Author: Leigh Geary
If you've got yourself a HTC Touch Diamond and want some satnav to go with it, take a looksie at this devicewire deal. This special version of CoPilot Live is available for just £57.99 and is the perfect navigation partner for your phone. The award-...
The advertising campaign is massive - unlike anything we've seen for a Windows Mobile before. We're loving the hype, the interaction and the live Q&A. We've just watched the premiere of the "Johnny X" campaign and the Xperia X1 has been shown off with...
There's been a few stories around the net about the new Google "local" search. The My Location feature should now appear if you browse to Google.com on your phone in Internet Explorer. After the Google Gears plugin installs (what a great name), you'l...
Windows Mobile 7 looks to have popped up on this YouTube video. The advertisement is for Live Mesh and shows how you can sync your life. One shot, about a minute in, shows the HTC Touch Dual and a very sexy new interface. The commerical is a slow-mo …
Following our story yesterday on the upcoming o2 XDA Zest / Asus Glaxy7 handset, some specs have now emerged over at pda.pl. The words "Omnia killer" are already being used with a rather splendid set of specs being present. Expect a large 3.5 " 800x48...
At 1PM BST (12 noon GMT / UTC) Sony Ericsson will be broadcasting the first live demo of the Xperia X1 handset. You can also put your questions to the Xperia X1 team. We've got a countdown timer at the top of the site so you'll know when …
So, I've just had an email from Stephen Murray about something called TouchFLO 2D. It's a CAB file which you can install and get the same experience as the excellent HTC TouchFLO 3D system seen in the excellent HTC Touch Diamond and HTC Touch Pro. So...
Stephen Kelly has been doing some cunning detective work. Following this post at wmpoweruser.com pictures have now appeared at mobile01.com showing a 5 megapixel camera. All good, but then it gets even more interesting when a Asus-built "XDA Zest" han...
If you've got yourself a HTC Touch Diamond on Orange then you may still be waiting for the 1.93 update. This update has already been rolled out on some other Diamond variants, but Orange users have had to wait a little longer. The new firmware improve...
WindowsMobileItaly.com appears to have more details on the HTC Opal we reported on a few days back. It's commerical name, according to the article, will be the HTC Touch Viva and will probably be launched on September 30th. We're hearing the the Black...
Last month we told you about a mysterious new device called the HTC Blackstone. There were rumours of a 3.7" screen and VGA screen and now we can reveal that yes, the Blackstone is real. The HTC Blackstone is the device shown today as the HTC Touch HD...
Here in Europe we often get spoiled with the hottest new mobile phones arriving first on our side of the pond. In the USA, Sprint has announced that the HTC Touch Diamond and HTC Touch Pro will be landing on their network from October 19th. Engadget h...
Head on over to vodafone if you're after the HTC Touch Pro we reviewed recently. Priced from nothing all the way up to £340.43, it now joins the HTC Diamond, Omnia and upcoming Sony Ericsson - all on Vodafone. The Touch Pro brings all the stuff we s...
MoDaCo have news on a new device from HTC called the HTC Touch HD. Equipped with a 5 megapixel camera, GPS, 3G and sporting a massive WVGA screen at 480x800 it's powered by a 528Mhz Qualcomm CPU. 512MB Flash, 288MB RAM and a minimalistic controls also...
Sony Ericsson have just announced the launch dates for their upcoming Xperia X1 handset. The official launch date takes place in 20 days from now on September 30th. It will be available across the UK, Germany and Sweden with Asia, Latin America and ot...
Mention an underground railway here in the UK and most people will talk about The Tube - aka The London Underground. It's the oldest and longest system in the world and serves 268 stations, but sadly lacks air-con or a phone signal pretty much everywh...
A new HTC device called the "QUAR100" has just popped up on the Bluetooth SIG site and wi-fi.org. Various sites are already calling this the "HTC Quartz" or "HTC Touch Quartz" and indeed it would fit in with a gemstone-based naming convention followin...
The Telegraph is reporting that the Google Android handset will be available in time for Christmas here in the UK. Under an exclusive agreement, the HTC-built Dream will arrive in T-Mobile stores in November. It features a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, G...
Jason Langridge has just spotted this rather cool application. It's called PowerSMS and it's currently in beta, which means it's free. Yay. I love this app. I'm always sending text jokes out to groups of people, so the ability to set up your own group...
The original HTC Touch is still an excellent handset that broke the mould for Pocket PC design. When I reviewed it I remember mistaking it for a battery because it was so small compared to the existing touch-screen devices of the time. Now it appears ...
Following the heads-up last week the Samsung Omnia is now live on the T-Mobile UK website. You can grab one right now for absolutely nothing and get yourself a free Nintendo Wii to play with too. T-Mobile, like Vodafone, are offering the 8GB version, ...
The iMate Hummer has made an appearance over at the Boy Genius Report. Like the vehicle, it certainly won't be winning any beauty contests. This is a rugged hard-wearing device running Windows Mobile Standard and has a waterproof metal-alloy case. WiF...
Asus have today launched this, the P552w. Looking very similar to the HTC Touch it's got a finger-driven control system called "Glide" which uses "cutting-edge Gester technology" which will let you zoom, scroll, flip and select items with your finger....
OK, the iPhone. It's exclusive to o2 here in the UK, so other networks are trying their best to compete. Orange have setup a dedicated web page which is accessible from the "Mobile Phones and Plans" section of the Orange website. There's a link called...
Some of you may have picked up on this interview with John Starkweather from Microsoft. All three parts to this interview are now online for you to enjoy. Who is John? Well, he's the International Director of Product Management for the Entertainment a...
Got an Orange branded HTC Touch Diamond? It looks like handsets are now being supplied with ROM version 1.93.405.1 and Radio version 1.00.25.05. You can upgrade to 1.93 if you bought your handset direct from HTC or Vodafone, but Orange users who haven...
We've been trying to get hold of a Samsung Omnia i900 to review but, as yet, there's been no response from the PR dudes. Luckily, Coolsmartphone reader Benn Laider has come to the rescue with a veritable feast of photographic food. Seriously, get your...
It sounds like the Samsung Omnia has worked its way onto T-Mobile, with you guys talking about it in the forum and a tip over at MoDaCo. The device is the 8Gb version, which proves our theory that Orange have the exclusive on the 16Gb unit. Try the...
Over in the USA lots of Windows Mobile 6.1 updates have been rolling out for various handsets of late. I've not posted on these as yet because I've been brainwashed by "I Kissed A Girl" by Katy Perry, which never seems to be off the radio or out …
Whilst testing out the staggeringly quick Google Chrome browser this morning I stumbled across this MoDaCo post showing a tweak from mydigitallife.info to disable the threaded messaging in Windows Mobile 6.1. Now, the new threaded texting system is a ...
This is Throttle Launcher. It's not a TouchFlo3D port, this is a fully skinable application with several skins available. It's an incredibly smooth and remarkable launcher which, when combined with skins like this or this TouchFLO 3D skin, are pretty ...
It looks like Microsoft are trying to play catch-up by recruiting for something called "Skymarker" - a possible applications store for Windows Mobile 7, coming next year. The iPhone has given Windows Mobile a much needed boot up the backside and shown...
So, you've seen our "Week with the HTC Touch Pro" videos. Now you can find them all in once place, complete with up-close pictures of the HTC Touch Pro and screenshots of the HTC TouchFLO 3D system. Our HTC Touch Pro review is now online and includes ...
A few days ago a company called kinoma announced their media player for Windows Mobile. It's touted as the "world’s first mobile media browser" and there's a lot of praise around the internet for this software. Is it deserved? Well, in a word. Yes. ...
The o2 XDA variant of the HTC Touch Diamond is now live on the o2 site. Retailing from free to £199.99 depending on tariff, it's a fully featured handset in a tiny, stylish, finger-driven package. The o2 XDA Ignito is powered by a 528Mhz Qualcomm CPU...
In the final episode of our "Week with the HTC Touch Pro" there's an overview of the pictures and videos application plus you get to see the camera in action. I've also covered the messaging in more detail following your earlier questions. We should ...
In Day 6 of our "Week with the HTC Touch Pro" video blog I take a quick look at the GPS capabilities, the RSS reader and the rather splendid Opera internet browser. Also included is the ever-so-addictive "Teeter" game which uses the in-built tilt sen...
Remember our "Week with the HTC Touch Pro" ? Yes, it's still going - I've just been a little side-tracked recently due to my car accident. However, having a hire car equipped with Microsoft Bluetooth equipment is certainly very interesting. In Day 5 I...
newmobile have managed to get themselves a hands-on with the recently announced HTC S740. It's very Diamond-esque in it's styling and is being shown off at the IFA 2008 Consumer Electronics show in Berlin. The QWERTY keyboard, as you can see on the r...
According to allaboutphones.nl and PDAmobiz.com this is the HTC Blackstone. It looks exactly like the HTC Dream / HTC G1 and matches all the drawings and rendered imagery you may have seen on the web already. We even agree with androidauthority.com in...
