On the market for a new PDA? Let us introduce you to the sleek, stylishly designed Tungsten E2 handheld from Palm, with a brighter, richer color screen and flash memory that keeps information safe if you don’t have time to recharge.

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The Motorola HC700 is the new mobile computing device from Motorola:

Motorola, Inc. announced today that its HC700 series rugged mobile computing devices will be the first to support Microsoft Office Communicator Mobile for Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005. Leveraging Microsoft’s trusted Windows Mobile software platform and Communicator Mobile, Motorola HC700 series devices are designed to provide enterprise field users with more secure, flexible, real-time communications that enable true seamless mobility.

“In an age where workforces are increasingly mobile and global, it is imperative to seamlessly extend secure, rich, real-time collaboration solutions to help people stay in touch with customers, partners and colleagues,” said Rod Guy, director of Mobile Computing Operations for Motorola. “We will be working closely with Microsoft to empower mobile workforces with real-time communications capabilities on HC700 series products and future devices.”

The first commercial off-the-shelf rugged handheld mobile computing solution from Motorola, the HC700 series is designed to meet the rigorous demands of mobile workforces in a variety of industries, including field force automation, field sales, direct store delivery, transportation, logistics, manufacturing and public safety. The addition of Windows Mobile collaboration capabilities on HC700 devices will deliver added functionality and connectivity to field users.

Live Communications Server’s presence functionality enables workers to quickly find and collaborate with coworkers, partners and customers to share critical and time-sensitive information. Presence awareness eliminates delays in locating and communicating with key work partners, helping customers make better, more informed business decisions faster and share ideas and information immediately, regardless of location. The Live Communications Server architecture was built using the industry-standard protocol stack of SIP and SIMPLE, giving developers the ability to add presence to existing applications and create useful presence-aware solutions.

“Enterprise-grade real-time collaboration solutions are playing an increasingly important role in helping information workers stay in touch with critical business contacts and make better decisions, faster,” said Eric Swift, senior director for the Unified Communications Group at Microsoft. “Working with industry leaders such as Motorola, enables our joint customers to realize the full benefit of unified communications. Extending and enhancing the Live Communications Server experience, from the desktop to mobile devices with Microsoft Office Communicator, enables unified communications across PCs, phones and mobile devices so people can collaborate more effectively and efficiently.”

Features include:

* Cutting-edge, rugged, ergonomic design
* Exceptional value (performance/price)
* Superior radio frequency (RF) performance
* Color touchscreen
* Backlit alphanumeric keypad with 5-way navigation key
* Converged data and voice connectivity
* Robust acoustical performance
* Microsoft® Windows Mobile™ software development kit
* Full suite of accessories
* Flexibility to adapt to evolving needs

Technical specifications include:

* Microsoft® Windows Mobile(TM) 2003 and Phone Edition (PE)
* Intel(R) XScale PXA270(TM) processor @ 416MHz or 624MHz (configuration-dependent)
* Memory RAM/ROM: 64/64MB, 64/128MB or 128/128MB
* Display: 3.5? 320×240 QVGA color with touchscreen
* 1D or 2D HHP Adaptus™ imaging technology 752×480 pixel CMOS area imager
* Wireless local area network (WLAN) 802.11(b)
* WWAN Global System for Mobile communications (GSM)/General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) or iDEN+aGPS
* Wireless personal area network (WPAN) Bluetooth wireless technology v1.2 Class 2
* Durability: Withstands multiple 6ft (1.8m) drops
* Sealing: IP64-rated (protection against dust and moisture)
* Keypad: 40-key plus Power
* User-accessible slot: Mini SD

If you’ve been hankering after an easy to use keyboard for your Pocket PC, the Phraze-It onscreen keyboard software might be worth investigating:

“Phraze-It is a breakthrough on-screen keyboard application that enables comfortable finger-typing or thumbing text entry and editing on large, adult-sized touch screen buttons on your Windows Mobile™ Pocket PC™. The Phraze-It® soft keyboard significantly improves text entry and mobile productivity by enabling comfortable and efficient finger typing of a lot of text, and easy correcting and editing.”

Source. Via PocketPC Thoughts.

In the market for a new PDA? The Palm is more than a PDA with more functions than you can possibly imagine! Need driving directions? Get turn-by-turn voice-guided directions. Need to check email from your office, campus, or the airports? Want to listen to an MP3 or read eBook? If you said yes to one or all of these questions this is the PDA solution for you!

With up to 128MB (100MB actual) Flash Memory – There’s more than enough room to hold your calendar, contacts, applications, and more. And don’t forget the fun stuff like photos, tunes, and video clips.

Palm TX Handheld available at Amazon

Here’s a nice-sized monitor from NEC that’s great if you work with a lot of spreadsheets. The NEC MultiSync LCD20WGX is a huge 20 inches wide, so you’re looking at a lot of display space. There’s also a built-in USB hub, which should come in handy for plugging in other peripherals, especially any you might want right on your desk, close to your monitor.

Right now it’s only available in Europe, but we’ll keep a look-out to see if it will be coming out in the U.S. anytime soon. Update: Engadget reports that the NEC LCD 20WMGX2 monitor will also be available in the U.S.

Other features include:

* 6 ms response time
* 700:1 contrast ratio
* 178-degree viewing angle

Via Engadget.

If you’ve ever fished through a selection of USB drives, trying to find one with the room you need to load your latest document on your way out the door to an important meeting, you’ll appreciate the Didigo DD01 USB Flash Drive. The Didigo DD01 has an LCD display which will show both your personal ID and the drive’s remaining capacity, all without a battery.

Other features:

* High speed USB 2.0 with built-in flash of 128/ 256/ 512MB, 1/ 2/ 4GB
* With the most advanced technology ¡V Bi-stable Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Display, show 11 characters or graphs and remaining MegaByte capacity without battery
* Blue LED indicates when data is transferred in every direction
* Patented firmware to detect and display any changes in information after plugging in to the USB port
* Customizable LCD content when required

Via Engadget.