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  • Toshiba recalls pocket PCs in Australia

    Electronics vendor Toshiba has announced a voluntary recall of its Pocket PC e740, after company test labs in Japan identified a fault in the gadget's back-up battery.

  • 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.

  • NEC to release mega-handheld

    NEC plans to release the MobilePro 900 later this month, a handheld device that resembles a mininotebook but contains the technological guts of a PDA.

  • Microsoft gets verbal about voice-activation program

    Microsoft detailed on Thursday its strategy for expanding the capabilities and distribution of its Voice Command software, a program that lets people control handheld devices via spoken instructions.

  • Palm to acquire rival Handspring

    Palm will buy rival Handspring for approximately US$169 million in an effort to strengthen its grip on the market for handheld devices.

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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.

  • Dell's David Miller: Straight to the source

    As Dell Australia welcomes on board a new managing director, David Miller, we ask for his views on the current PC market in Australia.

  • VoIP wants to cut the computer cord

    Software-based phones are coming to the fore as big changes come to the way people make calls.

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  • Toshiba recalls pocket PCs in Australia

    Electronics vendor Toshiba has announced a voluntary recall of its Pocket PC e740, after company test labs in Japan identified a fault in the gadget's back-up battery.

  • 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.

  • HP iPaq Pocket PC hx4700

    The hx4700 offers powerful features and solid performance for on-the-go professionals -- just be prepared to pay a hefty price.

  • Review: Microsoft Pocket PC

    Unveiled today, Pocket PC represents Microsoft's renewed bid to extend the Windows family to handheld and smaller devices, as well as wrestle a share of the business from Palm Computing. Will it succeed? Come take a close look and decide for yourself.

  • Toshiba e740: The future of Pocket PC

    Toshiba continues to impress with its Pocket PC range of PDAs. Its latest model boasts an Intel XScale 400MHz processor and a tasty array of add-on goodies.

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