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PDAs, PDAs

Posted by michael on from the stuff-to-lose dept.

isaac writes: "The cat is out of the bag! Palmstation has photos of the new PalmOS pda from Handera (formerly TRG of TRGPro fame). Features include a 320x240 screen with "soft" grafitti area, CompactFlash *and* SD slots, and Voice Recording. No word yet on built-in RAM or other capabilities - an official launch at Handera's website is rumored for Monday. The alleged name of this device is the "HandEra 330". Wish they'd do something about the name." There's also a combination PDA/phone that looks interesting.

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  1. Re:Some thoughts. by robbieduncan · · Score: 4

    Read on either PDABuzz, or a link from their discussion thread that there will be two options for dealing with "legacy" apps: 1) Scaling - zoom them by a factor of 1.5 to fit the square area above the soft Grafitti area. 2) Border - run at 160x160 centered on the screen with borders. Apparently 90%+ of these apps look and work fine in scaling mode. Robbie

  2. more info by theridersofrohan · · Score: 5
    See these links (not href'ed for the goatse.cx intimidated):

    http://www.pdamd.com/vertical/features/handera.xml

    http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/cn/20010420/tc/a_palm _from_the_plains_1.html

    http://www.maximumpc.com/content/2001/04/20/12868

    It has 8MB of memory, can use both CF and SD slots simultaneously, it has 2MB of flash ram, runs palmos 3.5 (custom version of course) with an update for 4.0 in the works, takes four AAA batteries (more power) but they are interexchangeable with a recharcheagble battery, offers serial (i.e. slow !) connectivity, compatibility with TRGPro and palm III accessories, landscape mode, 33MHz dragonball processor and will cost $350 (you can preorder it at the pdamd link above).
    Seems like a very good pda... I've grown kinda attached to my visor deluxe with my keyboard and modules... I can't replace them all :(