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The HP iPaq 214 handheld features a larger than average screen and a management agent.Price: £200Manufacturer: HPThe iPaq 214 Enterprise Handheld from HP is a Windows Mobile device that follows a traditional PDA design, but updates the format with a larger display and a powerful processor for handling applications beyond just keeping track of calendar and contacts. It also includes features

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Till now, the O2 Xda Atom Life remains a popular handheld among those looking for a compact keypad-less Windows Mobile (WM) device. It helped that the company relaunched it in a new color, but still, the fact that people are still buying it a whole year after its initial availability is testament to its staying power. It makes sense then for MWg (what O2 Asia is called now) to carry on the Atom

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Though overshadowed in volume by regular mobile phones, PDA-phones and handhelds have always had the latest and greatest when it comes to technical features. Unfortunately, most of them lack a crucial element--style. That's a factor which is becoming a major consideration even among techies who used to just focus on the features. That's why brands like LG are a welcome addition to upcoming

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Samsung is no stranger to the WM (Windows Mobile) world. Its popular smart phone, the SGH-i600, is one of the most feature-packed WM6 Standard devices this year. Though the Korean company hasn't launched many touchscreen WM handhelds, its upcoming SGH-i780's spec sheet is still nothing short of impressive.ProsEven though Motorola invented the slim look for mobile phones, Samsung took it to a

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The BlackBerry 8120 is very similar to its predecessor, the 8100, and overall it's not a very different phone--but there are a few differences worth mentioning.The most significant addition to the BlackBerry 8120 is Wi-Fi, which allows you to quickly access your emails and the Internet via Wi-Fi hotspots. We tested it out and it works well. It's particularly useful if you're indoors and can't get

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The HTC Touch's claim to fame is its heavily modified WM (Windows Mobile) interface which makes it more convenient to get basic tasks done. The original Touch has been a hit so far, thanks to its great design and low price, and we won't be surprised if HTC replicates that success in the Touch Dual as well. The third and latest of the series is the Touch Cruise, a handheld which doesn't leave out

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The 8502 is the only PDA-phone in i-mate's Ultimate series not to come with a VGA display. So you might dismiss it as being lower in a scale of ultimate-ness compared with the rest. After a few days with it though, we found that the 8502 may be a perfect fit for some users, more so than some of the other models in the series with their higher-resolution displays.ProsLike the other devices in the

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Earlier this year, we fell in love with the original RIM BlackBerry Curve, but a recent refresh of the handheld has our hearts pitter pattering all over again. The RIM BlackBerry Curve 8310 keeps the same sleek design and robust messaging capabilities of its predecessor, but then adds GPS capabilities. The ability to use your handheld as a navigation device is particularly useful for mobile

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The Ultimate series of handhelds from i-mate originally consisted of five devices. Only two from the original have been retained while two new ones have been added, making it a total of four devices in this lineup. The 8150 is one of the survivors, and has been given a new color--black, a definite improvement over the off-white shade of the original. Its availability has been announced for this

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The HTC Touch consistently appears in our monthly Top 5 handhelds feature since its launch. This means it's selling well among the shops and operators surveyed, which in turn implies that it's a popular PDA-phone. Thus, it didn't come as a surprise when HTC recently announced an updated version of Touch with a couple of enhancements.The Touch now comes in two additional colors, burgundy and white

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E-Ten's latest WM6 (Windows Mobile 6) handheld comes with all the features of the glofiish X800 with the addition of a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. The M800 is the name of this new PDA-phone, one that succeeds the M700, the company's other QWERTY-enabled device.ProsThe M800 comes with an impressive feature list. It has a VGA (640 x 480) display, just like the X800. Also like the X800, it sports a

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The Ultimate series was conceived by i-mate to be the most feature-packed handhelds in its class. It started out with five products in the lineup but that dwindled down to just two, the 8150 and 6150. The specifications for those two devices were certainly impressive, including all the connectivity options you can think of as well as unique features like TV-out for presentations.Though we handled

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GPS navigation is not one of those things most users consider to be crucial in a PDA-phone, at least not in the same way as features like W-Fi and Bluetooth are. But even though most consider it to be a bonus rather than a requirement, it is surprisingly found in quite a few entry-level devices even when high-end ones give it a miss. Examples will be devices from Mitac and E-Ten, companies which

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Nokia unveiled the brand new Nokia N810 early this morning at a press briefing in San Francisco. An updated version of Nokia's previous Internet tablets like the N770 and the N800, the N810 is a pure Internet-only device, relying only on Wi-Fi and cellular Bluetooth to get online. Some of the design improvements include a much sleeker look plus a slide-out keyboard to accompany the touchscreen

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Dedicated PDAs are a dying breed. The demand for such devices is shrinking because PDA-phones make more sense for many who wish to reduce the number of items carried around. Granted, some organizations still need them for specific tasks like inventory management. And certainly, some consumers still prefer to have a dedicated device because the lack of cellular radios means longer battery life. It

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Though not as prolific as brands like HTC, Asus does have a few PDA-phones in its portfolio. The company's main differentiator since its earlier MyPal-branded devices is the inclusion of GPS in most of its devices. This carries on in the current range and extends to the upcoming lineup as well. Asus' next flagship model is the P750, a Windows Mobile 6 handheld with HSDPA as one of its

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George walks along a beach one day and comes across a dirty old lamp. He picks it up and gave it a rub, and behold, a genie appears. The genie grants the man one wish for freeing him. Being a dork his whole life, George has never quite hit if off with the ladies, so he says: "I want to be irresistible to women!" The genie waves his hands and poof! George turns into a shopping discount

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AT&T may have scored the RIM BlackBerry 8820 last week, but we're thinking T-Mobile got the better deal with the just-announced RIM BlackBerry 8320, aka the BlackBerry Curve with Wi-Fi. Why? Well, first it has the same sleek design of the original Curve with a more spacious and easy-to-use QWERTY keyboard. You also get a 2-megapixel camera, whereas the BlackBerry 8820 is sans camera. Of course,

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Touchscreen PDA-phones with exposed QWERTY keyboards have a tiny problem--they have square screens. This applies to the popular Treo series from Palm and also the hw-series of devices from HP. We have nothing against geometrical constructs with sides of equal lengths, but compared to the more common rectangular QVGA displays, the square ones lack screen real estate. BenQ's P50 and P51 did come

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A lot of people have been waiting for this, and the day has finally arrived. Research In Motion has officially released the RIM BlackBerry 8820, the first BlackBerry to offer integrated Wi-Fi. The 8820 supports 802.11a/b/g standards and is compliant with Wi-Fi security protocols, giving users another avenue to connect to the Web--a good thing since the device shows no love for 3G just yet. It

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With names like HP iPaq 612 Business Navigator and iPaq 212 Enterprise Handheld, the computer giant has decided to make the names of its new range of handhelds very informative--which is kind of like buying a pack of diapers named Pampers Mess Preventor. We got a quick hands-on with the 612 during its Asian launch--here are our initial thoughts.ProsThe last PDA-phone from HP was the iPaq rw6828.

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The E-Ten glofiish X800 was first unveiled at CeBIT 2007. It created quite a stir among handheld enthusiasts because of the sheer number of features it managed to pack into its compact form factor. We managed to get our hands on a non-final unit. Here are our thoughts.Design of the E-Ten glofiish X800 (3G GSM Handheld)The X800, side by side with the HTC P3600i.The X800 looks as good as it does in

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Any product to replace the Dopod 838 Pro has big boots to fill. That slider was launched last year and was one of the first to feature HSDPA connectivity in a PDA-phone. It has remained popular since then, with HTC opting to upgrade the device's OS to Windows Mobile 6 even though it's already more than a year old--testament to its staying power. So here we have the HTC TyTN II, which has been

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HTC has released an updated version of the Dopod D810 PDA-phone in the form of the P3600i. One of the most popular handhelds, the Dopod D810 is a hot favorite with Windows Mobile users. In this review we'll basically highlight the differences between the old Dopod D810 and the new P3600i.DesignIn terms of design it is exactly like the black HTC P3600. It's black, it's compact, and still weighs

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You know how not having a feature is a feature in itself? No, we are not griping about how Apple doesn't want to give users a right mouse button. In this case, we're talking about the camera-free handset. This has become a necessity for a small group of users who work with sensitive data in places like military camps, research laboratories and factories.The E-Ten glofiish X500+ is one such device

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