We'll soon have a short review on the HTC cruise on the site. We currently are testing it out and so far are quite impressed with the device. You will remember of course that the Cruise has Co-Pilot Live installed and that's part of the main attraction.

Also, we will endeavour to have the HTC Touch Diamond on our test bench when it becomes available here in Australia in August.

Stay tuned.

The BT-Q1200 SOLAR Ultra Travel Recorder GPS from Qstarz is launched today and with its solar panel should be able to really stretch your time out in the open. Up to 48 hours.

This bluetooth device is also capable of logging your whereabouts and where you've shot all your pictures.

With 200.000 waypoints it has plenty of memory. No pricing available yet .

The PDA phone models from HTC have rapidly taken pole position here in Australia.
One of the latest, the HTC P3470, now comes with Co-Pilot Live 7 Software which we reviewed earlier.
This unit can be mounted to the dashboard of your car even though the screen is not as large as that of a dedicated PND. With features that include a 2.0 megapixel camera, Blueooth connectivity and expandable memory for mapping and other data storage, the P3470 is a very capable unit at under AUD650.
We're stil working on our review of the HTC Touch Dual 850 which is an equally impressive unit.
 

Resco just launched a Best Skin Contest for the Resco Keyboard Pro.

Starting today for the period of one month, users will be able to add their own skins and thus participate in the contest. Everyone who submits their own, original skin automatically gets a free license of Resco Keyboard PRO. People will be able to download, try out and from May 23, 2008 vote for the skin they like the most. The winners will be announced in mid June. There are many interesting prizes, including a brand new HTC Touch device, for those who submit their original skin and get the most votes.
 
To see the official press release, please click http://www.resco.net/company/press/releases/2008-04-23.htm

 
Through this contest Resco aims to encourage and award people who like to create their own skins and offer them to fellow users.
 

So what are the specs for these two new Glofiish devices, the M750 and M810?

Both have a Samsung S3C2442 500MHz processor, 64MB RAM, 256MB ROM, quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE connectivity, 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR, GPS (SiRFstar III), a 2.0-megapixel camera with auto-focus, a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, a microSD slot, and a 2.8" QVGA touch screen, and, of course, Windows Mobile 6 Professional.

The M810 also has tri-band UMTS/HSDPA connectivity.

The long-awaited HTC Touch Cruise is now available here in Australia and features built-in GPS plus the very capable Co-Pilot Live Version 7 navigation software. This is all on top of the Touch Flo platform with Windows Mobile 6 Professional and MS Direct Push email, and also includes 3.5G-HSDPA wireless connectivity.

More details below. 

It's been way too long since hp made some serious contributions to the PocketPC scenario. And way too long since we here at PocketPCReviews.net spent some quality time with their products. Now that hp has launched the iPAQ 200 Enterprise handhelds into Australia it may be time for us to revisit their latest PDA models, starting with the 212.

How well does it stack up against their seminal forerunner, the iPAQ 4700, for instance?

Have a look at some specs below if you want a foretaste.

I do miss PocketInformant on my Nokia smartphone  -- that's why I'm pleased to hear that Nokia is talking to Microsoft  about implementing Windows Mobile on their phones -- some time in the future...

In the meantime, WebIS is keeping pace with developments for the Smartphone platform and just released PocketInformant 8.01.

More details below.

Finally NextG customers in Australia are getting a much better choice these days with a couple of great phones released recently.

One of them is the Nokia N95 that now also works on this network and today the HTC Touch Dual 850 joins the fray.

This looks like a very capable smartphone which we would love to test out for you.

Some initial specs about the HTC Touch Dual 850 you can find below.

Another glorious looking number in the goofishly named Glofiish range  of PPC phones: the X650.

I've been using VGA PocketPCs ever since they came out and would not want to go back on that fantastic resolution.

To see what else comes with it, check below.