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News.blog: Sanyo's hand-size HD camcorder

News Based around the same design of the palm-size video cameras Sanyo already sells under the Xacti brand, the HD1 can capture HD-quality video, as well as 5.1-megapixel stills. Back in late 2004, Sony introduced the first high-definition camcorder for...

4 January 2006, 9:28

Sony cuts HD camcorder down to size

News The new camera rests easily in the palm of the hand and weighs 680 grams without a battery. On Tuesday the electronics giant Sony unveiled a high-definition camcorder in Tokyo that is small and light enough to allow consumers to shoot high...

18 May 2005, 9:38

Scuba diver gets hooked up for record attempt

News There's the waterproof MP3 player from H2O Audio, for instance, a push-to-talk phone, and a Palm handheld in an underwater enclosure that he will use to read books. Mask - check. Oxygen - check. Video games - check.

19 May 2005, 15:07

Missing children alerts head to US mobiles

News Americans want to help fight crimes against children, and now that power rests in the palm of their hand," Steve Largent, CTIA's chief executive, said in a statement. Nearly a dozen US mobile phone networks will begin broadcasting 'Amber Alerts' to...

18 May 2005, 9:36

News.blog: iPhone squashes widescreen

News This ratio is most commonly used in photographs, but it is also used in many PDAs, such as the Palm TX. Add one more reason to doubt the iPhone hype: it appears that Apple's uberdevice utilises an unusual 1.5:1 aspect ratio.

17 January 2007, 10:48

Microsoft set to unveil Windows Mobile 6

News Its software is now on many of Palm's Treo devices. With its latest operating system, Microsoft is promising improved search, better security and tighter integration with Windows Live services. But the operating system isn't Vista -- it's Windows...

8 February 2007, 9:16

Intel strives to improve Linux for gadgets

News Among the efforts are the Nokia 770 and newer N800, an AOL-Gateway Web appliance, and the Palm Foleo, which so far has had a frosty reception. The iPhone doesn't run Linux, but Intel has begun work to help improve the operating system for future...

17 July 2007, 9:44

News.blog: Opera Mini 4.1 released

News As a refresher, Opera Mini 4.1 works well on most Java handsets, including BlackBerry, and on Palm phones running a Java environment. On Tuesday, Opera sewed up a short beta run of Opera Mini 4.1. After a mere month and a half, the Norwegian...

Tags: beta, java, phones, mini

14 May 2008, 8:56

Apple patent reignites iPhone rumours

News While the::unwired's Alfredo Padilla believes Apple will probably make its own operating system, he suggests it might be better to adopt the market-leading Symbian OS: "The one major area where Symbian does not do as well is in North America...

12 September 2006, 10:45

iPaq leak shows Hewlett-Packard's hand(held)

News The company currently ranks third in overall device shipments behind Research In Motion and Palm, according to the most recent PDA shipment report published by Gartner. A slip-up on Hewlett-Packard's UK Web site is revealing some interesting clues...

15 August 2005, 8:53

USB drives smarten up

News Still, Purmal, the fifth employee at the original Palm, has some pretty influential friends herself. It may have been a year ago, but Kate Purmal remembers well how her nine-year-old daughter made a mess of her business laptop computer.

8 June 2005, 8:55

News.blog: Microsoft quiet before iPhone 3G day

News Probably the closest thing to the App Store is a third-party reseller called Handango that sells programs for Windows Mobile, as well as for Palm OS, Symbian, and Linux devices. When Apple launched its App Store on Thursday before the release of...

Tags: noise, browsing, developers, windows mobile

11 July 2008, 9:01

US Army speeds high-tech tools to soldiers

News The Rapid Equipping Force has also turned out a Palm Pilot-like handheld to assist in translation when interpreters are not present. The US Army is playing up its ability to get high-tech tools to soldiers in the field more quickly and more...

16 August 2005, 9:39

Microgravity tech could transform stem-cell debate

News McGuckin said that he and his team use bioreactors between 1 and 40 millimeters that sit in the palm of the hand. Microgravity technology developed by NASA can multiply stem cells from a newborn's blood in large enough quantities to be used to...

19 August 2005, 9:50

High-tech keyboard takes cue from Etch-a-Sketch

News Some users have gotten around 16 to 17 words per minute with the program, and while that's slower than touch typing, consider how many words you can get per minute with a Palm stylus today. IBM has come up with an experimental keyboard system that...

12 July 2005, 8:48