Category: HTC (Windows Phone)

HTC Touch 3G appears on Orange website

Following on from our earlier story the HTC Touch 3G is now showing as "Coming Soon" on the Orange website. The Touch 3G builds on the huge success of the original HTC Touch but there's an improved specification including 3G, which was missing on ...

Touch Pro2 Snapped in all manner of poses

If you've registered your interest for a Touch Pro2 this batch of photos should make you all warm inside. The new Touch Pro receives a good bit of hands-on time over at areamobile.de and they're impressed by the stylish form factor and elegant design....

Diamond2 Arrival dates and prices

We've just had word from the guys at devicewire that the all-new HTC Touch Diamond2 will be available from April 10th with a price of £394.99 inc VAT. Sign up here to be informed when it's available.Update - If you make a pre-order now then you'll g...

HTC Touch Diamond2 video demo

Those lucky beggers at mobilechoice managed to get a hands-on with the HTC Touch Diamond2 at the Mobile World Congress last month. Unlike most videos we've seen this is a sedate, smooth and clear video which shows the handset along with the new TouchF...

HTC Maple – The QWERTY Smartphone is back!

A few months ago a pipe burst somewhere and a whole load of upcoming HTC handsets appeared. One of them was the HTC Maple, which a lot of people have been waiting for. Remember the HTC S620 (Excalibur) ? Yep, many do and many have been waiting for …

MWC – MDA Vario V and MDA Compact V – The details

Yesterday we took a look at the first pictures of the T-Mobile MDA Compact V (Diamond2). Since then we've had official confirmation from T-Mobile of the Compact V, plus there's confirmation on the Vario V which will indeed be the Touch Pro2. Below you...

Get a tenner off the HTC Touch HD

Hey dear coolsmartphone reader. Are you feeling run-down after the barage of news from the Mobile World Congress (MWC) ? How about £10 off a brand new HTC Touch HD huh? How about free delivery too? Sound good? We've already reviewed the HD and we wer...

MWC – HTC Touch Pro2 handled on video

Want to see the recently announced HTC Touch Pro2 in action? Head on over to theunwired. They have a hands-on with this new kit and you can see the TouchFLO 3D system in action along with the tilting / sliding screen mechanism and QWERTY keyboard. The...

MWC – HTC Touch Diamond2 Announced. Oh boy, this is good.

On May 6th 2008 HTC announced the original HTC Touch Diamond which a collosal press event in London. Today, just a few months later, the HTC Touch Diamond2 is here. As expected it's the HTC Topaz we spotted in the leak last month and is powered by Win...

MWC – HTC Touch Pro2 Launch

In June the HTC Touch Pro was launched. It had all the goodness of the original HTC Touch Diamond, but with a sliding QWERTY keyboard, external memory and TV-Out. HTC have today announced the all-new HTC Touch Pro2. It packs a new longer-lasting 1500m...

HTC S740 Special Offer

Loving the HTC S740? Yeah? Us too. If you want one unlocked then this is the offer for you. For £294.99 you'll get it delivered free along with a free HTC lanyard and a free HTC trolley coin to save you fishing around for one when you're in …

HTC to go 1Ghz too

The Toshiba TG01 popped up the other day with it's ultra-fast 1Ghz Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU. However, HTC are also due to launch handsets featuring this CPU. According to digitimes.com HTC will be rolling out Snapdragon-powered units in the second quar...

MDA Vario IV finally placed on T-Mobile website

We've been following the T-Mobile MDA Vario IV for some time now. It's the T-Mobile variant of the HTC Touch Pro we reviewed some time back and now, finally, it's appeared properly on the T-Mobile UK site. It's available for consumer and business cust...

HTC Iolite enters a phone box, emerges as the Touch Cruise

Well, it was hardly a secret was it ? The HTC Iolite is now officially splashed all over the HTC website. As we suspected it's the replacement / update for the original HTC Touch Cruise, so they've branded as the.. err... HTC Touch Cruise '09. The ne...

HTC Saphire / G2 appears in the flesh

What's this ? A new Android handset from HTC ? Ah.. it's that Saphire we saw a few days back. It looks rather posh in iPhone white and comes with a 3.2 megapixel camera. There's not much else we can gleam from the engadget story other than the …

Iolite to arrive on o2 as the XDA Guide

More on that HTC Iolite we mentioned some days back from theunwired. There's yet more pictures to pour over, plus news that it'll arrive on o2 Germany as the "XDA Guide" to replace the XDA Orbit 2. Powered by a Qualcomm MSM 7225 CPU running at 528 MHz...

T-Mobile Germany launch the MDA Basic

Viva ! Yep, it might have a funky HTC name, but T-Mobile Germany have decided to brand the Viva as the ... err.. T-Mobile MDA Basic. A 2 megapixel camera, the TouchFLO 2D system, WiFi and a 2 megapixel camera isn't to be sniffed at though, so we're …

Get your snorkel – Massive HTC Line-up leak

Every now and then we stumble across a little leak in the mobile phone world. Again it's HTC and... well, it's not so much of a leak, more of a huge great waterfall of handsets. I mean, seriously. The line-up for 2009 looks hot with handsets for every...

HTC Iolite – Details and more pictures

The HTC Iolite got leaked on expansys a few days back. The link has gone now but you can see the real thing here at jouwmobiel.nl. Powered by a 528Mhz CPU and running WinMo 6.1 Pro it's got 512MB ROM, 288MB RAM and 3G HSDPA/HSUPA with Quad-band GSM/GP...

Orange SPV M3100 – Buy one for £94.50

While we're talking about cheap phones, head on over to Orange Accessories for another great deal. You can get the Orange SPV M3100 / HTC TyTN(reviewed here) for just £94.50. This reconditioned phone will be supplied with a charger, user guide and a ...

Unlocked HTC Touch Dual – just £99.99

Sure, it might not be the newest handset in the world but I still love my HTC Touch Dual. It's a fairly rare beast, packing a numeric keypad with a touch-screen interface. It's powered by a Qualcomm 400Mhz CPU with 128MB RAM, 256MB ROM and 3G / HSDPA …

Come on T-Mobile Vario IV ! Any day now!

Agh.. it feels like we've been waiting for ages now. The T-Mobile Vario IV (aka HTC Touch Pro) has already sneaked into the support area of the T-Mobile website but alas it's still not in the on-line shop. Wait a minute though, because Simon Haine has...

HTC S743 Coming to USA soon

Hey America. You've seen the HTC S740 we reviewed right? It'll shortly be arriving officially in the New World with the introduction of the HTC S743. It's getting displayed at CES and it still plucks away at our little heart stings because it's a true...

Orange – New plans and handset news

It's Christmas Eve and I should be wrapping presents, but I just wanted to pass on some information about the new Orange talk plans. New Panther 45 plans are on the way which include 500MB of data, 1200 talk minutes and 500 texts. They also give you t...

iPhone vs Storm vs G1 vs HTC Touch HD!

The Gadget Show on Five have performed a face-off between the iPhone, Blackberry Storm, T-Mobile G1 and HTC Touch HD. Hmmm.. you'd think that iPhone would walk it, surely? Well, no. Jon Bentley puts all the phones through their paces with camera quali...

HTC Touch HD receives glowing review from PC Pro

PC Pro magazine has rated the new HTC Touch HD with 5 stars in it's review. The phone achieved the "PC Pro Recommended" status with the reviewer stating... "All told, we're hugely impressed with the Touch HD. It doesn't have the elegance of the iPhone...

HTC S740 on Orange website

Following it's appearance in Orange magazines the HTC S740 has now appeared on the Orange Business Services website. There's no price or availability as yet and, when you click the "buy" button it'll take you to the normal Orange Business site where.....

o2 XDA Flint now available on o2 site

Remember the o2 XDA Flint we mentioned some months back? Well, it looks to have taken one step closer with this o2 page giving more details. It is, as we expected, the HTC Advantage handset which packs WiFi, GPS, 3 megapixel camera, 16GB of internal f...

HTC Touch HD Reviewed

Well, it's taken some time to get this one together but at last it's here - the HTC Touch HD review. We've got the usual mix of screenshots, example photos from the device, close-up images and hands-on videos. The Touch HD is a device which returns to...

HTC S740 Appears in Orange magazines

It's been some months since we heard that the HTC S740 might be popping up on Orange. Today Amit has emailed in to say that it's appeared in the "Coming Soon" section of the Orange catalogue. We reviewed the S740 some time back - it's a "non touch …

T-Mobile Shadow II pictured and detailed

This is the T-Mobile Shadow II. It's coming soon to the US network and there's already manual and photos online. The handset, which has a slide-out numeric keypad, runs on a TI Omap 260Mhz CPU and has 256MB ROM, 128MB DDR RAM and uses the non-touch-sc...

HTC Touch HD running Xperia Panels – Part 2

Just the other day we saw the HTC Touch HD running the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 GUI - "Panels". Well, we've managed to get the Xperia Panels installed on the Touch HD we're currently loaning from the nice people at devicewire.com and ... well... we dec...

HTC MAX 4G To be launched next week

The HTC Max 4G is now sitting on the HTC website. Destined for Russian WiMAX network "Scartel" (Yota) on November 26th it'll be the worlds first ever integrated GSM / WiMAX handset. The network will enable a rich multimedia experience and a high quali...

Video Special – The HTC Touch HD

The Touch HD - I've had stacks of questions about it in the forum and through email. There's now not one, not two, but.... err... two-and-a-half videos online to give you an overview of this swish new phone. There's a few cool tricks in this device...

The Touch HD arrives

Thanks to the nice people at devicewire.com we have a Touch HD to play with .. for a bit. Some of you lucky lot are receiving yours to keep, but this one is another loaner. Do I want to buy one? Time will tell. First up, it's a …

XDA Serra now available to buy on o2

Just a few hours ago we spotted the MDA Vario IV sort-of appearing on the T-Mobile website. It's the same HTC Touch Pro we reviewed some time back and now it's appeared on o2 as the XDA Serra. This is another branded handset we've been tracking and it...

HTC S740 Now shipping

Remember our HTC S740 review ? Want one? Now you can - it's in stock for £332.99 right now. Add in the free delivery plus the fact that you're not tied into a contract and you'll be walking round with this brilliant new phone in no time. The …

T-Mobile MDA Vario IV finally appears on T-Mobile site

The HTC Touch Pro we reviewed a few weeks back was a fantastic handset. It's got Windows Mobile 6.1 Pro, 528Mhz CPU, 3.2 megapixel auto-focus camera with flash, GPS, Bluetooth 2.0, Wi-Fi, TV Out, FM Radio, microSD card and a high capacity battery to k...

HTC Touch HD now available to buy on Orange UK

The HTC Touch HD is now showing as available on the Orange site. We've had our eye on this one for a good while now and it's great to see it here in the Orange shop with prices starting from £79.99. The HD, which is also available network-free …

HTC Touch HD – First customers take delivery

Some lucky swines are taking delivery of their HTC Touch HD right now and Kishan Sthankiya is one of them. He's sent in pictures of his new toy, including a shot showing it in his pocket. The HTC Touch HD, featuring a 5 megapixel camera, 3.5mm audio j...