News (5)

  • Mobile phones get facial recognition

    Software that could allow existing phones and PDAs to recognise their owners will be demonstrated at a security show in Japan this week.

  • Banks take to the air for mobile customers

    Brick and mortar banks are fast catching up with click and go customers. This is driving the need for new, innovative ways for banks to reach customers and stay connected to their information and services needs whilst on the move.

  • Apple banks on digital media harvest

    Apple Computer on Tuesday is expected to unveil a new portable product aimed at bolstering the company's strategy to make itself into a major player in home entertainment, sources and analysts said.

  • Bluetooth: Painful extractions

    Bluetooth might be the darling of the media and the talk of the pundits, but the fledgling technology's future is cloudy at best. Despite repeated promises and numerous product "preannouncements," Bluetooth technology has yet to appear in any product on the market. Think Christmas. Next year.

  • Dancing in the dark

    Corporations want to push their data beyond the laptop into lightweight, handheld devices, and let their people trip the light fantastic.

Reviews (10)

  • O2 xda: The phone with xtra oomph

    O2's combo phone/pda hybrid has the backing of industry heavyweights Telstra and Microsoft. Does it deliver heavyweight performance? Read our Australian review.

  • Smile! You've just been caught out on camera phone

    Commentary: Is anybody going to do anything outrageous ever again in public? With a camera phone in every pocket you are going to have to behave.

  • Five more cool phones you can't have

    Once more, it's time to look wistfully overseas at the best phones you just can't get in Australia.

  • Advanced energy solution pulls the plug on PDAs

    The Department for Energy Technology at the Fraunhofer-Institutea, -- cradle of MP3 and MIT opposite number in Germany - has presented a solar solution for powering PDAs without the need to externally recharge the battery. They soon could apear on the mass market.

  • Compaq PDA paqs a punch

    Compaq's iPaq H3870 offers Bluetooth built in to a PDA. Is Bluetooth enough of an incentive to upgrade?

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