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,...

More official T-Mobile G2 shots available

We're expecting HTC to announce the HTC Desire Z next week and you'll have no doubt already seen a bit about the T-Mobile USA version last night. T-Mobile have now added a few more official shots of the phone including the new "pop-up and over" QWERTY...

Two new LG Android devices coming up

LG are to launch two new Android devices on Tuesday via a virtual press conference. The LG Optimus One (left) and the LG Optimus Chic (right) will be announced via a digital press event with streaming and a Twitter Q&A session. The two devices are sai...

Apple makes things easier for developers

Apple has announced some changes to the rules on their App store.  The first one is they are actually going to publish the rules - until now developers ran the risk of upsetting Apple, but not knowing why - which does make developing Apps a bit d...

HTC Launch rumours. We’ve no idea what this is

On Wednesday we'll be going First Class on a fast train (pah, who are we kidding?) to London for a rather large HTC launch event. Everything will be streamed, tweeted and posted here for your pleasure but there's already many rumours about what'll be ...

Google Maps updated again. Still brilliant

Google Maps has just been updated. If you're on Android just hop into the Android Market, whack "Downloads" and you can update it right now. New features include a new search bar at the top which will let you filter searches. Walking navigation is now...

Carphone Warehouse Reveal Christmas Lineup

Carphone Warehouse have revealed their christmas lineup of new devices (or at least some of them) and they include some pretty nice additions. The HTC Desire will be available in white as an exclusive as well as still offering the existing colour of ...

T-Mobile G2 (States) Featuring HSPA+

T-Mobile USA have taken the lid officially off the new G2 device (this will be the Desire Z over here so not to be confused with the UK G2 which was the HTC Hero). The main feature of the G2 is the mind blowing 4G like speeds using …

O2 Dell Streak gets updated to fix sync problems

Dell have posted a PC Suite update for Dell Streak owners on o2. It's said to fix issues with sync'ing that some people have experienced and is available to download on the link below. Let us know if you've had a similar issue with the Streak and how …

Stock HTC Desire gets updated

The HTC Desire looks to have received an update today. The unlocked direct-from-HTC version takes the phone up to 2.10.405.2 and adds.. 1 - An Android OS update patch 2 - Enhanced multi inbox Gmail support 3 - Improved Russia keyboard layout You can d...

A little trip down memory lane

Don't ask me why, but today I've stumbled across a few historical items about mobile networks and their development here in the UK. There were a number of successes and failures along the way, with this BBC news item looking at Mercury Communications....

iOS 4.1 – installation issues?

The new update to iOS - 4.1 - is now out and available from iTunes.  But... anyone having issues installing it?  So far it has crashed our iPhone 4, requiring a full restore, and making us very glad we backed up first!  It goes without ...

The future of apps – websites?

Coolsmartphone.com covers several different mobile operating systems - Windows Mobile, Android, iOS - which highlights the diversity currently in the mobile world.  However, all these different OS use different SDK's and programming languages, an...

Acer Stream – The review

We asked the lovely people at eXpansys whether we could borrow the Acer Stream a while ago. "It'll only take a week to review", we said. Then.. the server decided to go into melt-down. Unfortunately it's taken a lot longer than we'd anticipated. Apolo...

Samsung Galaxy Tab coming to Three

Three have just announced that they too will be carrying the Galaxy Tab. The Android Tablet will be hitting the 3G network soon, with 1GB of data available for £7.50 or 5GB for £15. There's also three voice packages to choose from, including SIM...

O2 Pull Desire Froyo Update

Recently we posted that O2 have released the Froyo update for HTC Desire customers allowing them to get the new 2.2 version of the Android OS.  However it now seems many people had an issue with their phone becoming 'bricked' and sticking on the ...

HTC Peep still busted for WinMo users

If you're a HTC Peep user everything should now be fixed and you can Tweet again. Unfortunately that's not strictly true if you're using a Windows Mobile user. The Windows Mobile version is still giving an error message and, from what we're hearing fr...

o2 Desires getting Android 2.2

Looks like the eagerly anticipated Android 2.2 update is now rolling onto o2-branded HTC Desire handsets. Ryan has just grabbed his 87.21MB update and has snapped this shot of it downloading. Let us know if you're getting your update and your experien...