With the Ubiquio 401 you not only bag yourself a Windows Mobile-powered, Wi-Fi-equipped Pocket PC, combined with a slider action mobile phone, you also get a TV tuner for terrestrial broadcasts.

This is a first for a mobile phone in the UK, but with the industry developing technologies that deliver IP-based, over-the-air digital broadcast systems optimised for handsets (DVB-H, DMB and DABIP) alongside 3G network-streamed channels, telly in your phone is set to be huge in years to come.

This own-brand newcomer from online retailer Expansys, has an analogue TV tuner onboard capable of picking up free-to-air terrestrial stations only, rather than sporting a new digital mobile standard (such as the DAB-IP equipped Lobster 700TV reviewed opposite).

Getting the TV going is straightforward enough. Using a regular Windows Mobile touch-screen interface, you can open up the TV application by tapping on the drop-down Start apps menu. The plug-in stereo headset functions as an antenna for the onboard TV (and FM radio that's also included), so it has to be connected to receive pictures, but you can still share audio through the UBiQUiO's speakerphone.

From here you'll either get directly to the last channel you've watched or, if you've not set it up, a fuzzy screen, with a pop-up menu bar for channel selection and settings - including automatic tuning. When activated this will quickly hunt and store channels, although you'll need a decent signal to be able to get a full spread of stations.

In our offices we managed to get BBC1, BBC2, ITV1 and Channel 4, though we drew a complete blank in some areas. Usefully, you watch TV sideways using the full-screen in landscape mode. If the conditions are right, the device can produce finer quality pictures, with smoother movement than other digital mobile TV images.

In a fixed location, once tuned in, pictures can be excellent, but as you move around regular interference and picture break-up arise - pretty much as per most analogue pocket TVs. That means watching decent quality telly on a train commute is effectively a fuzz-filled non-starter.

Another drawback is power consumption; watching telly fairly eats up the battery, and you'll have to juice it up after about 100mins of TV watching, so plugging in the charger is recommended if you're not on the move.