"Battery life is very important with PDA's, especially if you don't have any chance to charge them or swap batteries while on the move. Then, every additional minute you can squeeze out from the battery may be important. In this article, I show you what you can do in order to optimize battery life."

HP has just put up an official specifications sheet for the HP iPAQ rw6800 series. This tri-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE Pocket PC Phone Edition will be available in Australia, New Zealand, and certain parts of Asia as the rw6818 (no Wi-Fi) and rw6828 (with Wi-Fi).

Here's a hands on with the Axia 308 PocketPC phone, the smallest there is today. Very interesting device, but we wonder how good eyes the user must have to use on its 2.2" screen a user interface designed for 3.5" screens...

Although Windows Mobile for Smartphone users have wireless access to the Internet, there are times when this isn't available. And not everyone has an unlimited data plan. That's why Sybase's iAnywhere subsidiary has introduced a beta version of its AvantGo client for devices running this operating system.

LinuxDevices.com recently caught up with E28 founder Roger Kung, who discussed E28's vision of the global mobile phone market; the promise of WiFi phones and FMC (fixed mobile convergence); and E28's low-cost Linux smartphone strategy and five new Linux phones for Asia, Europe, and the US.

Nokia unveiled three new entry-level phones at the Nokia Experience Mobility 2006 event in Chongqing, China today: the Nokia 2610, 2310 and 1112. All three are candybars, have big keys and speakerphones but no cameras, as they're all geared towards first-time owners in certain markets like China, India, South-East Asia and Africa where penetration levels are still fairly low. They aren't without their individual frills though, as each one has very different features designed to appeal to different kinds of consumers.

Speculation is in the air again that Palm Inc is working on their own operating system for future mobile devices. David Beers is reporting on his blog that a analyst "in the know" privately confirmed that Palm is experimenting with developing its own Linux based operating system.

Steve Litchfield takes AAS's first tentative steps out into the world of Series 60 v3 and Symbian OS 9, with this review of the Nokia 3250 'twister' music phone.

"The TORQ P120 arrived in a very attractive white box displaying images of the device, the TORQ logo, and P120 words in high gloss color. You will find the device, cradle, battery, stylus, leather case, headset, CD, Quick Start Guide, AC adapter, and USB sync cable inside the box."

Mark/Space announced today that a Universal version of The Missing Sync for Palm OS is now available. Universal applications for Mac OS X run natively on both Intel and PowerPC processors, providing the best performance on Apple's latest Macs, including the iMac Intel Core Duo and MacBook Pro. Version 5.1 is a free update for owners of version 5.0.