VERIZON EVDO BROADBAND

Travellers love Verizon’s EVDO service. You can get a reasonably speedy broadband connection for your cell phone/PDA or for your notebook computer, almost anywhere there’s cell phone coverage.For a computer, the service requires a new piece of hardware...

WINDOWS MOBILE TAKING OVER HANDHELD MARKET

This article highlights a startling statistic – sales of Windows Mobile-equipped handheld devices grew by 90% last year. Not that long ago, the Palm-based Treo 650 was the only reasonable phone/PDA device, but all of a sudden there’s more than 100 Windows...

KYOCERA EVDO WIRELESS ROUTER

Verizon’s EVDO wireless access is heavenly for some travelers. For a hefty monthly fee – $60-80/month – Verizon provides a reasonably fast Internet connection anywhere in its cell phone system. Some new notebooks have the hardware built in to support...

LENOVO THINKPAD X60

When Lenovo took over IBM’s Thinkpad line of notebooks, there was some concern that the line might be changed and the quality might suffer. All the reviews are good so far, and the new ultraportable Thinkpad X60 is getting rave reviews. Here’s PC Magazine...

THE NEED FOR CELLULAR DATA PLANS

There are three Treo models (the Palm-based 650 and 750p and the Windows Mobile-based 700w), plus the Motorola Q, that are appealing combinations of cell phone and PDA. The Treos can send and receive e-mail from an Exchange Server running on Small Business Server...

3G WIRELESS NETWORKS

There’s new wireless technology that might represent a true step forward for some people – with a hefty price tag attached, of course.The cell phone carriers are rolling out their third-generation (“3G”) equipment to support high-speed Internet...