Category: Android
Here in the UK perhaps the most popular PVR (Personal Video Recorder) is Sky+ / Sky+ HD. You can set programmes to record from your remote, from the web and from your phone (with our various Windows Mobile hacks). Now though they've released a Windows...
More shops now have the European version of the Motorola Droid available for pre-order. Clove did have the Milestone showing until recently, with expansys.com still showing it at £449.99 unlocked with a 9-day leadtime. Superetrader have it showing fo...
Twikini version 2.0 is now out. It features support for the new Twitter Retweet feature, geotagging and you can now see a full list of followers and friends for any user. If you've already purchased Twikini in the past you can just install this new ve...
Following our earlier story you can now find the HTC HD2 splashed all over the T-Mobile UK website. You know how good this thing is now, and you can get it free on £35 p/m plans (2 year contract). If I hadn't just made a rather collosal mistake …
If you've got Android 1.6 (have a look in Settings->About Phone->Firmware version) and you're in the US then you can now get the new version of Google Maps, complete with the navigation system we saw launch in version 2.0. There's already a hack to ge...
Well, we can't find it anywhere on the T-Mobile UK website but apparently it is in store. Daniel Cunningham found the HD2 in his local T-Mo store and they'd had it in stock for 3 days. He was offered one free for £40 p/m on an 18 month …
At last ! The HTC HD2 is now fully available on o2. Out goes the XDA re-branding and in comes the HTC name. Available for absolutely nothing on selected monthly plans it can now be found in o2 stores across the UK. Steve Alder, General Manager Devices...
Noticed a pink splodge on your HTC HD2 pictures? This xda-devs post probably shows it best - there's a feint pink "hue" to the centre of the image. Some have assumed this to be white balance, with people aiming their HD2 camera at the nearest light-bu...
AGH! Blurred much ? This is the new Motorola Motus, a new Android aimed at the masses. It appears to have a glossy flat sliding QWERTY and three main keys on the front. Specs from BGR show a possible arrival on AT&T with similar specs to the Cliq …
A lucky few are beginning to receive the HTC HD2 on o2. Doug Purnell has mailed in after getting an order through today. Apparently lots of customer service people are giving slightly different information but he managed to get one through retentions....
We've just had news that the MDA Compact V 6.5 update is now live on the T-Mobile support site. Get the file direct here. It's a little behind the German release, but you can at last get the new 6.5 enhancements like the updated lock screen, My Phone,...
Head across to the Marketplace right now to grab the very latest incarnation of Office Mobile - 2010. It's a Beta though, and will expire on April 5th next year, if you've installed Office Mobile after the phone was purchased then these installations ...
I'm a little shocked that I've never really carried a story about Fring. It's an excellent piece of software that'll let you make calls over your mobile data connection / WiFi. Not only that but you can chat / text too. It intergrates with Skype, MSN,...
Opera still stands head and shoulders above Internet Explorer on Windows Mobile, so the availability of Opera 10 will no doubt spark interest amongst you guys. The new version includes tabbed browsing, improved password management, image saving, Opera...
HDBlog.it have one of their understated videos online (I joke, it's polished and includes stacks of up-close shots and an action-movie sound-track). This time it's the X10, which is looking better by the day. The Sony Ericsson foray into Android is sh...
Following the earlier "unofficial" way of getting Marketplace on your 6.0 and 6.1 devices, the full official way is now here or just type "mp.windowsphone.com" into your Windows 6.0 / 6.1 IE browser. Once done, you'll be able to browse and install th...
When we first spotted that the Tattoo had launched and re-named to the "Tattoo Ink" we presumed this would be the only change. However, Chris Pratt has emailed in after his girlfriend came home with a brand new Tattoo Ink. It seems that Google Mail is...
Just yesterday we told you about the new copy protection Microsoft is rolling out in to Marketplace. The existing "protection" was exremely easy to circumvent and therefore didn't fill developers with confidence. The new system, however, has already b...
Wehay ! The HTC HD2 has now made it onto contracts with Vodafone selling it right now. You can get it for absolutely NOTHING on the £35 p/m plan or above (24 month plan) and for that you'll get a whacking 900 minutes talk-time, unlimited internet / e...
Lucky enough to have Windows Mobile 6.5 or you've used the unofficial way of getting it onto 6.0 / 6.1 devices ? Now there's another way to buy apps - just point your computer to marketplace.windowsphone.com and choose the app or game you'd like. Once...
The Samsung Omnia Pro B7330 is now available to buy on Orange. The QWERTY messaging phone also has a new business homescreen which was designed by Orange to give quick access to voicemail, email, calendar and customer information. The new homescreen w...
An update for the HTC Tattoo has just popped up on the Vodafone website. The device, which is currently featured in HTC TV ads, was reviewed by us a couple of weeks back and is already proving to be a success. The update page doesn't tell us exactly …
HTC Europe have just added an update for HTC Sync. The updated version, 2.0.8, is for anyone using the HTC Magic, Hero or Tattoo and includes media enhancements, syncing contact pictures and time sync'ing for a more accurate phone clock. Grab the upd...
We're not sure why someone would ever want to do this. It's like taking the engine of a Ferrari apart just to see how it works. Why? Just drive the thing :) Either way, xda-developers.com have shots of a dismembered HTC HD2 which appear to have come f...
It's fair to say that Windows Mobile is on the defensive right now. There's hot Android handsets appearing literally everywhere and manufacturers that Microsoft battled to gain are suddenly jumping ship to Android. The HTC HD2 has suddenly become the ...
With Motorola now putting all their eggs in the Android basket, HTC adding Android to their range and Palm dropping WinMo, there's further evidence that Samsung are about to drop Windows Mobile too. Telecoms Korea states that Samsung will use Windows ...
We mentioned it last month and now it's here, the HTC Hero is available to buy from UK network "Three" for £97.86 on a £35 p/m plan. This is a 24 month plan and includes 2 years of Spotify Premium membership. The Hero has already been voted phone …
If you're lucky enough to have Windows Mobile 6.5 or you've grabbed the 6.0 / 6.1 version then you may have stumbled across the region-locking problem. Put simply, you can only view apps for your country. Let's say that there's a great app for the USA...
We've had our HTC HD2 cruely ripped away by a courier, but you can now get one. Yes, right now. Devicewire.com have just announced that the HD2 is in stock and shipping. There's 11 as I type, so you have to be quick. Link - HTC HD2 @ …
Another HTC HD2 video for you now, but this time it's taken from the phone camera itself. The HD2 is able to record video in 640x480, so I strapped it to the car this morning and took this video. Just click here to download the original movie, or …
This morning I managed to do a quick video showing the GPS in action with a "real life" test. In this video you can see Google Maps in action as I travel up the motorway. The HD2 has QuickGPS on board, so a GPS lock is fast and …
Now, keep this one under your hat. We've somehow managed to keep hold of the HTC HD2 for an extra day so, late last night I managed to film this extra vid. It's a little dark, but we show the flash in action plus there's more about the …
We've just had an update on the HTC HD2 situation from devicewire.com. It involves the stock arriving this Friday (13th).. "devicewire.com currently has additional stock not yet allocated to pre-orders. Whilst orders are continuing to be processed d...
It looks like the FedEx guy is about to take our HTC HD2 away, but we've just managed to download some more of the photos from the handset. You can click here (taken with flash), here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here to see them direct …
If you own a HTC Touch HD then you may be looking on with envy at the new HD2. HTC however haven't forgotten about you, and there's a new update to add enhanced notifications. HTC say.. "This update for HTC Touch HD combines your SMS function with ou...
Well, I'm not totally sure where this came from but there appears to be a full overview of the upcoming o2 version of the HTC HD2 ROM here. We've got just a few hours remaining with the HD2 and day 4 is now showing over in our YouTube …
Can't get hold of a HTC HD2? Well, at least you can grab the manual and quick start guide. Fill yer boots!
Many thanks for all your HTC HD2 questions. We've started answering some of them in todays video so click on to see more about the phone, it's multi-tasking capabilities and more. We've also noticed that our first video got slightly mangled by Youtube...
Our HTC Tattoo review is now up! Available on Orange as the Tattoo Ink, on Vodafone and unlocked for £269.99 from devicewire.com it's HTC pushing "Android to the masses". We were bowled over by it's bigger brother, so we couldn't wait to see how well...
You'll see us mentioning devicewire.com quite often here at coolsmartphone.com. They provide SIM Free and Network Unlocked devices minus airtime contracts. If you're eager to grab the HTC HD2 that we've covered this week then click here to get one min...
