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Acer's first Android phone impressively specced
Acer's first Android-powered smartphone is a processing powerhouse, with a 1GHz Snapdragon processor under the hood.
Samsung Giorgio Armani (M7500)
Samsung's latest fashion-branded smartphone looks like the sort of mobile a busy man like Giorgio Armani actually needs. But don't expect it to come cheaply.
Reviews
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HTC HD2
HTC's HD2 reads like a perfectly balanced mathematical equation of geeky desire, and when compared to last year's Touch HD, this new model has pluses next to every spec.
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Sony Ericsson Xperia X2
Sony Ericsson has taken the lid off the Xperia X2, a Windows Mobile smartphone with a full QWERTY keyboard that looks suspiciously like last year's model.
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LG GM730
The GM730's feature set makes it feel like it belongs in 2008. Unless you really like the design, there are much better WiMo phones out there to choose from.
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HTC Hero
HTC shows just how customisable Google's Android platform is, delivering a swag of home screen widgets out of the box. We can't wait to get our hands on the Hero.
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HP iPaq Data Messenger
Though it comes with some business-centric security features, this iPaq falls short when compared with other Windows Mobile devices out there.
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Palm Pre
With webOS, Palm goes past matching its competitors and offers something more. The Pre might not be a home run, but it is an indication of good things to come.
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HTC Touch Cruise (2009)
Moving away from sleek iPhone lookalikes, the 2nd-gen Touch Cruise should find its market with road warriors who want the best of smartphones and GPS nav systems in one device.
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HTC Touch HD
The Touch HD is a fantastic phone, if you can afford one. It out-performs every HTC phone previously and looks fantastic doing it.
Features
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Should I buy a smartphone?
Smartphones offer the functions of a mobile phone and a PDA in one device, but they are not for everyone. Here's what you need to know before buying one.
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Best free Windows Mobile software
You dig your Windows Mobile device, but you'll love it more when it's loaded up with free software for entertainment, security and work. Find the best and brightest free downloads for your faithful handheld.
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Wireless glossary
3G, GPRS, TransFlash, RS-MMC. Don't know what they mean? Check out our glossary of wireless terms.
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Should I choose Palm or Windows Mobile?
There may be many more Windows Mobile devices than Palm OS ones these days, but there's still a choice to be made between the two when shopping for a new handheld.
News
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HTC Pro 3 is huge
Leaked photos have emerged showing the 4.2-inch HTC Touch 3 dwarfing the already enormous Touch Pro2.
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LG GW620 joins the Android party
LG unveiled its first smartphone powered by Google's Android, with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard to keep social-network butterflies twittering madly.
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LG Application Store available first in Australia
Vying for a piece of the booming mobile applications market, LG today launched a beta version of its own apps store with the store available first in Asia Pacific, including Australia.
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Telstra snares LG's world first
Telstra has announced six new handsets soon to join its Next G range, including the LG Xenon, which will be a world's first when it's released on the Australian network.
DIYs and How-to
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Having fun with Windows Vista
Windows Vista Media Center: There's more to Windows Vista than file structure and graphics engines.
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Secure your mobile wireless device
Worried about malware attacks on your mobile device? Discover software and tips to stop gate-crashing spyware, viruses, and thieves in their tracks.
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CNET.com.au's quick guide to handheld operating systems
In this quick guide, we take a look at the functionality and applications of the four main handheld operating systems -- Palm, Windows Mobile, Symbian and BlackBerry.
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Enabling push e-mail on your Windows Mobile 5.0 PDA
Even older Windows Mobile 5.0 smartphones are capable of push e-mail, simply by applying a ROM update. We show you how.
Downloads
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StuffIt Deluxe
Compress large files to share them online.
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Pocket-Jongg for Pocket PC 2000 and 2002
Pocket-Jongg is a puzzle game related to Taipei or Mahjongg but follows different rules.
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CamWatch
Share your camera snapshots for all Windows devices automatically.
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PortaMail Live
Sync Windows Mobile devices wirelessly with Novell Groupwise.
The Explain Series
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Get (laptop) smart before you buy
Win the numbers game and get the laptop that's perfect your needs as well as your budget!
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Microsoft Windows® 7. Your PC, simplified.
Windows® 7 has been designed to be more reliable, more responsive, and to make the things you do every day easier.
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Whereis® maps
If you’d like to get to know more of Australia, and do it safely, then check out Whereis® maps.
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Commonwealth Bank Mobile Banking
Bank anywhere, anytime. Learn more.
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Nokia Navigation
The introduction of GPS adds a new dimension of 'social navigation'.
Videos
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| Apple iPhone 3GS 16GB | 35 plans |  1% |
| Apple iPhone 3GS 32GB | 35 plans | 2% |
| Nokia N97 | 42 plans |  4% |
| Sony Ericsson Satio | 6 plans | 2% |
| Nokia 5800 XpressMusic | 35 plans | 1% |
| Apple mobile phones | 4% |
| Nokia mobile phones | 6% |
| Sony Ericsson mobile phones | 1% |
| Samsung mobile phones | 2% |
| Blackberry mobile phones | 1% |
