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WS_FTP Professional 9.0
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Route 66 Mobile Britain 2005
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Mobility
FotoStation Pro 5.1
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Christian Harris
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Medion MDPPC 250
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Sandra Vogel
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Sierra Wireless Voq Professional
Windows Mobile 2003 for Smartphones hasn't exactly taken the UK mobile phone market by storm. Nevertheless, Sierra Wireless has just entered the fray with its Voq Professional, a handset that claims to provide the apparently impossible -- a usable keyboard.
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Magellan RoadMate 700
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The latest version of Actinic's software sports a new user interface and adds a range of new features. These include: basic content management and task scheduling; extended back office integration through support for ODBC databases; improved discounting functions; and a digital download module that enables delivery of electronic products such as digital images, MP3 tracks and other software via download. For added value, the software now comes as standard with two modules that were previously sold for a further £500: Sage Line 50 and QuickBooks accounting plug-ins.
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Sendo X
The Sendo X has had something of a chequered history. Following Sendo’s ill-fated partnership with Microsoft, which was meant to result in the <a href="http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/mobilephones/0,39023925,10002103,00.htm">Z100</a> Windows-based smartphone, the X is a venture with <a href="http://www.symbian.com/">Symbian</a>, whose OS 6.1 is overlain with Nokia's <a href="http://www.series60.com/">Series 60</a> platform. We published a <a href="http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/mobilephones/0,39023925,39118162,00.htm">preview</a> when the X was officially launched back in November last year, not realising there would be more than six months' wait until we could deliver a full review.
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Sandra Vogel
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Mobility
Eudora 6.1
Eudora is one of the most powerful and feature-rich email applications on the market. It's available for POP3 and IMAP email accounts accessed on systems running Windows or Mac OS. Microsoft’s Outlook and Outlook Express may be the most popular email clients, but there are some excellent alternatives. Unfortunately, competing offerings such as Qualcomm’s Eudora 6.1 aren’t as intuitive to use and don’t come with vital everyday utilities, such as a calendar and a to-do list. Companies should also note that Eudora 6.1 lacks the server-based collaboration features found in Microsoft’s Outlook 2003 or IBM’s Lotus Notes/Domino 6.5.
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Christian Harris
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Developer
Mitac Mio 336
So far this year, Mitac has released the Bluetooth- and Wi-Fi-equipped <a href="http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/handhelds/0,39023880,39150944,00.htm">Mio 558</a>, the <a href="http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/handhelds/0,39023880,39152143,00.htm">Mio 168</a> with its integrated GPS receiver and the <a href="http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/mobilephones/0,39023925,39158005,00.htm">Mio 8390</a>, a Windows-powered smartphone. Now comes the Mio 336, a Pocket PC handheld that's available in two flavours from <a href="http://www.lowestonweb.com">Evesham</a> -- either standalone for £179.99 (inc. VAT), or bundled with a GPS antenna and CoPilot navigation software for £299.99 (inc. VAT).
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Sandra Vogel
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Mobility
NEC Versa M340
Notebooks aimed at the business sector can be straightforward verging on dull, but NEC’s new Versa M340 has a neat trick of catching your attention. Here it is: a Pentium M (<a href="http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/processorsmemory/0,39024015,10003237,00.htm">Banias</a> core, not the newer <a href="http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/notebooks/0,39023985,39154053,00.htm">Dothan</a>) notebook with 802.11b/g wireless from a tier-one manufacturer -- for under a grand, including VAT (£799 ex. VAT, £939 inc. VAT). Worth a closer look, we thought.
19 years ago
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Dominic Bucknall
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