying maps and videos.
When the latter is displayed, it is claimed that its resolution is equivalent to the quality of the DVD.
Despite HP's silence about the source of the Australian map, 312 showed the Australian map.
Presumably, they came from Sensis, a subsidiary of Telstra that specializes in maps.
Visit online travel-
It is said that planning the portal will help to plan the itinerary and research information for the destination, although this is double
Click thinks you 'd better use decent on a laptop or desktop-sized screen.
The IPaq 312 travel companion costs $499.
At the same time, Palm, the company that helped popularize PDA, continues to be questioned.
The company is in financial trouble and most of its models continue to be used out of date and sometimes even collapsed --
Multiple PalmOS operating software.
New OS using open-
The source Linux system is coming soon, but it may not be delivered until the end of next year.
Palm has been the subject of a tough report by US Business Week, which notes that most smartphones offer built-in featuresin Wi-
But Palm's products are not available either.
The latest model is Centro (
Now in the US, but not Australia, for young users)
In BusinessWeek's view, this is due to a narrow keyboard, a small screen and a low that appears to be designed for Hobbit
Produce a battery.
BizWeek believes that the company may be borrowing time.
It says that's sad because Palm still offers the simplest, most intuitive user interface, and the best integration between PDA and phone functions.
The concept of premature death may be too early.
Palm struck a deal last week that a company called Elevation would inject $0. 36 billion into the company in exchange for shares.
Most of the money will be returned to Palm's shareholders, but it is hoped that some will be used to stimulate the development of the new operating system.
Another good sign is that Jon Rubinstein, the former boss of Apple's hardware engineering and head of the iPod division, was appointed executive chairman of Palm.
This man is a genius and has played an important role in the extraordinary rejuvenation of Apple.
If someone could save Palm, it would be him.
Apple Australia surprised Mac fans
Delayed Leopard, a new version of the Mac OS X operating system, went public last Friday.
The company cut a single $199 price announced earlier.
The user Leopard license is $158. A five-
A user's home permit for residential use costs $249, down from $299 previously announced.
Apple's Australian executives said the price cut reflected a rise in the Australian dollar in recent months. That's great.
Now, perhaps a local subsidiary may apply the same reasoning to its Macintosh and iPod hardware catalog and lower the price of these products.
David Frith @ gmail.