Author: Leigh Geary
Last week we published stats on the Next Android tablet. Since then Rory Cellan-Jones has had a chance to play with it and delivers his report to the BBC. It's a rather unfortunate outcome, and something we're hearing all too often with some cut-price...
Microsoft are doing a certain amount of promotional activity for Windows Phone 7. This is being sent out as part of an invite to an Executive Event on November 10th and it looks like the real phone will be given out for free on the day. Until then, …
A few weeks back HTC launched their new Android handsets, the HTC Desire HD and HTC Desire Z. An all-new web-service from HTC called HTCSense.com was announced too. It's a way to control and monitor your phone via the web and today it's gone online. T...
If you've requested it then you may start seeing network names like this showing up on your phone. From what we can see it seems that you get "Orange T-Mobile" when you cross over from Orange to T-Mobile and "T-Mobile Orange" when you're a T-Mobile cu...
With just days to go until the official launch of Windows Phone 7 we're already getting yet more leaks and official shots. This is the "LG E900 Optimus 7" and more official-looking shots can be found on BestBoyZ. We've seen this device in video and ph...
Engadget now have some hands on photos of the new Motorola Droid Pro which is a new Android phone with a difference. The handset has a BlackBerry-esque feel thanks to a front-mounted QWERTY keyboard but comes with Android 2.2, Adobe Flash Player 10.1 ...
Skype for Android is now available to download. You can make free Skype-to-Skype calls and dial out to "normal" phones on WiFi or 3G, plus it'll let you send and receive IM's. Just login with your Skype account and off you go. The app is currently ava...
So today, according to the Everything Everywhere announcement Orange and T-Mobile customers should be able to browse across both networks after registering on the links below. It's currently "voice only" but you'll get data roaming soon too. “Fr...
The Android Market appears to have altered overnight with all apps displaying in your local currency. Now, instead of having to convert prices into your local pounds or dollars, you'll see how much each app will cost, direct to you. Converted prices s...
Motorola have just posted an update on their upgrade plans for the Motorola Dext, Backflip and Milestone here in Europe. There's news for other countries too but, unless you're living in the USA, it's all pretty rubbish to be honest. If you are "unluc...
Well hello. What's this ? A HTC Mozart support page on the Orange website? Well, I guess that's confirmation that the network will be getting this particular device. We knew already that Orange are a "Key Partner" in all this but this is the first tim...
Sneaky shots from the internal Phones 4U system have appeared over on engadget. This will be the "only Windows Phone 7 device" on Phones 4U this year and the specs show a 3.7" screen, 8 megapixel camera (with flash and HD video recording) and 1 GHz CP...
The HTC Legend and HTC Desire will shortly be available in a new shade and finish. The Legend will be available through operators and retailers in "phantom black" and the HTC Desire will get a "brilliant white" finish. Florian Seiche, President of HTC...
The Motorola Flipout is now showing on the Orange website for just £169 (with a £10 top-up) on Pay As You Go. It's exclusive to Orange here in the UK - we kinda had a suspicion when we saw the orange-coloured device back in July. The device has …
T-Mobile USA have just announced another Android device - the myTouch. It'll be available before Christmas in red, plum, white or black. Powered by Android 2.2 this has a 3.8" WVGA screen and is powered by a Qualcomm 1GHz MSM8255 CPU. There's also a 5...
Well, that's confirmed then. New York City is the venue, October 11th is the date. This Microsoft page lists the event, complete with the date and news that T-Mobile USA reps will be on stage to promote the upcoming handsets. Let the countdown begin -...
It's still the calm before the Windows Phone 7 storm but there's yet another peek at the new HTC HD7 and yet more specs courtesy of someone within o2 Germany. The 1GHz CPU is confirmed, as is 8GB of on-board storage (presumably still no external stora...
We all know that Android is a creation of Google and so is Gmail, so what happens when we put the worlds leading email service on a mobile device, BlackBerry (BIS) against the new kid on the block, Android with it's services such as Google Mail. As I …
We've had a tip-off that the HTC Desire HD has just appeared on Carphone Warehouse systems as free on a Vodafone package costing £35 pm. It's showing currently in their coming soon section but you should be able to get 600mins, unlimited texts and "u...
We've seen some leaked ads already but now there's a 3 minute long video online giving you a great overview of Windows Phone 7 and how it hopes to be different to other Smartphone OS's. We've already seen it in the flesh and it looks like Microsoft ar...
Motorola have produced a number of Windows Mobile devices over the years. Just four years ago they had the Motorola Q and then, back in 2005, the MPx200. It's fair to say that Motorola ran into a spot of bother but have shot back into the limelight th...
Another handset to appear in this months' catalogues is the HTC Wildfire, which is now just £140 on Vodafone with a £10 Vodafone Freedom Pack, with £50 worth of calls and text to UK mobiles and landlines. There's 250MB of free data usage every mont...
o2 have put their October catalogues into stores and the new Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 is now showing for £129.99 on Pay & Go when you buy it with a £10 top-up. It looks to be exclusive to o2 and comes with a 3" capacitive screen, microSD expansion, …
It's the first day of the month, so today we get to see what's in the new monthly phone catalogues. In the new Vodafone catalogue is the rather splendid Desire HD we saw last month. Vodafone customers will presumably be able to get the device pretty s...
Samsung have reaffirmed their commitment to Windows Phone 7 with this statement which quotes Simon Stanford, Head of Mobile, Samsung UK and Ireland... “The addition of Windows Phone 7 devices to Samsung’s smartphone portfolio is a significan...
Initially we thought the Samsung Galaxy Tab would appear in September with subsequent announcements showing an October launch on networks like Vodafone. However but a recent press release seems to have pegged things back to November. The announcement ...
As we get closer to the full availability of phones packing Windows Phone 7 there's yet more leaks. We've still got an element of confusion between the HTC HD7 / HD3 / Mondrian and HTC 7 Trophy handsets but this, supposedly, is the HTC Spark. The post...
Today Nokia announced the N8 was shipping with it's 12 megapixel carl zeiss camera and xenon flash, but on the Android front, Altek have announced that their new 'Leo' device will be available in Europe and anyone who is after a camera phone will just...
A recent study by a team of computer scientists from Penn State, Intel Labs and Duke University has been conducted into Android apps which share location and other sensitive data from your phone. They tested 30 out of the 358 most popular Android apps...
Got £1000 ? Good, you can pay for my new Diesel Particulate Filter on my car (sob, cry, whinge). Not got that? Got £180? Good, pop along to your local Next store and buy one of these Android tablets.It has a 10" WXGA screen and 8GB storage, WiFi, …
Some very official-looking shots of the HTC Mondrian have been posted on bestboyz.de. This Windows Phone 7 device is due to arrive soon to a "major German network provider" and the shots show the HTC Hub we saw earlier. This is the handset we saw in t...
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...
