Wendong’s Smart Phone Weblog

Google Maps now is available for both Palm OS and Windows Mobile. I installed it on T-Mobile Dash. It works pretty well. Comparing to the 347 KB WLS (Windows Live Search) Mobile, this application is a little larger (607 KB). And actually I like the WLS Mobile UI better. Both of them seem be able to pair with a bluetooth GPS receiver. But I don’t have one so I did not get the chance to try.

ZDNet UK: Goodbye Palm OS, hello ALP

The Utility Belt: The Palm OS is a joke, and it’s time for a reckoning

1. GetJar.com

Via vehera.symbiandevelopersjournal.com.

GetJar.com is a good site to get free Java, Symbian, Palm or Pocket PC Softwares. And it provides device-specific RSS feeds, so you can monitor free software based on your phone model.

2. phonefreeware.com

J2ME Freeware
S60 Freeware
UIQ Freeware

3. midlet.org

This website is around for a long time.

4. midlet-review.com

It lists some free games

5. palmopensource.com

A great resource site for Palm OS. But it also has a list of open source projects for Pocket PC.

6. ngphone.com

My J2ME open source software list. Apparently I need to update it more often

KMaps is another J2ME based Google Maps application. It “runs on Palm based mobile devices, Treo 650, Treo 600 and Tungstens with the ports to the other mobile platforms under development… And the worst of all, it is free…”

American people suddenly hear and read a lot about the Chinese company, Lenovo, from the IBM - Lenovo deal. When I worked in Beijing in 1998, all the computers in my office were from Lenovo (The company name was Legend at that time). Lenovo is not only a PC manufacturer. Its products cover servers, printers, mobile handsets and other consumer electronics. It has smart phone/PDA products running all major platforms:

ET560
Lenovo’s ET560 is the first Pocket PC Phone with a rotating screen that flips around 180 degrees and folds down so you can use it like a regular PDA.

P300
Lenovo’s P300 is based on PalmOS. In September 2003, Palmsource released a special Chinese-language version OS 5.3.

G900
Lenovo’s G900 is based on Hopen mobile OS from a Chinese company named Hopen. Equipped with two CPUs, G900’s “ONLY-PDA” function allows it to switch from the phone mode to PDA mode seamlessly.

In March 2004, Lenovo licensed Symbian OS. Hopefully we will see a Lenovo Series 60 phone soon.

Lenovo just introduced 10 new mobile phones for the new year. This is one of them:

E700

[sina.com] Lenovo’s new mobile phones debut (in Chinese)