Eight years ago I popped into a local mobile phone shop and bought my first ever Windows Mobile handset. The name "Pocket PC" portrayed an image of hand-held computing - everything Windows could do, but on a phone with a stylus. The mobile market has ...
SonyEricsson is dropping Symbian from its future plans and intends to focus on Android, with a bit of Windows Mobile, in future. CEO Bert Nordberg said, “I want us to have the biggest share of Android phone sales in the world. If you look ...
Vodafone have just announced an updated range of own-brand handsets ready for Christmas. Amongst the three announced today is the Vodafone 945, which will follow in the footsteps of the Vodafone 845 we played with some months back. The Vodafone 945 fe...
SonyEricsson have announced a new accessory - a bluetooth remote/touchscreen called LiveView. Its a 1.3" colour touchsceen that can be worn on your wrist like a watch, but is connected to your Android phone, displaying messages, status updates, incomi...
A few weeks ago the o2 Desire Android 2.2 update got released. It got pulled after just a few hours but now it looks like people are getting the update again. Mark Stasuik has just had a popup at work and has had his updated to build number …
Ohhh.. look at this. A funky-looking HTC QWERTY and hey - look at that keyboard, it's like a Sony Vaio laptop. This Android 2.2 device looks set for Verizon Wireless in the USA and looks pretty lovely. Not much is known as yet other than the fact that...
We've seen a number of "Windows Phone 7 versus.." videos of late but this pocketnow.com video is well worth watching. They compare the iPhone home screen experience to the Windows Phone 7 experience. Key differences appear to be the "information centr...
TweetDeck is a highly popular Twitter application for both computers and mobile phones but until now there was no official TweetDeck application for Android devices. At present the TweetDeck app for Android is in beta stage so is not available o...
On checking out a video just now of an un-announced Windows Phone 7 device (LG Optimus 7) 10:43 into the 20 minute video up pops the applications list and right there sitting at the top is the '360 My Web' application which those of you on Vodafone wi...
Pocket-Lint have today posted up news that the UK is expected to have Windows Phone 7 stock go on sale on the 21st October (just under a month away) In their post today they linked to a report staying "According to sources familiar with the soft...
A couple of adverts featuring the HTC Mondrian have appeared online. They're arrived, as most Windows Phone 7 information, through rather unofficial channels but show the approach that Microsoft are taking in their new marketing campaign. The ads show...
A few of you have emailed us in asking why they've not got the Desire Android 2.2 update on Orange. We've got an Orange Desire here which has been updated and one that hasn't, but it turns out that the delay isn't just purely due to the amount …
CNET have picked up on the fact Windows Phone 7 will not have tethering support and there is no idea if they will ever include this service into the new OS. CNET have posted: A Microsoft official recently suggested that it would be up to cellular carr...
Further specs of the HTC 7 Trophy have now emerged along with another picture, this time containing the new HTC Hub we spotted last week. The device, which is now also known as the "HTC Spark", is different to the HTC HD7 / HD3 we saw yesterday but …
The last time we saw an update for the Sony Ericsson X10 it was July and we were all sunning ourselves. Now, with the autumnal winds blowing, there's another update - but it's not the sort owners are waiting for. The update on the update states that t...
The HTC Desire 2.2 update has been rolling out over the last few hours now. Jonathan Prior has mailed in after getting his update and many of you are saying that the 2.2 (FroYo) experience is much quicker than before. Do let us know if you're a T-Mobi...
After yesterday's announcement that all five major UK networks would be ranging Windows Phone 7 phones, Three have followed up with a competition to win one. The announcement on Three's blog states the network will be carry "a" Windows Phone 7 d...
Upcoming Windows Phone 7 devices are appearing in leaked photos on the web more regularly now. Yesterday the HTC 7 Trophy got snapped and now this, which we presume is a different handset, is purported to be the "HD3". On the bottom there's a microUSB...
Microsoft have just confirmed that Windows Phone 7 will launch on every UK network. Vodafone, o2, Orange, T-Mobile and Three have all signed up to be part of the launch with Carphone Warehouse and Phones 4U retailing it too. Alex Reeve, Director of...
Remember how the HTC Desire had an update on Vodafone? Remember how everyone thought it was the 2.2 update when in fact it was another 2.1 update with lots of extra apps no-one wanted? Remember how Vodafone then back-tracked and released a 2.2 update ...
