Category: Windows Phone

Hands On With HTC Titan

We are here live at the HTC evening in London where they have just announced to the world two new Windows devices which really pack a punch! These are hands on pictures of the ‘big daddy’ the HTC Titan but even though it has a 4.7 in screen …

Hands On With HTC Radar

Here are some photos of the HTC Radar which has JUST been announced! More details on our earlier story.

Live at the HTC Launch

Recorded live, we broadcast this just a few moments ago. Dive in for the live launch of HTC’s two new handsets.. Live video for mobile from Ustream

HTC Titan Announced

The HTC Titan is just.. Titanic.. Like the ship it’s big and packs a mahoosive 4.7″ 480×800 LCD screen but it’s not a great deal bigger than, say, the Android-powered Galaxy SII. The Titan is 6 mm longer than the SII and 4mm wider. This, though, is powered …

HTC Announce Two New Windows Devices

HTC have just announced two new devices to the world, both running the latest version of the Windows Phone 7 OS called Mango.  Mango enables a whole host of new features including multi-tasking which is one of the most requested missing features and something we are looking forward …

HTC Radar Announced

The HTC Radar slipped out last week and has just been officially announced. It’s the seconds Windows Phone to appear today and features a 5 megapixel camera with 720p HD video recording and flash, plus a second face-pointing camera for video calls. There’s a dedicated hardware button for …

HTC Omega / HTC Radar images and rumoured specs

We’re quickly getting the impression that the HTC September 1st event will see at least one Windows Phone handset running Mango. Now first images of a device called the HTC Omega, possibly also called the HTC Radar, have appeared online. OK, rumoured specs mention a 3.8″ SLCD screen, …

New Windows Phones from HTC next week?

Could the big HTC event on September 1st feature a new Windows Phone or two? That seems to be what’s happening if rumours are to be believed. An update on the Windows Phone UK Facebook page is inviting everyone to the exact same HTC event we spotted last …

HTC London Event – Tune in here for full coverage

It’s that time of year again. HTC are gearing up to another pretty massive launch down in London. This time Facebook reveals that the event will have a Twitter hash-tag of #HTCQB, but that probably just means “HTC Quietly Brilliant”. Gah… HTC aren’t giving much away, but we’ll …

HP kills off WebOS!

Well this caught us all out! HP have just announced that they are to “discontinue operations for WebOS, specifically Touchpad and WebOS phones” – that’ll be the just about/to be launched Pre3. The handset is just about available but it rang alarm bells when the handset received an …

HTC to sue Apple for Patent Infringement

It’s fair to say that we’re slightly losing track of who is suing who now. Today HTC are to take action against Apple, claiming that the iPhone, iPad and iPod all infringe HTC patents. At first glance the patents seem a little generic and are used in many …

HTC and Beats tie-up for a better sound experience

We’re assuming that the major HTC announcement coming this afternoon is this, a deal between HTC and Beats by Dr. Dre. Estimated to be worth around $300 million will help to “create superior mobile audio experiences”. We assume that this will mean the end of tinny and weedy …

Major HTC Announcement this afternoon

HTC are to hold a teleconference to “Make a Major News Announcement” at 4.30PM BST today. We’re not at all sure what this is just yet, but HTC CEO Peter Chou will be hosting the call live from Los Angeles. We’ll have full news on this shortly after …

Nokia and Microsoft Party – Sea Ray Launch?

Arne over at The Unwired has just received this invite to a “Nokia and Microsoft Party” which takes place in just a couple of weeks time. There’s free food, free drink and a raffle too. Heck, if they had jelly and ice cream we’d be hammering down the …

Apple has more cash to spend than the United States Government

Apple destroyed those rumours and overtook Nokia and Samsung as the worlds biggest seller of smartphones. Apple shipped 20.3 million smartphones between April and June 2011 with Samsung just behind on 19.2 million and Nokia on 16.7 million smartphones. Analysts were quick to pounce on Nokia, who are …

Windows Phone Build 7712 arrives for devs

Windows Phone “Mango” has been going great guns recently. The RTM build is now ready and today developers are seeing build 7712 appear on the phones. Although this isn’t the RTM build it’s fairly easy to install if you’re a developer, with Microsoft posting details here. We’ve had …

Windows Phone Mango Released to Manufacturing

Following some eager rumours earlier this week we can now confirm that the new version of Windows Phone – “Mango” – is now ready for manufacturers. The “RTM” (Release to Manufacturing) build has been handed over and we now await news of updates and new devices this Autumn. …

Horace Luke leaves HTC

Well, we weren’t expecting this. Chief Innovation Officer at HTC, Horace Luke, has left the company. We first Horace many years ago when he worked for Microsoft and we were bowled over by his ideas for Windows Mobile. He moved to HTC in 2006 and has worked on …

comScore UK numbers reveal another drop in share for Microsoft

On Wednesday I took a train journey. It’s always a good place to people-watch – lots of people travel alone and tend to fiddle with their phones. Looking round I saw Android, Apple and Symbian… a HTC Hero, a HTC Desire, another HTC Desire, a iPhone, another iPhone, …

HTC Boss Prepares to Fight

HTC Boss, Peter Chou, has spoken to the BBC about the continuing patent battle with Apple. In the interview he says that the company will “make a stand” and are “confident that we have a strong case”. The recent Apple complaint pushed down the value of HTC shares …

Twitter and LinkedIn integration for Mango on video

Microsoft have just added a new video showing the LinkedIn and Twitter integration for their all-new Mango update. Windows Phone should, if this demo is anything to go by, clean up and organise your social media feeds. Check out the full overview below.. Credit – Mobile Tech World

Nokia Sea Ray – Hands on

The Nokia Sea Ray has again appeared in video, this time in more up-close footage. The handset boots pretty quickly but the film ends all too quickly. The Sea Ray is running an RTM build of Mango so this is pretty close to final by the looks of …

New Samsung Windows Phone Revealed

Just spotted over at WinRumors they have found a video where a new Samsung phone running Windows Phone Mango.  The person in the video states this is a new Samsung phone running Mango coming but goes into no more details on specs Whilst no specs have been talked …

Apple file complaint against HTC

Apple has just filed a complaint about HTC with the International Trade Commission (ITC). If successful it could see a complete ban on HTC products being sold in the USA. Apple state that HTC are illegally using patents relating to “scrolling operations”, “double-sided touch-sensitive panels” and “programmable tactile …

comScore figures hold no good news for Microsoft

Back in March Android leapt to the top of of the comScore chart but we also spotted the start of a very worrying Microsoft slope. The Micorosft share according to the March numbers showed a drop in share from 9.7% (October 2010) to 8% (January 2011). Back then …

Foursquare for Windows Phone 7 rereleased

Check in lovers everywhere (well those with WP7) rejoice. Foursquare have rereleased their official app for Microsoft’s great if not much loved mobile OS. I never actually tried (or even knew about) the first version which was actually developed by Microsoft and removed from the Windows Phone Marketplace …

HTC Revenue increase yet again

So, despite what you may read elsewhere on the web, HTC is still on the up. Record profits have just been posted, with a near-£1 billion revenue in June. This is an increase of over 10.9% in May and a new high for the third month in a …

Windows Phone apps hit another milestone

Windows Phone has hit a pretty big milestone today with over 25,000 apps and games now available in the Marketplace. It seems that the rate of growth is gaining too, so it’s all good news for those who have taken the leap into the Windows Phone world. The …

HTC Eternity specs and pics revealed

The HTC Eternity popped up on the web recently. It’s running Windows Phone “Mango” and is apparently 9.9mm thick even with the huge 4.7″ 480×800 Super LCD screen. Powered by a 1.5GHz CPU it has a dual-LED flash, 720p HD video camera with the 8 megapixel rear camera …

Orange to give away Windows Phone apps

Orange are working with Microsoft to bring their customers a free app every day in July. A new app will appear each day with the Windows Phone apps totalling more than £70. You can start downloading the free apps today from the “Orange Select” section in Windows Marketplace. …

Angry Birds now available for Windows Phone too

Got a Windows Phone ? Want to get Angry Birds and be just like your fellow Android and iPhone users ? Just click this link and Zune should pop up with the game. If that doesn’t work, fire up Zune and do a manual search for it. It’s …

Windows Phone surprise arriving tomorrow

So, who wants to start guessing ? Bill Cox, Senior Director of Communications at Microsoft for the Windows Phone Division, has just added this tweet to promote the fact that Angry Birds, Epicurious, Eventful, Dictionary.com, Kik and GoWalla are set to arrive on the OS. A second tweet …

More Mango features revealed

A few extra features have been uncovered in the new Windows Phone Mango release. They include extra messaging features like the ability to “nudge” friends and multi-party chats. There’s also the ability to share your Xbox Live profile with Facebook, multiplayer gaming, voice chat and only parties. Other …

Nokia ‘Sea Ray’ Windows Phone Leaked

Just days after Nokia announced the MeeGo powered Nokia N9, it seems that CEO Stephen Elop has shown off the companies first Nokia Windows Phone to the world…. well it was only supposed to be a select audience and everyone was asked to turn off their recording devices so they …

Windows Phone 7.5 Previewed

A technical preview of the upcoming Windows Phone 7.5 – aka Mango – has been popping up on a few websites this past week. It’ll bring multitasking, WiFi hotspot capabilities, threaded messaging, linked inboxes and better Exchange support. Overall there’s a smarter and easier approach to apps, the …

ChevronWP7 will jailbreak your Windows Phone

ChevronWP7 are a group of developers who created a tool for Windows Phone 7 to unlock your device. Using their unlocker you could install homebrew apps. Recently the unlocker tool was discontinued and they started to discuss things with Brandon Watson who is the Director of Developer Experience …

Evernote for WP7 now available

Evernote have just announced the release of a new app for WP7 which joins the versions already available for PC, Mac, Android, iOS, WebOS and Blackberry. For those new to the service, Evernote allows you to take notes which sync across all your devices. In addition to simple …

Google Maps the most connected App in the UK

Not really a huge surprise, but recent data released by comScore and the GSMA shows Google maps being the most ‘connected’ App in the UK in April. Now, a connected App means one that actually transfers data over a network, ruling out games etc as they are generally installed and …

The Smartphone App-O-Graphic.

Just quick little post to give you something to read while having the first life saving coffee of the day, Mondays, got to love them ! Quite interesting, shame it doesn’t list more of the smaller manufacturers, there is a lot of ‘others’. The growth of Android/Google is quite …

Samsung looking to acquire Nokia…?

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Samsung is the latest company to be showing an interest in buying into ailing phone giant Nokia. Last week according to BGR Microsoft was reported as showing an interest in Nokia based on industry insider Eldar Murtazins tip. However, today it …