The Crunchpad is no more but don’t worry because there are a number of options already out there for sofa-surfing fans. I’ve lined them all up with a short summary in this post.

I’ve had a few hours hands-on with the Milestone and I have to say I really loved it. It brings the fun of Android to a really useful form factor and design. The capacitive screen, keyboard and 5mp camera go together to make this an excelent value package. Slightly too small, in my opinion, to be a fully productive web-app tool but for a smartphone, this is about as much as you could hope to get in a 24/7 pocketable package. In this video, JKK of JKKMobile unboxes the Milestone and takes us round the device.

The definition of a MID, a mobile internet device, changes with every person you ask but one thing remains constant. It’s aimed at the consumer and not the productive professional. That’s UMPC territory! Consumer devices require careful attention to ease-of-use and fun, dynamic software so the choice of operating system becomes just as important as the hardware it’s built on.

According to Shanzai.com, the Acer Liquid is ready to go and if the prices we’re seeing at Clove are correct, Acer will be lowering the pricing bar a long way for high-end smartphones.

I’m really enjoying the Archos Android tablet but the one thing that would make it better would be a slider keyboard and 3G.

Here’s a step in the right direction then:

A fairly new company called Emblaze Mobile has just unveiled its brand new upcoming phone, named the First Else. Details on carriers and pricing aren’t yet ready for primetime, but Emblaze had a press event today in which they showed off the First Else. Take a look at Engadget’s coverage of the event for a [...]

Despite the availability of the X10 expected in Feb 2010, Amazon.de have already put it into their catalogue and have priced it up at 699 Euros making it the most expensive smartphone next to the HTC Advantage

Hot on the heels of the SmartQ7 we have the W1060 by WireLession. Some of you may remember the posts a few weeks ago about the A81 MID, a 7″ MID with the ARM Cortex 8 processor. Since then, the unit’s popularity has been growing, and as you can see, it is listed on UMPCPortal and CarryPad as one of the most anticipated devices.

First of all, thanks to Jeff Hill of Misticaudio for sending over this case for review. They’ve stepped in at just the right time with a leather case for the Archos 5IT that fits well, doesn’t impact on the usability of the device and looks great at a very acceptable cost. $28 is a good [...]

SmartDevices could really have something special if they made the jump to a leading-edge ARM platform and focused on Android as the OS. With an ARM11 CPU at 600Mhz though, this isn’t going to impress web-centric users. SmartDevices SmartQ V7 launched in China. Tweet