With many competitors already doing great business from their application stores Microsoft have recently discussed the inner-workings of their own "Marketplace". The Microsoft app store will be on Windows Mobile 6.5 devices launching on October 6th an...
Another video of the HTC Leo - this time even longer - is now available online. Labelled with the new "HTC Pro Three" branding it certainly looks pretty slick. The Leo is quickly becoming the most saught-after WinMo in the land with a super-fast 1Ghz ...
American readers will soon be getting the HTC Whitestone in the shape of the "HTC Imagio" on October 6th for Verizon customers. The device, which features Windows Mobile 6.5 running on a 528Mhz CPU and a 5 megapixel auto-focus camera, will be one of t...
Owners of the unlocked HTC Touch Diamond2 can now download a hotfix to sort a small but annoying bug. The issue relates to the LED not showing "green" when the battery is fully charged. Grab the patch on the link below, and don't forget the Caller ID ...
The Acer F1 is a powerful beast. Powered by a 1Ghz Qualcomm 8250 CPU it's got a 3.8" WVGA screen, 5 megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash. All the other goodies are in there, including WiFi 802.11 b/g, Bluetooth 2.1 with EDR, aGPS, microSD exp...
With Windows Mobile 6.5 still not (quite) available there's yet more detail on the next version - Windows Mobile 7. According to Micorosoft job adverts there's a heavy shift towards integrating social networking into version 7. The ad states that.. "T...
Agh. More bullets for Windows Mobile. Today Jon Rubinstein, CEO at Palm, confirmed in a financial results conference call that Windows Mobile was no longer part of their future line-up. He stated that... "Due to importance of webOS to our overall stra...
So, the new HTC Hero update is out and the world is now a happier place.. isn't it ? Well no, of course not. This update is only for "direct from HTC" phones, so if you bought your handset from Orange or from T-Mobile (as the G2 Touch) …
As you may know, we started this site some 7 years ago. To begin with we were covering the classic "Smartphones" - those Microsoft-powered non-touch devices like the Orange SPV E200 and so on. We branched out to "Pocket PC's" and, just recently, we've...
We'd heard the rumours but now it's becoming more official by the hour - i-mate is gone. The company, headed up by Jim Morrison, closed it's Dubai office today. Staff were told to take "compulsory two months unpaid leave" in an email last Wednesday, w...
We carried news on the new HTC Leo earlier this week, but now a video has popped onto the interwebs showing it doing multitouch. This massive screen is capacitive too! Blimey! The new device may stretch the pockets of future owners but it looks like t...
Last night Motorola did the UK launch of their Android QWERTY - the Dext. This is the device we saw last week and will be launched in the USA as the Cliq. Details of the availability on Orange have now become even clearer, with the handset being compl...
Opera Mobile is already part of some new Windows Mobile devices from HTC, but if you would like to try Opera Mini - the free Java variant - then click onto m.opera.com/next to get the beta of Opera Mini 5. There's tabbed browsing, speed dial and passw...
Well, it seems like forever but finally the official UK HTC Hero Update is now online. Strangely the release date actually shows last Friday, but it's only just popped up on the UK site. As usual you'll need to enter your serial number and we're assum...
We've heard the rumours but now it's here - the HTC Leo. This is the device which is being prepped to succeed the HTC Touch HD and, as you can see, it's running WinMo - not Android as reported. The pictures at pda.pl confirm that this is running …
Yomomedia is a new app for getting the internet onto your handset in an easily digestible way. It combines blogs, feeds, news, podcasts, audio and video onto your handset when you want it. It provides one-click subscriptions and the ability to "Discov...
The all-new Windows Marketplace will launch on October 6th for those lucky enough to own a new WinMo 6.5 handset. Information about what exactly will be in the Marketplace is (sort-of) coming to light via this facebook.com post from the Windows Mobile...
The Samsung Application Store is now open for business. Available for the Omnia i900 the interface is well thought-out with categories, descriptions and screenshots. There's a search function, "top apps" tab and direct installation via CAB files to yo...
LG have announced their new Android sliding QWERTY phone - the GW620. It's part of a new two-tier Smartphone strategy from LG, with three new Windows Mobile phones coming in the next few weeks. The LG-GW620 has the usual social media integration that ...
Following the announcement of the new QWERTY-slider from Moto we've now got news on exactly when it'll be coming to Orange here in the UK. The Android-powered device has the new "MOTOBLUR" interface which slots all your social media sites into the han...
