Sharp exits US PDA market
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Sharp Electronics plans to stop selling its Linux-based personal digital assistant (PDA) in the US, reports Associated Press. The company will continue to
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(InfoWorld) - Sharp has developed a widescreen Windows Mobile-based PDA (personal digital assistant) for a new Japanese cellular carrier that will begin service next month. The EM-One is compatible with EMobile Co.'s high-speed 3G (third-generation) data service that will launch on March 31 and offer download speeds of up to 3.6Mbps. Also packed into the device is 802.11b/g Wireless LAN, Bluetooth, and a tuner for Japan's mobile digital television broadcasts. A full QWERTY keyboard slides out from behind the display for typing and the device also sports a camera, although its 1.3-megapixel quality is a little low compared to cell phones. Running Windows Mobile 5.0, it has a 4.1-inch widescreen with WVGA (800 pixels by 480 pixels) resolution. Pre-installed software includes Internet Explorer Mobile, Opera Mobile, versions of World, Excel and Powerpoint, Windows Media Player 10 Mobile, a PDF viewer, image and video player software, a bar code reader and dictionary software. It will cost between Â¥39,800 and Â¥95,000 ($331 and $795), respectively, depending on the service plan and won't be available through other carriers or in other countries. It measures 140 millimeters by 70 millimeters and is 18.9 millimeters thick. It weighs 250 grams including the battery pack. EMobile is one of two new cellular carriers planning to launch service this year in Japan. The company has built a WCDMA (wideband code division multiple access) network for data services that will offer HSDPA (high speed downlink packet access) from launch. EMobile is owned by Japanese broadband provider EAccess Co. and hopes to tap in to the market for wireless data services. Cellular data services are popular in Japan, but mainly for downloading content to cell phones or looking at mobile Internet sites. As a result data charges are tailored so carriers can make money from services that typically involve shifting a small amount of data. That means surfing the wider Internet from a PC is often an expensive proposition because of the much greater amount of data involved. EMobile will offer flat-rate services for PC owners in addition to users of the EM-One, it said Tuesday.
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The company has decided to leave the public markets.
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The company has no further expansion plans after buying a Chinese website. Also: Virgin joins quest for a better iPod & hellip;. PeopleSoft makes promise that Oracle will live up to & hellip;. and more.
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Apple's Newton was a failure for its maker, but not for the die-hard Newton community. A leading researcher believes the user community has done a better job looking after the PDA than Apple ever did. By Leander Kahney.
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- The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) on  Wednesday slashed its forecast for 2007 global microchip sales  growth citing a decline in the average selling prices in  several key market segments.
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Electronics retailer trims guidance as Americans curb spending.
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Microsoftâs Windows CE surpassed Palm OS shipments in worldwide PDA operating systems market in 3Q. Worldwide personal digital assistant (PDA) shipments exceeded 2.8 million units, as Microsoft Windows CE
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Microsoft Corp. is no longer an also-ran in the market for handheld computer software. For the last three months, gadgets running the software giant&#39;s Windows Mobile operating system outsold
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The former World Class product-of-the-year PDA gets a much-needed upgrade.
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Sharp Electronics Corp. plans to stop selling its Linux-based handheld computer in the United States, another sign of the slowing market for personal digital assistants.
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Caught in a fierce competitive market populated by BlackBerries, iPhones and other innovative devices, Palm announced this weekend that it will close most of its retail stores.
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Exploring PDA 'transmission technologies', apparently
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InfoWorld - Sharp has developed a widescreen Windows Mobile-based PDA (personal digital assistant) for a new Japanese cellular carrier that will begin service next month.
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Palm Inc. has canceled plans to release a laptop-like gadget that was supposed to serve as a smart-phone companion, months after the product was announced and ridiculed by analysts.
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UK general insurer Royal & Sun Alliance   Insurance Group Plc RSA.L said on Thursday it was selling its   U.S. arm to Arrowpoint Capital, providing the company with a   long-awaited exit from its U.S. unit.
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Dell and PalmOne roll out their latest pure PDAs, and heap on the extras.