I've just read this DailyFinance article and I have to agree on the majority of the findings. Android developers are enjoying quite an open and easy application ecosystem. Apps appear in the Android Market without much difficulty and customers love th...
Google Maps for mobile has just added a new feature which will synchronize your "starred items". Click on something in the desktop version and it'll show up in the mobile version. Nice. Windows Mobile users will see this in version 3.3 and it means th...
Our review of the HTC HD2 is now finally online. It's taken some time to get this one done due to the original review being accidentally deleted when I upgraded to Windows 7. As usual there's up-close images, stacks of video, example shots from the ca...
Remember that HTC Touch B that popped up on mobifrance the other day? Well, we didn't know a fat lot about it and for some reason other sites guessed that it'd run Android. Well, it doesn't. Worse still, it doesn't run Windows Mobile either. It actua...
The Android 2.1 ROM appeared for the HTC Hero just the other day. Although it's far from "official" it does seem to be the actual upgrade and, according to a post at AndroidSpin.com there's a list of codenames for current and possible future handsets ...
It's very almost nearly Christmas, so we're on a mission to give you competitions, free stuff and bargains. Today we've been give a nudge about the rather excellent T-Mobile Pulse. It's built by Huawei and is a rather splendid Android handset which is...
Although we're in the middle of giving away some stuff already, our friends at Orange have emailed in about some more chances to win. Think back to when you were a kid - sitting around the Christmas tree trying to figure out what presents you'd got. I...
An updated ROM for the HTC HD2 has slipped out onto the web. The updates, which have appeared on htcpedia.com are apparently the shipping ROM's and there's several languages to choose from.To be honest these could indeed be the official versions as th...
Opera have just release a new beta version of both Opera Mini and Opera Mobile on the same day. Extra features have been added, including Opera Link and the Opera Download Manager. The Opera Link feature will let you sync your desktop Opera browser an...
We mentioned the upcoming LG eXpo just the other day and now phonescoop.com already have their mucky paws all over it ;) Even after removing the rather bulbous projector it's still a bit of a chunky monkey but does have a sliding QWERTY keyboard as yo...
You may (or may not) have read stories about a "pink spot" on photos produced by the the HTC HD2 camera. I had a similar thing from time to time, but it was never a major issue. The whole problem has been put into perspective a little more …
Mobifrance.com has just posted pictures of this, the HTC Touch B. Known also as the HTC Rome it's very similar in appearance to the HTC Touch2 we reviewed some time back. The Google translation doesn't offer up much detail about this device though. If...
Eeek, well that didn't take long did it ? Following the leaked pictures showing a HTC Hero running Android 2.1 there's now a ROM online so you can enjoy the new Eclair fun. Now, you'll be doing a bit of fiddling here so it's perhaps only for those …
Following our earlier story there's further evidence that that Acer will be pushing Android more strongly over the next year. Currently the majority of Acer phones are powered by Windows Mobile but, in an interview with Reuters Acer's head of mobile-p...
This is the new LG eXpo. Packing a sliding QWERTY this Windows Mobile 6.5 device also has an attachable mobile projector for displaying your PowerPoint slides onto walls 8 feet away. It kinda makes the handset look a little chunky and sits over the ba...
We've raved about the mighty HTC Hero quite a bit. It is, quite simply, a fantastic phone. HTC have already made it faster and then announced that an even newer version of the OS (Android 2.0) would be coming pretty soon. However, things have just bec...
T-Mobile appear to have knocked 20% off the Pulse, with the deal available until today. We've just had a mail from Bibendum, who managed to get it for £137 on Pay As You Go. For a £10 top-up it's unlimited text and internet, plus this Android device...
We're currently upgrading the coolsmartphone.com server and adding yet more horsepower. It's costing extra cash, which is why I had to ask for donations a few weeks back. We didn't get a huge response, so I've decided to raid the coolsmartphone.com cu...
Here in the UK perhaps the most popular PVR (Personal Video Recorder) is Sky+ / Sky+ HD. You can set programmes to record from your remote, from the web and from your phone (with our various Windows Mobile hacks). Now though they've released a Windows...
More shops now have the European version of the Motorola Droid available for pre-order. Clove did have the Milestone showing until recently, with expansys.com still showing it at £449.99 unlocked with a 9-day leadtime. Superetrader have it showing fo...
