Handhelds

After years of ghostly vaporousness, OQO’s Model 01

ultrapersonal computer (you know, that handheld with the slide-out QWERTY keyboard that runs on a full version of

Windows XP and has a 20GB hard drive, 1GHz processor, and built-in Bluetooth and WiFi) is finally supposed to join the

world of the living tomorrow. If you can’t wait another second for yours, they’re already taking orders for it, selling

it for $1,899 with Windows XP Home installed and for $1,999 with Windows XP Pro.

[Via Handtops]

Can you believe that the Nintendo DS is just over five

weeks away from hitting stores? At least it’ll be hitting stores in theory. Nintendo admitted last week that there

will probably be a massive shortage of the dual-screen

portable game console, something which will likely spark a nasty round of eBay price gouging and a massive number of

Jingle All the Way-style tussles between manic parents trying to frantically to find one for their bratty

kids. We know it’s going to be rough waiting, but in the meantime check out this gallery of high-res images.

You can’t get your hands on one quite yet (they want to see how badly you really want it and so won’t be shipping

them out until November 17th), but tons of reviews of Dell’s new

Axim X50 and X50v Pocket PCs have started popping up, and

as we’re known to do, we’ve rounded them up for your perusal. If you find some other reviews we haven’t listed, drop us

a line or post up a link in the comments.

Read - AximSite - Axim X50V

Read - Geek.com - Axim X50 & X50v

We’re not quite digging the shape of Muzio’s new JM-600 player, but

this mini MP3 player comes with your option of a 2.2GB or 4GB hard drive, JPG viewing on its 1.5-inch 128×64 resolution

65k color LCD screen, USB 2.0 connectivity, FM radio, line-in recording, and support for Ogg Vorbis. It’s not claiming

to be the world’s smallest player or anything, but it may

have a niche market with its mini LCD screen for picture viewing, a feature which seems to be popping up everywhere,

including maybe even the next iPod.

Looks like the first (crappy) pictures of Sharp’s new Zaurus are out, with an expected launch at the WPC EXPO 2004

in (you guessed it) Japan. We’ll see how it goes, but right now our hearts forever long for the deceased Sony

UX50.

[Via Akihabara News]

Apparently they know how to make the trains run on time over there at Dell because their new Axim X50 Pocket PC

turned up on their site today, right on schedule. No surprises at all in the specs and deets—they’ve been floating

around for weeks—but here’s a quick recap:

• The X50v, which has a 3.7-inch VGA resolution LCD screen, 624MHz processor, 64MB of RAM, 128MB of Flash ROM,

  Compact Flash and SDIO expansion card slots, 802.11b WiFi, and Bluetooth. Retail price: $499.

• The X50 520MHz, which has a 3.5-inch, 320×240 pixel LCD screen, a 520MHz processor, 64MB of RAM, 128MB of Flash

  ROM, Compact Flash and SDIO expansion card slots, 802.11b WiFi, and Bluetooth. Retail price: $399.

• The X50 416MHz, which has a 3.5-inch, 320×240 pixel LCD screen, a 416MHz processor, 64MB of RAM, 64MB of Flash

  ROM, Compact Flash and SDIO expansion card slots, and Bluetooth. Retail price: $299.

All of three run on the Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition operating system and come with the new mobile version of

Windows Media Player 10 pre-installed (but you can use it to listen to stuff besides Joss Stone).

[Thanks, Gunnlaugur]

Over at AximSite someone posted up a real live pic of the

Axim X50, that new Pocket PC that Dell is all set to roll

out on Tuesday. We’ve gotten confirmation from several independent sources that the Axim X50 will definitely come in

three versions, with the flagship supposedly having a 624MHz processor, a VGA quality screen (which apparently someone

found useful for looking at Japanese schoolgirl porn), and built-in WiFi and Bluetooth. Click to see specs for that and

the rest of the lineup.

[Thanks, wyldeone]

UPDATE: The Dell Axim X50 has

arrived. Click here for more details.

Three models: a high-end, mid-range, and low-end.

Processor Type: Bulverde XScale Processor PXA270

Processor Speed: 416MHz 520MHz 624MHz

RAM Memory: 64MB 64MB 64MB

ROM Memory: 64MB 128MB 128MB

Display

3.5-inch QVGA Transflective Touchscreen (TFT)

3.5-inch QVGA Transflective Touchscreen (TFT)

3.7-inch VGA Transflective Touchscreen (TFT)

Support for Dual Display

Graphics Companion Chip No No Intel 2700G (Marathon w/extended memory)

I/O Slots 1 Secure Digital (SD/MMC/SDIO) Slot

1 Compact Flash Type II (CF) Slot

Infrared Standard v1.2 (115kbps)

Internal Microphone Yes

Audio Out 1 Speaker

1 Stereo Headphone Jack (3.5mm)

Bluetooth: Integrated Bluetooth 1.2 class II

802.11b: SDIO card only (CF not supported)

Operating System Microsoft Windows MobileTM 2003 Second Edition with AKU2

Battery Standard Battery 1100 mAh

Hi-Capacity Battery 2200 mAh

Dimensions 119 x 73 x 15.9 mm

4.69 x 2.87 x 0.626 in.

Weight 140g / 4.9 oz

We want Gmail made mobile as much as anyone (okay,

maybe

a

little

more), but to date things have been more than a little

sketch when it comes to getting it on your PPC or smartphone. So it’s nice to know that if you’ve got a trusted network

of your own, you can remotely access your Gmail account from your Pocket PC without needing to do much out of the

ordinary (if you’re a sysadmin, that is). The trick: just VPN to your network, use terminal services to start up a

Windows session, and open Gmail up with IE. Not a great hack or anything, but it’s still useful if you know how to make

those things work.

We had some

details and

leaked pics of HP’s new

iPAQ hx2000 PocketPC line before, and now we’ve got some

more finalized specs for this new business-oriented PDA which’ll come in three flavors. The entry level mode is the

hx2110, with a 312Mhz processor, QVGA (320×240) display, 64MB RAM and ROM, Compact Flash and SD card slots, and

Bluetooth connectivity. The hx2410 has a faster 520Mhz processor, a bigger battery, docking cradle, and onboard WiFi in

addition to what the hx2110 has. The top of the line hx2750 sports a 624Mhz processor, a VGA (640×480) screen, 128MB

RAM and ROM, and is the only model to have a fingerprint reader for security purposes. Are we the only ones you think

these things look a little wider than they need to be?

[Via PDALive]

Webpad’s still seem mainly like a solution in search of a problem (not that we wouldn’t mind having a few of them

around the house or anything), but ETG Technologies is all set to release their OnePad, a Windows CE device with a

7-inch LCD screen and 802.11a/b/g WiFi and Bluetooth capabilities, at the Consumer Electronics Show next year. It’s

also one of the few webpads with an integrated hard drive (a decent 40GB drive), which means the OnePad might also

pull double duty as a personal video player. Let’s just hope they meet their target of selling this thing for under

$500.