The most recent Palm PDAs articles from What PC?

Handspring Treo 270

Scott Colvey. — 2002-10-01T10:26:34.000Z

Scott Colvey., What PC?, Tuesday 1 October 2002 at 10:26:34

A compact palmtop computer and mobile phone combined, the new Treo attempts to offer both portability and functionality.

Handspring's proclaimed corporate mantra is: "Keep it small, simple, affordable and connected." Does the company's latest offering meet these criteria?Well, the new Treo 270 Communicator is certainly small - at...

Sharp Zaurus SL-5500

Scott Colvey — 2002-08-28T09:39:08.000Z

Scott Colvey, What PC?, Wednesday 28 August 2002 at 09:39:08

Powerful, well-designed and reasonably priced: It's difficult not to like the Zaurus.

While Microsoft's lead in the desktop computer operating system market seems unassailable, it has not fared nearly so well in the palmtop arena....

Palm m515

Cliff Joseph — 2002-05-08T12:09:57.000Z

Cliff Joseph, What PC?, Wednesday 8 May 2002 at 12:09:57

New top of the range Palm.

It can be a bit difficult to keep track of Palm's product range these days. There are now five different Palm PDAs on sale, excluding the wireless Palm 7 model...

Handspring Visor Edge

Cliff Joseph — 2002-04-11T10:31:40.000Z

Cliff Joseph, What PC?, Thursday 11 April 2002 at 10:31:40

Handspring's latest Visor is slimmer and lighter than ever.

When Handspring first bounced into the handheld market about 18 months ago, it gave the utterly dominant Palm its first real competition.Handspring had licensed the Palm OS as the basis...

Pogo-Tech Pogo

Scott Colvey — 2002-04-11T10:23:18.000Z

Scott Colvey, What PC?, Thursday 11 April 2002 at 10:23:18

A new handheld that may just steal a march on the big boys.

In an industry ruled increasingly by giant corporations, Pogo Technology is hoping to steal a march on the big boys by launching a handheld computer with wireless capabilities that the...

Handspring Treo 180

Cliff Joseph — 2002-04-10T11:50:08.000Z

Cliff Joseph, What PC?, Wednesday 10 April 2002 at 11:50:08

PDA/dual-band GSM mobile phone combo.

The attempt to combine a PDA with a mobile phone has thrown up some pretty eccentric designs recently, like Nokia's schizophrenic Communicator device, and the Pogo [What PC?, April 2002].But,...

Trium Mondo

Alan Dunmore — 2001-12-18T15:45:05.000Z

Alan Dunmore, What PC?, Tuesday 18 December 2001 at 15:45:05

Science fiction comes true as the first combined Pocket PC and mobile phone hits the street.

Palm-sized PDAs, such as Handspring's Visor and Compaq's iPaq, have been around for some time now, and canny manufacturers have brought out various add-on modules that give the devices the...

Palm m100

Jim Haryott — 2001-12-18T15:44:57.000Z

Jim Haryott, What PC?, Tuesday 18 December 2001 at 15:44:57

The original and hugely popular handheld manufacturers are back to defend the cheaper end of the market.

Despite continuing efforts from Microsoft and Psion, there has been little to challenge the supremacy of 3Com's Palm range of PDAs (personal digital assistants) in recent times.At least, that was...

Sharp ZQ-770P Organiser

Scott Colvey — 2001-02-23T24:00:00.000Z

Scott Colvey, What PC?, Friday 23 February 2001 at 00:00:00

This personal organiser flatters to deceive: what's intended as style is in fact a little cheap and plasticky, and its functionality is limited.

According to Sharp, the ZQ-770P 'looks great' but it's akin to one of those 'fine quality' jewellery boxes you might find in an everything's-a-pound shop....

Hewlett Packard Jornada 540

Julian Prokaza — 2000-07-20T23:00:00.000Z

Julian Prokaza, What PC?, Thursday 20 July 2000 at 23:00:00

The rechristened descendant of the Windows CE-based palm PC looks like it might be a winner.

It may be one of the biggest and most successful companies in the world, but that doesn't mean everything Microsoft touches turns to sold....

Oregon Scientific Osaris

Julian Prokaza — 2000-03-01T24:00:00.000Z

Julian Prokaza, What PC?, Wednesday 1 March 2000 at 00:00:00

With its flimsy build quality and low-memory specifications, the Osiris is a far cry from Psion's own handheld device.

Although Psion has been licensing Epoc to other manufacturers, it seems that an efficient mobile operating system alone is not a guarantee of success.The Osaris is an Epoc-based handheld that...