Orange SPV C600 Appears in Orange Catalogues

Craig has sent in a scan of the November Orange magazine. It features the Orange SPV C600 (hurray!!!) so that means it should be out in the shops any time now really. Check out the full scan here. Apologies in advance for the lack of email response re...

o2 Puts the pedal to the metal

o2 has announced that it is to roll out HSDPA by Q3 next year (2006). Woahoa! Stop. What is HSPDA ? Well, I had a look on the internet and found this explanation.. "HSPDA works by moving important processing functions closer to the air interface. Alt...

Astraware Annouce My Little Tank

Astraware have today annouced the release of "My Little Tank". I'll try not to mention the obvious "cockney rhyming slang".. thank god they didn't call it "Tommy Tank", that's all I can say! Can you imagine your wife finding you hunched over your phon...

Qtek G100 specifications

We told you we'd have more on the Qtek G100 and indeed we do. Full specs have now been posted here at qtek.nu. According to the website... "The new Qtek G100 is the first device in the Qtek range to focus on personal navigation. This non-GSM device fe...

SPV M5000 Selling on the Orange Shop

The Orange M5000 is now available on the Orange Shop. It's selling for £299.99 for new customers however it's still showing as "Out Of Stock" on Orange Upgrades. This is the Orange version of the HTC Universal, already seen on o2 as the o2 XDA Exec ...

A naughty weekend with the T-Mobile Vario

Thanks to my endless charm, wit and ..err.. modesty I've managed to secure a dirty weekend with the T-Mobile Vario. I've got just 48 hours to test this kit, which came with the CoPilot Live (6) software and a Bluetooth GPS device. First impressions? W...

Cingular 8125 approaches

In the USA Sprint are already selling the PPC 6700 handset. It's made by HTC and called the "Apache" and is the CDMA version of the HTC Wizard, which is sold in Europe as the T-Mobile MDA Vario, Orange SPV M3000 etc. Well, now there's more information...

The real cost of roaming with a data card

Considering Europe is now in theory one big happy family it still shocks me how much we're charged for going abroad. For example, if I got in the car now and drove to the EuroTunnel I could be in Paris in a couple of hours. However, I'll get …

Qtek G100 appears at qtek.nu

Hello hello, look what's just appeared here at the qtek website. It's the GPS-enabled Qtek G100 and its presence on the site can only mean that a full launch is just around the corner. Details that we know so far are Windows Mobile 5.0, WiFi and in-b...

T-Mobile launches the MDA Vario in UK

Well, if Orange won't launch the SPV M3000 in the UK then it leaves the door wide open for another UK network to launch their version of the same handset. Step forward T-Mobile, who have now officially annouced the launch of the T-Mobile MDA Vario. Wi...

Samsung SGH-i300 to appear in BMW 5 Series cars

Samsung have announced an alliance with BMW to integrate their SGH-i300 Windows Mobile phone into the infamous iDrive interface on the BMW 5 Series. The SGH-i300 will connect to the iDrive system via A2DP Bluetooth, and will allow the user to listen t...

T-Mobile UK have the SDA II on sale

Crickey, I never spotted this. It looks like T-Mobile UK have started selling the new SDA II aswell! We, like many other websites, didn't know anything about this - mainly because T-Mobile UK never tell us. Come on guys! Speak! We don't bite! ;) If yo...

o2 Atom on show

Thanks to Frits for pointing this o2 Atom information and at threegmobile.net. There's also stack of real pictures of the device which can be seen by clicking on the thumbnails. O2 showed off the Atom in Hong Kong during a new customer service centre ...

T-Mobile MDA Pro hits Stuff’s Top 10

Stuff Magazine have just announced their Cool List for 2005 featuring the 10 most desirable gadgets known to man. The Stuff Cool List isn’t just a celebration of cutting-edge tech – it’s almost like a Gadget Oscars. At number 5 in these Oscars i...

HTC Muse – Mobile Entertainment Communicator

Another day, another new HTC handset appears. Should we start saying, "The future's bright, the future's HTC?". MSMobiles have yet another picture of a HTC device currently being designed. This one is called the HTC Muse and is billed as a "Windows M...

Podcast 14 now online

Only a week since the last one! Wow, that's like - almost regular isn't it? In this Podcast I talk about our campaign to get the M3000 into the UK plus news on the release of the Orange C600, the Orange C500 update, the Motorola Q video and …

News from the front – getting that M5000

As you'll know already the Orange SPV M5000 is now available to purchase. Well, sort-of. At the moment it's in pretty limited numbers and available to larger stores only. Also, it appears that only new customers are able to get one at present. However...

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HTC Breeze Shows up – with front-facing camera

MSMobiles have news on a new handset from HTC, the makers of the SPV range. This one is code-named the "HTC Breeze" and appears to have a front-facing camera in addition to the regular rear-mounted one.Update - New details show that this device DOES h...

Quick! Calling all homescreen makers!

A selfish request here to all homescreen producers across the globe. I've even blogged about this too but not had a response as yet (is there anyone mad enough to read my blog?). So I'm gonna ask here. What I'm after is a QVGA homescreen featuring Gem...