Motorola does a BACKFLIP – Official

Last month some blurry shots of an interesting Motorola phone appeared. It had a strange folding mechanism which meant that the QWERTY keyboard ended up on the outside of the phone when closed. Today, at CES, Motorola made the BACKFLIP official. Like ...

No Xperia X2 for Vodafone

Well, we were already starting to get nervous about the Sony Ericsson Xperia X2 when it got delayed but now things are starting to get much worse. The Windows Mobile handset promised much, but has so far not delivered. It's predecessor - the X1 - was ...

Ballmer at CES – No Windows Mobile 7 announcement, yet

The International Consumer Electronics opened with the Microsoft keynote speech last night in Las Vegas. Just a couple of days after the Google Nexus One announcement was splashed all over the mainstream media, many expected fireworks from Microsoft t...

Motorola DEXT / CLIQ Review

Our Motorola DEXT review is now online. It's sold in the US as the Motorola CLIQ and here in Europe it's just had a price-drop - just £299 and no contract to worry about. Should you get it ? Well, there's only one way to find out. Packing …

Microsoft at CES – The 2010 keynote

Steve Ballmer and Robbie Back will be hosting the opening keynote speech tonight in Las Vegas. It'll mark the opening of CES and there's already rumours that they'll be unveiling the new HP slate / tablet PC. It's confused us slightly as these things ...

Orange Pay As You Go Sale deals now online

Last week we pointed out some great January Sale deals from Orange. We couldn't find a lot of them on the Orange website, however they've since appeared in the PayAsYouGo section. The Toshiba TG01 is now £149.00 + £10 top up (it was £399.99 when we...

Nexus One appears on UK retailer

If you're interested in the Nexus One we covered yesterday but don't fancy the import duty then there may be a solution - devicewire have put up a page to register your interest. Keep an eye on this page for the latest updates - they will keep you …

The Nexus One Launch

Peter Chou (HTC CEO), Andy Rubin (Android main man) and Google's VP of Engineering Vic Gundotra hosted a rather important press conference at Mountain View, California today. The Nexus One was revealed and yes, Google will be selling it themselves. It...

HTC HD2 Gets HardSPL Treatment

The xda boys have been up to their tricks again, with a HardSPL now available for the HTC Leo / HD2. The custom bootloader will in effect allow any ROM on your device and opens the gates to "unofficial" ROM upgrades on your handset. Be careful though,...

Some minor site changes and a thank-you

We've removed the "retweet" buttons from our main page as they were slowing the site down somewhat. This is an unfortunate side-effect of pulling data from third-party servers constantly, but they're still included in each news item if you click into ...

Nexus One – Full review

The Nexus One Review is now online over at engadget and, while there'll no doubt be a collective groan from our readers as we mention this again, it marks a significant turning point for Google. A telling part of this review states that... "Google is...

Elecont Weather 1.0.1029 – YouTube Video Review

Elecont Weather has just been updated to version 1.0.1029. There's a video of it in action and now has Windows Mobile 6.5-style interface with 10-day and hourly forecasts. There's a large range of extra features including barometer details, hurrican, ...

Hands-on and first impressions – The Nexus One

Those lucky people at engadget have got their hands on a Nexus One to test. Initital impressions appear to suggest that this isn't the "iPhone killer" that many have quoted it to be. Despite the 1Ghz chip they state that.. "...it's really not very di...

Our picks from the January Sales

There's a lot of deals in the January sales so we've had a look at the Windows Mobile and Android devices that have come down in price. The first is the G2 Touch (HTC Hero reviewed here) free on T-Mobile £25 per-month plans until Jan 31st. There's a …

Windows Mobile 7 Rumour round-up

A Tweet from HTC Russia seems to have confirmed that the HTC HD2 will be getting Windows Mobile 7. The Tweet, which has since been removed, said that only the HD2 will get the upgrade. There's also rumours flying around that Windows Mobile 7 will sti...

Nexus One power on show, plus high-quality pics

Honestly, if this is some way of getting exposure then the people doing Google PR are probably having a fantastic Christmas and New Year. Today yet more news on the Nexus One and this time it's proper, high-resolution pictures and a video showing it g...

Windows Mobile 6.5.3.Confirmed via MSDN pages

We've already seen quite a few 6.5 builds out on the t'interwebs of late. Now, thankfully, it's officially confirmed as Windows Mobile 6.5.3. The Microsoft MSDN site has revealed the following tidbit from inside "Creating Widget Menus". We're assuming...

The Nexus One is coming – But what does it all mean?

Gizmodo have unearthed yet more details on the availability of the Google Phone / Nexus One. Engadget also have their spin on it with this PDF showing the price as $429 without a service plan or $179 with. The document appears to have come from one of...

Android Press Event – January 5th. Hello Google Phone

Well, Google sure knows how to get us all hyped about a phone. Following all the leaked pictures and video of the Nexus One / Google Phone and a mention of a "new Android phone" on the T-Mobile USA website, there's now an official launch on January 5t...

Unofficial HD2 6.5.3 ROM appears

For those who don't mind upgrading their sexy new HD2 with unofficial software, there's now a "cooked" 6.5.3 ROM over at MoDaCo and more HD2 ROMs on xda-developers.com. Using the latest ROM version that we saw in the T-Mobile colours and includes the ...