The Amtek U560 is a UMPC which was first seen at Computex in Taipei which is currently running now. Amtek are saying that this device will be mass produced towards the end of this year and already have OEM partners in the US. The U560 looks similar to a Sidekick with the flip up screen. When the device is opened a QWERTY keyboard is hidden underneath. It runs an Intel McCaslin A110/A100 600MHz/800Mhz processor(s) and has a battery pack with 2 cells capable of 3600mAh. The device also has a built in 1.3 Megapixel camera.

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Crunchgear managed to get their hands on a HTC Touch and give a quick overview of what it is all about. The quick review shows that the HTC touch is not an iPhone killer from first impressions. The video playback can be choppy and slow occasionaly. Also they didnt like that it had no QWERTY keyboard appart from an onscreen keyboard. I do like the look of the HTC though and the interface does look quite nice. It will be interesting to see how the touch screen reacts though as dropping the keyboard for the touchscreen only could make or break the HTC. Hopefully it works out well in their review which will be online later.

If you are not too keen on those Bluetooth headsets then you could build your self a bluetooth banana phone. You need to buy your self a fake banana from a craft store as well as a few other bits and pieces. You then cut up the banana to squeeze a microphone and speaker in there along with some other bits and pieces and you have your self a fully working banana Bluetooth handset. If anyone wants to make one of these then follow the instructions linked after the jump and feel free to post your efforts and I will link back to you. Heck, I might even give away a prize if you do that.

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TomTom is a cool sat nav. I have been using TomTom for a few years now and impressed with the quality of maps and how easy it allows you to navigate right to a particular address. In effort to increase the ease of use the latest TomTom GO 720 and 520 are to offer speech recognition. I am a bit worried about how well this will actually work though. From first hearing about this I wonder if it will be like Transcriber on the PocketPC which works… kind of. Another feature of TomTom GO 720 and 520 which looks to be very useful is the TomTom Map Share feature which allows updates to be made to maps by users. If a new road is built then it can be added to the map and then shared with everyone else so that no new maps are needed. POI can also be shared through this system.

Bluetooth is built in allowing you to use it as a hands free kit for your mobile phone allowing you to safely take calls while driving.

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This Acer Pocke PC was spotted recently. It is Ferrari branded and believed to be a c500 model. If this is the correct model then it will run Windows Mobile 5, have a 2.8 inch QVGA screen which is touchscreen. The processor is a 300MHz Samsung. On the connectivity side it can connect via Bluetooth, Wifi and it has GPS built in. This is not a bad little package from Acer.

No other details are available at the moment, but I do believe that details over the next week or 2 should start flowing in. When they do I will post more.

Via: Engadget

Yesterday, adverts started appearing in the US showing the release date of the iPhone which is set to be the 29th June 2007. There are 3 more adverts after the jump. Will you be getting an iPhone or is it too expensive for you? When it comes out in the UK some time I do hope that it will be cheaper, but I am not counting on it yet.

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