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• New mobile/PDA brand hits Australia

  A new mobile-handset brand has entered the Australian marketplace, backed by heavyweights Telstra and Microsoft.

• GoConnect advances Aust GPRS bid

  Streaming media developer GoConnect's bid for a share of Australia's GPRS platform has advanced, its Australian subsidiary announcing it has won a content deal with Warner Music Australia (WMA).

• UK mobile carrier halves value of 3G license

  The perceived viability of 3G networks has taken another blow with UK mobile company mmO2 announcing it had made a pre-tax loss of 10.2bn, and admitting that it paid well over the odds for its third-generation licences.

• 2004: The year of the smart phone? Yes and no

  Smart phones have been one of the big subjects of 2003. But how close are we to the dream of a single device, great for voice, multimedia and various data apps, one equally at home in a high-powered meeting or down the pub?

• Optus trials new mobile platform

  Optus last week acknowledged it had evaluated a platform that claims to use the processing power of "smart" phone handsets to deploy and run applications more effectively than browser-based alternatives.

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  ActiveSync: why is it so awful?

  As a user of Microsoft's ActiveSync for some years, I've always viewed it as an essential but utterly shoddy piece of software...

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• Wireless: Breaking the shackles

  We look at four examples of the way mobile technologies such as GPRS and 802.11 are giving Australian businesses the opportunity to bring the benefits of connectivity to mobile workers.

Reviews (39)

• O2 Xda Flame

  The Flame promises a lot, and delivers a lot -- both in raw size and features. It is sadly let down by its battery life, however.

• O2 Xda Zinc

  With a faster processor, the Xda Zinc has a slight performance edge over the Dopod 838 Pro but falls short by a slight margin in terms of aesthetics. Unless you're looking for a QWERTY handheld, there are more options out there.

• O2 Xda Stealth

  O2's Xda Stealth looks a lot like a regular slider phone, until you flick it open and notice the Windows Mobile 5.0 operating system, push e-mail capabilities and built-in Wi-Fi support.

• O2 Xda IIi

  The O2 Xda IIi isn't a revolutionary addition to O2's smart phone lines, but with a better processor and simple interface it's still a very appealing device.

• O2 Xda Atom

  It has Wi-Fi, a 2-megapixel camera and runs on Windows Mobile 5.0, yet shares the same dimensions as the Xda II Mini. Find out what the hype on the Xda Atom is all about.

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