From CoreCodec.com:
"Shhh.... want to know a secret? We are now sending private invitations to register and receive our upcoming CorePlayer Mobile Technology Demo well before we go public with CorePlayer 1.0!
If you haven't heard about CorePlayer well get ready, as we unleash power in 1.xx for: CE, Windows Mobile, Pocket PC, Palm, Symbian, Windows, Vista, UMPC, OS X, and Linux. While this is a 'limited' Technology Demo, when released CorePlayer 1.xx will support:
- Advanced Skins
- Streaming (http/udp/mms/rtp/rtsp)
- Visualizations 2D and 3D
- Video: H.264, DivX, MKV, MOV, WMV, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, OGM, 3GP
- Audio: AAC, MP3, WMA, MID, AC-3, MKA, OGG, FLAC, AMR, WAV
- CorePlayer PMP Mobile
- 'Seek and Share' Social Network Sharing Technology
- CoreTunes Desktop Media Library
- CorePlayerX Web Browser Plug-in
- CoreSync Mobile, Server. Desktop Media Synchronization
- CoreTheque Media Library Database
Learn more on September 10th, 2006 by visiting:
http://www.CorePlayer.com
To see how easy it can be to make the switch and 'Take back your media!'
The CoreCodec Team"
CorePlayer Mobile Technology Demo
Pimp My Palm?
These days, everybody wants power and luxury in an electronic device. Be it a new cellular phone or MP3 player, "bling" is a must-have for every conceivable consumer electronic user. PDA users are no different. Well, a little different. Rather than "pimping out" their handheld with eye candy, users generally look for more processing power under the tip of their stylus. If you look at the handheld market today, you'll find that a majority of devices have 300 megahertz (or MHz, the unit used to measure handheld processor speed) or more, and most come standard with WiFi, Bluetooth, and/or more internal space usually 64 megabytes or above. To the average user, those are luxuries more so than necessities, but to PDA enthusiasts it's more of an expectation as a standardized built in feature (even to the point that it's their rite of passage to elitism?). And this leads me to ask the question: do we really have to have all that luxurious power and functionality?
Personally, I'm a believer of the "bang for buck" philosophy in that a bare-bone system will be more than enough to fulfill my needs. (I use the words “more than enough” liberally here.) Something with a decent amount of storage memory and an expansion card slot is all I really
So what if “we can” some might say. To some extent, these people do not embrace technology the same way that Palm enthusiasts do. (This could also be somewhat extended to the much newer Ultra Portable PCs as well). But that question raises a good point: is all this necessary? Only a decade ago, the Palm Pilot was a luxury item that only CEOs of big corporations used. It was an electronic address book and calendar all in one device. Today, the average Joe has some sort of wireless connectivity and a colour screen; cellular phones and PDAs fall under this category. Some are even used to listen to music or watch videos by frequent travelers. So PDAs are not just productive tools anymore, they are multimedia devices. And because of this, people all around see the said electronic device as a toy, not a tool.
I think that handheld manufacturers have tried to design PDAs to meet the needs of busy corporate elites, but went a little too overboard in the wrong areas. Everybody wants more power in their hands, but do you really need it? After all, a 400 MHz processor isn’t going to help you write your 3-page report any faster than a processor at half that speed will. Likewise with having 256MB of internal memory versus a measily 32 or 64MB: it’s not like you really need all that memory if you use your handheld the way it was meant for.
Maybe it’s just me, but I’d like to see companies “unpimp” our palms and give us professional devices, not overly expensive electronic toys.
Vsbenchmark 2006 new v1.15 Available
We have the pleasure to announce the new version of our enhanced graphic benchmark Vsbenchmark 2006 for Pocket PC & Smartphone QVGA. This new version have more compatibilities and support more devices.
Vsbenchmark 2006 is a free graphic benchmark that test your graphic performance device and compare it with other models. Vsbenchmark boost the limit of the classic 2D graphics with the last visual effect technologies.
You can send or compare your results in our new database with more than 130 models.
The benchmark is available for free at this adresse.
Vsbenchmark features:
(452x320, 240x320, Txt file)
If you decide to download Vsbenchmark from Handango instead of using the above link, you can ignore their note stating that you must purchase a product key. Vsbenchmark is free.
We hope to have a review of Vsbenchmark for you in the near future, but until then, why not try out Vsbenchmark and let us know what you think?
Less Than 1 Week Left in the NS BASIC Contest!
The 7th NS BASIC Programming Contest has less than a week left to run. The deadline for entries is September 01 at 12:00 midnite EST.
You can read our original post on the contest, or go directly to the 7th NS BASIC Programming Contest information page.
NS BASIC Corporation Announces Programming Contest!
Top prize is a Samsung Q1 UMPC!
NS BASIC Corporation is pleased to announce our 7th Programming Contest. We're expecting some cool entries which take advantage of the new capabilities of devices and NS Basic. In the past contests we have seen great improvement of entries in quality, performance and sophistication: we expect to see more this time.
We have three categories: Windows CE, Palm OS and Desktop. All registered NS Basic users are welcome to participate in the contest. Prizes are $100 USD in each category, plus a special prize in the NS Basic/Desktop category.
You may enter more than one program. Judging will be by NS Basic's experts. All judging is arbitrary and final. We will be looking for quality, performance, ease of use, sophistication and overall coolness. Apps can be whatever you use NS Basic for: Enterprise, business, commercial, education, games or even something whimsical.
All programs must be written using NS Basic/CE, NS Basic/Desktop or NS Basic/Palm. Entries may be commercial, shareware or freeware. Please indicate with your entry whether we can share your program or screenshots with the public.
Send your questions and entries to contest@nsbasic.com.
NS BASIC Corporation, based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, has been a leading creator of development tools for handheld devices since 1993. More than 15,000 developers in over 60 countries have licensed NS BASIC's tools for Palm OS, Windows CE, XP and 2000, and Newton.
Happy Birthday: Palm Addict Turns 7!
Welcome to Palm Addict
Palm Addict was established in 1999 covering thoughts on all things PDA & today is updated 24 hours a day. With over 30 updates a day by over 30 writers worldwide. Palm Addict welcomes over 61,000 visitors a day and is the largest palm blog.
This is an amazing feat for any website -- to be in continuous operation for 7 years, -- but even more so for a blog! Our Congratulations! go out to Sammual James - McLoughlin - Editor in Chief / Publisher and all the rest of his team! Keep up the great work everyone! I'm sure that Palm Addict will be running for quite a few more years to come... so here's to another 7 (for now...
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Congrats to our grand prize winner!
Congratulations to our 1-year anniverary contest's grand prize winner, Michael Van Orman. He will bew receiving hundreds of dollars worth of prizes. Here's what he said of the topic of "Why I love the PalmOS"...
I am currently the owner of a Palm Tungsten T5.
This is my third Palm device. From the moment my wife actually bought her first Palm I was hooked, and shortly thereafter got my first. Being somewhat of a technology buff I suppose I was naturally attracted by the "techie" aspect of a PDA. More important than that, however, was the ability to have so much of the information I need or even just want at my fingertips all the time: schedule, contacts, finances, books, email, geneolgy information, and, of course, entertainment (music, movies, photos, games).
I'm not sure how I would manage to live without it now!
Release date for new Treo in September
From PalmInfoCenter:
Reuters is carrying an article with a quote from an unnamed Palm spokeswoman that states a new Treo smartphone announcement will be made in the UK on September 12th. It is likely this will be the official unveiling of the next generation Treo due out in Europe. The Windows Mobile powered 3G/UTMS Treo is expected to debut on Vodafone in Europe before the end of the year.Windows Mobile, eh? Perhaps ACCESS is still working on the new Linux Palm platform (or are they?) instead of simply stuffing an altered OS5 operating system into the new Treos. That's good news, right?
Happy Birthday Canuck PDA
I would like to thank all of the staff members and forum members; if it weren't for all of you, I'm certain we wouldn't have lasted long. I would also like to thank all the readers; knowing that people actually read our blog really helped inspire us to keep going.
One year may seem like a long time, but as far as I'm concerned, it's only the beginning!
Contest Update
3 days left to enter the contest!
And now, Tamoggemon Software has added a copy Autosync to the contest (for the first drawn person with a compatible device).
In addition, every person who submits an entry to the contest will get an exclusive 25% off coupon for Tamoggemon Software!
All you need to do is say which Palm you currently own, and why you love the PalmOS. Enter now! Contest closes August 17, 2006 (Canuck PDA's 1-year anniversary).
Binary Clock 3.0 Released
Tamoggemon Software has just released Binary Clock 3.0! Binary Clock 3.0 is the latest version of the award-winning Binary Clock for Palm OS.
New features include WristPDA support and reading aids to make learning the Binary Clock's operation faster and easier! Binary Clock 3.0 can replace the default watch face of the WristPDA for an immediate coolness boost!
Binary Clock version 3.0 costs $7.49 and can be purchased at MobiHand. Registered users can update by installing the new version over the old one! A 14-day evaluation version is available from www.palmbinaryclock.com!
Binary Clock is an excellent, and somewhat unusual clock program. To learn more about this interesting and unique program, check out our review of Binary Clock for Palm OS.
Blackberry Backdoor Exploit at DefCon
From Wired News: Blackberry a Juicy Hacker Target By Kim Zetter
"LAS VEGAS -- A computer security researcher says he's found an unexpected new path into company networks: the Blackberry.
Jesse D'Aguanno, a consultant with Praetorian Global, has developed a hacking program that exploits the trust relationship between a Blackberry and a company’s internal server to hijack a connection to the network. Because the data tunnel between the Blackberry and the server is encrypted, intrusion detection systems at the perimeter of the network won't detect the attack.
The technique is successful, D'Aguanno says, because most companies aren't equipped to detect someone trying to deliver an exploit from inside the network. It also works because few companies view the Blackberry as a plausible attack vector.
"Because it's a handheld device, most people don't think it's something that can actually harm the rest of your internal network," D'Aguanno said. "But a Blackberry is not your average handheld. It's not just a PDA that's connected (to your network) only when you're in the office. It's a code-running machine that's always on and always connected to your internal network and has direct access to whatever you give it access to. And most company architectures allow it unfettered access to everything on the internal network.""
Read the full article here.
New Treos Leaked...Again
Over the past few months a few very blurry pictures of various new Palm smartphones drifted through the Internet like flotsam. However, during the last week or so, something very interesting turned up! Yes, that's right, CLEAR pictures where the photographer wasn't moving, and likely, also in deep, deep trouble somewhere.
Oh well, more pics for us. (=
No one knows what it'll be officially called yet (Treo 750p? Treo Nitro? Treo Super-dee-duper?), but we do know it's GSM (Rogers/Fido in Canada), runs Palm OS 5.49016, has its card slots on the side, and everything else is being debated right now (i.e. RAM, SD or mini-SD, etc.).
Sources:
Palm Infocenter
Treonauts
msmobiles.com
A Perfect Battery? Maybe Soon...
From ScienCentral.com: Super Battery
"As our portable devices get more high-tech, the batteries that power them can seem to lag behind. But Joel Schindall and his team at M.I.T. plan to make long charge times and expensive replacements a thing of the past--by improving on technology from the past.
Rechargable and disposable batteries use a chemical reaction to produce energy. "That's an effective way to store a large amount of energy," he says, "but the problem is that after many charges and discharges ... the battery loses capacity to the point where the user has to discard it."
But capacitors contain energy as an electric field of charged particles created by two metal electrodes. Capacitors charge faster and last longer than normal batteries. The problem is that storage capacity is proportional to the surface area of the battery's electrodes, so even today's most powerful capacitors hold 25 times less energy than similarly sized standard chemical batteries."
Read the full article here.
Full Contest Prize List
Some of you may have been wondering what all the prizes were for the contest. Well here it is.
1st place (grand prize) will receive: EzRemote, Resco Sudoku, Resco Backup, Resco Explorer, Resco Viewer, Mobile Jigsaw, DragonEdit, Target Assistant, Zlink, choice of a Viex game, choice of a Deluxeware game (excluding Hedgehog and Toucan Tango), Binary Clock, NoviiRemote Deluxe, Boxwave VersaCharger Pro and miniSync, and a Brando Ultra Clear Screen Protector.
2nd place will receive: Resco Viewer, Card Reader, DragonEdit, Target Assistant, Zlink, choice of a Viex game, Astraware Sudoku, NoviiRemote Deluxe, and a Boxwave FlexiSkin in the colour of your choice.
3rd place will receive: Resco Explorer, Meteor Breakout, Target Assistant, Zlink, choice of a Viex game, Astraware Sudoku, and a Boxwave ClearTouch Screen Protector.
4th place will receive: Resco Backup, Jackpot Casino, choice of a Viex game, and Astraware Sudoku.
5th place will receive: Resco Sudoku and a choice of a Viex game.
Also, the following will be given out to first person drawn with a compatable device: USB Modem, LudusP, LudusW, SharkCache, and Initiate.
The winners will be drawn randomly on August 17, 2006 (Canuck PDA's 1-year anniversary). To enter, simply send an email to contest@canuck-pda.ca and say which Palm you currently own, and why you love the PalmOS.
Send in your entry today!
A special thanks to all the companys and developers who helped celebrate our 1-year anniversary with a donation. You guys are amazing!
Volume production of Treo 700p delayed
From Palm247:
Whether this delay has caused any supply-side problems is not clear, as shortages at stores have not been widely reported. There are rumours however that demand for the Treo 700p is relatively low, and that on Verizon the Treo 700w still outsells the 700p.
Canuck PDA announces its 1 Year Anniversary Contest
The grand prize winner will receive, among many other things, EzRemote, Resco Explorer, Binary Clock, NoviiRemote Deluxe, Zlink, and a Brando Ultra Clear Screen Protector.
And the runner-ups will receive (depending on the order chosen) software such as Astraware Sudoku and their choice of a Viex game.
Send in your entry now!
Palm’s 10-K Filing
There was a huge surge of Palm news on Friday when Palm’s 10-K filing was made available. Some very good articles about this subject I found:
Six misconceptions about Palm's new annual report at David Beers on Mobile Computing Blog
"The annual report is actually one of the strongest statements of Palm's continued commitment to the Palm OS that we've had all year. It makes very clear that Palm wants to create products on a "next-generation version of the Palm OS" (even if they have to substantially make it themselves) and that there will be new products released on the existing version of Palm OS until that happens."
- and -
Palm, PalmSource, and Palm OS Linux at 1src.com
"Palm is currently “in negotiations with PalmSource to expand our development and distribution rights to the current version of the Palm OS.” I want to be clear about this: Palm is still going to release new products, and some of those new products will continue to use Palm OS 5/Garnet."
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