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  • Why shout for an Aust cab when you can SMS?

    Travellers will soon be able to order taxis via SMS, if a South Australian wireless communications company has its way.

  • 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.

  • Compaq offers Pocket PC fix

    Compaq has set up a download for users to fix problems caused by rogue versions of the Pocket PC 2002 operating system

  • Free iPaq? Compaq plays giveaway game

    Compaq Computer is getting aggressive in the giveaway game. The PC maker has launched a new promotion: Buy an Evo notebook, an Evo desktop or an Armada notebook and get a Compaq iPaq 3650 handheld for free.

  • Compaq may return to colour-only handhelds

    As Compaq Computer considers moving to colour screens only for its iPaq handhelds, prices for its black-and-white line have reached new lows.

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  • 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.

  • 802.11 options: Supporting wireless users

    Whether you want to go wireless with four or five PCs in a small office or you need walk-around connectivity for a thousand corporate users, vendors offer a number of options that can provide the proper access.

  • Can IT save Easter?

    Australia's Easter Bilby faces a logistical nightmare ever year as it sets out to make its chocolate deliveries. ZDNet Australia asked a number of systems integrators how they would solve the Easter Bilby's computational conundrums.

  • Is 2008 the year of the BlackBerry-killer?

    In 2005, Canadian wireless company Research in Motion (RIM) came from relative obscurity to steal a global lead in e-mail equipped mobile devices with its BlackBerry. Could 2008 be the year that BlackBerry falls off its perch?

  • NZ wholesaler reaps mobile PC benefits

    Retail distributor Wilson Consumer Products has a long history of supplying field sales staff with mobile technology. But after an unsuccessful redevelopment of its original technology, it was forced to return to paper-based systems and has only recently found a solution.

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  • Compaq PDA paqs a punch

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

  • Compaq Aero 1550

    Compaq's Aero 1550 doesn't have the glamorous colour LCD, front-facing speaker, or fast processor of its showy sibling, the Compaq iPAQ H3650 Pocket PC, but it does offer all the basics that a PDA should and more at a relatively low price.

  • 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.

  • The great PDA debate begins: editorial

    Finding himself at the centre of a heated debate on PDA reliability, David Berlind responds to critics who contest his view that the handheld is not ready for mission critical tasks.

  • HP iPaq H4350

    It's longer than your average Pocket PC, but its integrated keyboard and higher-capacity battery make the H4350 a top choice for heavy Wi-Fi users.

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