HTC HD2 Shows up on the Orange website

We know already that the rather spiffing HTC HD2 is available from T-Mobile, o2 and Vodafone here in 'old Blighty. Orange though, have always maintained that they won't be selling it.. but hey, what's this in their support section? A dedicated HD2 sup...

Android Collectables… Coming Soon

Android fans around the world will soon be able to collect their very own androids with 12 different options available. Launching sometime in 'the next few weeks' according to Dyzplasic, expect these to sell like hot cakes with everyone in the tech sc...

HD2 Extended Battery – Real pictures

Want the new extended life battery for the HD2? It'll be available for £41.11 and you can pre-order one from easydevices.co.uk. Sure, it's a big chunky but you do get a kick-stand on the back and more hours using your HD2 before you dash back to the ...

More changes to the site. My blog is on the move.

A quick personal note. Since the site started I've maintained a blog on blogs.coolsmartphone.com. It's been my own special section for quite some time now, however, with the increased size of this site and the introduction of more writers I can no lon...

HTC HD2 In T-Mobile Stores

The HTC HD2 has been on the T-Mobile UK website for a short while now but those of you who wanted to check one out first in store were out of luck due to initial stock being held to online only or a hand full of stores. However …

Orange HTC Hero ROM Upgrade appears online

OK, unless our eyes are deceiving us it appears that a new HTC Hero update has appeared for Orange customers. It's ROM Version 2.73.61.66 and we're currently waiting to see what improvements this brings as the previous version was 2.73.61.5 and it's p...

Xperia X10 on Vodafone UK – Coming April

The Android-powered Sony Ericsson X10 popped up on the o2 site in the accessories section recently but it was removed shortly after. Vodafone, however, have now plastered it all over their site with an April arrival. This is quite a high-end Android h...

Mobility: The Green Shift

Yeap. It's an honest-to-god column. My current life/schedual doesn't allow me time to do proper news reporting, so I reasoned the best way I could contribute to this site was by setting down my crazy thoughts on the mobile tech world. Oh, and apologie...

Another Moto Android – The DEVOUR

Motorola have just announced a new Sidekick.. Opps.. sorry, no. It's the "DEVOUR", a touch-screen Android handset with 3.1" capacitive screen, aGPS and the MotoBLUR interface we've seen on handsets like the DEXT. The DEVOUR will be arriving on Verizon...

Nav4All Shuts down – Free sat-nav is no more

Whether Windows Mobile or Android, you may have stumbled across the Nav4All free navigation at some point. Although it was sometimes criticised for being a little basic, it did the job and didn't cost you a penny. Unfortunately, although it's still in...

Nexus One receives data fix and yes, multi-touch!

If you're lucky enough to have a Nexus One handset from Google then you should've just received an update which will fix the data issues and add in multi-touch capability. There's several websites carrying the update this morning too, but if it's not ...

Further Sony Ericsson Aspen pics and promo video

Yesterday Sony Ericsson launched the Aspen and we showed off the new Windows Mobile 6.5.3 on board. If you're interested in this device we've now got a promotional video to download and more pictures in our gallery. Links - Promo video (10MB Download)...

Windows Mobile 6.5.3 Officially Arrives..

Now that phones are appearing with Windows Mobile 6.5.3 on board, it's only right that we take a deeper look at some of the design tweaks. Our gallery shows some of the improvements. For a start the bottom of the screen has an added bar with some butt...

Sony Ericsson launch the Aspen

Sony Ericsson have just announced the "Aspen" which looks to be the "Faith" we saw earlier. It's the first phone to use the new finger-friendly Windows Mobile 6.5.3 and packs a QWERTY, 3.2 megapixel camera, stereo Bluetooth (A2DP), stereo speakers, FM...

Got moisture in your phone? Give this a try

A bag of Basmatic rice? What's that got to do with phones? Well, this all came from a conversation I was having with someone last week and I had to actually put it into action this weekend. A friend had told me about a phone he'd dropped in …

Vodafone HD2 customers – not happy campers

We've been kicking around the t'interwebs for quite some time now and we're well versed in the reasons for slow OS upgrade roll-outs. For Windows Mobile it's been a battle we've followed for quite some time now. It usually goes like this - an update b...

HD2 – Extra memory, extra performance

So, the excellent HTC HD2 seemed to get a little extra after the boat-ride to the USA. However, the extra RAM has opened up a whole can of worms. It appears that it's not just a new spec, it's actually the very same handset for the most part, …

Xperia X10 coming to Germany in April

The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 looks to be arriving very soon indeed. the:unwired have now got info that it'll be arriving on T-Mobile Germany will be launching the device in April. The X10 has Android 1.6 on board and is powered by a 1Ghz CPU, 8.1 mega...

Sony Ericsson Vivaz Launching 29th March?

Sony Ericsson's latest handset called 'Vivaz' has landed on the Play website with a pre-order price of just £349.99 and a launch date of 29th March 2010 The reason I say 'just' £349.99 is because what other Symbian powered smartphone with ...

TweetCaster – An outstanding Twitter client

Have you heard? There's a new Twitter client on the block for Android users and it's already going down a storm across the web. TweetCaster is now available and there's two versions - a free version with an ad at the bottom or the "Pro" version for $4...