The old saw about Microsoft has always been that its products are all pretty good--in their second or third releases. The company's approach to a PDA operating system is a good example. Its earliest ...

SAN FRANCISCO--Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer hosted a coming-out party here Thursday for a new version of the Pocket PC operating system, joined by handheld makers and, yes, developers, ...

Introduced in the summer of 2003, just after the iPAQ 2215, the iPAQ 5550 is HP's new flagship Pocket PC, replacing the 5450. The first word that comes to mind is "excellent", and the 5550 is all that ...

When the enterprise-level Toshiba Pocket PC e740 came out last year, with built-in wireless networking capability, we predicted that the ground-breaking feature would be hard to surpass. But the ...

The ability to sync Palm-based devices with Linux has existed for quite a while. However, as the popularity of Windows-based Pocket PCs increases, there's a growing need to be able to sync data from a ...

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Sure, there’s a chance you could turn your old smartphone into a pocket-sized Linux computer by replacing the operating system. But if you’re looking for a purpose-built device with a touchscreen ...

After months of rumors, two years of waiting for various iterations of iPAQ Pocket PC phones that never made it to market in the US, and and a great deal of patience, the iPAQ 6315 is here. The iPAQ ...

HTC has created an interesting converged device. The Pocket PC Phone Edition was codenamed HTC Blue Angel during its development, and it was announced by various mobile operators around the world.

Intel is showing off a number of concept devices, prototypes, and reference designs at Computex this week, including the Tiger Rapids dual-screen concept that’s paving the way for devices like the ...