Author: Leigh Geary
Orange have just announced that the world's first Touchscreen Watch Phone will arrive in their stores next month. The LG handset is first of many, with further "future phones" arriving in the next 18 months. The watch phone will come complete with a B...
Day 6 of our week with the HTC Hero is now published. Today we have a look at Android Market, the Adobe Flash integration, Twitter, playing a game and a few more of your questions. We've only got one more day with this phone and I will try …
Apologies in advance if you've not received a response to emails, I'm off the net all weekend but there's just been time to get day 5 of our week with the HTC Hero online. This time we take a look under the battery cover and answer a few …
Day 4 of our "Week With" series is now online. Today we show you more of the camera, video recording, the YouTube app, more of the on-screen keyboard, more browsing action, how to add shortcuts to programs, screen rotation and more. Plus, don't forget...
Wait ! We haven't gone totally "Android crazy" just yet! Our review of the Windows Mobile-powered o2 XDA Guide is now online. The handset we had from o2 came complete with a car cradle, car charger and a funky remote for playing tunes on the move. Ins...
I'm not pretending to fully understand how this works, but a new app called TrueCaller is now available which will help you match unknown numbers with the person calling. Operating in 20 countries (sadly, not the UK) including Italy, Spain, Sweden, Ge...
Want more Samsung Omnia II video action? It's right here at hdblog.it. We've seen it before but this one is an 11 minute spectacular. You know the deal by now, TouchWiz 2.0 UI, 3.7 inch WVGA AMOLED screen, WiFi and more besides. Soak it up here or cli...
A few weeks ago Samsung announced a range of new Omnia handsets at a big launch party. Most of their efforts however, were pushed into a new Samsung Jet handset which sadly isn't powered by WinMo. It's packed with a Samsung AMOLED 3.1" WVGA 800x480 sc...
Day 3 of our week with the Hero is now online and we have some great news. I'm getting a tripod ! No, not that sort of tripod - one for the camera, so these one-handed wobble-cam videos could be a thing of the past very soon. Today …
Remember how we told you that the Toshiba TG01 was coming to Orange ? Well, we hate to say we told you so but here it is on the Orange UK Shop. A massive 4.1 inch W-VGA screen, Facebook, Youtube, WiFi, GPS, microSD expansion, 3.1 megapixel camera and …
Day 2 of our HTC Hero video blog is now online. Today we took at the insides of the phone - the HTC Sense interface. I've got no manual and no instructions - this is all stuff I've learnt in the first few hours with the phone. HTC …
Following our earlier news of a possible launch on Orange it also looks like the Toshiba TG-01 might be coming to o2 too. A Toshiba launch event has been set for July 9th and many believe it will mark the launch of the 1Ghz handset in the UK. …
Back in February the GSM association and several handset manufacturers started discussions into a unified charger solution for mobile phones. Yesterday the decision was finalised, with 10 companies representing 90% of the European mobile market agreei...
Yet more "are they or aren't they" rumours started a couple of days back when pictures of what's believed to be Windows Mobile 7 appeared online. Whilst we still wait for 6.5 to appear officially on phones, these shots appeared with other sites statin...
Early next month the HTC Hero will be available to buy on networks and unlocked for £399.99. Just a few days ago we attended the launch event of this new Android-powered phone. It marks a significant shift for HTC, who have invested time and effort i...
It's only been a month since Kinoma Play was updated to include extra features such as Twitter and Facebook integration. Now they've updated it yet again with a faster experience when Tweeting and extra support for more online photo services. The Twit...
We're going to start covering Android news - this won't dilute our existing Windows Mobile coverage and it's merely branching out with additional information for our visitors. Over the next few days we'll be working on improvements to the site so you ...
The HTC Hero has just popped up on the Orange Shop in it's exclusive graphite colour. Prices start from a big fat nothing depending on the contract. This is the Android-powered device that HTC revealed last week with the HTC Sense GUI. THe specs inclu...
This is the Mio Amber - a touch-screen Windows Mobile 6.5 device with a 5 megapixel camera around the back and a VGA one up front for video calls plus a health 1500mAh battery. ai.rs also reports a 3.61" WVGA screen, 256MB RAM / 512MB ROM, FM radio, …
When we get emails from anonymous sources we're always a bit sceptical. Take today for example, we've had a tip-off that the Toshiba TG01 is coming to Orange UK. Should we tell you about it ? Well, it'd be a shame not too really. I'm due for an …
Confusion seems to be surrounding the launch of the Sense GUI on the Android-powered Hero last week, with rumours of it being made available on Windows Mobile already surfacing. Strange. We were at the press event and, from what we were told by HTC, t...
Man, check out that screen! Look at the QWERTY keyboard, the blistering screen switching speed, the smooth zoom, the fluid GUI! Look at the scrolling .. just.. look at it. Berjeezus the Omnia II and OmniaPRO B7610 look good. HELLO ? SAMSUNG PR? WANT P...
Arriving in just a few days, the Vodafone Access Gateway is designed to boost the existing Vodafone signal so you can get mobile reception. It plugs into your home broadband connection and transmits a standard 3G GSM signal so that up to four mobile c...
If you've got some money washing around an you fancy dipping your toes in the Google Android camp, we've got some news. The white unlocked handset (all the other colours are for networks by the way), will be selling from devicewire pretty soon, but if...
T3 Magazine have just opened up voting for their 2009 Gadget Awards. There's spot prizes to be won just for taking part. HTC are up for "Tech Brand of the Year" and the HTC Touch Diamond2 is in the shortlist for "Drop Dead Gorgeous Gadget" and the "Ph...
An updated version of Nimbuzz is now available. Now, if I'm honest I've not come across this software before so I'll explain a bit more about it. For starters, it's free. Brilliant. It's a "mobile social messenger" which mixes VoIP, instant messaging ...
Here's another very useful accessory which will only set you back £2.92 (well, err.. £5.21 with the postage). It's for those of you who may have lost your normal phone charger or need an additional one elsewhere - just plug your sync cable between t...
Yesterday we were in London to witness the launch of the latest Google Android-powered handset from HTC. The HTC Hero has a new HTC interface inside called "HTC Sense" and brings the smooth and quick interface we've seen on Windows Mobile with HTC Tou...
Carl Paulsen has just mailed in after spotting this interesting option on the new HTC Hero Product Tour. If you wait for number 4 to pop up it shows an interesting option we've not seen before. Now, we don't want to be mean, and we KNOW the HTC …
The HTC Sense interface. Wanna see what all the fuss is about? Have a look at the video below - we've got one from earlier today which will be online later this evening. Here's an Orange member of staff showing you around the HTC Hero and it's Sense …
Devicewire have stepped up to offer the HTC Hero unlocked. For those who don't want the usual contract tie-in, you'll soon be able to grab the handset from them for £378.25 exluding VAT or £434.99 with VAT. Stock will be arriving July 3rd. If you're...
Orange have made their launch of the HTC Hero official with the press release below. It's going to exclusively retail the "Graphite" coloured Hero for absolutely nothing on plans 24-month plans costing £39.15 per month from early July. They also conf...
Today was the HTC "Come See" event and we were in attendance down in Hackney. Upon entering the location we were ushered into a large room for the main launch and placed near to the front. Shortly following this Peter Chou - CEO at HTC took to the...
At the start of this month HTC sent us an invite to a big press event. It's in London, it's today, and all we know is that HTC want us to "Come see". There's still no guarantee of new Windows Phones today, but we're going to pop down …
We've been hanging with the Windows Mobile crew for some time now. Heck, we remember when an animated GIF was a big deal! Now we're finally getting confirmation that Adobe Flash 10 will be coming to Windows Mobile. All we've now got to do is wait unti...
Well, I don't know about you but this graphic looks suspiciously like the HTC Diamond with the keys moved around slightly, but - according to hitech.sanook.com it's the new HTC Firestone. This got leaked earlier in the year as a suspected replacement ...
The MDA Vario V originally popped up in February and we all expect the branded Touch Pro2 to pop onto T-Mobile UK following the launch of the Compact V - it's keyboardless cousin. However, doubts started to surface after some people were told that the...
On Wednesday we'll be down in London for the HTC "Come see" event. We'll be bringing you live news, twitter updates and instant pictures, so be sure to join in from 11AM with the main event kicking off at noon. Rumours and now details from the Global ...
Julian from pocketpc.ch has just got himself an Acer F900. It's got a new interface called "Acer Shell". It seems to be based on an office desk, with you needing to swipe your finger to the right or left to get different sections of your desk. The win...
This is the C8000 from Huawei. It has a 3D graphical user interface and a graphics adapter which will show DVD-quality images on the 2.8" screen. It also boasts the ability to play these videos for a massive six to eight hours. Looking a lot like the ...
