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March 21, 2004 |
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Warfare Incorporated
Camera phone use analysis
This week's news |
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PRODUCT REVIEW
Warfare Incorporated
By James Booth
Warfare Incorporated from Handmark (see http://www.handmark.com/), a real-time strategy game in the flavor of Command & Conquer, is probably the best game I have ever played on the Palm platform. The first real-time strategy game for the Palm, Warfare Incorporated has amazing graphics and sound, an extended storyline, and challenging game play in an amazingly small file. Although I refer to the Palm version in this article, Warfare Incorporated is also available for Pocket PC.
Premise
In Warfare Incorporated, you play the role of Andy Whitmore, a low-level engineer at ACME Exploration. You are charged with the exploration and exploitation of Icarus, a newly discovered planet in the Tau Ceti system that is rich in Galaxite, a precious mineral. Early on it's discovered that OMNI Industries, ACME's archrival, have also discovered Icarus. The corporate war is then on, to claim as much of the planet as possible, before OMNI steals it all.
Impressions
Warfare Incorporated has some of the best graphics of any Palm application I have ever encountered, as you can see in Figure A.
FIGURE A
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Warfare Incorporated has astounding graphics for a Palm game. Click picture for a larger image.
I would say they are equivalent to the graphics of the original Command & Conquer for the PC. There are detailed explosions and building collapses, damage indicators, and 4-channel digital sound effects.
You can choose to play either the six solitary, stand-alone, Challenge missions, or the 15-mission Campaign. I dabbled with each of the Challenge missions after finishing the full campaign, and they are challenging to say the least.
Will Warfare Incorporated conquer your world. Tap here to read the rest of the review.
INDUSTRY ANALYSIS
Use of camera phones expected to triple in 2004
By William Ablondi
The Swiss Army knife is the classic example of combining multiple functions into a single device. There are numerous examples of other combination products: all-in-one printer/fax/scanner systems, cordless phone/answering machines, and clock radios to name a few.
However, some combinations didn't make the cut: videophones, WebTV, all-in-one PCs, and combination washer/dryers. Others, such as TV/VCRs succeeded in carving out a niche for themselves.
So what about camera phones?
A few years ago the answer would have been just that: "What about them?" Today, they are the hottest thing in the consumer mobile phone market. Just ask any handset vendor who may have ignored the device a year ago, and you'll find that they have become believers. You can see the results of one study in Figure A.
FIGURE A
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According to IDC, use of camera phones among consumers is likely to triple in 2004 Click picture for a larger image.
IDC recently conducted a survey through its Mobile Advisory Council, an international group of consumers, mobile professionals, and corporate buyers who provide their opinions about mobile phones, PDAs, laptops and other devices. The focus of this survey was to study personal use of mobile technology and profile what people used in their homes.
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COMPUTING UNPLUGGED NEWS CENTER
This week's news
Want to get the very latest mobile and wireless news? The Computing Unplugged News Center is updated every day with news of product releases, industry info, tips, techniques, and pointers to great mobile and wireless resources on the Web. Here's this week's news:
PalmSource sells WeSync
PalmSource has sold the remainder of the WeSync software and technology to a company called Tanner Research. WeSync is a internet based group information-sharing service and software for Palm Powered handhelds.
PalmSource sells WeSync
PalmSource has sold the remainder of the WeSync software and technology to a company called Tanner Research. WeSync is a internet based group information-sharing service and software for Palm Powered handhelds.
SanDisk miniSD
SanDisk announced that it has expanded the availability of its miniSD flash memory cards by offering them through its retail channels worldwide. Originally offered for sale to OEM customers and through retail markets in Japan only, miniSD cards are now sold to consumers worldwide.
Windows Mobile update
A story from CNET tells us that Microsoft will be releasing Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition at the upcoming Microsoft Mobile Developer Conference 2004 next week.
Toshiba showing off at CeBIT
Ed Hardy of Brighthand outlines some of the new handheld technology being shown off at CeBIT 2004 by Toshiba.
Nokia's Symbian Smart Phone
The Nokia 7610 will be Nokia's first smart phone with a built-in megapixel camera. The megapixel (1152 by 864 pixel) camera will feature a high-quality lens, 4x digital zoom, a self-timer and be able to send and receive email and SMS messages and browse the Web.
Enfora Wi-Fi Case
Now available from the palmOne Store, the Wireless Portfolio case features a built in WiFi (802.11b) receiver and its own battery for mobile internet access. It connects to any Palm handheld with the Palm universal connector and is compatible with both Palm OS 5 and 4.1 devices.
Lexar JumpDrive Traveler 2.0
Lexar has released JumpDrive Traveler 2.0, a software enhancement for its popular JumpDrive Traveler USB flash drive that allows people to take their email and personal web settings with them when they move from one Internet connected PC to another. JumpDrive Traveler 2.0 offers expanded product capabilities including support for Microsoft Outlook.
Lexar JumpDrive Photo
JumpDrive Photo from Lexar is a 40X speed-rated, large capacity USB 2.0 flash drive designed to satisfy the needs of photographers who require professional-level performance, in a rugged industrial design. JumpDrive Photo is an ideal storage solution for professionals who share their digital images, presentations and other important information in the office and on the road.
Lexar JumpDrive 2.0 Pro 80X
Lexar Media has introduced JumpDrive 2.0 Pro 80X, the most recent addition to the company's line of USB flash drives. Featuring a minimum sustained read and write speed capability equal to that of twelve megabytes per second, JumpDrive 2.0 Pro 80X is designed for professionals who need to move stored information from one location to another, instantly.
Phatbot P2P virus
Computer security experts in the private sector and US government are monitoring the emergence of a new, highly sophisticated hacker tool that uses the same peer-to-peer networking abilities that power controversial file-sharing networks like Kazaa and BearShare.
Click to Meet
The London Grid for Learning is currently piloting Click to Meet with plans to deploy the solution to all 2,600 schools in the London region by 2006, covering 65,000 teachers and one million students.
Three new Broadband routers
SMC Networks, provider of networking solutions for the SMB/e and all the way home, has announced three new additions to its Barricade line of secure Broadband routers.
World Navigator GPS Yellow Pages
Teletype GPS has added the content of every Yellow Pages directory across the US into their World Navigator GPS.
PocketCinema mobile video
CinemaElectric has announced the launch of its PocketCinema mobile video content offerings via leading operator T-Mobile in the UK, Germany, Netherlands, Austria and Czech Republic, a total market of over 40 million mobile subscribers.
Policy Patrol 3.0
Red Earth Software has announced the release of Policy Patrol version 3.0, a suite of email filtering products designed to ensure optimum usage and management of a company's email system. New features in Policy Patrol 3 include improved spam protection through the use of Bayesian filtering, remote image detection and word pattern matching.
Mobile2Market Application Contest
Microsoft invites Pocket PC and Smartphone application developers to participate in a contest with a $25,000 prize and application distribution. Developers can sign up to participate in four different areas: Pocket PC Work, Pocket PC Play, Smartphone Work, and Smartphone Play.
PocketPCLife giveaway
To celebrate the launch of their new subscription service, Pocket PC Life and FileMaker have teamed up to bring you a £4,500 ($8,000) competition in which winners will receive a copy of the award winning FileMaker Software from Apple.
Sony Clie TH55 review
Kerry Lannert has a review of the Sony TH55 Clie on PalmInfocenter.
Siemens SX1 review
Sean Cooper of MobileBurn.com has this review of the Siemens SX1 mobile phone.
Tapwave Zodiac review
Brighthand offers their review of the Palm powered Tapwave Zodiac portable gaming device.
Philips Magic Mirror mobile phone
Philips has applied PolyLED technology in the Philips 639's Magic Mirror display screen on the outside of the phone's clamshell design. With the phone in standby mode, the display provides a clear mirror, ideal for consumers who need to check their appearance on the move. As soon as the phone receives a call or a message, the mirror becomes the display.
New Bagle variants
The Bagle worm has made a new appearance with Bagle.M and Bagle.N. Like previous varieties of Bagle, also known as Beagle, the virulent email attachment is a compressed file. Bagle.N differs from earlier versions with a longer list of existing security programs to terminate, and it infects existing exe files.
Star Trek's influence
Many of today's portable gadgets and innovations had their roots in devices seen or conceptualized in television's Star Trek franchise.
Double layer recordable DVD drive
At CeBIT 2004 Philips will introduce the first PC drives and media to support the recently announced double-layer DVD+R format as well as PC drives that can burn recordable media at the ultimate speed of 16x.
Kodak's 3-D display system
Kodak has developed a system that allows video game players, earth scientists and a host of others to experience three-dimensional images without glasses or headgear of any type creating the sensation of actually being a part of the image. Kodak will introduce a commercial prototype of its Stereoscopic Imaging Display system at the Exhibitor Show 2004 in Las Vegas, Nevada, March 15-17.
Drive Pro VP-300
The Vosonic X's-Drive Pro VP-300 is a battery-operated portable image data storage device, 9-in-1 flash memory card reader/writer, MP3 player and portable USB 2.0 hard drive device. Steve's Digicams has a review of this portable storage solution.
Sharp shows off slim notebook
The first notebook in the United States with Transmeta's new Efficeon processor was announced by Sharp Systems of America. The new Actius MM20 is an improved version of the MM10. The new Efficeon TM8600 is designed to improve performance while maintaining the low power consumption required by ultra portable notebooks.
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