News Archive
March 20, 2002 Wireless
In Canada!
It's about time Canada caught up to the rest of the world and had
easy wireless handheld access. It has been possible for a couple of years but
you had to either find a cord to your cell phone or use the infrared ports.
Finding a provider that supported data over a cell phone was another problem.
Not any more! Thanks to the Treo by Handspring and Rogers / AT&T.
The Treo 180 series will be available this April 2002 through selected
authorized wireless dealers and retail locations across Canada or by visiting
the Rogers AT&T Wireless Web site at www.rogers.com.
Both Treo 180 and 180g will cost CDN $749.99 with a two-year service plan and
$849.99 with a one-year service plan. Read the press
release from Handspring for more details. I find it surprising that it has
taken this long as Canadians tend to adopt new technology faster than many parts
of the world, well at least in my neck of the woods they do! Dave
March 11, 2002 If you have not heard yet, Cutting Edge Software has improved QuickOffice. Version 5.6.4 is improved over version 5.6 is mainly focused on QuickWord adding spell checking, a thesaurus and custom fonts.
03/04/02 OK, it's now official the new Palm handheld units are out. The m515 and m130 are pretty much as rumored. The m515 has a better display and 16MB RAM. The m130 is a colour unit with rechargeable batteries. As also expected the m505 has been discontinued. See the official web site for details and the handheld matrix will be updated shortly to reflect these two new models.
02/25/02 You can now sample the long awaited game from ardiri.com. The Game Deity3D is a 3D Shoot'em up for PalmOS. The web site has been teasing us for several months now with screen shots. Now you can download the first level of the upcoming game.
02/15/02 For those of you that know the software Tomeraider from PalmTec, the software that compresses text for use on your handheld, there is now an add on for you, Tomeraidit. This software grabs web pages and compresses for you to read in Tomerader.
02/11/02 The Handspring Treo is available in the US! This little PalmOS/Cellular phone won best of Comdex 2001. It's a Palm device and a Cellular phone, packed into a very small form factor of 4.3" x .7" x 0.7" and weighing in at only 5.2oz. There has been a lot of excitement about this little device, and now you can get one in the US for $549.99US or 399.99US with activation. Will this device help put the spring back into handspring? You the buyer are going to be the judge!
02/06/02 PalmSource is Underway
Palm is announcing and demonstrating the upcoming PalmOS 5. This
operating system looks like a make or break step for Palm. I for one hope it
lives up to the expectations and is a huge success.
Companies are making announcements and product releases at this show. The list
is growing. Watch for updates as we will have at least a partial list sometime
soon.
01/21/02 Palm Inc, and Palm OS spit is
complete
There has been a lot of talk amongst the handheld community that Palm was going
to split the company into two companies. One that makes the hardware and other
that makes the Operating System. This split is now complete. The first thing
thing the new Palm OS subsidiary did was announce that the number of Palm OS
devices has surpassed the the 20 Million mark. David Nagel is heading up the
Palm OS subsidiary. Read the entire press
release.
12/21/01 Xerox wins patent infringement
case against Palm (3Com), Palm will appeal this judgment
Xerox has had a pending case against US Robotics then 3Com once 3Com bought USR
for several years now. Palm lost the case one December 20th. Xerox is stating
that the Graffiti handwriting used on all Palm devices infringes on their
handwriting recognition software. Read the report from Yahoo!.
Palm is going to appeal
this judgment.
12/17/01 Palm™
to use Texas Instruments Processors
Palm and Texas Instruments announced today that Palm may use OMAP™ processors
in the next generation of handheld mobile wireless solutions. The new handhelds
are not expected for about a year. Read all about the developments at Yahoo
News.
11/08/01 Carl Yankowsi Resigns as CEO
from Palm
Eric Benhamou, Palm chairman of the board, will serve in his place until a
permanent successor is named. The company also stated that they are in their
final phases of separating into two companies. Click
here to read the press release yourself.
11/08/01 QuickOffice Now Available for
the Handera 330
With this new upgrade designed to work with the Handera 330, Handera is also
bundling QuickOffice with new units. So now you can use your high resolution
screen to edit and view your documents, try rotating the screen and use you jog
dial. Read all about this upgrade at CESINC.
11/07/01 P3D
Gaming Is Coming To Life On a PDA
Wired has a report that The Crazy Finns Forge-3D for the PocketPC,
Symbian OS and mobile Linux. The game is almost as good as 3D on a desktop. This
is just amazing, too bad most PDA's are just not meant to play games. They can't
take the abuse, the buttons break with that much use. See the whole story at Wired
News.
11/01/01 Palm™
m505 takes it's first price drop
The new online price for the m505 is now $400, this is $50 less than
it used to be. There is also a mail in rebate being offered, you can now get a
16MB MMC card for free. This is available from Palm™
or why not get it from AMAZON.COM
and help out MorePalm.com while you are at it.
08/15/01 Palm™
m125 might be a reality
Palm™ m125 is about to be announced. The new unit is a cousin of the m100
and m105. Looks like the m125 will have an expansion slot (MMC). Here is were we
found the pictures.
It looks pretty slick to me.
06/30/01 Palm™
m505 Sales Up Again
Palm™ handheld sales were very strong in May, capturing nearly 70% of the
handheld market. Handspring still at number two at 15%. Hewlett-Packard number 3
at 6%. Casio at 4% and Compaq at nearly 3%. Read the whole article at CNet.
06/13/01 Is Palm™
going to split?
According to The Register it looks like the company may split in two. See The
Register's article to read for your self. This information came from the
12th Annual Bear Stearns Technology Conference.
06/01/01 New Chief Operating Officer at
Palm™
Palm has hired a new COO, Todd Bradley . Tom Bradley was formerly
executive vice president of global operations at Gateway Inc. This move has
shown signs of improvement for Palm. As the business model improves Palm will
continue lay-offs but the company will grow stronger. To see the whole article
see Palm's
press release.
05/23/01 Motorola to support Memory
Stick(tm)
Motorola has announced that it will support Sony's Memory Stick
technology in the the next generation of DragonBall™ processors. The
DragonBall™ is the chip that almost all PalmOS devices use. More than 25
million of them! For the complete article see Motorola's
news statement.
05/18/01 Palm(tm) stock took another
hit today
With Palm(tm) announcing that profits would only reach about 1/2 of what was
projected, their stock took another beating. Don't worry though the company is
still strong but will need some restructuring to maintain the lead in the
handheld industy. Here are couple of links if you want to read more about this. CNet
Article & Yahoo!
News (thanks to CNet)
05/14/01 Palm(tm) m500 and m505 really available
My local computer shop just received a shipment of Palm m505's. No other
big news to report.
05/05/01 Palm(tm) m500 and m505
available
The much anticipated m500 and m505 are available, if you are lucky
enough to be able to find one that is. At this time supplies the m505 appear for
to be very limited the m500 is much easier to find. We will just have to wait a
little longer and I am sure that m505 will be easier to find in your favorite
local computer shop.
03/31/01 Palm(tm) stock come tumbling
down
Palm(tm) stock took a huge hit on Wednesday. Palm(tm) stock has been
sliding since January but this was a huge drop the stock went from approx $15.50
to $8.50. Handspring(tm) the makers of the "other" PalmOS(tm) handheld
stock also fell, but they grew so much the day before no one really noticed, the
slide put them just below where they were only two days prior, about $11.70.
03/19/01 New Models from Palm(tm) m500
and m505!
It's official Palm has announced the new handhelds. We have been teasing you all
week about a new model handheld, possibly two of them. well ... We just noticed
that on the Palm web page the m500 and m505 are there. The m500 is another V
series this time with PalmOS(tm) version 4, USB connections, and an expansion
slot. The expansion card slot is a dual-purpose slot that can hold two types of
cards: Secure Digital and MultiMediaCard,
all I can say right now is WOW it's true! The m505 is all that but in a
vivid 16Bit Color version. Another feature that has been added is a vibrating
and LED alert, the power button flashes when an alarm goes off.
03/12/01 Handspring(tm) announced the
Visor Edge
As expected the Visor Edge is the new addition to the already
successful line from Handspring(tm). This new unit has a smaller form factor and
is enclosed in a metal case. Of course it is compatible with all the Springboard
modules that made the Visor famous. This time the module does not just
plug in, the Edge uses an Edge Connector Port with a detachable Springboard
Slot. As with all Handspring units it also connects to your PC via the USB port.
This unit is only .44" thin and weighs in at only 4.8oz. Let's not forget
that this unit also uses a rechargeable lithium ion battery! Looks like the
Palm(tm) V series has some competition now!
03/07/01 Current Palm(tm) models now
include:
As of yesterdays announcement of the new m105 the current models are:
m100, m105, VIIx, Vx and IIIc. Note that the IIIxe is now gone. If you don't
want the m105 because it has a smaller display, you had better get out there
soon pickup the IIIxe as I looks like it is no longer available from Palm(tm).
03/06/01 It's now official, Palm(tm)
has a new handheld: the m105
You probably have already heard the rumors, turns out they were true. The m105
looks a lot like the m100 but with 8MB of RAM, and now with a cradle not just a
cable, and of course more software, now that you have the space to store it.
Small, compact and multiple color faceplates and now with 8MB of RAM.. cool?
sure! Want to see what Palm(tm) has to say about it check it out at the official
web page.
02/24/01 Hewlett Packard to dump WinCE and go
with Palm?
Hewlett Packard's Ian Morris will take charge of the Jornada line on Monday, in
an interview with CNET he has stated "Everything is going to come under
extreme analysis," the Jornada may switch operating systems to the more
dominant Palm OS or possibly go with Linux. For the complete CNET article you
can read it here.
Web Changes
11/08/01 The Web Changes area is not being updated any more.
With everything else going on did anyone ever read it? I doubt it. It was not
updated very often but I'll leave this section here for my own amusement to
remind me of the old days. :) For a little while.
08/15/01 One of these days I might actually remember to put the
updates here regularly. Oh well. It looks like Palm™ is going to release
another handheld, see the news for details.
06/30/01 Added news and Space Traders review.
06/13/01 Added news, Palm™ split.
06/11/01 More touch-ups. Removed the feedback page, most people
prefer email.
06/06/01 Fixed some broken links, and other minor changes
06/01/01 Updated news about new Palm COO
05/28/01 Moved the site. To an add free server. This one I had
to pay for so, hopefully you support us and click on the advertisers that help
pay to keep this site going. Added to the FAQ's, tried to clean up some things
here and there. Once again I forgot to add what I have done over the past week.
Oh well, I am sure the regular visitors noticed, what changed.
05/14/01 I keep forgetting to update this section with what was
changed, today a review of the portable Pocket Printer from SiPix was added.
04/26/01 Continued working on the FAQ section, fixed the sitemap
04/21/01 Added a review of the highly addictive game Rally 1000
04/19/01 Changed the front end, still working on a couple of
reviews, they should be posted soon.
04/11/01 Added a FAQ section, to be updated
04/01/01 Added a review of MetriCalc to the review section
03/31/01 Put up a blurb about the falling tech stocks
03/31/01 Fixes come cosmetic areas, updated the index page
03/23/01 Added a review of Album to Go™ version 2.0
03/19/01 Updated news page to include news about the m500 and
the m505 from Palm(tm), also updated the handheld matrix to include these two
models. Added a review of the Palm(tm) Portable Keyboard
03/14/01 Updated the handheld matrix, and put news about a rumored
new Palm unit, possibly two, with news of a new OS for them as well
03/12/01 Updated the news page to include news about the launch
from Handspring(tm) and the new Visor Edge.
03/11/01 Added a review of YAPS (Yet Another Password Safe)
check it out from the review page.
03/09/01 Updated the hardware matrix, still a few holes to fill
in. Research is needed to find some of this information.
03/08/01 Added a partial matrix of units using the PALM OS
03/06/01 Updated the news page to include news about the launch
of the m105
03/04/01 Added a review of BigClock. You can find in from the
reviews page
02/24/01 Cleaned up the review page buttons a bit more. Added a
snippet of an interview with Ian Morris from HP to the News Page. Cleaned up
some errors that were generating on page load up
02/20/01 www.morepalm.com
is now the home for this site
02/19/01 Posted a review of Yahdice. Cleaned up the review page
formatting a bit. We are really pushing towards having the domain name www.morepalm.com
active. This should only take another day or so
02/08/01 Added the Easter Eggs Section, this is where you can
find out how to get at some software Easter Eggs. Easter Eggs are hidden
"tricks" that are built into a software application by the
programmers. Today I also cleaned up some of the Links. The Contents page now
lists the contents of the site. Started the plan to improve the updating for the
Reviews pages, right now the Review section is functional but not very pretty,
the clean-up will have to wait
02/04/01 Discovered what may become an obstacle with
later development of the site. I have already thought out one possible
plan to correct this. My goal with this site is to have quality content,
updated regularly. In order to update the pages regularly I have tried to
make it very easy for me update. I have a plan that looks quite far into
the future so that this can become a reality
02/01/01 Review of Ram Hog, completed. Very short but not much to say about such a
simple to use but useful program
01/30/01 Although the web site really is not yet ready, here it is! Completed a review
on Quickoffice 5.0. Still working of fixing some internal bugs
01/06/01 Started the planning stages for MorePalm, we will try to make it ready ASAP. Give us some
feedback of what you would like to see this web page become.
