Pocket PC 2003 becomes Windows Mobile

What's new in Microsoft's updated OS and what it means in practice With its new snappy title of Windows Mobile 2003 software for Pocket PCs, Microsoft has four key 'visions' for Pocket PC 2003 (PPC 2003): to make it easier for manufacturers to innovate; to improve the 'wireless experience'; to bring easy instant messaging to the PDA; and to enrich and expand the 'media experience'. As you can see from our first and exclusive meeting with a PPC 2003 device, the iPAQ H5550, in this month's PC Pro, not all of these visions will be met instantly, but things could get very interesting in the coming year. The first thing to look forward to is new hardware designs. ...more

Adobe, HP and Kodak endorse new image format

Adobe, Hewlett-Packard and Kodak have announced their endorsement for the new Exif file format for digital images. Currently digital cameras capture images as compressed JPEG files. Exif (Exchangeable Image File Format) adds a series of tags to the standard JPEG header that encodes information such as exposure time, contrast, white balance and colour saturation. ...more

Documents To Go adds Office 2007 support for Palm OS handhelds

DataViz has announced the release of a new version of Documents To Go for PDAs and smartphones that adds support for the most recent version of Microsoft's Office software suite. However, while Documents To Go enables users of Palm OS-based handhelds to open and view Office 2007 Word (.docx) and Excel (. ...more

Medion launches ?99 sat nav

Medion has launched a ?99 sat nav system in time for Christmas. The GoPal PNA 210 boasts a colour, 2.8in, touch-sensitive screen with 2D or 3D views of directions and voice guidance. ...more

Microsoft to sponsor Wembley Stadium

The Football Association, which is building the new Wembley Stadium has announced a five-year sponsorship deal with Microsoft. It is believed to be worth ?5m. As a 'Founding Partner' in the construction of the Stadium, Microsoft UK will support the new home of English football over its final stage of construction and for the first four years of its operational life. ...more