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Sony unveils PDA with organic EL display featuring crisp video

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Marketing (Japan) Inc., a Sony Corp. arm, said on Sept. 14 it will start selling a personal digital assistant equipped with organic electroluminescent display (in handout photo), a next-generation monitor featuring crisp video. The CLIE PEG-VZ90 to be put on the market on Sept. 25 will likely sell for 95,000 yen, Sony officials said.

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Hitachi develops PDA powered by fuel cell

TOKYO, Japan - Hitachi Ltd. said March 23 it has developed a prototype personal digital assistant (PDA) (held by an assistant at a news conference) powered by a fuel cell that runs about five hours. Hitachi plans to make the PDA more compact and extend its operational hours in the hope of launching sample shipments in 2005, a Hitachi official said. The prototype PDA weighs about 700 grams, more than twice as heavy as conventional PDAs, and Hitachi plans to reduce the weight to a level similar to conventional PDAs.

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Citizen Watch devises smallest PDA

TOKYO, Oct. 27 Kyodo - Photo shows what Citizen Watch Co. says is ''the world's smallest, thinnest and lightest personal digital assistant (PDA).'' The PDA is 90 by 60 millimeters with advanced e-mail functions targeting business users, Citizen Watch said. Although no bigger than a business card, the new device has a screen twice as large as a mobile phone display. The major watchmaker will release the new PDA for 20,000 to 30,000 yen early in 2004.

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Sony unveils PDA with organic EL display featuring crisp video

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Marketing (Japan) Inc., a Sony Corp. arm, said on Sept. 14 it will start selling a personal digital assistant equipped with organic electroluminescent display (in handout photo), a next-generation monitor featuring crisp video. The CLIE PEG-VZ90 to be put on the market on Sept. 25 will likely sell for 95,000 yen, Sony officials said. (Kyodo)

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Hitachi develops PDA powered by fuel cell

TOKYO, Japan - Hitachi Ltd. said March 23 it has developed a prototype personal digital assistant (PDA) (held by an assistant at a news conference) powered by a fuel cell that runs about five hours. Hitachi plans to make the PDA more compact and extend its operational hours in the hope of launching sample shipments in 2005, a Hitachi official said. The prototype PDA weighs about 700 grams, more than twice as heavy as conventional PDAs, and Hitachi plans to reduce the weight to a level similar to conventional PDAs. (Kyodo)

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Citizen Watch devises smallest PDA

TOKYO, Oct. 27 Kyodo - Photo shows what Citizen Watch Co. says is ''the world's smallest - Photo shows what Citizen Watch Co. says is ''the world's smallest, thinnest and lightest personal digital assistant (PDA).'' The PDA is 90 by 60 millimeters with advanced e-mail functions targeting business users, Citizen Watch said. Although no bigger than a business card, the new device has a screen twice as large as a mobile phone display. The major watchmaker will release the new PDA for 20,000 to 30,000 yen early in 2004. (Kyodo)

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Matsushita firm to begin PDA service for diabetics

OSAKA, Japan - A Matsushita Electric Works Ltd. official operates a camera-equipped personal digital assistant in Osaka on Aug. 21. The device, to be launched in September, takes pictures of meals and sends them via the Internet to Matsushita, where experts will analyze calorie counts and other data to prevent diabetics from developing complications.

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Sharp adopts Java for PDA series

TOKYO, Japan - Sharp Corp. said March 23 it has adopted the Java programming language for its personal digital assistant (shown in handout photo), mobile phones and other electronics gadgets with telecommunications functions. Sharp plans to take the wraps off its multimedia-savvy PDAs in the United States and wireless PDAs in Europe this fall, equipping them with Linux and Zaurus operating systems that will use Java for compatibility with numerous domestic and overseas application programs.

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Sony unveils PDA

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a personal digital assistant (PDA), a palm-held computer, unveiled July 13 by Sony Corp. The company said the device using an OS developed by Palm Inc. of the U.S. will be released in September. Measuring 11.5 by 7.1 by 1.5 centimeters and weighing 120 grams, it features a ''jog dial'' that allows users to scroll and open applications. Sony will offer two models -- one with a color screen and the other with a black-and-white screen -- and expects them to retail for 60,000 yen and 55,000 yen, respectively.