January 2005

Although games do not take center stage on my Treo they are nonetheless a welcome bonus during idle moments and I like to keep a collection of 'classics' at hand such as cards, dice, word and board games of various...

January 29, 2005 | Comments (6) | Read more...

I had been wondering for days about what the first 'physical' impression of Cingular's Treo 650 looked like... The pictures are taken with a phone so the quality isn't great but now at least you'll know what to expect when...

January 28, 2005 | Comments (9) | Read more...

As I commented in my previous post, the possibility that a 'resourceful hacker' might find a way to circumvent the disabled dial-up-networking (DUN) on Cingular's Treo 650 GSM was quite high. I had not however anticipated that it could be...

January 28, 2005 | Comments (4) | Read more...

Yep, apparently the Dial-Up-Networking (DUN) on Cingular's Treo 650 will (like Sprint's) be disabled. Naturally, Treonauts are screaming bloody murder and knocking their heads against the wall. The subject of one email that I received read 'NOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!' and I honestly...

January 26, 2005 | Comments (7) | Read more...

Our Treo 650 wins yet another award (maybe I should add an 'award' category since they're piling up...) this time from Small Business Computing which gave it the crown in the 'Handheld, Smartphone or PDA' category of their Excellence in...

January 26, 2005 | Comments (0) | Read more...

Although my own sources still give the nod for the official release of Cingular's Treo 650 GSM tomorrow or Thursday, TreoCentral reports that the launch has been postponed by one week to Wednesday Feb. 2. Well, I guess that we'll...

January 25, 2005 | Comments (6) | Read more...

There are just a few more days before before the expected official launch of the Treo 650 on Cingular and AT&T Wireless (now owned by Cingular) on Thursday 27 January... In the meantime here are a few more things to...

January 24, 2005 | Comments (8) | Read more...

There's a recurring story that we all know by now in the 'smartphone world' and which was recently confirmed by a BlackBerry (BB) sales rep at a major wireless carrier. Namely, that over 95% of BB owners carry two devices...

January 24, 2005 | Comments (10) | Read more...

Here's something that may seem obvious but it took me literally ages to figure out how to set up an 'automatic' Calendar Alarm for every one of my appointments... What set me out looking for this is that when I...

January 23, 2005 | Comments (18) | Read more...

I recently came across an article in the Chicago Tribune in which the author argues about what you should do if you are looking to buy the best smartphone. In his view there are two options: Option A If you...

January 21, 2005 | Comments (3) | Read more...