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Since Oct 3, Macromedia removed the free download version of Flash player for PocketPCs and they now ask for... 500 bucks to get it!

Two web sites posted reviews of the really nice Resco PPC apps, File Explorer and Pocket Radio.

If you are looking for a great, light-weight, and easily pocketable phone to toss into your shirt pocket - stop reading now. The i-mate JasJar is not that device, believe me. While it is indeed a triband GSM phone that also supports the 2100Mhz UMTS 3G band, the Windows Mobile 5.0 powered JasJar is simply too big and heavy to be considered a regular phone. That's not what it was meant to be.

Taiwanese computer maker AOpen is scheduled to release (reload url if it doesn't work for you) two versions of its Pandora desktop just in time for the holiday shopping season, the company said Thursday. A Linux-based version of the mini tower is expected to sell at retail for $399, while the Windows XP-based box will go for $499.

I purchased the first of 16 Palm OS devices, the Palm III, in 1998, and until the T5 experience, I championed the platform. Prior to the T5, I enjoyed the PalmOS experience, particularly the ease of use, stability, and plethora of available third party apps.

Mobile-Review received an engineer sample of FS Pocket LOOX N520 for their tests. Many functions do not work (the sample is very early), but still some conclusions can be made even now. So, now they publish a preliminary review and will renew it later when having a final sample of the device.

When Palm ruled the handheld computing market, few thought it would ever have to partner with Microsoft. Palm CEO Ed Colligan spent several days in Cannes in February 2004 talking up the Treo handheld computing device over its Windows-based competitors. But that same week, away from the massive 3GSM trade show, he was secretly meeting with the enemy.

Double the RAM, USB 2.0 and a 30 GB hard drive; the brand new OQO 01+ improves on its predecessor in several ways whilst maintaining its über-portable form factor.

Among Hewlett-Packard's first handhelds to run Windows Mobile 5.0 are the hx2790, a powerful workhorse; and the lightweight rx1950, which pays hommage to designs of the past.

Palm CEO Ed Colligan and Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates have officially unveiled a Treo running Windows Mobile 5.0.