Tag: HANDHELD

This morning, SoftMaker announced the final beta of TextMaker 2006 for Pcket PC. The beta is open until September 30th, and beta testers will have the opportunity to purchase a reduced-price version when the product is released. I've never used TextMaker on the PocketPC/Windows Mobile--I'm a Palm guy through and through--but TextMaker has been one of my favorite word processors since I got a free ...

PTab Spreadsheets is designed for Windows NT/2000, Pocket PC Smartphones, handhelds, and the new Motorola Q. Some handheld devices unfortunately can only open, and not edit Excel documents. This is where PTab comes into play. PTab can open, edit and create .XLS documents, with most of the functionality that Microsoft's Excel has. It is a little scaled back, but it does the trick. Z4Soft is ...

Last week we mentioned origamiproject.com, a mysterious bit of viral marketing belonging to Microsoft. A lot has turned up since then, and it's been pretty much established as fact that Origami is a new "ultramobile lifestyle PC" from Microsoft and not the five-year-old prototype of the same name from National Semiconductor. Microsoft plans to unveil Origami on Thursday (which makes me ...

The question of the day is, "What's origamiproject.com?" All we know is this: It belongs to Microsoft and appears to be a part of some viral marketing campaign. Currently the web site has nothing but an ambiguous AT&T-esque message that says, "Hello. Do you know me? Do you know what I can do? And where I can go? Or how I can change your life? You will. Learn more ...