handheld
Handheld market contracts
News Worldwide handheld shipments dipped more than two per cent in the third quarter compared with the same period last year, according to a revised report from Dataquest. Earlier this week, Dataquest said the US... [01 Nov 2002]
Handheld GPS - Today and Tomorrow
White Paper This paper presents a synopsis of the development of handheld GPS technology. A comprehensive summary of the handheld GPS genre, including classification, major technical and physical specifications,... [30 Aug 2005]
Handheld credit card readers to cut fraud
News Apacs has developed the system, which uses a handheld card reader, from the global standard created by card companies MasterCard and Visa. To make a purchase with the system, customers first insert their card into a... [15 Feb 2007]
Handheld Wireless Security: Business-Critical Devices Face New Security Threats
White Paper Handheld wireless communication devices are becoming an indispensable part of business. As workers continue to adopt and use handheld devices to check email, surf the Web, and access corporate resources,... [01 Jul 2009]
Panasonic to release hard-nut handheld
News Panasonic has unveiled its first rugged handheld computer, the heavy-duty ToughBook. The device takes the same name as Panasonic's line of hardened laptops designed to resist physical shocks and moisture damage. [25 Sep 2001]
Sony points to Palm OS for its handheld
News Sony is poised to announce its first foray into the handheld-appliance market at industry gathering PC Expo in New York tomorrow. The appliance - scheduled for a mid-July launch in Japan - will run on the Palm operating... [26 Jun 2000]
Dells pulls handheld fix
News Dell began offering the patch on Wednesday and pulled it later that day because people were hacking the patch and using it to upgrade handhelds that run Microsoft Pocket PC 2002 to Windows Mobile 2003 software for Pocket PC, the latest... [31 Jul 2003]
Service Technicians Are More Efficient, Effective, and Profitable With Handheld Digital Tool
White Paper UTC Fire & Security introduced a handheld digital service tool, using Microsoft software, to replace paper with electronic efficiencies and wirelessly connect technicians to corporate systems. Rapid growth and the... [27 Feb 2009]
Dell announces fix for handheld glitch
News The company updated the handheld with the Windows Mobile 2003 software in late June in an effort to offer new features and improve performance. But the upgrade backfired by introducing a glitch that actually slowed down... [29 Jul 2003]
HP Handheld sp400 All-in-One Delivers Efficiencies
White Paper UPS migrated from fixed-mount thermal printer/workstation/monitor/keyboard setup to HP Handheld sp400 All-in-One scanner-printer. The world's largest package delivery company, UPS manages the flow of more than 15 million... [30 Dec 2008]
The Peer-to-Peer Live Video Streaming for Handheld Devices
White Paper With the increasing capabilities of handheld devices, this provides an opportunity for developing wide range of new applications. The Peer-to-Peer (P2P) application is one of such applications that has dominated the... [22 Oct 2008]
Psion launches rugged handheld
News Psion has unveiled its Netpad rugged handheld device and announced a first customer, United Utilities. It is also a boost for Symbian, the handheld operating system jointly developed by Nokia, Motorola,... [01 Oct 2001]
Digital Services Developer Launches Handheld Media Player With Embedded System
White Paper One, the Gravel-in-Pocket, aimed to meet the increasing demand for music and video streaming through handheld devices. Commodore International Corporation (CIC), based in the Netherlands, planned to develop a range of... [05 Sep 2007]
Palm investing in handheld content
News Palm includes on many of its handhelds an expansion slot that can use both SD and MMC cards, as do other handheld makers such as Hewlett-Packard, Handspring and Toshiba. Cottle, a former Disney executive who joined Palm... [15 Oct 2002]
Pocket PC 2002 and Handheld PC Browser Comparison
White Paper The Pocket PC software platform uses one and the Handheld PC platform uses the other. Internet Explorer version 4.02 for Handheld PC 2000 is a port of Internet Explorer 4.0 from the desktop PC. The... [08 Oct 2007]