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Reviews of mobile and wearable technology from that cool smart watch to the personal training device you have strapped to your arm as you cross the finish line of your latest marathon!

mio p350 satnaOn the Road with Mio

Published in Mobile Tech by mfereday on Feb 13, 2007
As a prime target for break-in merchants, it does help if your Sat Nav device can be placed in your pocket when away from the car. The Mio P350 certainly qualifies.

Acer E310 Travel Companion

Published in Mobile Tech by paul_smart on Jan 24, 2007
I would call it a personal navigation unit as not only can it be fitted in a car but it has a pedestrian mode that lasts a reasonable time between charges.

Acer N310 Pocket PC

Published in Mobile Tech by paul_smart on May 14, 2006
While these devices are no longer the huge sellers they once were they still do a job vital to many and the ability to work with Word and Excel files is an important feature.

Yakumo Alpha GPS PDA

Published in Mobile Tech by paul_smart on Feb 17, 2006
Last week (10/2/06) I told you about the Navigation software supplied on this PDA, now as this is a functioning PDA in it’s own right I can tell you about it.

Dell Pocket PC

Published in Mobile Tech by mfereday on Feb 16, 2006
As the advert states “You can’t but them in the shops” yet that has not stopped Dell from becoming a household name with a range of products that include PDAs.

Yakumo PDA with Navigation

Published in Mobile Tech by paul_smart on Feb 10, 2006
A Pocket PC PDA with navigation from Marco Polo the unit being sold in the UK by Evesham Technologies. As regular readers will know I do not have a great record with PDA navigation.

LifeDrive from Palm

Published in Mobile Tech by paul_smart on Jul 28, 2005
Regular readers will know I am a keen Palm user. This however is a new departure as it is the first Palm device to have a hard disc.

Treo 650 Smartphone

Published in Mobile Tech by paul_smart on May 17, 2005
It makes sense to have a PDA and phone in one unit. However most – until now – have been to say the least bulky.

Palm Tungsten E2

Published in Mobile Tech by paul_smart on May 2, 2005
This unit outwardly looks exactly the same as the original ‘E’ except that the connection on the base for synchronising is different. The other main difference is that this model has Bluetooth something the original ‘E’ did not.

Acer n35 GPS handheld

Published in Mobile Tech by paul_smart on Mar 21, 2005
By no means a unique product, however unlike a number of other PDA type packages setting up the unit is, on the face of it, quite simple.

Data In Your Pocket

Published in Mobile Tech by mfereday on Jan 19, 2005
With Sony leaving the PDA market, others are more than willing to take up the slack.

Tungsten T5 a different PDA

Published in Mobile Tech by paul_smart on Dec 28, 2004
I have looked at numerous PDA’s especially those from Palm, here is something that is more than a little different.

A Travelling Friend

Published in Mobile Tech by mfereday on Dec 17, 2004
Let me introduce you to MyPal. This handy device is a PocketPC from Asus.

PDA Games from Landware

Published in Mobile Tech by paul_smart on Nov 22, 2004
PDA games are big business and I see that Landware also have offerings for Smartphones. Here I am putting two games for Palm systems through their paces.

Navigate with a Palm

Published in Mobile Tech by paul_smart on Nov 19, 2004
There are many dedicated in car navigation systems. Now there are solutions for Pocket PC and Palm. Here is one involving three companies – in a single box – and a further one that has exclusive rights to sell it.

A New Sign of the Zodiac

Published in Mobile Tech by mfereday on Sep 9, 2004
So your pockets are bulging! Maybe it is because you are carrying too many devices. Perhaps one solution might be to switch to a device that combines the features of a PDA and gaming console.

Palm Zire72

Published in Mobile Tech by paul_smart on Jul 18, 2004
A colour PDA with excellent screen resolution, lots of inbuilt RAM, additional storage by SD card and just for good measure a 1.2megapixel camera built in, surely now this will satisfy this old git who owns an antiquated Palm 5x?

FujiFIlm xD-MP3 Device

Published in Mobile Tech by mfereday on Jul 2, 2004
A new digital accessory from Fujifilm could be said to have a split personality. Although entitled xD-MP3, this device combines the features of a memory card reader and pen drive with its main function of being an MP3 player.

xD-MP3 Player

Published in Mobile Tech by mfereday on June 28, 2004
A new digital accessory from Fujifilm could be said to have a split personality. Although entitled xD-MP3, this device combines the features of a memory card reader and pen drive with its main function of being an MP3 player.

Intellisync

Published in Mobile Tech by paul_smart on May 28, 2004
In this case a utility is certainly a gadget as without it all my information would not be able to be read on a PDA. A small task perhaps but vital so this utility is a gadget to move my vital information.

Palm Zire 21

Published in Mobile Tech by paul_smart on May 5, 2004
A handheld unit for considerably less than the psychological £100 price barrier puts this unit almost into the impulse buy sector. Is it a true handheld or simply a toy?

Sony Clie TH55

Published in Mobile Tech by digital-evangelist on Apr 10, 2004
My move over to the Palm platform with Sony's Clie TH55. First Impressions after one week out of the box

Palm Tungsten T3

Published in Mobile Tech by paul_smart on Mar 30, 2004
A new departure for a handheld device the ability to work landscape as well as portrait, this more powerful machine looks the part and I am sure will be every yuppies desire, that is if there are still such people.

PalmOne Tungsten E PDA

Published in Mobile Tech by paul_smart on Mar 15, 2004
Whatever flavour of PDA you use it is probably very different from a year or so ago. Certainly the Tungsten E has a lot more to offer at a greatly reduced price than when I got my 5X.
The New XDA II - Is it worth upgrading? Is it that different or simply polishing the original? Tom Ball writes about why for a certain group of people, the time has come.
Bought myself a Belkin Wireless PDA Keyboard which has already proved usefull in 2 meetings. It is compatible with HP iPAQ, Toshiba, Dell, Palm, Sony and my Viewsonic. After the initial problems of working it out I've been pleased with it. It also looks cool when you turn up to a meeting and you really can take minutes of a meeting on your PDA.

HP iPAQ Pocket PC h5500

Published in Mobile Tech by paul_smart on Nov 6, 2003
Most will know this is one huge plus for HP that came out of the merger with Compaq. Although I have used several Pocket PC’s I have never before used an iPAQ.