Excellent news for all of you folks who own a Smartphone or a new generation mobile device – PDA4x is open for registration. There are so many direct download link forums online nowadays which provide downloads targeted at mobile platforms. PDA4x is definitely among the top 10 of those sites and it provides applications, games, themes, ringtones, hacks, patching tools and all sorts of content for a wide range of platforms including Symbian OS, Android, iPhone, BlackBerry, Pocket PC, Palm, PSP, etc. This is a China based underground community and needless to say most of the applications linked to in the forums are cracked (and in some cases signed) so it’s essentially all pirated material. If you want to get in, now would be a good time to do so as registrations have been opened for a limited time.

This may be the first time you are hearing about PDA4x but believe me, this is not an obscure forum located in an isolated corner on the internet. One of the most notable differences between this site and other similar forums such as DOtSiS, IPMart, etc is theformer’s closed nature. Registrations are usually closed at PDA4x and they don’t open regularly even with lots of potential new members constantly knocking on the door. Despite their tight policy on new signups, there are already several thousand users registered on PDA4x and the activity is in fact very good.

Content is where PDA4x shows it’s true colors. It has a lot of mobile optimized stuff ranging from apps, games to even movies and TV shows. And the collection is not limited to popular Nokia/Symbian software you can find on almost every other forum on the planet. There’s a great amount of apps here for platforms such as BlackBerry, iPhone, Android, etc and this is one factor that sets PDA4x apart from similar mobile forums that are around. Part of the site’s main index can be seen in the screenshot below – note that only some of the platform categories are visible in the screen:

Like most direct download link forums, the site does not host any material on its own servers. Cracked apps, etc are uploaded into one click hosting sites such as Rapidshare and verified, non fake download links are organized and indexed in the appropriate category in the forums.

As we mentioned earlier, PDA4x’s roots lie in China – but that doesn’t mean the content it has is Chinese. In fact, almost everything on this site should be usable by English speaking users – if you get Chinese language interface selected by default after registration, you can change it using the link at top right hand corner of a site page.

As mentioned earlier, registrations for PDA4x have now been opened. This is acknowledged in a forum post but a closing date for open signups has not been mentioned. Either way this definitely won’t last forever so get in while you can.

Site Name: PDA4x (http://www.pda4x.com/)

Registration URL: http://www.pda4x.com/register.php

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