Operation Gadget

Category: PDAs

  • New Sony Clie TH55 Review from Palm Infocenter

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteKerry Lannert delivered a good review of the Sony Clie TH55 over at Palm Infocenter. The review is fairly long and full of decent quality pictures. The review was very positive, with the TH55 winning 8.5 stars on a 10-point scale. The best features of this handheld are its size, battery…

  • SSH Client for Palm OS 5 Under Development

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteSealie Software is developing pssh, an OpenSource SSH2 client for Palm OS 5. This is an important application for Linux system administrators on-the-move. Pssh is meant for fast Palm PDAs with high resolution screens, like the palmOne Tungsten C. Pssh is not currently for devices like the palmOne Treo 600 (lower…

  • BargainPDA Editor Calls for Bluetooth in PDAs for the U.S. Market

    Reading Time: 2 minutesBrian Beeler published a Note to Dell and Sony yesterday in which he called on the vendors to ship their PDAs for the U.S. market with Bluetooth installed. He cites the Dell Axim X3i and the Sony Clie TH55 as PDAs that are available with Bluetooth in Europe, but do not have…

  • Guideline Research Survey Finds Some People Want to Keep Wireless Devices Simple

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteGuideline Research released a report on the America’s appetite for multifunction wireless devices. According to the news release, 49 percent of those surveyed have “no desire” for devices that allow them to multitask with their gadgets— either make phone calls, in the case of mobile phone, or hold data, in the…

  • Hitachi G1000 Update Activates SDIO Support

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteinfoSync World reported that an update has been released for the Hitachi G1000 PDA. The update allows the G1000 to read SDIO devices— Secure Digital cards that have functionality beyond memory enhancement. Operation Gadget originally reported on the G1000 back in November. Reportedly, the update is available on the Sprint PCS…

  • Tungsten C Update 2.0 Improves WiFi and DHCP Performance

    Reading Time: < 1 minutepalmOne recently released Tungsten C Update 2.0, a firmware update designed to address WiFi and DHCP interaction issues, as well as WiFi roaming problems. While they were at it, palmOne enhanced the power-up sequence and digitizer behavior, and upgraded the multimedia memory card (MMC) device driver.

  • Toshiba e805 Reviewed by The Gadgeteer

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteJulie Strietelmeier of the-gadgeteer.com recently wrote a very detailed review of the Toshiba e805, a Pocket PC that runs Windows Mobile 2003 and has a four-inch TFT color display. This handheld has a 400 MHz Intel PXA263 processor, 128 megabytes of RAM, integrated WiFi, and two open card slots (one CompactFlash…

  • Tungsten T2 MSRP Cut by $50, Rebate on Zire Z71

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteBargainPDA reported that palmOne cut the suggested retail price of the Tungsten T2 PDA by $50 and launched a $50 mail-in rebate program on the Zire 71. BargainPDA suggests that this may be palmOne’s way of clearing out inventory of these models before new product introductions. They cite a report that…

  • HP iPAQ 4355 Pocket PC Now Shipping

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI talked about the HP iPAQ 4355 Pocket PC in an article that appeared on Operation Gadget back in November. In it, I reported that the iPAQ 4355 was named one of PC Magazine’s best products of Comdex, that it incorporated Bluetooth, WiFi, and a bright color display, and that it…