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Meet Series 90: Nokia's 7700. While we were expecting the first Series 90 device to be more along the lines of past Communicators, what we got was a much more MultiMedia-centric device - the 7700. No keyboard, but what a display! [Mobile Burn]
Full-featured PC fits in pocket "A full-featured PC that is small enough to slip into a shirt pocket is being hailed by its makers as the world's first modular computer. The machine can perform as both a PC and a handheld computer, but it remains to be seen if consumers are willing to pay for such a hybrid device. The Modular Computing Core is being launched on 7 November by Antelope Technologies, a Colorado-based start-up. The device is a single portable unit into which all the essential computing components are crammed. At 76 by 127 by 19 millimetres (5 x 3 x 3/4 inches), the MCC is not much bigger than a deck of cards. This core unit can then either be slotted into a docking station to be used with a screen and keyboard as a desktop computer, or into small portable "shell" with a touch-sensitive screen, turning it into a handheld computer. "Modular computers will change the way people use their computer," claims Kenneth Geyer, president of Antelope Technologies. Inside the MCC is a 1GHz microprocessor, 256 MB of RAM and a 10 or 15 GB hard drive. It will also run a full version of Microsoft's XP operating system, instead of the stripped-down operating systems used by handheld computers." [New Scientist]
World's smallest PDA. Citizen, which is best known for its wristwatches, says it's coming out with the "world's smallest, thinnest, and lightest personal digital assistant." About the size of a credit card, this might actually be the world's smallest PDA since it appears that Fossil has all but abandoned its planned WristPDA. Read... [Gizmodo]
Microsoft's Media2Go becomes Portable Media Center. Media2Go, Microsoft's new operating system for personal video players, isn't called Media2Go anymore. From now on the software will be known as Portable Media Center. Now we know it's tough to let go of the old name that we had all gotten so attached to, but if it's any consolation, the first Portable Media Centers should start appearing from ViewSonic, Creative, iRiver, Samsung, and Sanyo sometime in the second half of next year. Read [Via eHomeUpgrade]... [Gizmodo]
Pioneer's DVD recorders with TiVo. We've been waiting a long, long time this, but we think Pioneer's new line of TiVo digital video recorders with built-in DVD recorders is finally out. They're not cheap, but both the DVR-810H (pictured at right) and the DVR-57H will let you do one thing that isn't possible with any other TiVo: save TV shows to a DVD-R for archiving or giving to a friend. The DVR-810H has an 80GB hard drive and can store up to 80 hours of programming, while the DVR-57H has a 120GB hard drive. Both have superfast DVD recorders that can burn a one hour TV show to a DVD in as little as three minutes, and come with the new "TiVo Basic" service which doesn't require any subscription fees. Read [Thanks, Kevin]... [Gizmodo]
Microsoft Voice Command Almost Here. PDA User writes "The new Microsoft Voice Command for Pocket PC isn't supposed to be out until the next Comdex, but someone inside the company posted details to ... [Slashdot]
Print yourself a roll of semiconductors?. Xerox researchers use advanced printing techniques to create sheets of plastic transistors that could be used to build flexible LCDs. [CNET News.com - Front Door]
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