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Well, it's now official. The HTC Touch is delivering a "New Touch Screen Experience" (although not quite the "multi-touch" we'd hoped) and not only that, it's coming to Orange and many more networks very soon. The new HTC Touch P3450 (HTC Elf) uses gr...
Just a few days ago we were all probably having a chuckle after RIM lost the entire North American Blackberry network. Although it's easy to poke fun, there's no denying that many, many people still choose the Blackberry platform over Windows Mobile. ...
What do you get if you add Windows Mobile 6 to the HTC Advantage X7500 ? Well, you get the... err.. HTC Advantage X7501. The specs list is similarly long and buldging - GPS, 3 megapixel camera, TV-Out, WiFi, Bluetooth, quad-band 3G / HSDPA / 624Mhz CP...
Today marks the start of CeBIT in Hannover. Running until March 21st it's one of the largest digital events and you can expect to see lots of IT companies launching products over the next few days. Amongst the first is E-Ten who have announced their E...
Texting. For some it's easy - their fingers are like a blur on the keypad and they'll compose a message in seconds. Sure, it may only say "U wanna do the pub 2nite m8?", but somehow these gifted people can type the message easily - even whilst driving...
WebEx has launched PCNow 3.0 which gives phone-to-PC access plus PC-to-PC access. With this software you can securely access your PC across an internet connection. It's pretty cheap to - from just £6.35 per month for two PCs it's less than half the p...
New Windows Mobile handsets are now appearing with stereo Bluetooth functionality, also known as "A2DP". This technology allows stereo audio streaming over a Bluetooth connection, which is great when you're out and about with your wireless headphones....
The commercial arm of HTC here in Europe have today announced the launch of three new handsets. They will be familiar but welcome additions for regular readers - the HTC X7500 (Advantage), HTC S710 and the HTC P3350. All of these handsets will be avai...
i-Mate have been busy boys. Not only are they promising a Windows Mobile 6 upgrade for their JAQ3 device, but they've also found time to give a little colour to their Motorola SLVR-esque handsets. A choice of blue, pink and red SPL handsets will soon ...
Meet the new HP iPAQ 500 Series Voice Messenger Windows Mobile phone (yes, that is a long name isn't it?). Featuring Windows Mobile 6 and a massive 6 hours of continuous talk time, this phone also promotes hands-free operation with more than 20 voice ...
Giga-byte have announced a couple of new Windows Mobile Phones at 3GSM. Firstly, the GSmart t600 - a DVB-T, DVB-H, DAB and T-DMB enabled device running on 3.5G/3G networks. It'll support TV recording and will support a VGA screen to enjoy your favouri...
Toshiba have now officially announced their two new Windows Mobile handsets. The first one is called the Toshiba Portégé G500 and has a slide-down numeric keypad. Toshiba have crammed in stacks of goodies including fingerprint technology to protect ...
Motorola has announced that the Moto Q is going global. Two handsets are coming - the MOTO Q q9 and MOTO Q gsm. The MOTO Q q9 brings a more powerful specification with Windows Mobile 6, 256Mb of memory and it should be arriving in Q2 of this …
So it's official - Windows Mobile 6 has been announced. Wait, what's that buried in the press release? "In Europe, Orange plans to deliver the SPV E650 smartphone from HTC, and in Japan, SoftBank Mobile Corp. will offer new devices from Toshiba and ...
The next version of Windows Mobile is coming and you've probably seen more leaks than a broken pipe. Here it is, we've got screenshots of the new OS plus information ahead of the 3GSM conference. Why announce this so early ? Well, a certain French pub...
Every now and then we like to bring you a slightly off-topic post which may interest you. Today I spotted this news item about old satellites being re-used for new in-car entertainment systems in Europe.Cast your mind back a few years. Remember when S...
I'm both annoyed and frustrated by this Guardian story which states that Virgin Mobile UK have sold less than 10,000 of their Lobster 700TV handsets, despite dropping the price heavily and launching a massive advertising campaign with Pamela Anderson....
Here it is, the new Vista phone from Microsoft... Oh.. wait.. Sorry, it's the Apple iPhone. ;) It'll come with just one hardware button, which we presume is the power, and a multi-touch screen. It runs on OS X and there's WiFi 802.11b/g, iTunes syncin...
You may remember our Palm Treo 750v review. It's safe to say that we were more than a little impressed with this exceptional phone and it showed. Until recently it's been exclusive to Vodafone in the UK and Europe, however Cingular now plan to release...
Sprint are to release the Motorola Q (or "Moto Q") later this month in Sprint business sales channels and online at Spint.com with a full availability across Sprint stores and other online channels in mid-February. The slim, sexy Moto Q not only gives...
Remember how we told you how cheap the Virgin Mobile Lobster 700TV was ? Well, how about getting it for absolutely nothing ?! Yup, on the Virgin £25 contract or above you get the phone for absolutely nothing but wait - even if you want just the £20 …
It's official - the Samsung "Ultra Messaging" i600. Powered by Windows Mobile 5.0 (Smartphone) this device should be available early 2007 across the Asia Pacific and Europe. It's waded into the contentious "thin" debate by claiming the worlds thinnest...
When we first mentioned TinyTube.net - a mobile version of YouTube - we loved it. We were slightly worried though. TinyTube.net takes YouTube videos and converts them into a mobile-viewable format. But what would YouTube.com think of their service? Wi...
Orange Romania have launched the SIM+ card alongside this - the Orange SPV C100 handset. The Windows Mobile 5.0 powered Smartphone has a 1.3 Megapixel camera, MicroSD slot, GPRS/EDGE, Bluetooth, IR and a lower-than-normal 176x220 resolution screen. Th...
A new service from Mecora lets you access to your music on your PC from your mobile phone. Mercora, a digital music company, is now running this service as a free preview until the end of October. Srivats Sampath, top dog at Mercora, said, "Mercora M ...
Whenever I hear about the new Microsoft Zune I instantly think of that damned Mazda commerical, however the Microsoft Zune (Zune Zune Zune!) has now touched down and there's a couple of videos of it in action below. The Zune is a new Microsoft-driven ...
Transport for London (TfL) has successfully implemented a new solution from AMT-SYBEX and T-Mobile to improve travel conditions and enforce traffic regulations more effectively on London’s Red Routes. The 580km stretch of red routes have to be kept ...
Earlier we exclusively revealed that T-Mobile UK were to release their version of the HTC Hermes - the Vario II. Now it's out in public with the official press release from T-Mobile UK below. Featuring Windows Mobile 5.0, push-email and using the T-M...
Cortado are now offering direct push email to your handset for €4.98 per month. Using the Microsoft Direct-Push technology Cortado remove the need for Exchange Server setup and configuration. They also have an offer giving 2 months free service if y...
PocketInfo.nl have published this review of the HTC Oxygen aka the Orange SPV C100. The handset uses the SIM+ technology allowing storage and bonus-content to be shipped with the handset. The machine-translated article also describes the plus-points -...
The Orange SPV M3000 is a great handset. It got released by Orange in most of Europe but not here in Britain. It's appeared on o2 (XDA Mini S), Vodafone (QTek 9100) and T-Mobile (MDA Vario) but Orange UK didn't release it. We got mad. We started a …
There's a rather interesting article here at The Register called "Whatever happened to Smartphones?" by Andrew Orlowski. It's a rather frank discussion into todays "dumbphones" and how advanced they are plus how popular they still are when compared to...
You may have spotted news the other day that Microsoft and Palm were working on something for Vodafone which would "target the adoption of wireless push email in Europe". Well it's now official - the Windows-powered Vodafone Palm 750v (aka Lennon) dev...
With phones getting better and better cameras it's no great surprise to see this BBC news story into a study on mobile phone use. It found that 44% of people already use their phone as their main camera. It also points out some interesting facts on MP...
Orange today announced another collosal change in the way people get mobile, fixed-line and broadband services. Binning the "Wanadoo" brand they're now giving free high speed internet access to UK customers who, like me, spend at least £30 a month on...
You may remember the TechFaith Wireless handsets we featured back in April. It now appears that TechFaith are tightening their ties with Microsoft by signing an agreement to work closely with sales, marketing and technology. Using the Windows Mobile a...
TV giants Sky are to trial the MediaFLO Technology from Qualcomm. They're going to be testing the FLOTM technology, which is a wireless multicasting technology allowing delivery of video services to mobile devices in the United Kingdom. This, along wi...
A huge creamy dollop of news today now I'm back in sunny England. First up is news of a HSPDA data card from T-Mobile. Yes, another acronym for you guys - HSPDA is basically 3G on steroids - more speed and a reduction in latency. You can read …
Today sees the launch of the new hot Smartphone from o2. It's got all the things you'd expect from a great Smartphone - Windows Mobile 5.0, quad-band capability, hi-res screen, a 1.3 Megapixel camera, Mini-SD expansion slot, 64MB RAM, 64MB Flash, Blue...
Unwired Software, Inc. has released version 1.3 of the best new mobile technology of 2006 – the popular InfoShare List Manager for Pocket PC and Smartphone. InfoShare List Manager is the first wireless software application that allows individuals an...
