OT NEWS: ANNOUNCING "NOKIA GAME 2003" While OFF TOPIC, the writers at Handheld Addicts strive to make sure that the readers have EVERY opportunity to WIN FREE STUFF!! I have played this the last few years and find it lots of fun. So here ya go...... Nokia Game is a unique worldwide gaming tournament. Over 10 days you will compete face to face with opponents from across the globe in both action as mind-twisting challenges. Apart from being part of a historical experience, you will also play to win one of the many Nokia N-Gage™ game decks!Last year's Nokia Game one million people participated, a lot of Handheld Addicts included. But hurry and sign up today, because time is running out! NOTE: You don't need a Nokia phone to be able to participate. A simple computer will do or PDA with a Browser as well :)
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Ron Pendleton Associate Writer, Palm Place and Wireless World


Posted: 4:29:00 PM

 
HARDWARE: Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd announced that it built a prototype wireless LAN-capable compact personal digital assistant (PDA) featuring a 4-inch SVGA LCD display with a resolution of 800 x 600 pixels. As a compact-size PDA, it is the world's first to have a 4-inch SVGA display and capability of browsing contents for a PC, according to the company.
The field-sequential color display expresses colors by switching RGB at high speed without using color filters, which helps improve resolution levels compared with conventional PDAs. When viewing contents designed for the normal PC screen size, this will save users from frequent scrolling or viewing the entire screen in reduced size, the company said.
As it comes with a Compact Flash card socket, it is accessible for public telephone networks using a card-type PHS. Also, it is compatible with Remote Desktop, PC remote control function supported by Microsoft Corp, and VNC, a remote display system, distributed by AT&T Corp. It allows users to securely view files and operate/control applications via encrypted private network or the Internet, from outside home. Fujitsu Laboratories plans to develop various business solutions, using this prototype compact PDA.
For example, it has an idea to connect the PDA and PCs, home gateways and network services. Also, it has plans to develop sensors of devices such as a contactless IC card and radio frequency identification (RFID) system.
Technologies such as location-information technology and user interfaces suitable for use with more high-resolution displays will also be developed, the company said.
Ron Pendleton Assoociate Writer, Palm Place and Wireless World


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Posted: 5:12:00 AM

 
NEWS: Microsoft Mobile Device Business Architect Leaves
U.S. software maker Microsoft said on Thursday the executive in charge of its fast growing mobile devices software business is leaving the company.
Danish national Juha Christensen, 39, who joined Microsoft some four years ago to breathe new life into what was then a fledgling business for handheld computer systems, has turned Microsoft into a major player in mobile software, signing deals with global telecoms operators and cell phone producers.
Christensen, who declined comment, will leave Microsoft by the end of this month, said a spokeswoman for Microsoft Mobile in London after sources told Reuters about his departure.
He will pursue other opportunities in wireless communications, according to a source close to Christensen.
"We are sad to see Juha Christensen leave Microsoft. He has brought great understanding of the market and strategic insight into what Microsoft can do to build a great business," Microsoft said in a statement.
It is the second time a creator of a new Microsoft business is leaving. Last year, the co-founder of video games console Xbox, Seamus Blackley, departed. Like Christensen, Blackley resigned within a year of the commercial launch of the first products.
Blackley left shortly after disappointing Xbox sales. Juha is leaving amid mixed successes in Mobile.
Pocket PC sales have been strong, but the take-up of its smart mobile phones, the first of which were unveiled late last year, is slower than many had expected. The overall Mobile division is still loss-making.
"Juha has done an excellent job. He's taken the division as far as it would. But the returns aren't there yet. He was probably sick of hearing that (in Microsoft)," said analyst Andy Brown, European head of mobile devices research at IDC.
FULL STORY FROM REUTERS
-Ron Pendleton Associate Writer. Palm Place and Wireless World

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Posted: 10:41:00 PM