May 10, 2007 at 6:05 am
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Despite offering little more than a mild refresh to its already-ancient predecessor, initial reviews of Palm's latest and greatest Garnet device have been overwhelmingly positive. The same Palm OS niggles of old are still there — the lack of multitasking capability is pretty hard to swallow at this point — but for business users looking for familiarity and a time-tested formula, the platform simply can't be beat.
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May 10, 2007 at 6:00 am
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We applaud Dopod's effort (or should we say HTC's effort?) in keeping its devices updated with all that warm, buttery Windows Mobile 6 goodness, but one rather notable handset has strangely been left out in the cold: the C720W, Dopod's flavor of the HTC Excalibur.
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May 10, 2007 at 5:52 am
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The last time we got to hang with the Helio Ocean it was still technically a prototype — albeit a unit obviously near completion. Today we finally snagged the real deal, and let us just say this Ocean runs deep.
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May 10, 2007 at 5:36 am
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Following new firmware to rebrand the handset's software, sources are reporting that the 8525 — AT&T's variant of the venerable HTC Hermes — has gone under the knife to get external branding to match.
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May 10, 2007 at 5:07 am
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With Opera having brought the closest thing to full web browsing to millions of Java-enabled handsets, are there other mobile browsers to be had? Sure there are — Symbian, Palm and Windows Mobile users have many mobile browser options, including Opera Mobile, Pocket Internet Explorer and others.
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May 10, 2007 at 5:01 am
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It looks as if the Google Maps app inside the upcoming Apple iPhone may have gotten a few more useful icons according to recent reports. The"up/down arrows" and "front-facing car" icons in the above image lead us to think that the Google Maps demo by Steve Jobs back during January's iPhone announcement wasn't totally showing the app's capabilities at that time (nor should it have been).
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May 9, 2007 at 7:09 am
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Awww, don't pretend like you didn't know it was coming: Palm officially bounced out the long-rumored Treo 755p today. The 755p is only an incremental upgrade to the Treo 700p which came out about a year ago — anyone expecting a full upgrade better keep waiting.
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