Author: Leigh Geary
Last month we mentioned the official Dropbox app for Android. It's on the way to a phone near you and, although there is a "read only" web-app on the Market already, we're after this official one with the ability to upload files from your handset to t...
UK readers have currently got a chance to win the HTC Desire and now, on the very same day, there's a competition to win a HD2. This one is for our American readers and it's direct from Microsoft. To be in with a chance just tell them what …
Vodafone are due to stock the HTC Mini HD either next week or the week after I have reliably been told by a contact at Vodafone. The Mini HD was announced back at Mobile World Congress and the key features are: 600 MHz processor. HTC Sense. 5 m...
Shortlist.com currently have a competition to win a brand new HTC Desire. All you need to do is answer the incredibly simple question and email them before May 3rd. If you're not lucky, don't worry - there's still plenty of deals. Edit - Apologies guy...
It was a possibility but, according to Reuters it's now not going to happen.. "The world's No. 5 smartphone brand and one name associated with a possible offer, was approached about making a bid but decided to pass after reviewing Palm's books, a sour...
Extra specs for Microsoft KIN phones have now appeared online. The details, which appear solely on gdgt for some reason, reveal a 600Mhz CPU at the heart of both phones and Exchange support plus light, motion and proximity sensors. The KIN ONE and KI...
Recently I had to use the train quite a bit. The experience wasn't as bad as I'd remembered from my teenage years. The trains were on-time, quiet and clean. I spent the daily commute into Birmingham listening to music on my phone but, after playing ne...
An over-the-air update is now being pushed out to HTC Legend owners to fix a bug which makes certain apps vanish from the Android Market. According to HTC this is due to a camera issue but the update should make things all better again.Update - There ...
It seems that the development of Android continues and an insane pace. Android 2.2 has now been pictured running on a myTouch 3g / HTC Magic. Sure, it could be a fake and although Androidandme have seen OS 2.2 handsets browsing the web we're still not...
Another Dell handset to appear today is this, the Flash. It's a phone made from "curved glass" and is powered by an 800Mhz Qualcomm MSM 7230 CPU. There's a 3.5" WVGA LCD screen, triband HSPA and a 5 megapixel autofocus camera with image stabilisation....
Aimed as "creative and imaginative people" this is the Dell Thunder. It's another handset to leak from Dell HQ and packs Android 2.1 with a 4.1" WVGA OLED screen. A custom UI from Dell, called "Stage", has been added and it'll pull in your social netw...
The Dell leaks continue, this time it's Android and another QWERTY portrait device. Meet the "Smoke" complete with the very latest version of Android. Targetting the messaging / Blackberry consumers it's got a 2.8" QVGA and will pop up in Q2 of 2011. ...
This, ladies and gentlemen, is the Dell Lightning. It's powered by Windows Phone 7 and has just been leaked by engadget. Reminding us ever-so-slightly of the Orange SPV M2000 it's a portraid QWERTY slider with some very hot specs. A 1GHz QSD8250 Snapd...
Want Android on an iPhone ? Well, it looks like this is now possible. After a boot through "OpeniBoot" the penguin pops up and Android begins to boot. The video below shows it working it, to be honest, it's not all that slow either. It'll browse, use...
We review lots of mobile phones, but we also like to take a look at other cool gadgets and gizmos from time to time. Today it's the turn of this, the Sumo Gamer chair. Those long-time readers may remember a review we did back in 2006 of another …
HTC have today said the following..... "HTC will be providing a free update to Éclair for European HTC Hero variants. Starting in June, anyone owning an HTC Hero will receive an initial preparatory update, shortly followed by the full &Ea...
Google Maps appears to have been updated this morning and now, here in an ash-covered Britain, version 4.1.1 should give us the fully-functional Google Maps Navigation. Some users are having to reboot and this is a beta but it does appear that the UK...
A recent survey by Appcelerator last month has shown what we all kinda knew. Developer interest in Windows Phone isn't as high as it could be. The full survey, which is available for download, involved 1028 developers and shows that 87% are "very in...
Our dedicated forums for lucky HTC Desire and HTC Legend owners are now online. For Windows Mobile owners we've also added HTC HD2 and HD mini forums for your handset-specific questions.
You're almost spoilt for choice when it comes to Android applications. Our regular App Review Show from Tom Ranson is already proving popular and now Chris Pratt is on board with a full written review of the Handcent SMS app. Handcent SMS is a free a...
The LG GT540 has just appeared in a variety of colours over on lgblog.fr. According to theunwiredview there was a reference to it being named the "LG Optimus" but now the blog calls it the "LG GT540" or the "Swift". It appears to be a budget touchscre...
Three have posted an update regarding the delivery of HTC Desire handsets to customers. A few lucky punters have already got theirs, but the continuing flight delays due to volcanic ash have meant that some deliveries in Asia have not occured. The rem...
So, the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 we have here doesn't do multi-touch and runs Android 1.6. However, according to mobiles.co.uk it can do multi-touch and an update in September will boost it to Android 2.1 with the multi-touch magic. Don't forget to ch...
The all-new Microsoft KIN phones were announced on Monday. Aimed at those wanting to keep in touch with online and offline friends without the huge data package, these are arriving on Verizon in the USA soon and here in Europe on Vodafone in the autum...
The HTC Desire is now listed on the Orange website. The brown one is currently showing as available but the black one is coming soon. Let's not beat around the bush. The HTC Desire is one utterly amazing handset and I'm really trying to find a way to …
I'm sure we've all seen a lava lamp. You can sit and gaze at the lovely floating blobs of wax float around, perhaps trying to forget the fact that your flight to Ibiza is grounded until the weekend. But would that lovely lava lamp still work in the …
So there we are, desperately looking around the HTC website for SOME SIGN of the HTC Hero Android 2.1 / HTC Sense upgrade (hellooooo!!!!) and instead we find this, an updated version of the HTC Sync software. Get this if you've got the HTC Legend, HTC...
The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 is here and, if I can get myself off this lovely sumo chair, I'll have a full review online soon enough. Until then there's the usual up-close photos to keep you busy. This white one is available on Orange. The X10 has som...
OK, so the Windows Mobile version of HTC Sense isn't quite as flexible as the Android version but, with the help of Co0kie's Home Tab it very nearly is. This excellent app will let you modify the Home Tab on your HTC Sense interface. You can move stuf...
Remember the DROID ? Of course you do, it's the Motorola handset that caused such a stir in the US a few months ago following a huge PR campaign. It was launched on Verizon in the USA and had a small outing here in Europe as the MILESTONE. …
As promised yesterday we now have the HTC HD mini review online. It's got all the videos we recorded, the up-close photos and the screenshots from the HTC Sense interface. We've also included the pictures taken with the phone and you can add your comm...
We're getting anonymous emails stating that the HTC HD mini is coming to Orange. If you've heard anything please do let us know, as we can't confirm this as yet. The new Windows Mobile 6.5 device was here just last weekend and we filmed the videos bel...
You may remember that recently we had the HTC Desire and HTC Legend for a couple of days each. It's not really enough time for a full review, but we've now packaged the pictures and videos together in a smaller, more concise review. After several minu...
Over a the LG UK Blog they have shown off the replacement to the In Touch Max and is called LU2300 (hopefully a better name to follow) Features: 3.5inch capacitive touchscreen 1GHz Snapdragon Processor 4 line landcape slide QWERTY keyboard DivX suppo...
The fireworks went off yesterday as the Microsoft KIN phones were announced. KIN will connect you to friends without the need to worry about who's on which social network. It's your social network connection, but reports from engadget state that updat...
A new HTC HD2 update has popped up for Vodafone customers. Version 1.72.161.3 is now available to download and will "improve the efficiency of your phone". Now, as usual don't forget to backup your on-device data and ensure that the phone is charged u...
Microsoft, Sharp, Verizon Wireless and Vodafone have today unveiled KIN. This is a "social phone" designed to share your life, your special moments, your feelings and your thoughts. Those renders from last year are now a reality and will be arriving i...
Today Microsoft revealed their Pink phones. They're now called "KIN" and the live feed has now been recorded and stored below. If you'd like the full low-down on the KIN handsets, click here for our full write-up!
Palm is now up for sale. The company once made Windows Mobile handsets and likely bidders include HTC and Lenovo. Palm have posted 11 straight quarterly losses with the Pre and Pixi handsets failing to rescue the sliding share prices. Palm saw its sha...
Three have added some extra plans for anyone intending to buy the HTC Desire on their network. This is in response to customer feedback. Spotify has been chucked in for the length of the contract on the 24-month £35 Internet Texter plan, with the pho...
