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Thoughts and things I care to shareOfficial Verizon Info on Samsung SCH-i830
Verizon today issued a press release about the new Samsung SCH-i830 Windows Mobile Smartphone! The device will be available to enterprise customers on January 10th with consumer availablility on January 24th.
The SCH-i830 Windows Mobile 5 based Smartphone combines a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, EVDO services, dual mode CDMA/GSM functionality, and many more unique features. The SCH-i830 will be exclusive to Verizon Wireless, and incorporates international support (i.e. GSM).
The SCH-i830 is based on the Pocket PC stack of the Windows Mobile operating system. Though the device lacks a camera, the EVDO network, international support via GSM, Windows Media Player 10, Wireless Sync, and new push-mail support will be big selling points to highly mobile professionals. 
New Version of Papyrus for MS Smartphone!
If you are a MS Smartphone user, head on over to SBSH Software and check out the latest release of their Papyrus product! This software is a full-function PIM replacement for the MS Smartphone platform. New features of Papyrus 1.2:
- Windows Mobile 5 Support
- QVGA (240×320) resolutions
- Unlimited MyTexts fields support
- New Tasks View redesign, and optional preview pane
- Enahnced Scrolling on item view dialogs
I’ve been using SBSH products on my Pocket PC for the last 18 mos. now, and I have been extremely satisfied. SBSH has great support, and a fantastic relationship with its customers. Also check out their excellent forums where you can interact with other users of their software.
Highly recommended!
Samsung i830 Compared with Treo 700w
While at CES this week, Gizmodo has an article comparing the Samsung i830 to the Treo 700w. Both devices are due out on the Verizon network 1Q of this year, both leverage EVDO, both have a QWERTY keyboard, good amount of RAM, decent processor, etc… It’ll be interesting to see these devices in action! Read Gizmodo’s article for a first-hand impression of the Samsung i830.
PhatWare Software Sale
PhatWare is wishing everyone a Happy New Year with a sale on all their software products! You can pick up your product of choice for $12.95 each, the sales ends January 4th, 2006 at 12:01am (EST). This is a fantastic opportunity to pick up the software you’ve been putting off – CalliGrapher, PhatNotes, and PhatPad are just a few of the products you can get during this sale.
US Spectrum Auction in 2006
An article over at Mobile Pipeline is reporting that there will be a ‘large-scale auction of wireless spectrum’ for the US mobile carriers to participate in. This will allow the carriers to expand both footprint, and bandwidth in thier ongoing “high-speed” data offerings. Personally, I believe this will prove to enhance the carriers ability to continue rolling out fast data services for reasonable prices.
Vote on the “Smartphone Of The Year”
Head on over to Smartphone Thoughts where they are asking for your vote of the best smartphone of the year for 2005. I won’t tell which one is leading at the moment, but there may be one or two that you have an opinion on. Check it out – good discussion as well.
New Cradle Available for HTC Wizard
Here is one that I’ll be making use of once the T-Mobile MDA (their US variant of the Wizard) is out! I’ve always thought a Pocket PC should have a cradle available for charging, syncing and simply someplace to set the device where you always know where its at. This one is made by Boxwave and can be found here. The cradle works with the following versions of the HTS Wizard: O2 XDA Mini, Orange SPV M3000, T-Mobile MDA Vario, Qtek 9100 and iMate KJAM.
Thanks to Cool Smart Phone for the tip!
Long Holiday
Well, I’ve not posted for several days, mainly because of the Christmas holiday. Since I’ve taken several days off work, I’ll still be light on posts around here while relaxing. Of course, I’m still pondering many different paths to pursue for growth and I will be posting on those soon. The company I work for is conducting their annual employee reviews, and it does provide some good food for thought – I’ll see if I can work that in here somewhere as well.
iPass Acquires GoRemote
According to an article at eWeek, iPass has purchased their rival GoRemote Internet Communications for $76.5 million in cash. Business must be good! Anyone interested in the details should check out the article linked above.
Agenda Fusion 7.62 Released…
Pocket PC Thoughts has a post on the release of Agenda Fusion 7.62! Head on over and check it out.
I hope the leadership of the Republican Party will take his word seriously. Because this is exactly right.
This is very simple: only Americans citizens should be allowed to vote in American elections.
The SAVE America Act is common sense, and we need to pass it now!
I don’t recall you complaining when gas was $5.00 under Biden.
Hypocrisy much?
Please RT!
This Middle Ages bullshit is a cancer on the planet👇👇🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸