Machinery Guide

Reading Time: 2 minutes With the huge jump in research spending, other innovations are coming, says Bob Crain The results are impressive. AGCO’s global sales are nudging $9 billion, up from $3.8 billion when Richenhagen signed on in 2004.Netearnings are setting records too, and the company is investing $200 million a year in research and development, up from $50 […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes There’s one thing that Richenhagen hasn’t changed at AGCO, and that he says he never will change. AGCO is a pure-play agriculture company. Richenhagen ensures its tagline “Your agriculture company” is everywhere, and that all its machinery is made for farms, starting with the hobby farm market but with its focus intensifying as the size […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute HTC describes its new HTC Touch Pro as a powerful communication device for professionals. It combines business with pleasure, offering one-handed operation of simple tasks and full keyboard input for serious work. The Pro features HTC’s rich touch-responsive interface, the Touchflo 3D, which provides an intuitive way of quickly zipping through tasks including messaging, calendar […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute Palm says its Treo 750 Smartphone “goes where you go.” The Treo 750 combines a world GSM phone, e-mail, broadband wireless and Windows Mobile 6 to give a powerful package in your hand. According to Palm, you can review and edit business documents, handle your calls and manage your contacts, calendar and many other tasks. […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute Canadian-designed Blackberry smart-phones have been industry pioneers for several years. Their ability to send and receive e-mail and to browse the Internet were truly unique features at a time when very few others were offering that capability. With the new Blackberry Storm, the small keyboard from earlier Blackberrys is gone, replaced by the “Sure-Press” touch […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute The Samsung Instinct released in Canada in 2008 is one of many choices Samsung offers. The Instinct is positioned by Samsung as a “Touch-screen mobile device.” Its touch screen interface makes it similar to an iPhone and can also work with a stylus. The Instinct touch screen interface makes it easy to scroll and swipe […] Read more