Palm cancels Foleo

In May, analysts asked the question, “Who’s going to buy the Palm Foleo?” Now, they know: no one.

Palm has decided to cancel its Foleo mini-notebook, according to a note chief executive Ed Colligan posted to the company’s blog. The company will instead focus upon the “Foleo II,” recording a one-time charge of about $10 million to cancel the first-generation product.

Posted on: September 5, 2007 9:00 am

SBSH PhoneWeaver 1.1

PhoneWeaver is a phone management application designed to help control your phone state parameters using profiles in the most intuitive way. Using profiles you can link between your phone state and your agenda, time of day and much more. Using PhoneWeaver you can define smart profiles that are activated manually or automatically based on the time, appointments or phone state. Each smart profile can fully control the state of your phone radio, Wi-Fi, push mail, Bluetooth, ringer, vibrate state and much more. PhoneWeaver also adds a clean and straightforward plugin to your Today screen, allowing you to view and control the currently active profile.

Posted on: September 5, 2007 9:00 am

4cast Treo Weather

ShSh software has updated their 4cast Treo weather program. 4cast downloads weather information from the Internet and displays it in a nice Palm-native interface optimized for the Treo smartphone. It supports 5-day forecasts for multiple cities, weather maps and alerts. The new version supports new skins and image backgrounds, a new 5 day temperature trend graph view and includes a new DateBk6 plugin. It can also be used as a plugin for 2day and ZLauncher.

Posted on: September 5, 2007 9:00 am

SanDisk shrinks SSD

SanDisk has expanded its solid-state drive (SSD) product line with a module a quarter the size of 1.8-inch hard drives. The flash-based uSSD 5000 is designed to be embedded on the motherboards of low-cost PCs, such as Intel’s Classmate PC, or other consumer devices.

The uSSD 5000 weighs less than two ounces, and is available in two slightly different form-factors: standard, and low profile. Both are approximately 1.5-inches long, and just over an inch wide. However, the standard profile is 0.42 inches (10.6 mm) thick, whereas the low-profile unit is 0.26 inches (6.6 mm) thick.

Posted on: September 4, 2007 9:00 am

Toshiba High Density SDHC, microSDHC

Toshiba expanded its line of SD High Capacity cards with three new cards, including the first 32GB memory card in this high density. Alongside the 32GB SDHC card, Toshiba also announces a 16GB SDHC card and an 8GB microSDHC card. The 16GB SDHC card will be available worldwide from October, and the 32GB SDHC card and 8GB microSDHC card will be launched worldwide in January next year.

Posted on: September 4, 2007 9:00 am

BoxWave BlackBerry 8800, Curve cases

BoxWave has released their Rubberized Slim Case for the Blackberry 8800 and Curve, as well an an Armor Case for the Curve.

Posted on: September 4, 2007 9:00 am

iPhone not ready for the enterprise

The iPhone lacks encryption, robust central management capabilities and the ability to integrate with localized infrastructure making it an unlikely choice for most businesses, according to analysts at Midvale, Utah-based research firm, the Burton Group.

In an online panel discussion, the analysts said the device is suitable for consumers to access email, browse the Web and access Web-based, Ajax-enabled applications. But cheaper devices that mimic many of the iPhone’s features may win out in the enterprise marketplace of the future.

Posted on: September 4, 2007 9:00 am

New Windows Mobile DST patch

This release updates time zone registry data for New Zealand and Western Australia in addition to US, Canada, and Mexico DST related issues in 2007.

Posted on: September 4, 2007 9:00 am

Palm drops Foleo

Palm has apparently decided to mothball their new Foleo mobile companion. In a posting on the Palm Blog, CEO Ed Colligan stated: “I have decided to cancel the Foleo mobile companion product in its current configuration and focus all of our energies on delivering out next generation platform and the first smartphones that will bring this platform to market. We will, of course, continue to develop products in partnership with Microsoft on the Windows Mobile platform, but from our internal platform development perspective, we will focus on only one.”

Posted on: September 4, 2007 9:00 am

HTC TyTN II in Europe

HTC, provider of Microsoft Windows Mobile-based smart devices, unveiled the HTC TyTN II. HTC TyTN II will be launched in partnership with leading operator partners across Europe, as well as direct under the HTC brand, and builds on the success of the award-winning first HTC TyTN (June 2006). Featuring global high speed HSDPA connectivity, in-built GPS for personal navigation and an innovative adjustable screen angle, this device is the ultimate mobile companion.

The HTC TyTN II packs all the power of Windows Mobile 6 into a unique new form factor, continuing HTC’s 10-year heritage of innovation in device design. The 2.8-inch color screen slides back to reveal a full QWERTY keyboard, then tilts up to position the screen perfectly for reading and creating emails, using applications, or even just playing videos and games. The HTC TyTN II allows users to get connected in any country with tri-band UMTS and quad-band EDGE. It boasts unrivalled worldwide 3.5G high speed internet–HSDPA, at speeds 9 times faster than 3G–and WiFi 802.11b/g to ensure users can enjoy high-speed surfing, uploading and downloading while roaming anywhere in the world.

HTC Home, HTC’s new homescreen, offers easy access to photo dialing, text messages, calendar entries, emails and contacts, as well as one touch access to live weather conditions plus four-day forecasts.

Posted on: September 4, 2007 9:00 am