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THE IPHONE BACKLASH at BOSPDAUG JANURY 23rd at MIT 3-133
On Tuesday January 23rd at 7pm, MIT room 3-133, the Boston PDA User's Group presents a discussion of general and unexpected PDA topics. The meeting is free, and open to all users of handheld and PDA technology.
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EMAIL LIST
BOSPDAUG's email list is a low-volume list primarily for meeting and news announcements. The list is also used for occasional discussions of issues brought up at our meetings.

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NEWS

The Zune Phone!
Microsoft continues to innovate, says this article on CrunchGear. A December release is planned for a Zune phone. From the article: “It will be a smartphone that works homogeneously with the Zune marketplace. It will most likely not, however, run Windows Mobile. Rather it'll make use of an interface similar to the current Zune, [...]

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The Original iPhone from 1985
myiphone.com has broken the story of the ORIGINAL Apple iPhone… from 1985! Certainly that was a pretty compact item back in 1985, but in those days, the hot iPhone like wireless gadget that everyone wanted was one of these:

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iPhone as a style accessory
The iPhone has landed on the cellular phone like the proverbial 800 pound gorilla. It is hip and smart and in a word ‘cool’, the kind of ‘coolness’ in a portable smartphone device usually reserved for something found in Paris Hiltons’ clutch. This kind of instant perception in the general media– of a [...]

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The Sum of All Rumors
Since the death of the Newton in February of 1998, BOSPDAUG has been waiting, waiting, and waiting some more, with much angst and gnashing of teeth for another handheld device to come from Apple to make us whole again. The iPod is very nice, and toyed around with some PDA-like features, but [...]

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Apple iPhone Rumor Roundup
By now you may have already been or are about to be enveloped in the exponentially increasing reality distortion field for the new Apple iPhone purported to be arriving early in 2007.

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New Linux based e-ink devices now and in 2007
Jinke, the Hong Kong based hardware developer who has for over a year been promising devices based on the e-ink electronic paper technology may finally be releasing some devices.

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Einstein Platform for Newton is HOT
Since the Newton met its untimely demise in early 1998, at pretty much every meeting since, someone at some point pines wistfully for the return of the Newton. Two weeks ago, we were mulling over this very subject when one of us (it might have been me) wondered out loud "I wonder what is going on with that Newton emulator project that started a few years ago?"

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OFFSITE FEEDS

Microsoft Planning Zune Smartphone?
Rumored iPhone competitor may not run on Redmond's own smartphone platform, Windows Mobile. From PDAStreet

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Palm Desktop Supports Visa ... Sort of
While the synchronization of PIM information works just fine, other aspects of Palm's PDA and smartphone management software runs into trouble. From PDAStreet

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Google Maps Extended to Windows Mobile
Microsoft-run PDA and smartphone users may now take advantage of Internet giant's interactive maps, satellite imagery, and location-based services. From PDAStreet

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Verizon Wireless May Pick Up Treo 700wx Soon
Rebate offer for Treo 700p and 700w lists the upgrade to the latter smartphone as well. From PDAStreet

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Gadgets Promises Gigabytes of Storage for Mobile Phones
Seagate with DAVE and Agere Systems with BluOnyx to deliver pocketable credit card-sized mobile servers to store, play and share digital files. From PDAStreet

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Publisher Unbounds Pediatric Care at Point-of-Care
5-Minute Consult provides advice to clinicians about diagnosis and treatment. From PDAStreet

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Publisher Unbounds Pediatric Care at Point of Care
5-Minute Consult provides advice to clinicians about diagnosis and treatment. From PDAStreet

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