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Access Skype via your browser on your Cell Phone with M+ for Skype, an optimized mobile IM client.

IM+ for Skype is a fully mobile application and enables voice and text communication with other Skype users and provide cost-effective calling to mobiles and landlines.
To use IM+ for Skype you don’t need WiFi. The application works in any network. It takes just 2 minutes to get up and running.. To send messages is as simple as typing SMS messages.

IM+ for Skype runs on these devices

• Palm OS
• Java devices
• Windows Mobile Pocket PC
• iPhone
• BlackBerry handhelds
• Symbian S60 v3 mobile phones

IM+ for Skype is a service and permits you to call for low rates. See which of your friends are online and chat with them.

Use IM+ for Skype at

• ANY wireless network
• ANY destination

IM+ for Skype is from SHAPE Services, a Germany-based company, well-known for making mobile IM clients. They charge a small fee for the application, and no recurring monthly subscription fee. By purchasing IM+ users are entitled to all your software updates and upgrades.

Voice over IP is an Internet technology and perfected over time. It is basically a technology that allows you to make telephone calls through the Internet instead of directly through wires, which is the way that telephone calls have been made for decades, in fact since inception of the telephone.

VoIP makes business travel easy
The type of technology that Voice over IP brings suddenly makes life much comfortable not only for business people. Install IM+ for Skype onto your Palm OS Device and receive all your cellular phone calls and messages directly through your mobile device.

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A PDA (personal data assistant) can be an important investment. Price is not the only issue facing a PDA shopper. One must also be concerned with features, as a PDA may become integral to one’s daily life and functioning. As such, before making a final decision, one must first be sure to compare PDA’s carefully.

Any time one is purchasing an electronic item, the popular Latin expression ‘caveat emptor’ should come to mind. The phrase, translated as ‘buyer beware’, reflects the reality of the marketplace. One cannot trust that any given purchase will truly meet his or her needs or that any product in a category will be satisfactory. The electronics market is littered with sub-par products that are strongly hyped and sold on the strength of misleading or inaccurate marketing. PDA’s are not an exception to this rule. There are many options available, and they are not all of sufficient quality. That is why it is essential to carefully compare PDA’s.

How can one compare PDA’s The key is identifying multiple possibilities that fit within one’s desired price range and then evaluating their features and qualities carefully to guarantee a satisfying purchase. As much as most of us would like to avoid extensive research and would prefer to simply pick ’something’ quickly, knowledge is power and a quality strategy to compare PDA’s can go a long way in avoiding disappointment.

One should start by formulating a list of the features they require in a PDA. The importance of each feature should also be noted, as some may be more critical than others. This may seem to be an unnecessary step. However, unless a careful list is constructed, one may overlook a particular PDA’s deficiencies or strengths while shopping. It is also possible to accidentally overlook a desired feature while he or she compares PDA’s an error often not realized until it is too late. After assembling the feature list, one may then determine their budge for the purchase.

At this point, one should begin the hunt for an objective source of information that provides an in-depth look at the various features and options present in a wide array of PDA’s. Optimally, one will avoid relying upon sources that offer biased perspectives. For instance, a manufacturer’s website will probably do its very best to avoid mentioning areas of weakness, instead focusing on a PDA’s strengths. In order to compare PDA’s accurately, a more factual recitation of attributes is necessary.

One may then begin to compare PDA’s one by one, looking at each model that falls within the desired price range closely and noting which desired qualities it possesses and which it lacks. After assessing the PDA’s, the most clearly desirable candidates should be readily apparent.

Choosing a PDA can be a confusing process. However, by taking an informed and organized approach to finding the model that best meets one’s needs, the matter can be simplified a great deal. If one is willing to compare PDA’s based on a predefined list of desirable characteristics, conducted with budgetary restrictions in mind can help lead to a wonderful buying experience and will result in the purchase of PDA that will perform all necessary functions in a way that makes organization and scheduling a joy. Anyone in the market for these amazing tools simply must make the effort to compare PDA’s before making a purchase.

Ray Andrew writes and reviews pdas.
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Things are looking a bit gloomy for the Blackberry, PDA cousin to the Pocket PC.

The latest appeal over a patent dispute has been turned down, making an injunction against selling the Blackberry in the US all the more possible.

I’ve always thought that if you did your research and opted to purchase one of these devices, you weren’t interested in much besides its contact management features.

It really doesn’t pack the required processing oomph for games.

To play devil’s advocate, the Pocket PC is really not the ideal vehicle for e-mail on the run if you happen to reside in the Greater Toronto Area.

I’ve mentioned this in passing in my October 4 blog entry, but data GPRS plans in Toronto happen to be extremely cost-prohibitive.

Coupled with increasing gas prices, you really don’t to siphon your budget by doing Pocket Outlook sends and receives on the run unless you have a few hot spots handy.

Fortunately, Starbucks is mimicking our Second Cup franchise by offering free Wi-Fi access after trundling behind the technology curve for Starbucks locations in the States.

It’s not often that Canada is behind the US technology curve, especially as the greater majority of Canadians are internet savvy.

That probably accounts for the greater prevalence of software piracy.

Nevertheless, as dim as things may look for the Canadian Research in Motion Blackberry company, this bodes well for the Pocket PC world.

If we can’t have our Blackberrys, we will have our Palms and Pocket PCs. A burgeoning market demand for these units is on the horizon if final judgement is found against RIM.

Which means more excellent PDA games, of course, as Pocket PC and Palm game developers cope to keep with anticipated increased demand.

Of course, most of us will be chomping at the bit until this occurs.

Anyway, you’ll have to excuse me. A new bowling game release awaits patiently on my iPAQ 4150.

Hopefully, the elusive 300 game is within reach today.

Damian Julien is a Pocket PC gaming authority and long time general gaming hobbyist and reviewer.

He is an IT specialist by trade and has posted numerous articles on Pocket PC emulators, gaming and trends in the industry.

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Trying to decide on a PDA? The first choice that you’ll have to make is whether to go with a Palm OS system or a Pocket PC (Windows CE) system:

- Palm systems run an operating system called “Palm OS”.

- Pocket PC systems run “Windows CE”. This looks and operates a lot like the more familiar versions of Microsoft Windows that you use on your desktop or laptop PC. Windows CE is not identical to the larger versions of Windows, and generally does not run the same software, but it does interoperate well with other Microsoft programs.

Some features are a dead heat between Palm systems and Pocket PCs:

- Both Palm systems and Pocket PCs can do contact management, calendaring and to-do-lists.

- Both Palm and Pocket PCs can do reasonable handwriting recognition. In either case, it can take a small amount of getting used to.

- Both Palm and Pocket PCs have models available with digital cameras.

- Some models of both Palm and Pocket PCs support music, multimedia and MP3 (MP3 is supported pretty much on all models). You’ll need to check the specs of individual models to see exactly what features they offer.

- Internet connectivity is available for most Palm and Pocket PCs.

Here are some reasons to choose Palm:

- Palm systems are usually cheaper. This is because Palm OS devices often have less memory and a slower processor. They can get away with this, without you noticing, because Palm OS is highly optimized to run on low-end hardware.

- Palm systems are often lighter and smaller than Pocket PCs. Of course, that isn’t always the case, so you need to check the specs on individual models when making comparisons.

- Palm systems, especially those with slower processors, often will run longer between battery recharges.

- Palm systems, are in our opinion, slightly easier to use. Pocket PCs use a cut-down version of the standard Windows interface, which while powerful, can offer too many confusing options.

- Palm systems have a simple and foolproof backup/restore feature which is triggered automatically whenever you sync to your main PC. Pocket PCs don’t automatically backup, so you need to remember to pick the option.

And here are some reasons to choose a Pocket PC:

- Pocket PCs integrate better with Microsoft Word and Excel. They can read your existing files, and it’s easy to transfer them across. Palm OS doesn’t have built-in support for Word or Excel, but there are third party programs available, at extra cost, that can do the job.

- Pocket PCs integrate with Microsoft Outlook. Again, for Palm systems you need extra software, although in some cases this extra software may be bundled with your Palm PDA.

- Pocket PCs often have a wider range of WiFi and other connectivity options. Of course, you’ll need to check the specs of the individual PDAs that you’re considering.

Conclusions:

Of course, your opinion may differ, but for what it’s worth, here’s how I’d decide:

- I would choose Palm if I wanted a simple low-end PDA.

- If I wanted more power and connectivity options, I’d look at both Palm and Pocket PC systems.

- If there was any special line-of-business software that I needed to run, and it was only available on one or the other of Palm OS and Windows CE (Pocket PC), of course that would dictate my choice.

- As always, I’d carefully check the specs of any individual machines that I was considering. There are good (and some not so good) models available, of both Palm and Pocket PC.

By S. Tanna for Answers 2000, first published at http://www.wildcomputer.com/art_buypalmpocketpc.php

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Here is a little history on PDA’s that I think you will find interesting, at least I did, so I thought I would share it with you anyway.

In 1996, Palm computing manufactured the first generation personal digital assistant known as the Palm m130Pilot. Due to a trademark infringement lawsuit filed by Pilot Pen Corporation the name Palm Pilot was given to the second generation of PDA’s in 1997 and from 1998 onwards, this virtually became the generic name of all handhelds. Interesting huh!

Now, the founders of Palm Computing, Jeff Hawkins, Donna Dubinsky and Ed Colligan who also are the original inventors of the pilot actually when they first set out wanted to produce handwriting software named Graffiti. Fortunately, for the world they changed their plans midway, and decided to get into hardware. Palm is known to have gained from the attempts of Apple Computer and Go Corporation to produce handheld devices.

I bet you didn’t know that Palm Computing was initially a division of US Robotics and then later of 3Com. Now Jeff, Donna and Ed who initially founded Palm felt that the didn’t have enough control over the Palm Product so as a result they left 3Com and founded Handspring in 1998.

Handspring became the first Palm OS licensee and then produced a replica of the Palm handhelds and called it the Handspring Visor which used slightly different software and had a hardware expansion slot.

Then in 2000 Palm Computing became a separate company, which was called Palm Incorporated. Then in 2003, Palm Incorporated split into PalmOne for selling hardware and PalmSource for selling software. Handspring merged with Palm to form PalmOne and in 2005 PalmOne acquired the full rights to the Palm name, which it had shared with PalmSource and changed its name back to Palm.

The earlier Palms used the popular DragonBall processors which were a Motorola 68000 derivative. But the more recent models use a type of ARM architecture. The Arm Architecture is a class of RISC microprocessors, which is widely used in embedded systems and mobile devices. It is usually referred to by the Intel Xscale brand name.

Handhelds from Palm are becoming more advanced and are merging with smart phones and they have the capacity to work as computer harddrives via USB cables. The Palm handheld Treo 650 which functions as a mobile phone and also provides SMS, email and instant messaging.

It was predicted that as handhelds with multiple functions like the Treo become cheaper and more advanced, the traditional PDA device will disappear. Cell phone manufacturers are already producing smart phones, which use interfaces similar to the Palm OS and at present the Palm OS is used by the Sony Clie’, TRG Pro and Handspring Visor, apart from the Palm handheld. Now wasn’t that an interesting history on something you most likely use everyday.

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