Phonesdirect.com launches

Phonesdirect.com has just launched with a range of SIM-free HTC kit to choose from. The website is now online and there's a new partnership with Vodafone to reduce the cost of SIM free phones. Danny Key, Business Development Manager of phonesdirect.co...

HTC Desire Z and Desire HD – Full specs and more shots!

Well, what a weird day that was. It all seemed to start with Nokia trying to detract from the HTC launch with some Ovi Map balloons with these leaflets being given out to help you "survive a HTC press conference". Now, whilst this shows how powerful ...

T-Mobile Also Getting Desire HD In October

This is the BIG news of the night for all T-Mobile UK customers and that is the brand new HTC Desire HD which was just announced a few hours ago will be coming to the network sometime in October... yes just next month!. The Desire HD is being …

LG Optumus One, T-Mobile In October

T-Mobile have updated their Coming Soon section of the UK website and now include the recently announced LG Optimus One which is a Android 2.2 powered device packing a 3.2 megapixel camera and the usual features you would expect. This is being classed...

HTCSense.com and stuff we heard today

HTC announced their new user website today too. I'm going to call it a "phone control portal" because that's pretty much what it is. Log in and, if you lose your phone, you can locatr it, send a message which will appear on the lock screen, wipe it …

Pre-Order HTC Desire HD & Z

If you are interested in getting hands on your very own HTC Desire HD or Desire Z (and lets be honest, if you have seen the photos how could you not want one!) then eXpansys have them on their site to pre-order today and going on sale 11th …

HTC Desire HD – The low-down

The Desire HD, if I'm honest, looks a helluva lot like the Windows Mobile-powered HTC HD2. This actually seems to be our version of the rather spectacular American HTC Evo. The first thing that hits you is the 4.3" screen. It's a gorgeous thing with r...

HTC Desire Z – The low-down

Today HTC announced two devices. The one that was thrust into my hands more was the HTC Desire Z. It's what a lot of people have been waiting for - a HTC QWERTY running Android. When I first picked it up I was surprised at how light the …

Nokia Crash HTC Event?

Interesting day for me today, I am attending Nokia World as part of my Nokia site duties and it seems as if Nokia and HTC are having a friendly battlle against each other, HTC sent a coach to collect press from Nokia World and to take them to …

HTC Event – Desire Z and Desire HD official and more

If you've been following our Twitter feed then you'll probably already be aware that HTC announced two new devices and a whole new online service today. We'll be covering the HTC Desire Z and the HTC Desire HD in seperate stories shortly. The two devi...

HTC Event in London – Devices get snapped already

We're here at the HTC event in London but already there's official shots and sneaked images floating around the web. The guys at slashgear have managed sneaked behind the curtains and snapped a couple of images, albeit with the new handsets (presumed ...

T-Mobile G2 appears on HTC website

The T-Mobile G2 has now also appeared on the HTC website. It, we assume, is the T-Mobile branded version of the HTC Desire Z which is rumoured to be announced today at the HTC London event. The official site confirms Android 2.2, an 800MHz Qualcomm C...

HTC Evening event expands

The rather large HTC event kicks off tomorrow morning but, if you're in town there's also a party in the evening which isn't just for press. Now, due to my globe-trotting lifestyle (pah!) I'll not be in London that long but there seems to be quite a n...

Windows Phone LG E900 spotted again

We spotted the LG E900 just a couple of weeks back and now it's appeared again on Danish website TV2. Running Windows Phone 7 it's got a 3.7" screen and inside there's a 1GHz CPU. We're unable to gleam much else from the Danish text but it's good …

LG Optimus range expands with "One" and "Chic"

We're here at the LG virtual press conference and LG have just announced their LG Optimus One (LG-P500) and LG Optimus Chic. The quad-band Optimus One runs on a 600MHz CPU but gets a 1500mAh battery for around 7 and a half hours of talk-time. It'll ru...

Live HTC Event coverage starts tomorrow

You'll no doubt see quite a bit of mobile-related news this week. The World Of Nokia event is under way and this morning LG will announce two more Optimus devices. Tomorrow we're on our way to London for live coverage of the big HTC event. Our updates...

Six Windows Phone 7 devices coming to AT&T?

A line-up of perhaps six new Windows Mobile 7 devices has leaked all over engadget with HTC and Samsung devices listed on AT&T in the USA. The HTC Surround is listed but it's not a device we've heard of before and only shows on the leaked images as …

HTC 7 Trophy pops up on Vodafone systems

More spy shots from an inventory system and this time it's the rumoured "HTC 7 Trophy". These are again from BestBoyz.de and seem to point to an upcoming Windows Phone 7 device for Vodafone. As to what this "HTC 7 Trophy" is, we're still a little uns...

HTC Peep now fixed for Windows Mobile users too

Remember the HTC Peep issues? Android-powered HTC owners had their Twitter client back on the air just a few days after big Twitter changes but Windows Mobile owners have been having issues for 10 days straight but this morning it looks like everythin...

Microsoft street parade for Windows Phone 7

Microsoft appear to be having a little fun in Seattle with some celebrations to mark the completion of Windows Phone 7. A parade took place around the Microsoft campus with some floats carry the theme of "Burying the competition". Harmless fun? Well,...