Monday, August 08, 2005

PDA Shipments Rise

Secureidnews.com News Story FingerGear Announces USB Flash Drive with Onboard Fingerprint Authentication Monday, August 1 2005 Atmel and FingerGear announced the immediate availability of a new biometric USB Flash Drive featuring software-free operation and a large font LCD display for the ultimate user-friendly experience. The Bio USB Flash Drive, which features the Atmel FingerChip(TM) Sensor, also includes the built-in capability of generating a One-Time Password from a fingerprint match. [Preview]
Gartner Says PDA Shipments Rise, but Appears Conflicted as to What a PDA Is Gartner has released numbers to combat the PDA sky-is-falling reports that continue to come out. Gartner is missing the full picture though, as they don't take Smartphones into consideration. But here's the problem, they have no idea what a Smartphone is. According to their logic, the Treo 650 doesn't count as a PDA but the Sidekick II does. Last I checked those two devices accomplished nearly identical objectives, albeit on two different completely different paths. I'm not sure this confusion is solely Gartner's fault; at some point we're going to have to get comfortable with the definition of PDA and Smartphone. [Preview]

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