Computer Outlook
"Palm Handheld Lifestyles"
April 21, 2005
SHOW NOTES
Guest Information
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Glenn Weyhausen
Senior Director, Product Marketing
AlphaSmart, Inc.
http://www.alphasmart
Products
Dana
http://www2.alphasmart.com/products/dana.html
Dana Wireless
http://www2.alphasmart.com/products/dana.html
Dana Wireless Product Sheet
http://www2.alphasmart.com/pdf/danaprodsht6.15.pdf
General Specifications
- Weight: 2.0 lbs. (.91 kg)
- Display: 560 x 160 pixels (3.5 times wider than the typical handheld device)
- Hotsyncs and charges with a standard USB cable!
- Dual SD card slots
- Can print via USB, IrDA, or network (WiFi)
Pricing
Dana = $379
Dana Wireless = $429
Palm OS News
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PalmSource Installer v1.5 Released
- Self-extracting EXE creation for simplified Windows install
- Self-extracting PRC support for Macintosh/Linux installation fallback
- "Universal" URL supports OTA and desktop from one link
- "Universal" browser support: IE, Firefox, Mozilla, Netscape, Opera
- Installation support for OS selection and Device ID selection (in addition to language and screen resolution)
- Auto-Run of app after install
- Simple documentation install (“Installed Packages” Directory)
- Improved graphics/icons
- Updated documentation and samples
PalmSource Mobile Summit Awards
- Categories include: Enterprise / Productivity, Games / Entertainment, Multimedia Wireless / Over-the-air
- Vote at this link
PalmSource Is Blogging!
- Mostly about the DevCon
- Posts should pick up during the DevCon
Don't Forget The PalmSource Mobile Summit & DevCon 2005
- May 24th - 26th, 2005
- Fairmont Hotel, San Jose, CA
pa1m0ne News
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Tungsten E2 Released
- 320x320 display 18 bit color
- 32MB (NVFS), 26MB available
- Bluetooth 1.1
- PalmOne Wi-Fi SD card compatible.
- Non-removable battery.
- New USB multi-connector
- Intel XScale 200 MHz replaces the TI 126 MHz in the T|E
- PalmOS Garnet 5.4
Treo 650 Crystalized
- Over 2,000 Swarovski crystals in a Canadian flag design
- Bidding is complete
- Music by Arcade Fire, k-os, Oscar Peterson and Neil Young
- e-book "The Oryx and Crake" by Margaret Atwood
- Audio books "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel and "A History of Ice Hockey" by Greg Proops
- Ringtone "Summer of '69" by Bryan Adams
- Mobile Air Hockey game
- Text to "O Canada"
- Canadian Donuts, an application that locates the nearest donut shop for road-weary warriors.
Rumor: pa1mOne LifeDrive / Tungsten X
- WiFi and Bluetooth wireless
- 4 Gigabyte internal hard drive
- Palm OS Garnet
- 416 MHz Intel XScale processor,
- 480x320 display
- No removable battery
- Said to be as thick as two Tungsten T5's
- Expected $499 retail price
SmartPhone News
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palmOne Treo Smartphone Giveaway
- File this under a day late and a dollar short
- pa1m0ne was giving away 1 Treo every 5 minutes for 12 hours on the 19th.
- In celebration of over 1Million Treos sold worldwide.
XPRO P368 Palm OS Smartphone
- Another example of how Europe and China has access to very cool phones that we can't get our hands on!
- Coming in June 2005
- Palm OS Garnet 5.4 Chinese edition
- 64 MB of flash and 32 MB of SDRAM memory
Free 128MB SD Card For SprintPCS Treo 650 Owners Is Over
- SprintPCS has released [url=]an update[/url] to addresses some of the problems.
- Offer still available to Treo 650 owners on other networks
Users Petition SprintPCS for the Samsung i550
- US consumers made an extraordinary appeal requesting Sprint PCS to release Samsung's new handset.
- As this airing, 569 consumers signed the petition
- Meanwhile, Samsung Electronics is stepping up marketing activities in China to promote the newly released Palm OS-based smartphone, SCH-i539.
- SCH-i539 is working on Palm-OS 5.4 with 64MB ROM and 32MB RAM.
- It plays MPGE4, WMV and MP3 files. It adopts SD as external memory.
Tapwave News
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Village Sim from LDW Software was released
- 3rd Installment in a series of games based on the Isola saga (Plant Tycoon and Fish Tycoon)
- It's kind of like Survivor on your Palm.
- You have survivors on an island that have to fend for themselves, you must teach them what needs to be done while solving the mysteries of the island as well.
- Game runs even when the device is off!
Other News
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AeroPlayer Adds AAC Audio Support
- This enables support for Apples Itunes format by adding playback of AAC encoded audio.\
- Plugin cost $14.95.
[url=]100 Gigabyte SD Card On The Horizon?[/url]
- In the lab, IBM scientists have achieved 400-to-500 gigabytes in a square inch.
- Probably 2+ years away
Cool Deal Of The Month
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Look For Falling Prices On The Treo 600
- Verizon selling the Treo 600 for as little as $249
- Rumors that you can get it for as little as $200