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  • Palm to announce steps to ARM transition

    Sources familiar with the plan say the handheld maker will make public a collaborative agreement with chip companies Intel, Motorola, Texas Instruments and ARM Holdings to transfer the Palm OS to chips with ARM technology.

  • ARM backs Linux for consumer devices

    The chip designer is joining with major consumer electronics manufacturers to tailor open-source software for running non-PC devices.

  • How tech neutrality paid off for ARM

    Nearly 70 percent of the world's cell phones are based on ARM's designs. Chairman Robin Saxby explains why remaining above the industry fray has been the company's ticket to success.

  • New mobile phone sight--3D

    A chip designer is betting that 3D will be a feature of mainstream mobile phones before long, as network operators hunt for ways to grab users' attention.

  • Mobile phones to get Palladium-style chips

    ARM is to integrate security into its popular processor cores for mobile devices, paving the way for Palladium-style secure systems.

Features and Case Studies (13)

  • Pocket PC, XScale hit a generation gap

    Early buyers won't get all the power they bargained for in the latest Pocket PC-based handhelds. A generational mismatch in the gear is taking the pluck out of performance.

  • Motorola prepares to battle XScale

    Motorola's DragonBall MX1 embedded microprocessor has become the first chip to be certified for PalmSource's next-generation operating system.

  • Vertical PDAs: On the road again

    The choice of operating system for a personal digital assisant (PDA) is effectively down to two" Palm OS or Pocket PC"but the variety of choices for the handheld itself is very impressive. We test three of the best, and see what's coming up soon.

  • IBM looks to arm more PDAs with Linux

    Big Blue is ushering in design standards for personal digital assistants based on its PowerPC 405LP chip and MontaVista's Linux.

  • Intel readies next handheld chips

    Intel is adding to its arsenal of processors for portable devices by developing an XScale-based processor, code-named Bulverde, for handheld computers.

Reviews (77)

  • Palm OS update will be slow going

    Users and developers of Palm OS 5 shouldn't expect to see a big change overnight, according to company unit PalmSource.

  • Next-gen Palms double battery life

    Semiconductor makers showed off the next-generation chips that will power future Palm devices this week at the PalmSource developer conference in London.

  • Pocket PC, XScale hit a generation gap

    Early buyers won't get all the power they bargained for in the latest Pocket PC-based handhelds. A generational mismatch in the gear is taking the pluck out of performance.

  • Motorola prepares to battle XScale

    Motorola's DragonBall MX1 embedded microprocessor has become the first chip to be certified for PalmSource's next-generation operating system.

  • A sneak peek at Palm OS 5

    Palm isn't sitting back and just letting Microsoft take market share from it. We take a sneak peek at the features that you can expect to see in Palm OS 5.

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