"the Cruise is based around a 400MHz CPU and Qualcomm 7200 chip set, like O2’s second-generation XDA Orbit 2 PDA phone"

The Orbit 2 is O2's rebadging of this unit, as the original O2 Orbit was a HTC P3300.

I read somewhere that the Orbit 2 was actually the HTC Touch!

I read somewhere that the Orbit 2 was actually the HTC Touch!

The original Touch is nothing like the Orbit 2 (doesn't have GPS or 3G, which the Orbit2 does).

Just compare the specs of the two devices. The Touch Cruise and the Orbit 2 even look pretty similar - same position for the new FF camera and memory slots etc..