Apple's first handheld: the Newton MessagePad
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Forgotten Tech Some say the apple doesn't fall far from the tree and when you consider the history of the PDA, that statement holds many truths.â¦
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The cellphone industry went to Barcelona to âshow off the latest and greatest phonesâ and, once again, hardware took center stage. But, Victoria Shannon (New York Times) points out, âsoftware is growing in importance as smartphones, capable of accessing the Web, become more popular.â So, Shannon continues, âit was no surprise that many of the phones were iPhone clones â with touch screens, sleek flat shapes and spare software interfaces. Apple was able to make a phone that paid equal attention to the software and the hardware. And the rest of the industry was following suit here.â
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âSteve Jobs has said, repeatedly, that this is the best iPod that Apple has ever made, and it is. Itâs also the best phone that anybody has ever made,â says Lev Gossman. âThe user interface,â Grossman marvels, âis crammed with smart little touches â every moment of user interaction has been quietly stage-managed and orchestrated, with such overwhelming attention to detail that when the history of digital interface design is written, whoever managed this project at Apple will be hailed as a Michelangelo, and the iPhone his or her Sistine Chapel.â
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After testing the iPhone for two weeks in multiple US cities, Walter Mossberg and Katherine Boehret consider it âa beautiful and breakthrough handheld computer. Its software, especially, sets a new bar for the smart-phone industry, and its clever finger-touch interface,â they say, âworks well.â In addition to combining âintelligent voice calling and a full-blown iPod,â iPhone also âoffers the best Web browser we have seen on a smart phone and robust email software.â It offers âthe largest and highest-resolution screen of any smart phone weâve seen, and the most internal memory by far. Yet it is one of the thinnest smart phones available and offers impressive battery life, better than its key competitors claim.â It is, the two conclude, âa pleasure to use.â
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Ups and downs with a music and messaging phone
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New Windows Mobile alternative Apple's iPhone is going to hit Palm hard, a US analyst has forecast. Research in Motion's consumer-friendly BlackBerry Curve will harm the PDA pioneer too, Piper Jaffray wireless hardware analyst T Michael Walkley claimed this week.â¦
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âOn first inspection, Apple appears to have made a quantum leap in terms of mobile handset usability.â The iPhone, the staff writers at tech.co.uk say, is âmaking the idea of the PDA sexy again,â offering âan elegant solution for the 21st Century handheld.â Enthusing over the onscreen keyboard, they write that âThe iPhone keyboard is âintelligentâ in that it prevents and corrects mistyped words, a feature thatâs bound to find favor with many. Find out more in our article: Why the iPhone keyboard rocks.â
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The Apple Macintosh makes its debut. But, despite outward appearances, all is not rosy along the Infinite Loop.
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Mobile processor is designed for use in thin and light notebooks.
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The former World Class product-of-the-year PDA gets a much-needed upgrade.
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Performance boost in handheld devices is obtained using Power6 server technology.
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MDM today announced a new mobile travel solution application for Palm OS and other platform handhelds. Directions on-the-Go offers navigational assistance without the need for a GPS or wireless connection.
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Froogle, directories and search clippings by SMS
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Can computers get along fine without writers? Word is they just might. [Missing Link]
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Carlos Del Castillo, IT manager at Cell Signaling Technology, drove the effort to move the company to Macs. Now &#147;no one worries about the system anymore,&#148; he says. &#147;They&#146;re concentrating on their work, using the Mac as a tool rather than as a computer.&#148; Also, check out Why Mac for Science and other new features on the Science site.  [Nov 04]
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Canadian wireless solutions provider Research In Motion - the originator of the BlackBerry portable e-mail concept has developed a new QWERTY-phone-keypad hybrid keyboard technology, SureType.
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Redmond isn't the only company interested in multitouch interfaces. Multitouch devices, in the works for some time, are cropping up all over.