New version of Photo Viewer available to test

This is in the early stages yet, but if you're not lucky enough to have the HTC viewer on your WinMo phone or you just want to try it out then Resco Photo Viewer Alpha is definitely worth a looksie. It builds on the success of their existing …

HTC Sense on the Touch Dual – In video

I got a little dizzy yesterday about the fact that you could get the brilliant HTC Hero experience on the HTC Touch Dual. The Dual has stuck with me for almost two years now, I'll admit to liking the form factor. It runs Windows Mobile but you can …

Watch phone from LG on sale – queues form

We've been tracking the launch of the LG Watch Phone for the last few weeks. Today marked the first sales of the device and queues formed outside the Bond Street Orange store this morning as the watch phone arrived. John from Harogate travelled to get...

ThrottleLauncher – New version available

If there's one thing people love about Windows Mobile it's the ability to customize. ThrottleLauncher, which is billed as the "future UI for Windows Mobile" has now been completely rewritten but still maintains full compatibility with all of the theme...

SPB TV – Now for Android too

We've seen SPB TV on Windows Mobile for some time now. The TV viewer gives you access into stacks of channels from all over the world and it's now available for the Android platform too. There's over a hundred channels in 20 different languages and a...

Custom HTC Hero ROM appears online

For those hard-core tweakers out there (and we do mean hard-core, as this will probably upset your network / carrier greatly), you can now get a custom HTC Hero ROM from MoDaCo. It's an updated version of the ROM (1.79.482.3) which makes it as quick a...

HTC Hero OS – on the Touch Dual!

No, your eyes aren't playing tricks on you, that really is the HTC Hero Android OS running on a HTC Touch Dual. The ageing Dual first appeared a couple of years ago with Windows Mobile on board and, if I'm honest, I still like it. If you've still …

NextAction – Manage action items and todo lists

NextAction! has been available on the BlackBerry for some time and has been getting positive reviews all over the web. Now available for Windows Mobile it's a lightweight task management app designed around the "Getting Things Done" methodology. This ...

Samsung Galaxy arriving on o2.. But when?

This is the Samsung I7500 Galaxy. Powered by Google Android it should be appearing on o2 UK sometime soon. However, the o2 Forums are buzzing with people trying to find out when it'll be available. We've learned to take "availability" dates with four ...

The Hero UI – now on the BlackBerry too!

Something must be going right when both iPhone and now Blackberry tweakers are copying the HTC Hero interface! There's now a HTC Hero theme for a range of Blackberry handsets, including the 8900, 9000 and 9630. This one includes calendar and message p...

myPlayer – ITV Player, BBC iPlayer and more

Got a Windows Mobile phone? Want to watch the latest X-Factor contestants murdering a famous song on the go? Grab myPlayer from SkyNetSoftware. It lets you access BBC iPlayer, ITV Player, Five OD and Hulu services straight from your phnoe. Featuring l...

Omnia II all ready to roll onto Verizon

Verizon are all set to launch the Samsung Omnia II. It's been snapped and filmed already, so you know what to do if you're looking to see what's under that shadow. If you're in the US, sign up to get notified when it's ready. The Omnia II, aka …

Motorola set launch date for Android handset

Motorola. Android. Put the two together. Bingo. September 10th should reveal something, possibly the Morrison, possibly more. Now, we know that two Android devices are coming from Moto, so it could be that this is the launch of one or both of those ph...

HTC Hero problems on Vodafone

Got a new HTC Hero unlocked? Want to use it on Vodafone UK? Hold up there cowboy, here's something you should know. Widgets on the HTC Hero interface don't seem to play nice with the Vodafone network. Apparently it's all down to ports being blocked on...

Microsoft launch software app for feature phones

News today that'll no doubt stir-up feelings with WinMo owners comes in the form of OneApp. It's designed to deliver access to apps such as Facebook, Windows Live Messenger, Twitter and others to feature phones. Oh and yes, those feature phones includ...

Iris Mobile for WinMo is dust

Iris has been part of the fairly healthy choice of WinMo browsers for a good while now, but it looks like that's to end. Research In Motion (RIM, the Blackberry guys) bought the company very recently and, following a message on their site, it looks li...

Skyfire improved yet further

Morning. I'm typing this at 6.15AM. Don't ask, just don't ask. Skyfire, that free WinMo web browser that "does" Flash video and more has now been updated. Version 1.1 (OK, 1.1.0.13052 if we're being precise) has even faster page load times, improved r...

New software forums opened

We've just added two new sections to our forum dedicated to software. Head to WinMo Apps or Android Apps, whatever your flavour, and tell us what software we should be checking out. I've kicked things off in the Android section with some essential sof...

Windows 7 and the Hero – Play nice

Now, I'm probably talking to quite a small number of people here, but for those of you with a gleaming new HTC Hero and the all new Windows 7 then you might be having problems gettign the two to talk. A work-around has now been published which should …

Acer Tempo M900 Unlocked – Get it cheap!

This is the Acer Tempo M900. It runs WinMo 6.1 and it's got Acer's GUI interface (although we'd probably swap that for PointUI Home). It's a little bloated but there's a sliding QWERTY, auto-focus 5 megapixel shooter, 3-way jog-wheel, GPS, microSD car...