Palm Treo 680 Review

Palminfocenter.com's Ryan Kairer reviews the Treo 680, the fourth and final new Treo promised by Palm prior to the start of 2006. When it was announced it was billed by Palm as a lower cost, more affordable Treo. To date, price, complexity and the larger form factor of smartphones have held back most average users from choosing a smartphone. The Treo 680 addresses these points and debuts with the lowest introductory price of any new Treo smartphone. More

Treo 650 No Longer for Sale

Palm.com is no longer selling the Teeo 650 on its site. While the product information page is still posted, it states "This device is no longer available. Check out other smartphones." More

Nokia predicts four billion mobiles by 2010

Nokia is predicting there will be more than four billion mobile phone subscriptions globally by 2010. The Finnish company suggests the main driver behind this growth will be the increasingly mobile nature of the internet, with many people in developing markets accessing the internet for the first time through mobile phones. More

Smartphone Users Are Happier Than Regular Phone Users

According to a survey done by market-research firm IDC, those who use a smartphone are generally more satisfied with their devices than those who have a standard "dumb" phone. However, the survey showed that this was one of the few things smartphone users around the world have in common. More

Why Wi-Fi Support Was Removed from ActiveSync

Ed Hardy of Brighthand.com tells us about the most controversial change of ActiveSync 4.0, the removal of support for synchronizing over Wi-Fi. Many people don't understand why a feature that had been available for years was abruptly removed. Full Story

PDA Tool Allows you to Record and Rate Pain

Researchers at Brunel University in Uxbridge, England, have developed a handheld system that enables patients to record and rate pain. The Web-based system features a three-dimensional rotating visualization of the human body to help patients better explain the location of their pain. More

Unbound Medicine Releases The 5-Minute Clinical Consult 2007

Unbound Medicine announces the release of The 5-Minute Clinical Consult 2007 for PDA. This premier resource for actionable answers to clinical questions provides instant access to the essentials of more than 600 medical conditions. Organized for easy use and rapid information retrieval, all topics are brief, consistent, and action-oriented. The essentials of diagnosis, treatment, medications, and follow-up for more than 600 diseases and disorders are at your fingertips in an easy-to-read bullet-point style. Details

Most Popular PDAs and Smartphones of October

Brighthand.com's editor-in-chief lists the most popular handhelds and smartphones of the last month. This report is compiled based on the number of views each product page receives, so every time someone clicks on a product they're giving it a vote in these monthly rankings. More

How To Disable an ActiveSync Connection

Ed Hardy of Brighthand answers a question that many users have. "Is there a way to stop ActiveSync from automatically turning itself on whenever I put my Pocket PC into its cradle?" More

HP Announces New Pocket PC Phone

HP has recently unveiled the iPAQ rw6815, its latest Windows Mobile device.
This will run the version of Pocket PC designed for phones, not the one for Smartphones. Nevertheless, because of its small size this will be a rather smartphone-like device. More

Palm Announces the Treo 680

The Treo 680 is powered by Palm OS Garnet v5.4.9. It runs a 312 MHz Intel processor and has 64MB of user available storage memory and 64MB of SDRAM. The screen is a 320 x 320 pixel color touch-screen display. The 680 features a full size SD slot for memory expansion. It has a slimmer 1200 mAh rechargeable battery for up to 4 hours talk time. Bluetooth v1.2 wireless and IR are included as well as a VGA digital camera. More

Unbound Releases All New BMJ Clinical Evidence for PDA

Today, Unbound Medicine, in partnership with the BMJ Publishing Group, announced the release of an upgraded BMJ Clinical Evidence for mobile devices. This practical resource makes the full content of the BMJ Clinical Evidence database easy to access using a personal digital assistant (PDA) from any location, including the patient’s bedside. Monthly updates are delivered to subscribers when they synchronize their devices. More

SanDisk Announces 16 GB CompactFlash Card

SanDisk will soon begin offering some of the highest capacity removable memory cards in the world. Today, this company announced that, before the end of this year, it will be selling both 12- and 16-gigabyte CompactFlash cards. MORE

Nurses on the Net for Evidence-Based Care

A recent survey of nurses found 65% of respondents often use the Internet to access information on evidence-based care, including the latest treatment guidelines and research. The survey measured nurse knowledge and comfort with "evidence-based practice." This includes access to information, but also considers the clinical expertise of the nurse and the treatment preferences of the patient or family. More

Unbound Medicine Releases The Merck Manual for Mobile Devices

Since publication of the first edition in 1899, clinicians worldwide have counted on The Merck Manual for concise information about diagnosis and treatment. Unbound Medicine’s new release contains the unabridged contents of the just-published 18th edition of The Merck Manual—the work of more than 300 expert authors. More

Treo 700wx Brochures

Sprint has released brochures dealing with the launch date and pricing of the upcoming Treo 700wx. The Treo 700wx will debut on September 3 and will retail for $649.99. The 700wx is rumored to be more responsive and have more memory than the Treo 700w. More

Upcoming Windows Mobile Treo

The newest detail to emerge regarding Palm's next smartphone is the name for at least one iteration of the device. Palm announced a few weeks ago that Europe's Vodafone would be the first carrier to offer its newest Windows Mobile smartphone, and a page on a Vodafone web site now has a clear reference to the "Treo 750v." MORE

Palm to unveil new Treo model next month

Handheld computer and phone maker Palm Inc. (Nasdaq:PALM - news) is to unveil the latest version of its Treo smart phone next month as it attempts to revive sales hit by tough competition and problems with previous models. Full story

Cancer Prediction Tools for PDAs

Researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center have pioneered the use of computerized devices to help patients and their physicians decide among the major treatment choices for several cancers. More

Some Big Changes for Handheld Devices

Ed Hardy, the editor-in-Chief of Brighthand.com has had the opportunity to test out the next major version of Windows Mobile and states that it looks nothing like any previous version. Smartphones have changed what customers want with their handheld devices, and Microsoft and PalmSource are responding. Full Story