It was a possibility but, according to Reuters it's now not going to happen.. "The world's No. 5 smartphone brand and one name associated with a possible offer, was approached about making a bid but decided to pass after reviewing Palm's books, a sour...

Extra specs for Microsoft KIN phones have now appeared online. The details, which appear solely on gdgt for some reason, reveal a 600Mhz CPU at the heart of both phones and Exchange support plus light, motion and proximity sensors. The KIN ONE and KI...

Recently I had to use the train quite a bit. The experience wasn't as bad as I'd remembered from my teenage years. The trains were on-time, quiet and clean. I spent the daily commute into Birmingham listening to music on my phone but, after playing ne...

An over-the-air update is now being pushed out to HTC Legend owners to fix a bug which makes certain apps vanish from the Android Market. According to HTC this is due to a camera issue but the update should make things all better again.Update - There ...

It seems that the development of Android continues and an insane pace. Android 2.2 has now been pictured running on a myTouch 3g / HTC Magic. Sure, it could be a fake and although Androidandme have seen OS 2.2 handsets browsing the web we're still not...

Another Dell handset to appear today is this, the Flash. It's a phone made from "curved glass" and is powered by an 800Mhz Qualcomm MSM 7230 CPU. There's a 3.5" WVGA LCD screen, triband HSPA and a 5 megapixel autofocus camera with image stabilisation....

Aimed as "creative and imaginative people" this is the Dell Thunder. It's another handset to leak from Dell HQ and packs Android 2.1 with a 4.1" WVGA OLED screen. A custom UI from Dell, called "Stage", has been added and it'll pull in your social netw...

The Dell leaks continue, this time it's Android and another QWERTY portrait device. Meet the "Smoke" complete with the very latest version of Android. Targetting the messaging / Blackberry consumers it's got a 2.8" QVGA and will pop up in Q2 of 2011. ...

This, ladies and gentlemen, is the Dell Lightning. It's powered by Windows Phone 7 and has just been leaked by engadget. Reminding us ever-so-slightly of the Orange SPV M2000 it's a portraid QWERTY slider with some very hot specs. A 1GHz QSD8250 Snapd...

Want Android on an iPhone ? Well, it looks like this is now possible. After a boot through "OpeniBoot" the penguin pops up and Android begins to boot. The video below shows it working it, to be honest, it's not all that slow either. It'll browse, use...

We review lots of mobile phones, but we also like to take a look at other cool gadgets and gizmos from time to time. Today it's the turn of this, the Sumo Gamer chair. Those long-time readers may remember a review we did back in 2006 of another …

HTC have today said the following..... "HTC will be providing a free update to Éclair for European HTC Hero variants.  Starting in June, anyone owning an HTC Hero will receive an initial preparatory update, shortly followed by the full &Ea...

Google Maps appears to have been updated this morning and now, here in an ash-covered Britain, version 4.1.1 should give us the fully-functional Google Maps Navigation. Some users are having to reboot and this is a beta but it does appear that the UK...

A recent survey by Appcelerator last month has shown what we all kinda knew. Developer interest in Windows Phone isn't as high as it could be. The full survey, which is available for download, involved 1028 developers and shows that 87% are "very in...

Our dedicated forums for lucky HTC Desire and HTC Legend owners are now online. For Windows Mobile owners we've also added HTC HD2 and HD mini forums for your handset-specific questions.

You're almost spoilt for choice when it comes to Android applications. Our regular App Review Show from Tom Ranson is already proving popular and now Chris Pratt is on board with a full written review of the Handcent SMS app. Handcent SMS is a free a...

The LG GT540 has just appeared in a variety of colours over on lgblog.fr. According to theunwiredview there was a reference to it being named the "LG Optimus" but now the blog calls it the "LG GT540" or the "Swift". It appears to be a budget touchscre...

Three have posted an update regarding the delivery of HTC Desire handsets to customers. A few lucky punters have already got theirs, but the continuing flight delays due to volcanic ash have meant that some deliveries in Asia have not occured. The rem...

So, the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 we have here doesn't do multi-touch and runs Android 1.6. However, according to mobiles.co.uk it can do multi-touch and an update in September will boost it to Android 2.1 with the multi-touch magic. Don't forget to ch...

The all-new Microsoft KIN phones were announced on Monday. Aimed at those wanting to keep in touch with online and offline friends without the huge data package, these are arriving on Verizon in the USA soon and here in Europe on Vodafone in the autum...