Author: Leigh Geary
Anyone remember late 2004 / early 2005? What were you doing? We were reviewing the SPV M2000. Also known as the "HTC Blue Angel" it was pretty innovative for the time and featured a slide-down QWERTY keyboard and Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition. Fi...
I can see you out there, drooling. This is the almighty HTC HD2 that we've been tracking for several weeks. It, along with the TouchFLO GUI and other handset navigation panels, may just be enough to help us forget about the lacklustre 6.5 update under...
Despite our coverage of Android we still remain Windows Mobile / Windows Phone fans, so it's hard to keep reporting on the bad press from the 6.5 launch and Marketplace localization issues. Today there's yet more bad news for Marketplace and Microsoft...
Hey, look - it's the Armani phone we heard about some time back. We thought it had been cancelled, but no - it's here at last. At first look it looks like a re-sprayed HTC Kaiser but the specs are definitely an improvement. A 3.5" AMOLED screen, 5 …
Let me bring you up to speed with something that’s been happening with the new Windows Marketplace. It’s arrived on WinMo 6.5-powered devices and there’s already a very easy way for everyone else to get it too. There’s a problem though, and it...
Here's the new Windows Phone TV ad. You can see it below from YouTube, although this Facebook link seems to show it in better quality. The ad is part of the marketing campaign to launch the new "Windows Phone" brand and it's actually quite a good way ...
Bum. It looks like Orange won't be ranging the HTC HD2. We're hearing rumours that T-Mo and Vodafone will, and we know that o2 definitely are, so that only really left Orange and "3". Of course "3" haven't gone near an Android device and it's been a l...
The CTIA Wireless IT&E 09 event is currently taking place in San Diego. Microsoft have a range of new handsets including the Omnia II and this, the Samsung Interpid on Sptint. The Intrepid has the stock WinMo 6.5 build, a 3.2 megapixel camera and a QW...
Sheesh. Is every story about the HD2 ? Well yes, yes it is. This 1Ghz super-phone is doing something to the loins of Windows Mobile fans everywhere and the HTC Sense interface looks smoother than a frozen snooker ball. Doug Purnell has spoken to o2 to...
Another day, another HD2 video. Normally we prefer the "real hands on" videos but this official promo vid is rather spiffing. The weather tab looks beautiful and the video concentrates on it for quite some time. Hmmm.. it's as if they know that us Bri...
If you're sitting down to do some lunch-time browsing I'd heartily recommend this BBC news story. It covers the recession and how it's affecting mobile phone sales. Whilst many "mid-range" handsets are being hit by the world credit problems, smartphon...
It looks like Windows Live has finally had an update. Download it direct to your WinMo phone by typing wl.windowsmobile.com into your address bar or click here. The new version includes tighter integration into Windows Live with photo and comment view...
It can be a tad confusing when you're trying to find which phone is available and which network it's available on. The new Windows Phone site now has a "Phone Explorer" which shows you the handsets available in your country and where to get them. Just...
We're running out of ways to say just how excited we are about the HTC HD2. It's brimming with specs and has a large but slender frame. It's also the first ever Windows Mobile (or Windows Phone) with the HTC Sense experience. There's a 800x480 multi-t...
TechRadar have got some interesting info on the new Omnia handsets. The Samsung Omnia II will indeed be available on Orange (we kinda guessed that much). There's other news though - the Samsung Omnia
OK, we get a lot of these. Price comparison sites are obviously a big thing for both you and the people behind them. PowerupMobile.com have sent us this press release stating that the HTC HD2 will be available on both T-Mobile and Vodafone. Now, readi...
Would you believe it ? T-Mobile have finally posted the HTC Hero / G2 Touch ROM upgrade. It's arrived some time after the Orange update and the long delay has upset quite a few T-Mobile customers. The download, available here should at least go some w...
Today being the the launch of 6.5 we're happy to see "the" handset of the moment announced at last. The HTC HD2 will have the latest 6.5 OS and comes with HTC Sense (yes, the software you saw on the Android-powered Hero). It'll be available later this...
We've already had a good poke around with the new WinMo 6.5 and were more than impressed with the My Phone service. Although it's still a little stylus-driven the idea of storing your pictures, contacts, texts and other important phone data online is ...
You may have seen the leaked builds of Windows Mobile 6.5, you may even have installed it, but during our time with the Touch2 we finally got time see the official release. We've detailed our thoughts on the new OS within the review. In short, the han...
Today marks the launch of several handsets with the all-new Windows Mobile 6.5 OS. One of them is the HTC Touch2, which is available unlocked for £284.99. We mnanaged to get one of these a short while back and we now have a full review online, comple...
To mark the launch of Windows Mobile 6.5 a new Windows Phone website is now online. It features the new orange colour scheme, the "Windows Phone" logo and quick links to mobiles, updates and apps. Today though there's growing rumours on the web about ...
Orange have just announced an exclusive - the Android-powered Motorola DEXT will be on sale today only on their network. The first of the handsets will only be available from the new Milton Keynes store, situated in thecentre:mk. It's a new venture fo...
See this? It's the Motorola DEXT sitting in the Orange shop, all ready to sell. The QWERTY-sliding Android phone had a 5 megapixel camera, 3.5mm audio jack, Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR, WiFi 802.11 b/g, aGPS and a load more. If you're looking to get one of th...
Windows Marketplace appeared a day early today. A few lucky AT&T owners have picked up HTC devices with it on board and some of you with cooked ROM's have got it too. But what of us Windows Mobile 6.0 / 6.1 owners? Well, word on the street is …
Right, just to bring you up to speed. The HTC Hero. It's an Android handset with the HTC Sense experience. Last month it had an update to take it from "brilliant" to "super-brilliant". HTC unlocked handsets got their update on September 15th and then ...
The HTC Leo is thw Windows Mobile powerhouse that's already caused tremours across the web. It's rumoured to be the first device to support Windows Mobile 7 and it should be landing on o2 very soon. We've seen it in T-Mobile colours too with the name ...
Tomorrow Windows Mobile 6.5 launches officially. However, things have already started slipping out a little early. In the US the HTC Tilt 2 (Touch Pro2) and HTC PURE (Touch Diamond 2 are both now available on AT&T with 6.5 on board. Elsewhere Vodafone...
Just a day before the big launch of Windows Mobile 6.5 and there's yet more bad news for Microsoft. Palm have dropped Windows Mobile, Motorola seem to have done the same and now Acer are to shift focus. Although we've not seen a massive amount of Acer...
The Motorola DEXT should be arriving very soon here in the UK on Orange. If you're interested in this QWERTY-sliding Android phone then definitely check out these photos from mobile-review.com. The review doesn't include much of the software as, alas,...
The HTC Tattoo is already about to arrive unlocked and on Vodafone but look, it's coming Orange too! Standing proud on the coming soon pages the Tattoo is the "HTC Android device for the masses" and will go head-to-head with it's Windows Mobile cousin...
Eagle-eyed Johnny De'Silva has spotted that the Omnia II recently got a public outing whilst collecting Orange email. Although this is speculation Orange did pick up the original Omnia so it wouldn't be a huge surprise, especially as we haven't seen a...
Oh dear. Things have got even more ugly in the T-Mobile forums since we reported on the Hero / G2 Touch update this morning. T-Mobile G2 Touch customers are getting even more angry about the situation now and T-Mobile have been forced to apologise but...
Well, slap me with a fish. Just a few minutes after posting the painfully short LG GM750 video I get an email from top man Johnny De'Silva saying, "There's stacks more". LG themselves have uploaded all these. There's demos showing the weather theme, m...
Just yesterday we broke the news that the power-house known as the HTC HD2 was about to land on T-Mobile. Not only that, but the Touch2 is coming too. Great news all round.Today we've had another anonymous tip, this time with a picture attached showin...
The HTC Hero. It's great, but recently an update appeared to make it even greater (I'm declaring that a word). It's been available for generic Hero devices since September 15th and for Orange customers since September 20th. But what of those T-Mobile ...
The LG GM750 marks the beginning of the "LG WinMo Assault" and it should be available any day now from Vodafone. There's a 5 megapixel camera, GPS, WiFi and a 3" touch screen. You can see it in action in this all too brief video from FoneHomeUK. There...
Gadget of the year? According to Stuff Magazine it's the HTC Hero. We reviewed this phone some months back and made the dangerous claim that it was "a true iPhone contender". Let's admit it, it is. Stuff states.. "No smartphone floored us in the way ...
The Android-powered Pulse is now showing on the T-Mobile website. It's free on the £20 per month package (although that's a 24-month contract).The device is made by Huawei and has a 3.2 megapixel cam, 480x320 3.5" screen and T-Mobile are thowing in a...
Yes, another post about the HTC HD2. It used to be called the HTC Leo but - whatever you want to call it - the device is really stirring interest. HTC have thrown everything at it - a 1Ghz CPU, 5 megapixel camera with auto-focus and flash, a …
