Our E-TEN contact has just forwarded news of their latest accolade, the E-TEN Glofiish DX900 has won the Best Choice of Computex 2008 Award. I have to admit that after reading about the DX900, I think it sounds pretty amazing myself.

Get this: it is a dual-SIM handset, it “features support for both high-speed 3.5G (UMTS/HSDPA) and 2G (GSM/EDGE) communications, as well as GPS and Wi-Fi connectivity, [it has] a high-resolution VGA display, and a 3-megapixel auto-focus camera.”

Wowza.

The DX900 is a simple solution to an increasingly in-demand requirement for consumers who need access to two mobile communications services, but don’t want to carry around two devices at the same time. The DX900 allows users to have uninterrupted access to two separate phone services, for example one for business and one personal, or one for calls and another for data, in a single device. Frequent business travelers can use local SIM card and home SIM card in the same device.

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I’ve reviewed the device, I’ve posted the pictures, now YOU get to keep the E-TEN X800, courtesy of Gear Diary and E-TEN!!  The device is in MINT condition, AND I’ve got all of the accessories that came with it. The ear buds have NEVER been used (so no worries, there). I hope you won’t mind if the device is just a little bit used.  I’ve taken EXCELLENT care of it; and anyone that looks at it will think you’ve been the original owner from the beginning.

Now, I know you’re wondering, how do I win this awesome toy?  Well, that’s pretty easy.  Polish up your writing skills and tell me all about your most interesting and humorous (lack of) GPS story. How lost have you gotten?  How did GPS keep you from getting lost, or rescued you from being lost?  Was the experience positive or negative? Did it make you laugh, or cry; or both?

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One of the things that I like the best about this job is the chance to look at and use some of the latest, greatest gadgets on the market today. I like writing for Gear Diary the best because of the diverse amount of products we get to look at. Recently, as many of you know, I’ve had the opportunity to take a look at a couple of new devices from E-TEN.  The E-TEN X800 is the top of the line model of the X series devices. Let’s take a quick look and see how the X800 stacks up.

Please note, that due to the recent site loss that Gear Diary had, I’m reprinting some of the previous posts related to this device as part of this review.

I’ve owned a number of different E-TEN devices, the M500, the G500, the M700, and now the X800 (and soon to be X650).  I was really concerned about this particular device, as the build quality of the previous three devices left a little to be desired. In fact, my daughter has been using the M700 for the past three months or so, and the device had some serious problems now. It is constantly getting stuck in boot loader mode, and getting it to turn on normally is a hit or miss exercise.

However, that’s another story for another time. Let’s take a look at E-TEN’s new slim, VGA powerhouse, the X800!!

The Unboxing

The box is WAY smaller than it looks here.  It’s really VERY tiny.

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I just got a quick note from E-TEN regarding the recent post on the announcement of the M810 and M750, and I wanted to pass it on to everyone. The M810 and M750 share identical body styles (which I really happen to like, BTW). There are just a couple subtle differences between the two devices:

The M810 has:

• HSDPA
• A Front Facing VGA Camera for Video Calls
• A Rear Facing 2MP Camera for Pictures

The M750 has

• EDGE
• A Rear Facing 2MP Camera for Pictures

The E-TEN M750 (no front camera)

It’s always fun to get news of new devices in my inbox, today we have a little somthin’ somethin’ from E-Ten, as they are now announcing their Glofiish M810 and M750.

According to E-Ten, their newest Pocket PC Phones “harness the latest mobile hardware technologies together with innovations in software to create a pair of sleekly portable, multi-connected devices, designed to help the new breed of bloggers, podcasters, video makers, and chatters, stay online and updated wherever they are.”

Read on for the full specs and a couple of (huge) high resolution pictures; as usual I have highlighted the specifications which I thought were interesting.

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