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HTC Touch slated by US TV network ABC

Here's a rather "interesting" review of the HTC Touch and HTC Shadow from ABC News which, if I'm honest, is one of the worst articles I've ever read. It dismisses the hugely successful HTC Touch as the "worst phone" they've seen and call it a "mess". ...

Ted Baker Needle goes on sale

Back in September we told you about the upcoming fashion conscious Ted Baker handsets. Today the Needle is available to buy and is free on certain price plans. You can also benefit from the fact that Carphone Warehouse will sell it to you on a choice ...

Samsung SPH-M4650 prepped

Meet the Samsung SPH-M4650. It looks a little like the SGH-i718 but this time you'll get Windows Mobile 6 and a faster CPU. The official name for this baby is the "SGH-M4650 Multi Touch... but.. errr.. there's no real multi-touch support. There is ins...

SanDisk 6Gb SDHC MicroSD – Reviewed

I'll admit - I haven't yet had time to add to our HTC Touch Dual review. The reason? Well, yesterday our postman decided to stop his strike and deliver something - that something being this 6Gb SDHC MicroSD card. Yes, you heard that right - 6Gb of sto...

HTC Touch Dual Announced

HTC have just announced the HTC Touch Dual. You've seen this on the site under various names (Nike, Touch Slide etc etc) and it builds on the already popular HTC Touch device. One thumb-flick is all it takes to reveal the numeric keypad which is neatl...

Vario III Available from T-Mobile

First came the review, then news that it was coming soon to T-Mobile. Now it's (almost) officially available with the launch details quoting, "The MDA Vario III will be available from 28th September to purchase from T-Mobile stores and online at T-Mob...

HTC Juno exposed on the web

The Boy Genius has come up with another soon-to-be-announced HTC device called the "Juno". To be honest there's not a huge amount of information about it as yet. 3G connectivity, a 2 megapixel camera and Windows Mobile Standard (Smartphone) has been r...

HP iPAQ 900 Business Navigator Series Details

The HP iPaq 900 Series Business Messenger is a QWERTY-toting device designed to hook you into your office. A scroll-wheel, 3G, GPS, WiFi and quad-band technology give this handset definite power and the ability to work anywhere. Equipped with Windows...

Netvibes.com goes mobile

I'm a huge fan of Netvibes.com. Put simply it's a webpage you control - adding, dragging and organising your favourite news feeds on one central page. I use it daily and I've got all the blogs, news sites, comedy pages, technology feeds and phone-rela...

DoCoMo Launch two innovative Windows Mobiles

OK, remember that HTC Touch II (aka Nike) we mentioned several weeks ago ? Well, here it is in the flesh. As usual there's several different names for the device. In this case Japanese operator DoCoMo are launching it as the HT1100. TouchFLO will be ...

HTC to launch the Shift and four other handsets

Gitex Technology Week may not mean much to most of you, but this consumer and business electronics show is bound to see the launch of new gadgets from many different companies. Taking place in Dubau between September 8th and 12th, HTC have already ann...

Pocket CM Keyboard v0.5 Now out – iPhone keyboard on WinMo!

First up, many thanks to everyone who sent in their thoughts on the HTC TyTN. These have all been forwarded on and we'll keep you posted. You can still add your comments if you haven't emailed or posted yet. Thanks also to everyone for their opinions ...

i-mate – An update…

Oh dear. More bad news from i-mate. According to distributor Clove Technology, the i-mate 5150, 7150 and 9150 will never appear. It turns the i-Mate Ultimate range into a choice of just two phones.... "We can now confirm, of the original 5 handhelds ...

HTC Kaiser becomes the AT&T Tilt in the USA

Shh - don't tell anyone but the HTC Kaiser is going to chalk up another name - the AT&T 8925 Tilt. It'll replace the 8525 that was released almost a year ago. AT&T reps seem to be calling it simply "The Tilt" or the "AT&T Tilt", obviously due …

VITO FindMe – A simple free way to locate people

VITO have just released FindMe - a free and useful tool to let someone know your location or when you'd like to find someone else. Install and enter a password to give to your friends, then get them to send you a text message with the password and …

HTC Polaris and HTC Touch II on the horizon

Want some interesting gossip ? Well, you got it. According to SmartMobileGadgets there's some lovely new devices coming your way. First is the HTC P5500, aka the HTC Touch II. Imagine the existing HTC Touch along with the TouchFLO technology but with ...

HTC Kaiser becomes the HTC TyTN II / Vodafone V1615

A few weeks back we were lucky enough to review the HTC Kaiser. Well, stick some business card scanner software in and add the TouchFLO technology we saw in the Touch and you'll end up with the HTC TyTN II. MoDaCo have picked up on this approval site …

LG Release the KC1

Here's the LG KC1. On the face of things it's got everything you could want - an incredibly quick "Marvell Monahans" CPU running at 806MHz (yes, 806Mhz), 512Mb NAND Flash, 128Mb RAM, WiMAX, Bluetooth, T-DMB and a whole lot more. Heck, it's even got a ...

Free audio recording – Keep Recordin’

Keep Recordin' is a nice lightweight audio recording program for all Windows Mobile handsets. It's a great replacement to the existing functionality of the inbuilt audio recorder with a directory chooser for your files, simple interface and noise supp...

HTC Touch(es) Orange France

Bonjour! The HTC Touch has now rolled up at Orange France, which hopefully means that it'll be making a trip across the channel and on to Orange UK very soon. The minimalistic device, which we reviewed first, has innovative technology allowing finger-...

Welcome to the Little and Large show!

I have a question for you. Can you guess which of these handsets is brand new? Sorry, you're wrong, it is in fact both of them. Yes, both of them. Pictured is the green HTC Touch with its' innovative finger touch technology, diminutive size and Window...

HTC Touch – Our updated review online now!

We brought you the first ever review of the HTC Touch and now it's even bigger. We've now added videos and updated screenshots, plus a full look at that TouchFLO system in action. We were lucky enough to get not one, but two of these devices - one …

Skweezer 4.0 Announced – T-Shirts to be won!

New Windows Mobile phones now have Google or Windows Live as the homepage in Internet Explorer. The pages returned are then mobile-formatted to make your life easier. Greenlight Wireless, however, have raised the bar somewhat with Skweezer 4.0. It mak...

HTC Touch Announced – First review online!

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...

Blackberry comes to a Windows Mobile near you

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. ...

Windows Mobile 6 + HTC X7500 = HTX 7501!

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...

E-Ten Glofiish X800 Launched

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...

Adaptex – Become a messaging wizard!

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...

PCNow 3.0 – Remotely control your PC from your mobile

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...

Parrot Boombox – Banging Bluetooth sounds

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....

3GSM: HTC Launches new range of handsets

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...

3GSM: i-Mate get colourful

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 ...

3GSM: HP iPAQ 500 Windows Mobile Launch

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 ...

3GSM: Gigabyte Announce q60 and t600 Windows Mobiles

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...

3GSM: Toshiba Portégé G500 Announced

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 ...

3GSM: MOTO Q Seeks global domination

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 …

3GSM : Orange SPV E650 Sneaks out – The HTC Vox?

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 ...

Windows Mobile 6 – The low-down

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...

European Satellite Radio coming soon?

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...

Lobster 700TV sales prove disappointing – Maybe because..

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....