myPlayer updated – Streaming TV for WinMo

Got a Windows Mobile ? Are you looking at Android users running BeebPlayer and wishing you had something similar? Well, you do. Check out myPlayer - it's a BBC iPlayer / Hulu / SBS / 5OD / MSN viewer for your phone. It's something we've covered here p...

Big sales for HTC as Android hits the big time

HTC have been boosted by sales of Android devices with Q2 sales of 4.5 million handsets. This is an expected jump from 3.3 million in Q1, earning them a massive $1.6 billion. The Financial Times quotes Chief Financial Officer, Cheng Hui-ming.. "From ...

HP scoop up Palm for $1.2 Billion

Palm have produced some rather nice Windows Mobile handsets over the years. We particularly liked the Palm Treo 750v. Now they're under new ownership after HP announced the purchase of the company for a cool $1.2 billion. HTC were previously rumoured ...

Vodafone Android Powered 845 Coming Soon

Vodafone have today announced their own branded Android phone which we spotted online recently and it is called the Vodafone 845.  Packing OS 2.1 the phone is right up to date with Android features and has a 2.8 inch screen, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS ...

Microsoft Patent Agreement with HTC for Android phones

Micrsoft has just announced that it's entered into an intellectual property (IP) licensing agreement with HTC. This will let HTC use Microsoft's patented technology in Android mobile phones. No financial details have been disclosed but the agreement s...

HTC Touch Diamond2 ROM Update

The HTC Sense UI has now been added to the HTC Touch Diamond2 thanks to this update from HTC. The WWE and other language versions are available too. You know what to do by now. Backup all your phone-based data, ensure that the phone is charged up and …

HTC Touch Pro2 ROM Update

Got the HTC Touch Pro2 ? This QWERTY-packing Windows Mobile device is still a favourite of ours and, just last month, it received a ROM update to bring it up to version 2.07.401.1 (WWE). There's also the following variants - Greek, France, Denmark, Sw...

T-Mobile HTC Touch2 Rom Update available

We're trying to keep up with the updates from HTC and it seems that these three have passed us by. First, there's a ROM upgrade for the HTC Touch2. It's a handset we reviewed here and the update will bring T-Mobile versions up to 1.33.110.2. Again, us...

Andy Rubin talks Android. Now and next.

VP of engineering at Google, Andy Rubin, has been chatting with the New York Times about Android. The fact that the OS is so open is the major plus point according to Andy. He's confident that Android sales will exceed Apple and RIM sales because of t...

HTC Desire delayed on o2, now arriving in May

We saw the HTC Desire in o2 catalogues last month. The o2 website added a dedicated page for the phone and it was due to arrive at the end of April, which is pretty much.. now. However, the o2 Blog now says different... "Unfortunately the testing we c...

HTC HD2 Music Stability Update

I'm guessing that it's HTC HD2 update day today. Another update has been posted, this time to "enhance the stability of the music application". It's applicable to ROM versions 1.73 and above and will stop your music from being interrupted. Grab the ...

T-Mobile HTC HD2 Updated too

An upgrade for the T-Mobile variant of the HTC HD2 is now available. Following on from the o2 version we mentioned this morning it seems to be a similar version and will bring your ROM up to version 1.72.110.4. We'd love to hear what additions / fixes...

o2 HTC HD2 ROM Upgrade now available

HTC have just posted a new update for the HD2 on o2. It's version 1.72.206.3 and will do a wipe of your settings, programs and saved data so do backup first. Again, we're not sure what this improves on or fixes so do let us know what you …

Gizmodo and the secret iPhone – Things get ugly

We've covered this over on iPhoneBANG but now things have taken an even stranger turn with that unreleased iPhone. So, the story so far. A poor Apple employee went out and had a few too many German beers. In his pocket, an all-new unreleased iPhone di...

Google Nexus One available on Vodafone this Friday

Vodafone have just announced that the Google Nexus One will be available in UK stores from Friday. The handset, which is similar to the HTC Desire, will also also be selling in Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and in France through SFR during Ma...

Android 2.1 Gallery app reduces colour depth

Here's something I bet you didn't know, and I want to thank Dr. Raymond Soneira for emailing me and pointing this out. Android version 2.1 has an interesting "difference" in the gallery app colour depth compared to 2.01. Using a Motorola Droid Dr Raym...

Office Windows Phone 7 features on show

Wanna see a bit more of the Office integration in Windows Phone 7 ? Well, click on. MobilityDigest have a Emails, Events and Schedule video and this "Office HUB" video to enjoy. They show how your mails, schedules and events are kept together and how...

Want Android Apps? Now choose from over 50,000!

Just a couple of weeks ago we told you about the 44,000-odd apps in the Android Market and that, despite the "quality vs quantity" argument, more choice is generally a good thing. Microsoft need to ensure that developers are busy beavering away on Win...

Sirius XM Android app just around the corner

In the US a cool service called Sirius XM exists. I tried it out in Florida in a hire car and it was pretty weird listening to BBC Radio 1 whilst cruising around Disney World. A stereo in your car picks up the signals from the Sirius XM …

Dropbox beta now running, full version almost done

Last month we mentioned the official Dropbox app for Android. It's on the way to a phone near you and, although there is a "read only" web-app on the Market already, we're after this official one with the ability to upload files from your handset to t...