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You can overclock it, but not usually by enough to gain any real advantage. The only *real* reason I've seen to overclock it is to get a better speed in some Nintendo or Playstation emulators.
The processors that are used in PDAs do not feature any kind of active, or even passive, cooling due to space constraints and so chances are they will not overclock far without attaching some clunky crap to the back. As these devices are supposed to be ultra portable I think that defeats the purpose. Severe damage or shortening of life can occur when overclocking. YMMV.
Seriously though, what's the point in "pushing the limits" with these things unless you specifically need something faster, in which case a UMPC would likely suit better. The whole beauty of these things is that they scale down to the lowest needed speed to save battery, and I think that's quite sweet, so why push it up high unless you really hate batteries?
I can see that it's nice to see if it can go faster than it's meant to but again, what's the point. All electronics can go faster or at higher voltages than it was designed for, that's what tolerances and "maximum safe" limits are for. Yes you can boast you got yours up to 1GHz using a vat of freon and loosing two fingers but in the end all it is is a p*ssing contest, ultimately futile and a waste of effort.
Sorry, but I am neither a "rICEr" nor a l33t overclocker. I am an electronics engineer and I just like things to work, in all their beautifully simple complexity.
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