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What is broadband? Know what it
takes to get connected to the internet. Want to connect for free?..............more
Check out Maryland's
eMaryland website.
It has links to different gov agencies. If you need a business license
you can get help from this site.........
Get new and cheap computers, laptops,
etc from the Market Pro Show at the Timonium Fairgrounds.....
Get organized with the Palm or Pocket
PC personal device assistant(PDA). Check out a scenario of how
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Tech Watch
Hybrid cell phones have arrived.
The Tablet PC. |
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Table PC
This next evolution of the laptop and a Microsoft's concept pc is
set to launch soon. The first generation of tablet pc's was the pocket pc
so to speak. But the next generation Tablet pc is meant as a desktop
replacement.................more....
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Market Pro computer show
The computer show and sale held
mostly at the Timonium Fair ground exhibition halls is one of the, if not
the best resources for purchasing computer technology in the state of
Maryland. It has more products than Best Buy, CompUSA, and Circuit
City............................whole
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No longer are the hybrid smartphones
being developed "just around the corner." They are developed in
different forms by many wireless/mobile phone manufacturers. Phones
from Kyocera to Handspring to Microsoft to Nokia and Samsung are being
carried by companies like Sprint PCS, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless, etc.
These phones have merged the PDA with the Mobile phone. With this
combination you don't have to have two separate devices. You also
don't have to have additional equipment to connect your Palm or Pocket PC®
to the internet or retrieve your email from Hotmail or AOL. You also
don't have to buy the "mobile pants" being advertised on the ridicules
Dockers® commercial. Let's take the the Kyocera 6035, for example.
We can testify firsthand of this phones usefulness as far as the Palm OS® is
concerned. You can get a contract from Sprint PCS or Verizon Wireless
for a basic one year plan at whatever they are offering at the time and add
different web services. At the time of this writing Sprint PCS WEB
service was only an additional $5. So for a plan that's $34.99, you
can just add the $5 and that's you monthly bill. You can download free
web clippings into your palm/phone by connecting through the MY PALM
software that comes with this phone. For instance there is one
application called MOVIEFONE©
that will give you a list of movie theaters in your area and all the movies
that are playing (with the starting times). You can also download
games and programs with your pc. This is the same process for Pocket
PC based phones. Other Palm OS® based phones include the Samsung SCH
i300 which has a color display as opposed to the monochrome display.
Handspring now has the "Treo" to go with its line of Palm based
PDA's. This phone features a small keyboard that looks similar to the
one on Two Way pagers. I guess this is for owners who hate the idea of
using a "stylus" to write data on the device. Nokia has an incredible
new device called the Communicator 9290. On the color display, you can
get a horizontal view of the the internet on your screen, in color.
You can also view more of your documents if displayed horizontally.
Nokia uses the little known and powerful Symbian OS. The only problem
we have with this phone is that Nokia's service for this phone is a little
too pricey with some estimates at $69 month. That doesn't include the
price of the phone. The cost of the phones can be pricey when they
first hit the market but as new phones are introduced the price gets very
inexpensive. About a year ago the Kyocera 6035 was at least $400.
But now that Kyocera has developed a new smaller phone with a color display,
the 6035 can now be obtained for $99 after rebates. The prices of the
smartphones leads us into the Microsoft based Pocket PC®. The Pocket
PC PDA by itself is a little costly by themselves and they range from
$200-$600. Microsoft is new to the smatphone market and is poised to
try and gain market share on the Palm based PDA's and phones. The
Pocket PC phone is currently being offered through Sprint PCS, Verizon
Wireless, and T-Mobile with many more to follow. The price range is
$500-$799 with T-mobile offering the cheapest at $549. These phones
are a little more expensive than the Palm based smartphones but they pack
more for the punch. They come out of the box with Microsoft's Media
Player to listen to mp3 or WMA music files with you smartphone. It
also comes with Internet Explorer, Word, Excel, games, Microsoft Reader, MSN
Messenger, etc. It also comes with the Terminal Services application
which allows IT professionals to connect to and manage their Microsoft
servers. You can purchase similar applications for the Palm OS but
over time they will quickly add up to the same price a new Pocket PC.
Most if not all Pocket PC smartphones have a color display. See our
stories and testimonies on the usefulness of PDA's
in everyday life.
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