Jason Brooks

Two development platforms for handheld device applications, AppForge Inc.s AppForge Professional 2.0 and Syclo LLCs Agentry 3.0, enable companies to switch among or simultaneously support multiple platforms without facing time-consuming application rewrites as new hardware and software options emerge. AppForge, which began shipping last month, is an add-on for Microsoft Corp.s Visual Basic 6.0 that […]

Here at eWeek, all stories appear in PDF format for final edits and general polishing before they begin rolling off the presses—so Adobes Acrobat Reader for Pocket PC will allow me to increase by one the number of work-related things I can do with a handheld computer. This beta version of Acrobat Reader, which is […]

Sun Microsystems Inc.s StarOffice may not be ready to totally displace Microsoft Office in the enterprise, but eWEEK Labs tests of the StarOffice 6 beta show that the suite has the stuff to at least loosen Microsoft Corp.s iron grip on the office productivity market. Suns StarOffice has the interface familiarity and file format compatibility […]

Now that the seeds of irrational exuberance, sown during the years of your-asinine-name-here.com, have grown into the current economic slowdown, its worth questioning whether or to what extent wireless technologies deserve a share of a corporate IT budget. After all, companies debating whether to scale back the corporate information portal that they couldnt get their […]

Anyone whos ventured to defunk the innards of a mouse, or has set up a system just right only to learn that the mouse cord is too short to reach, should find something to like in Microsofts Wireless IntelliMouse Explorer. The $74.95 optical mouse communicates via radio with a small receiver unit that plugs into […]

Microsoft Corp.s game plan for knocking Palm Inc. from the top spot among PDAs has not changed: If the company is to err in the development of its handheld operating system, it will continue to do so on the side of feature richness and complexity. Nevertheless, the newest features to find their way into Microsofts […]

Owing to a unique mixture of processor, battery and display technologies, NEC Computers Inc.s Versa DayLite can keep users computing hours after other notebooks would run out of juice. Whats more, the DayLites reflective display allows it to go where few mobile systems have gone before—into direct sunlight. However, the DayLites power-thrifty, sun-loving display can […]

Hewlett-Packard Co. is back for Round 2 of the Pocket PC wars with its Jornada 560 Series, a combatant built around the processor, display, battery and memory technologies that last year earned the rival-for now at least-Compaq Computer Corp. iPaq 3600 an Analyst’s Choice award. The Jornada 560 is the first device to ship with […]

Windows XP, developed from the stable and scalable NT code base, is an operating system with enough compatibility and ease of use to send Windows 9x off to join DOS in long-overdue retirement. Windows XP, Microsoft Corp.s newest Windows client, was released to manufacturing last week, roughly two months ahead of its announced Oct. 25 […]

Motorolas iBoard is a portable keyboard from Stowaway for mobile phones. Yes, phones. The iBoard (see photo), designed to work with Motorola i85s, i50sx or i55sr phones, is virtually a clone of the Stowaway portable keyboards for Palm OS and Pocket PC devices. The iBoard certainly makes data input easier, but I couldnt imagine dropping […]