Sony Ericsson M600 QWERTY Smart Phone Revealed

Confirming rumors and speculation of a new Sony Ericsson handset with a QWERTY keypad, the company has today announced the M600 UMTS compatible smartphone. The second handset in Sony Ericsson's line-up featuring Symbian OS 9.1 and UIQ 3.0, the Sony Ericsson M600 is a very thin and stylish business device. Along with a keypad similar to that seen on the Blackberry 7100 series, the handset features a QVGA touch sensitive screen and Bluetooth wireless technology, though paying homage to its business design, does not feature a camera.

Rumor: Possible Images of the Treo 700p

A possible image of the next Palm OS Treo has been posted in the forums at TreoCentral. The image is what the poster claims is the Palm Treo 700p. The Treo pictured has the same basic form factor as the 700w with Sprint's new branding.

Torvalds says DRM isn't necessarily bad

Provisions against digital rights management in a draft update to the General Public License could undermine computer security, Linus Torvalds said this week in e-mails reflecting the Linux leader's pragmatic philosophy.

Cell phone risks cited in studies

Adding new fuel to the debate over cell phone safety, three European research groups in separate studies have found an increased risk of brain tumors in people who have used the phones for 10 years or more.

Using Bluetooth Headset for Speech Recognition with Windows Mobile: Or Not

You tried some of the registry hacks floating around to use Bluetooth headsets with Pocket PCs and it didn't work well? Over at the Windows Mobile Team Blog, Mike Calligaro explains why Voice Command doesn't work over Bluetooth (BTh) headsets: "The short story is that the current version of Voice Command relies on microphones that sample at 16 kHz, but BTh headsets only do 8kHz.".

Have a cell phone? Make a movie

Eight cell phones, $160,000 and a good idea--could this be the future of filmmaking? South African director Aryan Kaganof thinks so. And to prove it, he made "SMS Sugar Man," which is billed as the world's first feature film shot entirely on mobile phones.

Handheld Market Experiences Year-Over-Year Decline According to IDC

The worldwide market for handheld devices swelled to its largest quarterly shipment volume all year, reaching 2.2 million units during the fourth quarter, growing 37.6% from the previous quarter. According to IDC's Worldwide Handheld QView, growth was driven largely by a combination of holiday sales and larger shipment volumes of devices that were introduced earlier in the year.

Software Review of the ROKR E2

One more review of the Linux-based ROKR E2 by Mobile-review.com in Russian. Many screenshots are included showing the new Motorola UI built on top of Qt/Embedded.

SonyEricsson Wilma - The K800i details surface

The Wilma as SonyEricsson has codenamed the handset (which is expected to be called as the K800i) has more details surfacing from China. The handset is a stunner theres no debate about that fact. Only thing missing is WiFi support.

Review: Palm's Windows Powered Treo 700w

"This newest Treo, the 700w, is the first device put out by Palm that runs an operating system other than Palm OS. The new Treo 700w runs the latest version of Microsoft's Windows Mobile OS, v5.0. Palm is hoping that this switch will help it get Treos into corporate IT departments that rely on Microsoft software for their back end. Regular users should just be happy for the choice they now have. Long have Pocket PC users lusted over the svelte Treo design, and now, they can get both the design they want as well as the software they want."

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