Motorola introduces ES400 EDA

Motorola has introduced their ES400 EDA (Enterprise Digital Assistant), a Windows Mobile-based handheld device that runs the Windows Mobile 6.5 OS. The ES400 EDA is a rugged handheld device that works pretty much like a rugged PDA but it also supports HSPA/3G and WiFi connectivity that makes it suitable for use in various work environments.

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Pharos 565 rugged PDA runs Windows Mobile 6.5

Pharos 565 is a rugged PDA runs Windows Mobile 6.5 OS. It’s also the first of its kind which claims to run the Windows Mobile 6.5.

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Bluebird AutoID PDA gets Android-powered

BlueBird has rolled our new PDAs, AutoID which now run the Google’s Android OS instead of the Windows Mobile 6 that their older models used to run. The new AutoID PDAs come with a 3.5-inch VGA display,a 3-megapixel camera with auto-focus, HSDPA and WiFi connectivity.

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GETAC PS535E – ruggedized PDA packed with GPS and smartphone functions

The GETAC PS535E is a ruggedized PDA that is best used for those who’re so much keen on exploring the nature. This rugged device is supposed to be a great companion for those mappers, surveyors, scientists, and even secret agents.

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Zumobi widget applications for Windows smartphones

Zumobi has introduced its widget applications for your Window Mobile phones at CTIA 2008. Each widget is for delivering nice content that you’re interested in a fun and innovative way.

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Windows Mobile 6.1 will hit us on April Fools Day

Windows Mobile 6.1 OS has got itself with lots of rumors floating around over the past few weeks. And now there seems to be a confirmation that this new mobile OS is making its way to the market on the April Fools day. Hope this is not another joke for the April Fools.

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Wireless charging solution: Magnetic inductive charging for Windows mobiles

MWG will produce Windows mobile phones or PDAs that can be charged wirelessly via magnetic induction. And they target to ship the wirelessly chargeable devices by mid 08. Basically, the technology used is similar to the one used in portable toothbrushes, provided by U.K.-based Splashpower.

The picture shows a charging plate which users have to place the mobiles on it for charging them wirelessly. Similar to electric toothbrushes, inductive power sends current obtained from a wall adapter through a coil in a charging unit. As current flows through the coil, it generates a magnetic field, which in turn induces a current to flow to the receiving coil in the toothbrush handle.

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ANYCOM Stowaway Keyboard lets you type quickly on your PDA, smartphone

Although your smartphone, PDA or UMPC comes with a QWERTY keyboard, but I don’t think they can provide you as much productivity as the full-sized PC QWERTY that your’re used to. This is simply because of your fingers are too big to type quickly on the overly small QWERTY of your PDA or smartphone. Due to the small size of the QWERTY of your smartphone or PDA, you tend to not to use it for typing long email messages, memos or surfing the web. Even though it comes with almost all the functionalities that you get on your laptop/PC. The ANYCOM Stowaway Keyboard is the wireless Bluetooth-enabled full-sized PC keyboard that works with any PDA, smartphone, tablet etc, to enable you to gain as much productivity as using the full-sized PC QWERTY keyboard.

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