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Palm to offer WM6 on its Treos

Reuben Lee | Feb 16, 2007

Palm Singapore has confirmed it will be introducing Windows Mobile 6-enabled Treos later this year. While the handheld maker did not specify which models in its current lineup would be upgradeable to the new mobile operating system, Microsoft's recent announcement of 21 new handhelds seems to indicate that the Treo 750v will be one of them.

Palm is currently working with carrier partners to determine when and how the transition to Windows Mobile 6 will take place. Stay tuned for more details.

The Treo 750v is currently the first and only Palm handheld with Windows Mobile OS in Asia. It was launched in October 2006, more than half a year after the company released its first Windows-based PDA-phone (Treo 700w) in the US.

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Dopod D810 gets GPS and BlackBerry upgrade

Reuben Lee | Feb 07, 2007

The Taiwan handheld maker has just announced that its upcoming ROM update for its HSDPA-enabled D810 PDA-phone will add GPS (Global Positioning System) as well as BlackBerry Connect functionalities to the device.

According to Dopod's product manager, the D810 was already shipping with an onboard GPS receiver during its launch in November last year. However, due to software complications, the GPS application was not ready for commercial use then. Thus the company decided to go ahead with the product launch without announcing the GPS functionality.

The D810 joins the 838 Pro and C720W as the third cellular handheld to offer the popular push-email client, in addition to the Microsoft Direct Push solution. Current owners of the D810 can download the new firmware from February 10, while new users can expect March shipments of the handheld to come with the updated GPS ROM. The ROM update will, however, only activate the GPS receiver. Users will have to purchase the GPS software and map content separately in order to utilize the GPS features.

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Dopod's U1000 to debut end-February

Reuben Lee | Feb 07, 2007

What do you get when you combine a PDA-phone and an Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC)? Quite possibly, you'll be looking at something along the lines of Dopod's latest all-in-one handheld, the U1000, previously codenamed Athena.

More "mini computer" than PDA-phone, the U1000 is possibly one of the most feature-packed handhelds we've seen so far. It combines the functions of a Windows Mobile 5.0 PDA with a 3G/HSDPA mobile phone and GPS receiver. In addition, it comes with a detachable magnetic QWERTY keypad which also doubles as a protective cover for the screen.

Feature set not impressive enough? Well, the Dopod sports dual cameras (3-megapixel VGA sensor), TV-out, 5-inch VGA display, Intel's 624MHz XScale processor, and get this, an 8GB hard drive. Of note is the unique onboard VueFLO function which uses motion-sensing technology to navigate Web pages.

All those goodies don't come cheap. At a retail of S$1,998 (US$1,435.24), it is even more expensive than some of the notebooks in the market today. But if you already have you mind set on getting the U1000, you had better start saving soon. It is expected on shelves before the end of February.

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