The Cingular 8525 has been officially announced today. It's to become the first UMTS/HSPDA-enabled Pocket PC phone in the USA and will operate on Cingulars' BroadbandConnect network giving average download speeds between 400-700Kbps. Powered by Window...
Regular visitors will probably be aware that the search system in the downloads area has been broken for a while. Last night I decided that it needed fixing, so I went to a mates' bonfire party and got completely leathered and stopped out until 4.30. ...
Blimey, Dopod are on a roll. They've already got the M700 and P800W plus the C800 too. Now they're adding another handset and it's HTC Excalibur we're seeing as the T-Mobile Dash in the USA. Dopod are calling this the Dopod C720W and it can be seen he...
Two more handsets from Dopod have just appeared - the M700, pictured left and the P800W, pictured right. The M700 is a tweaked version of HTC Artemis giving 256Mb of memory to deliver a more music-centric experience. It comes with built-in FM radio, a...
This is the new Eten Glofiish X500. Apart from the fact that I keep accidentally calling it a "Goldfish" it's the thinnest Pocket PC with GPS and Wifi in the world. The features are quite substantial with wireless, sat-nav, quadband GPRS/EDGE, a Samsu...
We've seen reviews of the HTC Herald already but now it looks like Dopod are to release it as C800. The device is pretty much a thinner version of the SPV M3100 or T-Mobile MDA II devices you're seeing on the streets now and comes with a TI …
Some of you may have heard about the Digg.com website. It's all about user powered content. Every article on digg is submitted and voted on by the digg community. We've now added "Digg this" links to all our stories so, if you like something, you just...
i-Mate are well known for their network free phones. They've previously re-branded HTC devices and sold them on as the i-Mate JASJAM, SPJAS, JAM etc. However, these handsets are now being sourced from elsewhere and this slim TechFaithWireless device, ...
A new sat-Nav system from Orange has been launched today which can be downloaded onto existing handsets. Seen here on the Orange SPV M600 it's priced at £150 excluding VAT and includes the software licence, a GPS receiver with in-car charger and a ca...
As an update to our earlier story we've been digging around for news of this handset. On a recent visit to an Orange store there were hardly handsets from the SPV range - just the M3100 and the M600. So where are the new SPV's ? Well, Jason …
As we mentioned earlier in our Virgin Mobile Lobster 700TV review, TV channel "ITN News" was showing up on the Lobster handset but was testing at the time. Now, however, Virgin Mobile have added the 24 hour news channel officially giving you all the l...
Andy has justed mailed in about the new Windows Media Player 11 which is now available to download. He's used it on his Orange SPV c600 and ActiveSync 4.2. He says.. "When I run Windows Media Player now I can syncronise it to my media files just like …
Last night my mate found this old picture of me from a trip to Ibiza years back. I've got mental hair, I look about 12 years old and I'm thin. Sure, it's an embarrassing photo but I figured I'd post it to promote a new section in the …
It's dark, the clocks have just gone back (at least here in the UK) and my "man flu" has kicked in again. Winter... it's rubbish isn't it ? Still, there's a new game out called "3D Constructo Combat" with some great 3D graphics and the ability to play...
Hello hello, what's this in the o2 Business store? Why it's the o2 XDA Graphite we saw just the other day from ASUSTek. Wait a minute though, o2 UK appear to be calling it the IQ. We're confused. Isn't this the o2 XDA IQ ? We saw the …
Earlier we showed you shots of Windows Mobile "Crossbow" for the Pocket PC. Codenamed "Crossbow" by Microsoft the Smartphone screenshots have now appeared at GPSPassion.com. Sure, it's got the same Vista shine with newly polished homescreen and icons,...
Many websites write what they call "reviews". Most of the time it's a three paragraph item with an image from the PR company. Let's face it, that's not a review, that's just plain rubbish. We however do things differently. When we do a review it's a p...
Another day and another handset appears from ASUSTek. It's looking more and more like HTC are no longer the primary builders of Windows Mobile handsets. This is the O2 XDA Zinc, known also as the Asus Mars II... hmm.. look familiar at all ? Yup, it's ...
Virgin Mobile have started their advertising campaign for the Virgin Lobster 700TV with Pamela Anderson checking out the latest TV as she lounges next to the pool. The full advert, for those of you who haven't seen it, is available here (direct link) ...
PhoneArena.com are reporting in this story that AsusTek, makers of the Vodafone VPA IV we saw just the other day, have just had another very similar model approved. Shown here at the FCC and clearly sporting the o2 logo it'll be called the o2 XDA Grap...
