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“Sharp announced a new version of its Zaurus Linux PDA line. The Zaurus SL-C3200 Linux PDA with 6GB Hard drive is an upgrade to the SL-C3100 which has 4GB HDD. The specs remain pretty much the same. The PDA is powered by an Intel PXA270 Processor at 416 MHz, 64MB RAM and 128MB ROM. It’s large VGA res (640 x 480) 3.7 inch LCD display. The SL-C3200 has a QWERTY keyboard, SD and Compact Flash card slot, USB port and IRDA connectivity.For $640, the new Sharp goes on sale in Japan on March 17.More details on the sharp product page (Japanese)”. via i4u.com

“This phone still is denoted as ‘prototype’ but it has processor of 624 MHz – no other Windows Mobile phone features such fast processor – and it has built-in 8GB hard disk. powered by Windows Mobile 5.0 for Pocket PC Phone Edition processor: Intel Xscale 624 MHz with graphic accelerator 2700G3 and Video RaM connectivity standards: GSM quad band / GPRS / Wi-Fi 802.11b / EDGE / Bluetooth 2.0 / GPS / IrDA FIR 4 / USB card slot: micro-SD RAM 512 MB, ROM 512 MB, hard disk 8 GB 2 displays, both: QVGA = 320×240 pixels 2 cameras, both: 2 megapixel output: VGA Out, Print Out / USB printing dimension: 125 x 70 x 32 mm weight: 300 g QWERTY keyboard ” via msmobiles.com

Vilmos has ported Shippy to PalmOS and Zodiac! Shippy is a game which pretends to be from the era of SpaceInvaders and Galaga, but introduces enough tiny modifications to these games’ system to make it an excellent game on its own. While it isn’t actually that old, this game succeeds in creating a real oldschool arcade feeling. So if you’re looking for a TrueColor, HiRes game you’re looking in the wrong place. Shippy usually limits itself to EGA(16) colors and a 240×160 resolution, enemy animations are usually 2 frames and transparency is not supported 🙂 via pda247.com

AMD and Intel already went all dual on us, and now this is the first dual (cursor) mouse on the market (to my knowledge anyway). Don’t ask me anything about practicality or how it is in real life, but the basic idea is that when you press the side of your mouse, a red pointer appears and takes control… and when you release the side of the mouse, the normal cursor appears… Check for more photoes here:

Taiwan-based A-Data Technology and Micro-Star International (MSI) plan to introduce solar cells into their latest flash-based memory devices at CeBIT in Germany. A-Data is launching the Solar Disk thumb drive (left image) equipped with a solar cell module. The drive does not have a built-in battery and the solar cell module powers its LCD display to show remaining capacity. MSI will be demoing a solar cell-equipped MP3 player (right image). The solar cell won’t be the sole source of juice for the prototype player, rather it uses the solar module to charge the built-in lithium battery and provide supplementary power to extend battery life.A-Data’s drive is expected to be generally available in April. MSI plans to move this product into mass production in time for Computex in June 2006. More details on the DigiTimes Site. via i4u.com

“The model has a distinctive design – it’s one of a few devices made almost completely out of metal, as to our case, we have to deal with stainless steel. Metallic coating doesn’t cover only the rear part, to be precise, the area near the camera, in light of the fact the antennas are located right here and any kind of metal shields them. Despite Nokia 8800, which features stainless steel as well, in this model it is not polished, but matt. The phone doesn’t flash and looks pretty solid, but on the other hand this conceals a real problem of abrasion. All scratches are visible on the shell and the fact it’s not polished only intensifies them. And here one can see a reversed situation, when during daily routine the device keeps “polishing” itself. Even though the shell itself is long-wearing, the esthetic side of the appearance suffers a lot. In my opinion, after 6-7 of intensive use, all abrasions will become visible” Read this review here:

“Rumor: A PalmInfocenter reader wrote in with an interesting find on the Treo 700p during a recent visit to a Sprint retail store. He asked around about the new Treo and was shown details on Treo 700p in Sprint’s computer system. So the story is our source visited a Sprint store this past Saturday. He asked their lead tech if he knew anything about the release of the Treo 700p. The tech pulled up a webpage from Sprint that not only had the Sprint part number for the 700p but also had a “May/June” release date indicated, which he let him see for himself. Previous leaked details about the Treo 700p indicate it will run Palm OS Garnet v5.4.9. It features EVDO high speed data support, a 320×320 pixel display, 1.3 megapixel camera with a 1280×1024 max image resolution and 62.8 MB of free RAM.” via palminfocenter.com

Samsung has done it again, announcing an amazon phone, and this time it’s the i310 which comes with a whopping 8GB hard disk, and the following features:
runs on Windows Mobile 5.0
a 2.0 megapixel camera
a microSD memory expansion slot
Bluetooth (w/ A2DP stereo support)
It’s to be officially unveiled during CeBIT, but man, this phone sounds absolutely great, and it has 8 GB of storage! That’s more than 95% of the MP3 players out there, and it even beats most of the iPods. Samsung has a real ability to release some kickass phone.What’s even more amazing is that this phone will be released during the second half of this year, and in Europe. Usually these high-end spectactular phones only get released in places like Korea and China, but this puppy is actually coming to Europe (and probably the US as well). via talkfones.com

OrigamiPortal received this leaked photo from an online source today and we decided to share it with our visitors.If this is the actual final product, it’s pretty slick. And if it’s not, it’s a very nice mockup. The pic we have received shows a device that looks thinner than the ones shown in the Digital Kitchen video. And the UI is definitely some new handheld OS.In the corner of the window there is the words Alexandria. (The logo kind of looks like the Alexandria library software.) I’m not sure what Alexandria is however.The UI components seem to emulate what has been shown so far with Windows Vista over the last couple beta releases.The one weird component is the word “podcast” on the right side tree. If this is real, would Microsoft include this by default in their menus?And look at that, you can download Law and Order off of it for just $29.99! What a deal!We will be deconstructing what we feel each of these buttons do in our next news post. In the meantime love the pic and comment on it if you know anything about it. via origamiportal.com

Vorpalware has released a new utility for Palm TX users. TX tweak is a small application that improves navigational behavior and fixes some minor annoyances on the TX. It will allow you to remap the home hardware button to launch any application in RAM. The utility also lets you set the find icon space on the status bar to launch the applications screens (like it should in the first place), search or launch favorites. TX Tweak costs $6.95 to register and there is a free trial download. via palminfocenter.com