Palm m125 Sneak Peek

Palm m125 Specifications

Size and Weight

118 x 79 x 18mm
125g

Operating System

Palm OS v4.0.1

Applications

Address Book, Date Book , Clock, To Do List, Memo Pad, NotePad, Calculator, HotSync Mail

Additional Software Included

MultiMail SE, DataViz Documents to Go, AvantGo, Palm Mobile Connectivity Software, Palm Reader, MGI Photo Suite

Display

Reflective monochrome LCD screen with backlight, 160 x 160 pixels (monochrome)

Hardware Expansion

Secure Digital and MultiMediaCard slot, Universal Connector

Battery Life

2x AAA batteries (2 months)

Connectivity

USB

Infrared Port

Yes

Storage Capacity

8MB SDRAM, 2MB Masked ROM

Items included in Box

Palm Handheld, USB HotSync cable, AC adapter cable, software CD

Website/Place to buy

Palm.com

Warranty

1 year local




The new m125 with the Sonic Blue faceplate.

3Com Palm IIIe PDA

Palm IIIe Specifications

Processor


* Dragonball EZ non-upgradeable
* 3rd party (unofficial) software overclockable

Memory


* 2MB (3rd party (unofficial) upgradeable)
* Requires power source to maintain (volatile)

Expandability:


* None - no card (CF or PCMCIA) support

I/O Interface


* Palm-proprietary port
* Connection with PC through "HotSync" cable; Windows software supplied

Power


* Uses 2xAAA batteries

Form Factor


* 4.7"x3.2"x0.7"
* Weight about 6 ounces with batteries installed (approx. 170g)

BenQ P50 PDA Phone

It's No Pretender

Originally scheduled for launch in the fourth quarter of 2004, the eagerly awaited BenQ P50 is finally retail ready and positioned to go against the world's leading names in the PDA Phone business. Judging by the specs, the delay could well have been worth the wait because the P50 is promising to bring a lot to the table, particularly in the key aspects of connectivity, functionality, styling and usability. Now, although the BenQ name is not as established as many of its European rivals for communication devices, the Taiwanese company has nevertheless made huge advances in many of its product divisions, particularly its optical disc drive (ODD), notebook computer, projector and portable audio player divisions. With the release of their flagship P50 PDA Phone, BenQ now has a grand total of 20 modern handsets under its mobile communication division. Considering it only spun off from Acer in 2001, the achievement, branding and recognition it has managed thus far is nothing short of impressive.





Finally, hype and rumors have materialized into reality � the BenQ P50 PDA Phone.


Without a doubt, one of the key components attributing to its soaring success and brand building is its attention to industrial design. Traditionally, Chinese and Taiwanese companies are known for their lack of effort in the design and build quality of their products, usually focusing more on rolling out functional, though not necessary well built products in huge quantities. In recent times however, industrial design has taken on a heavier emphasis and Taiwanese companies such as ASUS, MSI, Shuttle and of course BenQ are all pumping serious money into both design, research and development of new products.

Looking at the P50, it's obvious that the chief design goal for the handset was to ensure that it's styling must standout from the dull business tone of most conventional PDA Phones. From the looks of things, the design team seems to have styling safely covered. Whether it's the textured side trimmings, the design uniformity provided by an internal antenna, the choice of colors used or just the contrasting shades between key buttons and the QWERTY thumbpad, the P50 looks refreshing. In fact, it looks different from many of its competing counterparts, including the iconic O2. Appearance alone doesn't win the battle, so read on as we present you the different aspects of the BenQ P50.

HP iPAQ Pocket PC h5550

Introduction and Specifications

Targeted at the corporate user with the cash to spare, the HP iPAQ Pocket PC h5550 is one high-flyer in terms of features and horsepower. Looking quite similar to its older sibling, the HP iPAQ Pocket PC h5550 is juiced by a 400MHz Intel� PXA255 XScale technology-based processor and a whopping 128MB and 48MB worth of RAM and ROM respectively. Couple this with added features such as the biometric fingerprint security feature, built-in Bluetooth and WiFi, a 3.8-inch screen and more; we harnessed high hopes for the unit performance-wise. With all these promised features, it does not take a rocket scientist to figure out why it is tagged at a suggested retail price of S$1199.





The HP iPAQ Pocket PC h5550 sitting on its throne


Now that we have more or less given you a gist of what the HP iPAQ Pocket PC h5550
has to offer, let us bring on the more detailed aspects of the PDA unit. But before we move on, here are the HP iPAQ Pocket PC h5550�s detailed specifications:-

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Samsung i780 - A Brand New Experience

As the months went by, we've seen a slew of impressive Windows Mobile devices hitting the market. From last year's HTC TyTN II and the newer Touch Cruise to recent ones such as the LG KS20 and i-mate's Ultimate 8502, consumers have been spoilt for choice with the varied lineup. Thus, it came as no surprise to us when Samsung unveiled its much anticipated Windows Mobile device for the year, the Samsung i780. The real surprise though, came after we've had a full run with this device.





The Samsung i780, with full touch screen capabilities coupled with a 37-key QWERTY keyboard.



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Palm Overclocking

Amazing as it may seem, handheld devices may work in overclock. Since they use a processor, it is possible to configure their processor to operate at a higher operation frequency than the standard one, increasing their perfomance. Today's tip, however, only works with models from Palm.

To overclock of your Palm, first you will have to install HackMaster, an utility that allows running low level utilities. HackMaster is available at http://www.daggerware.com/hackmstr.htm.

After installing HackMaster, you have some options of overclock programs, like FastCPU (http://www.getjar.com/products/1019/FastCPU) and AfterBurner (http://www.palmgear.com/software/showsoftware.cfm?prodID=7429). Using either of those programs will allow you to increase the clock of your Palm processor. We remind you that the overclock is a procedure that may or may not work, and that we give no warranty that it will in your equipment. An overclock being successful is a matter of pure luck. Besides, the overclock may cause abnormal behavior in your equipment, for which we take no responsibility. Do the overclock at your own risk! If, after doing the overclock, your Palm stops working, you will have to perfom a reset.

If you don't want to take any risks in the overclock, there is another very interesting solution: QuickBits. That program speeds up your Palm without doing the overclock, optimizing its common operations. According to its developer, QuickBits may make your Palm up to eight times faster. You may download that program from http://www.2bitsoftware.com/QuickBits.
Measuring Your Palm Performance

After doing the Palm overclock or installing QuickBits you will be curious to see the performance gains. For that, you will need to use performance measurement programs (benchmarks).

PocketMark, for instance, carries out five types of performance tests: IntMark (a processor performance test), MemMark (a memory interface efficiency test), FloatMark (a mathematical performance test), DBMark (a writing and sorting performance test), and GraphMark (a graphic performance test). You may download that program from http://web.tiscalinet.it/fcarello/files/pm021.zip. To work, that program requires the installation of MathLib (http://www.radiks.net/~rhuebner/mathlib.zip).

Another excellent program to measure your Palm performance is Benchmark 2.0. That program may be downloaded from http://www.quartus.net/products/benchmark.

Special Preview: Samsung Soul

The U900 or preferably known as the Soul was heavily promoted as part of a major advertising campaign initiated by none other than its maker, Samsung and unveiled in spectacular fashion at the recent Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. As we found out, the Soul is Samsung's flagship model for 2008, so it's quite understandable why the Korean giant has placed so much focus on this handset. If you're intrigued by the origins of the Soul's name, here's a little background information:

* Soul was named to honor the completion of its successful "Ultra Edition" series.
* Soul is an abbreviation of "The Spirit Of Ultra".

With that said, we shan't keep you waiting, so here are our first impressions on our hands-on experience with the Soul:-





Just to air out our views, pictures simply do not do the Soul justice. When we first laid eyes on the Soul from the stock pictures, we were fickle over its looks. Once we had it in our hands, the Soul revealed itself in its true aesthetic form.


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HTC TyTN II - The Kaiser Cometh

Preview: HTC TyTN II (Kaiser)
In an exclusive media invite, we had a sneak peek of the much anticipated HTC TyTN II (pronounced Titan II) or more widely known by its "Kaiser" moniker.

For weeks, the tech world had been abuzz with news about the HTC TyTN II's arrival and from the photos that were leaked all over the web, the TyTN II looked very promising. Though touted as the direct successor to the Dopod 838 Pro (TyTN), the HTC TyTN II is not exactly a chip off the block. Even though it retains QWERTY input via a sliding keyboard, the way it does it is the exact opposite of what was done to the Dopod 838 Pro in that it now slides out in a right-to-left fashion, which is a more natural motion.




As opposed to the Dopod 838 Pro's left to right sliding direction, the HTC TyTN's new sliding direction, right to left, is more natural in terms of ergonomics.


Weighing in at 190g (with battery), the HTC TyTN II is quite hefty but in a substantial way than being detrimental to portability. The screen is comfortably large at 2.8 inches while having the ability to tilt it means a more comfortable viewing angle.





Though some might have misgivings about the tilted display being top heavy, first hand experience showed that it is in fact an immensely stable design.


In terms of specifications, the HTC TyTN II follows the Dopod 838 Pro's HSDPA, 3.5G connectivity, while getting an upgrade in the form of a 3-megapixel camera, an integrated GPS antenna and an advanced touch screen interface. Business support is the main focus for the HTC TyTN II and for that, it has push e-mail, a business card scanner and Pocket Office.

At first impression, the HTC TyTN II looks all set to give consumers much to consider for their next smartphone upgrade when it is finally released sometime in October. Until then, you might want to hold off your upgrade plan and to start saving up for its arrival.