If your desktop looks like something out of a Stephen King movie, with cords twisting and writhing all over the desk, USB chargers littering the top like so much strewn garbage, you need this handy 4-Port USB Charger for Mobile Devices from the folks at Kensington.

Small and compact, it charges up to 4 of your mobile devices simultaneously, including iPods, PDAs and more and takes leaves your desk looking neat and organized. $29.99 at Kensington and Amazon.

See? Sometimes there is a happy ending.

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You're more likely than ever to buy a smartphone, not just because they do so much more than dumb feature phones, with real email, decent web browsing and downloadable applications, but because they're cheaper than ever. With the exception of some expensive ass unlocked-but-unsubisized European models, you generally don't have to pay more than $300 for a balls-to-the-wall smartphone—though the voice plan plus data fees can easily run you $80 or more per month. Here's a rudimentary overview of your choices (more now than ever before), why you might pick them, and why they might suck for you.

ANDROID by Google
The splashy new entrant into smartphone land, Android is Google's Linux-based open source mobile platform meant to bring real, constantly connected internet to phones. Even though it's debuting on a single phone, the G1 from HTC, expect to see the free OS show up on tons of phones, from HTC, Motorola, and others. It's totally modern and powerful, and the fact that it's open source makes it incredibly appealing to some developers, so most signs point to awesome applications and mobile internet.

Why You'll Use It Unlike BlackBerry, iPhone or Windows Mobile, there are no limits on what application developers can do. So its real strength is the power that developers hold—we're hoping to see some of the wildest, most innovative applications hit Android first. You'll have tons of hardware options, from low to high end and pretty much any input you want—touchscreen, QWERTY, whatever—once the ball gets rolling. This is the ultimate geek phone.

Why It Sucks Developers have to plug a lot of holes right off the bat, like the complete lack of business features. If they fail to come through, it could fall flat. Not as elegant as the iPhone (though it beats, say, Windows Mobile, by leaps and bounds), it still doesn't quite pass the "mom" test.

BLACKBERRY by RIM
Research in Motion's BlackBerry started out as a glorified two-way pager before evolving into what most consider the best smartphone for email. It is also a shining validation of tightly integrated hardware/software model—they make the phones, they make the operating system. Previously it was a phone companies gave to people in suits because of its BlackBerry Enterprise Server, which integrates it with a corporation's email, plus its Exchange support and high security. Now, though, it's increasingly popular with real live people. The BlackBerry Bold offers the latest version of the standard OS, while the recently announced Storm uses one modified for a touchscreen.

Why You'll Use It It has the best email experience around—in part thanks to their traditionally awesome keyboards, so the touchscreen Storm is something of a risk. The OS is really to easy use, with everything neatly presented up front using rows and rows of icons. There's a reason it has surpassed Windows Mobile in marketshare and is the corporate drone phone of choice. Also, RIM seems intent on juicing up its already solid dev community, so expect even more great apps in the future. (Catching a pattern with the importance of apps?)

Why It Sucks It's totally closed and proprietary. You've gotta buy a BlackBerry phone to get the OS. If you're not using the Bold, Storm or the Flip Pearl, it's not very sexy and can easily look dated. Also, in past models, the web browsing experience was absolute garbage. Now just finding its stride as a consumer device, it's not as media-centric as some others, but that is fortunately changing as well.

IPHONE OS X by Apple
Some haters still stay that the iPhone isn't really a smartphone, but for all practical intents and purposes it is. Running a stripped down but very real version of Mac's OS X, it's one of the most powerful and modern OSes of the bunch.

Why You'll Use It It's the most attractive and usable smartphone around, period. It has the best mobile internet browser, largely thanks to multitouch navigation. But its killer feature might be its ability to run third-party apps, which come from one of the most vibrant dev communities around, and are often—but not always—actually useful. Not to mention that, as an iPod, it's also the best music phone on the planet—at least until that mystery Zune phone appears.

Why It Sucks For being so powerful and modern, it can't do things even the dumbest phones do, like MMS, or copy and paste, a smartphone standard. Also email and corporate features aren't quite up to BlackBerry standards, lacking email search among other deficiencies. Apple tightly controls it, which might hurt development and innovation. And the whole making a phone call thing itself still kinda blows.

WINDOWS MOBILE by Microsoft
Unlike the iPhone and OS X, the only thing Microsoft's smartphone OS shares with actual Windows is the name. It has its roots in Windows CE and originally went by the Pocket PC moniker before becoming Windows Mobile. Mostly for corporate troopers, the current version number is 6.1, and it comes in touchscreen and non-touchscreen flavors. It recently fell behind RIM's BlackBerry in marketshare.

Why You'll Use It Diehards swear by its power, even if it isn't so easy for Joe Six-Pack to pick up and run with. It runs on handsets from a bunch of manufacturers, and unlike the BlackBerry and iPhone platforms, you can build your own device to run it. So much of the most advanced mobile hardware you'll lay your eyes on runs Windows Mobile, including the HTC Touch HD and Sony Xperia X1. It's got a corporate soul, so it's designed for business users, and it has specialty applications (like in the medical field) that some professionals need and can't get anywhere else.

Why It Sucks There's a reason premiere Windows Mobile handset makers have become increasingly adept at covering up the user interface: It's frankly terrible, especially when it comes to touch navigation. It isn't a great media phone, has a god-awful native browser and doesn't look so hot either. Unfortunately the next version, WM7, is over a year away.

PALM GARNET
Oh, whither Palm. Without getting into the complicated story of Palm's various fits, seizures and splits, the Palm OS goes all the way back to 1996, when it powered Palm's PDAs. All but dead now, its last hurrah was on the Centro before Palm plunged ahead with Windows Mobile. Supposedly work on its Linux-powered follow-up is well under way, but it's been delayed multiple times.

Why You'll Use It Though dated, the Palm OS makes a great starter smartphone, hence the success of the cheaper-than-dirt Centro. The learning curve is shallow and it provides most of the smartphone features you expect, even if it does look like it's still trapped in 1996.

Why It Sucks Uh, it's basically dead. You probably won't see it another phone post-Centro, Palm's more pricey phones use Windows Mobile, and prospects on the upcoming Palm OS overhaul are dicey. (They should take Android and use it as a powerful foundation for the next Palm OS, but that's just my two cents.)

SYMBIAN by Nokia
Symbian is the world's most popular smartphone platform, thanks to Nokia. The most prominent variant right now is S60. While it doesn't seem so ubiquitious in the US, abroad it's far more common. It powers some seriously sick hardware, like Nokia's N series, and has a solid dev community, though the free side of that isn't as big as on other platforms.

Why You'll Use It Did you miss the "world's most popular smartphone" thing? Buy a Nokia multimedia phone, and you buy Symbian. It offers a lot of the best smartphone features—strong email, web and calendar, plus a large global development community—in a package that is far more usable than Windows Mobile. Also, it works with Macs with far less hassle than Windows Mobile.

Why It Sucks It can be overly complicated, and still not as easy to use as a BlackBerry or the iPhone. If you're not using a really solid piece of hardware, it can be really sluggish. Also, connecting to the web can be annoying. And while it's on handsets from a couple of other manufacturers, for the most part, you had better love Nokia hardware.

And that's pretty much the lay of the land, at least for now.

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Recent developments in the field of mobile computing have made connecting to communications technologies on the move almost expected, marking a significant change from only a few years ago when connecting to the internet or transferring files wasn`t possible without a wire. Now, you can get just as good a transfer rate on the move on your mobile as you can from your desk top computer in the office, meaning that a number of business opportunities are now more achievable than they have ever been before.

Mobile telephony devices now also offer an efficient “on-the-move” service, for example, through GSM, GPRS and 3G.

Global System for Mobile-communication (GSM) allows a user to insert their SIM card into any mobile device with a compatible GSM frequency and make and receive phone calls to any other phone from that device. This is useful if travelling internationally on a frequent basis as you can be sure that your call will go through no matter which provider you are using and you only need the one device and SIM card.

General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) marks an improvement from GSM. It means that wireless packets of data, such as e-mails and web content, can travel across a wireless telephone network. Users can expect a rate similar to that of a 56K dial-up Internet connection meaning that it is possible to transfer files, as well as access and control in-house appliances and machines on the move.

3G, standing for “third generation”, also offers mobile communications services. It provides users with an “always-on” service with a real-time video calling function; high speed downloads, broadband speed web browser and location-based services such as locating your nearest bank or train station.

But these services are obviously redundant unless you have a device to access them on. “Smart phones” such as Blackberries and PDAs (Personal digital assistants) offer almost a “mobile office” service, supplying functions to send and receive e-mail, browse the web, simplified office programs as well as calendars, and conventional mobile phone services. This, in theory, means that the “office” as we knew it, is changing. As you`re able to check your e-mails on the train or on the way to a meeting, mobile communication is managing to simplify our lives in lots of different ways.

Mobile computing therefore has many benefits for all sorts of businesses. You are able to transfer files to clients immediately without having to return to the office, as you can carry them on your mobile device, or you could connect to your diary to organise a follow up meeting on the go. This leads to greater flexibility in the way that you work, and therefore improves the service that you are able to provide.

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AAP and Unbound Launch Pediatric Care Online
Pediatric Care Online is designed around the daily clinical needs of pediatric offices. At the heart of Pediatric Care Online’s content are three of the AAP’s most relied-upon practice resources: the new AAP Textbook of Pediatric Care, which is the standard reference of its kind; content from the AAP’s Red Book®, which provides detailed information on more than 200 childhood infectious diseases; and Bright Futures, the organization’s comprehensive health supervision guidelines.
To preview the many features of the site and download a free trial of the mobile version, visit www.pediatriccareonline.org.

Back to the future
I mentioned Pediatrics on Hand in January 2007. Back then I said:

Whatever the future holds, I am getting the Treo680 as replacement for my Treo650 simply because it has more Ram and it runs PalmOS rather than Windows Mobile. I have a Dell Axim PDA and have played around with various WM smartphones like the Treo750v and the Dopod 838Pro. My impression is that PalmOS is still far more efficient as an operating system for handhelds and smartphones. 60% of my daily use involves PIM usage (calendar, contacts, tasks and memos) and this is the core of Palm efficiency. What PalmOS lacks is true multi-tasking and as for smartphones the ability to get connected with 3G and the glaring absence of Wifi capabilities (without 3rd party add-ons like the Enfora sled for the Treo). The future I believe is greater connectivity. The Telcos want you to buy their data plans and I don’t know how much this factors into Palm’s decision not to include Wifi capabilities but I can tell you some of my friends and colleagues have made decisions not to buy Treos simply because of this absent feature.
I think 2007 will be a crucial year for Palm. If they don’t adopt ALP (Cobalt is dead) then they had better come out with a successor to Garnet. If they stick with WM, then good luck to them as the competition is very stiff with so many WM hardware models to choose from. Palm should do what it knows best. Continue the PalmOS line. PDAs are not quite dead yet but you could still have improved Lifedrives (greater storage, built-in camera perhaps making it a true uber multimedia PDA), a TX2 perhaps. You may continue to tweak Garnet for the Treos yet. If you deliver the Wifi drivers that would appease legions of fans for 2007 (and make up for the lack of 3G).

What’s happened since:
- Palm has survived 2007
- I still have my Treo 680 which I am using everyday
- Still no sign of Wifi drivers for this device but I finally caved in and got that data plan: I have no regrets as I have truly mobile data connectivity now.
- Palm has not refreshed the Lifedrive line but gave birth to the still-born Foleo. Pity there was no Pediatrician on Hand to resuscitate it!
- Palm did not adopt ALP but are instead developing the Nova, the next-gen operating system. We shall see products only in 1H 2009 which is not that far off so Palm enthusiasts best be patient.
- Palm is still hedging it’s bets with WM and at least they are doing a reasonable job e.g. with the Treo Pro though I think their overall hardware designs could be more imaginative since many other WM handheld makers have made their Treo product line look rather jaded.

from the Palmdoc Chronicles

Pediatric updates

The company’s Digital Products Division, based in Irvine,  will now accept most consumer electronics. It’s free and you don’t have to purchase a Toshiba product to dump your junk. 

Of course, only certain e-junk is allowed. Items accepted include laptops, Tablet PCs, monitors, projectors, cameras, camcorders, servers, home audio receivers, cell phones, car audio, home electronics, auto electronics, mobile phones, PDAs, MP3 players, game systems and GPS navigation systems. The items don’t even have to be in working condition.

If you do have a working product, you may be able to get some cash backand not just some sneaky discount on a future Toshiba product. Just run your old laptop or whatever through the Toshiba product value estimator at toshiba.com/recycle. 

[Holy eMachine! I just ran my 4-year-old eMachine desktop through the process and it says it'll qualify for $153 cashback plus a $25 Starbucks gift card and free shipping! Check it out!]

Heads up: Next Friday and Saturday, Toshiba is sponsoring a 2-day eWaste recycling event at three Best Buy stores in Orange County. The first 100 people each day will get a $5 Best Buy gift card and everyone will be entered into a contest to win a Toshiba Portégé R500 laptop computer, which are $2,000 and up machines. The recycling event will take place at the Best Buy stores in Mission Viejo, Fullerton and East Orange. I’ll post more details next week.

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Toshiba’s PC recycling program now accepts all e-junk

The company’s Digital Products Division, based in Irvine,  will now accept most consumer electronics. It’s free and you don’t have to purchase a Toshiba product to dump your junk. 

Of course, only certain e-junk is allowed. Items accepted include laptops, Tablet PCs, monitors, projectors, cameras, camcorders, servers, home audio receivers, cell phones, car audio, home electronics, auto electronics, mobile phones, PDAs, MP3 players, game systems and GPS navigation systems. The items don’t even have to be in working condition.

If you do have a working product, you may be able to get some cash backand not just some sneaky discount on a future Toshiba product. Just run your old laptop or whatever through the Toshiba product value estimator at toshiba.com/recycle. 

[Holy eMachine! I just ran my 4-year-old eMachine desktop through the process and it says it'll qualify for $153 cashback plus a $25 Starbucks gift card and free shipping! Check it out!]

Heads up: Next Friday and Saturday, Toshiba is sponsoring a 2-day eWaste recycling event at three Best Buy stores in Orange County. The first 100 people each day will get a $5 Best Buy gift card and everyone will be entered into a contest to win a Toshiba Portégé R500 laptop computer, which are $2,000 and up machines. The recycling event will take place at the Best Buy stores in Mission Viejo, Fullerton and East Orange. I’ll post more details next week.

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• Western Digital adds build-your-own storage
• Free software to help your PC conserve energy
• Bamboo hard drives NOT made in OC
• Your cell phone will get a charge out of this bag
• Intel’s tips for conserving PC power and saving money
• Fullerton students win honors in Microsoft eco-game contest
• Every thing is going green, even Ethernet

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Toshiba’s PC recycling program now accepts all e-junk

Ipaq, as a llne, isn't dead. HP uses the brand for powerful and rugged unlocked handsets that appeal to hardcore business travelers and field workers. The new device, however, will be sold to all by carriers, with all the attendant marketing and subsidy-driven prices that implies. From the WSJ:

The new device will have a touchscreen and keypad and will use Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Mobile 6.1 operating system, say people briefed on the plan. It will be able to send and receive emails, and access the Internet.

Europe first, in November.

H-P Plans to Unveil Smart Phone
[WSJ]

I am the owner of quite a few PDA's of various flavours including Palms, Windows Mobile, Symbian and Psion. I was keen to see how the Treo Pro compared as it represents current state of art .

The Palm Treo Pro

Introduction

I've long been a quiet fan of Palm's simple, but elegant and effective operating system. It's never been sophisticated or particularly powerful, but it has always been very good at getting things done as a personal organiser. However, it's been getting a bit long-in-the-tooth of late and hasn't received much in the way of development over the last few years. As PDAs and mobile phones has converged into single devices I think it would be fairly accurate to say that it has just about reached the limit of its capabilities so, it's no surprise to see that Palm now offers its latest devices with the more sophisticated Windows Mobile operating system instead. This might be a bitter pill for Palm diehards, but the truth is that Palm's o/s is end of life when it comes to sophisticated media rich applications and multi-tasking.

Myself, I'm not sure of the merits of convergence. I prefer a phone to be very good at phone functions i.e. texting and calling. I like phones to be compact and easy to use. In my experience few converged devices fulfil these requirements well as there's too many compromises in the design to accommodate all the diverse demands placed upon them.

What's in the box?

• Treo Pro
• Battery
• Stylus
• Headphones
• Quick-start guide
• USB cable
• Mains charger with international plugs

See Matt's Palm Treo Pro unboxing video for a more detailed look at what comes with it.

General

The Treo Pro's packaging and contents are commendably lightweight and modest - useless leaflets and software CD's have been discarded - the packaging is simple, clean and elegant. Software is already preloaded and Activesync used for synching the device to a Windows pc already comes preloaded on many PCs although, it's necessary to upgrade to the latest version of Activesync.

In the hand the Treo Pro feels like a quality device which, is pleasing as it's not inexpensive. Alas, like other machines I've reviewed recently, the glossy black finish is a greasy fingerprint magnet and my liking for greasy chips has yet to diminish. I would want to put a case on it very quickly to stop it looking grubby. The form factor is slim, but quite wide. Overall it is about the same size as a Treo 680 but noticeably thinner and it feels lighter.

Controls:

Bottom side: USB micro-connector, 3.5mm headphone socket

Palm Treo Pro bottom view

Top side: Ringer silence switch, radio mode select (wi-fi, bluetooth, phone etc)

Palm Treo Pro top view

Left side: Volume up/down, customisable button (pre-configured for camera)

Palm Treo Pro left side

Front face: Keypad; 5-way navigator key, 4 configurable softkeys for applications, phone/send key, END key

Palm Treo Pro front view

Back: Camera lens

Palm Treo Pro back view

Palm Treo Pro Specification:

• Microsoft® Windows Mobile® 6.1 Professional Edition
• Qualcomm^® MSM7201 400MHz
• 320x320 transflective colour TFT flush touchscreen  
• HSDPA/UMTS/EDGE/GPRS/GSM radio
• Tri-band UMTS – 850MHz, 1900MHz, 2100MHz Quad-band GSM – 850MHz, 900MHz, 1800MHz, 1900MHz
• 802.11b/g with WPA, WPA2, and 801.1x authentication
• Built-in GPS
• Bluetooth® 2.0 + Enhanced Data Rate; Infrared (IR)
• 256MB (100MB user available), 128MB RAM
• 2.0 megapixels with up to 8x digital zoom and video capture
• Removable, rechargeable 1500mAh lithium-ion; Up to 5.0 hours talk time and up to 250 hours standby
• microSDHC cards (up to 32GB supported)¹
• MicroUSB™ 2.0 for synchronization and charging
• 3.5mm stereo headset jack
• Length: 4.49", Width: 2.36", Depth: 0.53", Weight: 4.69 oz

Software on device

ActiveSync®; Adobe Reader LE; Bluetooth®; Bubble Breaker; Calculator; Calendar; Communications Manager; Contacts; File Explorer; Get WorldMate; GoogleMaps; Internet Explorer® Mobile; Messaging; Microsoft® Office Mobile including Excel® Mobile, OneNote Mobile, PowerPoint® Mobile, and Word Mobile; My Treo; Notes; Pics & Videos; QuickGPS; Quick Tour; SIM Manager; Solitaire; Sprite Backup; Streaming Media; Tasks; Telenav; Voice Command; Windows Live™; Windows Live™ Messenger; Windows Media® Player Mobile

Highlights:

• Clear and reliable phone calls
• Quality feel
• Bright and sharp screen
• Battery life
• Good connectivity.
• Good hardware specification.

Lowlights:

• Fiddly keypad
• Glossy finish attracts dust and fingerprints
• Windows Mobile 6 (it's a Palm!)

Review

Although smaller than many dedicated PDAs, the 320 x 320 pixel screen is sharp and clear. It's a shame then that Windows Mobile's clumsy interface waste lots of screen estate and makes the screen feel small at times. The screen is flush with the main chassis and therefore at risk of picking up scratches and marks very quickly, however, putting a screen protector on it would really look like a kludge. Only time will tell how it stands up to daily use. As Matt has previously mentioned, the screen is an odd size which, may cause problems with some 3^rd party software so, it’s best you check with authors for compatibility before loading it up.

I was pleased to note that behind the fiddly-to-remove cover there lurked a separate user-replaceable battery. I absolutely loathe devices with batteries that cannot be readily changed by the user i.e. iPods - when they die as they inevitably do then the user is faced with an expensive return to factory job. For this reason alone I will not buy them.

For a weird left-handed person like myself the stylus was very awkward to access from its location in the bottom right corner of the device. Holding it in my right hand prevented any access to the stylus whereas, with the Treo 680, I can still get to the stylus easily because it's located in the top right corner.

The keyboard is similar to the Treo 680's. It's about as easy/difficult to use as the Treo 680 albeit slightly more spongy in feel - it's fine for texting and short e-mails but for anything longer you would need to be a masochist or very patient. The 5 way navigator key is more fiddly though and I found I repeatedly miskeyed - no doubt things would improve with practice. I did find it a bit difficult to select shift characters on the keyboard in subdued light because the keyboard backlighting was not very strong. This could be overcome to some extent by increasing the screen brightness, but this only increased the keyboard backlighting by a small amount.

As with many similar devices, the camera lens has no sliding cover so, it won't be long before it's covered in muck and dust thus rendering photo quality useless. The 2mp camera will suffice for occasional use, but that is all it's good for. That's no great criticism of the Palm though - let's not fool ourselves, if you want to take decent photos then you buy a proper camera for the job.

Call quality was good with plenty of volume and the phone didn't seem to have any trouble holding onto a signal. It did feel a bit odd holding it to my ear though in the same way as holding a normal PDA would - this is because the form factor is not what you would associate with a normal phone. Geek or not, I'd feel a bit of a berk walking down the street with it held to my ear! When trying to dial a number I found that the numbers on the keypad didn’t stand out well enough, in comparison dialling from my Ipaq 514 was easier.

The level of connectivity is what you would expect of a leading edge device. It has bluetooth and wi-fi. It also supports audio by A2DP allowing the use of bluetooth headphones for wireless playback which is handy for those of us who like to use our phones as mp3 players. Establishing a bluetooth or wi-fi connection is about as easy as it can be given the quirks of the o/s. Extended use of wi-fi sucks the battery dry in no-time at all, but otherwise battery life is very impressive and I managed 7 days in general use - this is much better than my Treo 680. I think Windows Mobile has improved massively in this area of late compared to previous incarnations as my HP Ipaq514 also has an excellent battery life.

I won't go into any great detail about the o/s other than to say it's Windows Mobile Pro 6.1 designed for touchscreen devices. As you might gather, I'm not really a fan of it as it's neither particularly stable in the incarnations I have used, easy to use or elegant and tight as a mobile o/s should be. Although it’s a powerful and flexible o/s, I feel that the GUI is clumsy and operations require far too many clicks/taps to achieve things. However, until a pocket Linux becomes available (Nokia N800 and Google’s Android notwithstanding) or Palm delivers a completely new o/s then it's pretty much all we have these days. These observations about the o/s are no fault of the machine itself. Now having said all that, I will confess that the Treo Pro it didn't crash once which, is a significant improvement over previous versions. Resets on my Axim x50v are a way of life.

The Palm Treo Pro

Conclusion:

The Treo’s hardware itself is very lovely and feels good to hold. It's not too bulky and looks trick. As a phone the Treo Pro is just about ok given the limitations placed upon it by being a converged device - it's no worse than many other similar devices. As a multimedia device/communicator it's excellent with all the functionality and whistles you could want. Whether or not you can put up with the foibles of Windows Mobile is up to you. In terms of cost it is significantly cheaper than much of the Windows Mobile competition and therefore is quite good value.

Myself? I am still looking for the perfect converged device, but the Treo Pro is about as good as you will get at the moment.

Review by: Nigel