Review: Sony Ericsson K700i

A review of one of the best feature-phones of 2004, the K700i. Elsewhere, infoSync reviews the Sony Ericsson K608i.

PalmSource sale won't kill Palm OS

The sale of PalmSource may consummate the marriage of Linux and the Palm OS, but it won't kill off the operating system that helped create the PDA market.

Review of the operating system Windows Mobile 5.0 for Smartphone

Microsoft's operating systems for mobile phones are traditionally divided into two directions represented with a PDA version (Pocket PC) and a smartphone one (MS Smartphone). In fact, the smartphone version is even simpler than for Pocket PC.

PalmSource Acquired by ACCESS

PalmSource, the company responsible for developing and licensing the Palm OS, has been bought by Japan-based ACCESS Co., Ltd. Palm users probably familiar with ACCESS as the developer of the web browser NetFront.

Chinese mobile phone giant ships Linux smartphone

TCL Mobile Communications (TMC) has used embedded Linux to build a high-end dual-band GSM/GPRS smartphone. The e787 features a 2MP camera, Bluetooth, multimedia players, an Internet phonebook feature, PC synchronization, and a document viewer from Picsel Technologies.

The Future of Mobility is Linux

"I'm betting that the future of mobility will be Linux, and not Symbian, Windows or anything else." Read the editorial here.

An Introduction to Windows Mobile 5.0

Windows Mobile 5 sports many new features and enhancements making it a very worthwhile upgrade. Perhaps the most important feature that everyone will love is persistent memory. Read more for an in-depth look at this new Windows version.

MontaVista Tightens Embedded OS Market

MontaVista Software announced the release of version 4.0 of its embedded Linux OS, MontaVista Linux Professional Edition. The new release is based on the 2.6 Linux kernel and includes hard real-time capabilities.

Vista to Open Doors for Desktop Linux

Trade-offs of upcoming release of Microsoft's Windows Vista on Desktop Linux are discussed in this article

Visionary Jeff Hawkins blends PDAs, cellular phones

PalmPilot creator imagines bringing brain capabilities to technological products.

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