“The i-mate JAM was a success from the get-go, it combined a small form factor Pocket PC with a phone feature set. i-mate have now added a ‘K’eyboard to the JAM to make the “K-JAM” and what a jolly good move it was, but did the K-JAM really commit fratricide or has the JASJAR merely come away with a bloodied nose?”
Funky JasJar comparisons aside, this is a typically in-depth MobileTechReview review. Now, when are US carriers going to start…

The mobile universe—that part of the Internet tailored to the small screen—continues to expand. We’ve covered mobile portals such as Skweezer and MobileLeap, mobile search engines such as AOL Search, mobile directories such as PDA Hotspots. And now the latest thing: mobile communities. If you want it in a nutshell, think of Friendster for mobile devices. But both services mentioned in this column offer much more….

About 10 months, and one hurricane Katrina ago, I purchased the XV6600 from Verizon Wireless. My hopes were high. Very high.
I can remember the day I first set eyes on it. I was in the new Verizon Wireless store in Metairie, Louisiana (which was built on the property where the movie “Waiting” was filmed [...]

“By the third quarter of 2007, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) will have updated its roadmap to compatibility with UWB technology to by concentrating on media-access control (MAC) layers, improved security features, higher data rates, and improved quality of service. The newest cores will be designed with making interoperability with UWB a major component.”
Some interesting news out of the bluetooth camp. If it’s anything like the…

Popular travel application now supports Microsoft’s latest handheld operating system, advanced weather imagery and far more extensive flight listings.

It never ceases to amaze me how quickly the technology world advances, and equally fast prices will drop. A little over a year ago I reviewed the Kingston 4GB CF card and was wowed by its performance and sheer storage size. At that time the card was $500 USD, so it was priced for people who really wanted a lot of storage. My how things change! I…

Product Category: Pocket PC Phone Edition
Manufacturer: E-TEN
Where to Buy: Authorised E-TEN Dealers or Expansys
Price: Around ?557 (without VAT) or ~$657 USD
System Requirements: N/A
Pros:Excellent screen, thanks to its LTPS… [more]

“VITO Technology announces a major update of its favorite voice controlling application VITO Voice2Go.”
VITO Technology has just released an update to their Voice2Go application. v1.2 offers full Windows Mobile 5.0 support, an improved speech recognition engine (enabling quicker recognition), new contact-related voice commands, support for German and Japanese, and a set of new skins. …

“The Windows Mobile team is giving away 5 Amazon.com gift cards worth $100 each. Complete the Windows Mobile Technical Resources Survey, and you will be entered in a random drawing for one of the cards. Please take a few minutes to let us know what you think so we can improve the Windows Mobile SDK Documentation, the Windows Mobile Technical Articles, and the Windows Mobile Community Resources (e.g., Webcasts, Microsoft blogs, eHowTo videos) you…

“I love the fact that more and more devices are sporting built-in Wi-Fi–the Sony PSP, smartphones, even Kodak’s EasyShare-One digital camera. The lone hitch: Wi-Fi is useless without a hotspot…What if you could marry the short-range power of Wi-Fi with the huge coverage areas of high-speed cellular services such as EV-DO to create a portable hotspot? You could use any Wi-Fi-enabled gadget anywhere you’ve got a cell signal. Play multiplayer…

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Pocket PC Techs extends memory upgrade service to Dell’s Windows Mobile 5.0-based Axim X51v.