Custom HTC Hero ROM appears online

For those hard-core tweakers out there (and we do mean hard-core, as this will probably upset your network / carrier greatly), you can now get a custom HTC Hero ROM from MoDaCo. It's an updated version of the ROM (1.79.482.3) which makes it as quick a...

HTC Hero OS – on the Touch Dual!

No, your eyes aren't playing tricks on you, that really is the HTC Hero Android OS running on a HTC Touch Dual. The ageing Dual first appeared a couple of years ago with Windows Mobile on board and, if I'm honest, I still like it. If you've still …

NextAction – Manage action items and todo lists

NextAction! has been available on the BlackBerry for some time and has been getting positive reviews all over the web. Now available for Windows Mobile it's a lightweight task management app designed around the "Getting Things Done" methodology. This ...

Samsung Galaxy arriving on o2.. But when?

This is the Samsung I7500 Galaxy. Powered by Google Android it should be appearing on o2 UK sometime soon. However, the o2 Forums are buzzing with people trying to find out when it'll be available. We've learned to take "availability" dates with four ...

The Hero UI – now on the BlackBerry too!

Something must be going right when both iPhone and now Blackberry tweakers are copying the HTC Hero interface! There's now a HTC Hero theme for a range of Blackberry handsets, including the 8900, 9000 and 9630. This one includes calendar and message p...

myPlayer – ITV Player, BBC iPlayer and more

Got a Windows Mobile phone? Want to watch the latest X-Factor contestants murdering a famous song on the go? Grab myPlayer from SkyNetSoftware. It lets you access BBC iPlayer, ITV Player, Five OD and Hulu services straight from your phnoe. Featuring l...

Omnia II all ready to roll onto Verizon

Verizon are all set to launch the Samsung Omnia II. It's been snapped and filmed already, so you know what to do if you're looking to see what's under that shadow. If you're in the US, sign up to get notified when it's ready. The Omnia II, aka …

Motorola set launch date for Android handset

Motorola. Android. Put the two together. Bingo. September 10th should reveal something, possibly the Morrison, possibly more. Now, we know that two Android devices are coming from Moto, so it could be that this is the launch of one or both of those ph...

HTC Hero problems on Vodafone

Got a new HTC Hero unlocked? Want to use it on Vodafone UK? Hold up there cowboy, here's something you should know. Widgets on the HTC Hero interface don't seem to play nice with the Vodafone network. Apparently it's all down to ports being blocked on...

Microsoft launch software app for feature phones

News today that'll no doubt stir-up feelings with WinMo owners comes in the form of OneApp. It's designed to deliver access to apps such as Facebook, Windows Live Messenger, Twitter and others to feature phones. Oh and yes, those feature phones includ...

Iris Mobile for WinMo is dust

Iris has been part of the fairly healthy choice of WinMo browsers for a good while now, but it looks like that's to end. Research In Motion (RIM, the Blackberry guys) bought the company very recently and, following a message on their site, it looks li...

Skyfire improved yet further

Morning. I'm typing this at 6.15AM. Don't ask, just don't ask. Skyfire, that free WinMo web browser that "does" Flash video and more has now been updated. Version 1.1 (OK, 1.1.0.13052 if we're being precise) has even faster page load times, improved r...

New software forums opened

We've just added two new sections to our forum dedicated to software. Head to WinMo Apps or Android Apps, whatever your flavour, and tell us what software we should be checking out. I've kicked things off in the Android section with some essential sof...

Windows 7 and the Hero – Play nice

Now, I'm probably talking to quite a small number of people here, but for those of you with a gleaming new HTC Hero and the all new Windows 7 then you might be having problems gettign the two to talk. A work-around has now been published which should …

Acer Tempo M900 Unlocked – Get it cheap!

This is the Acer Tempo M900. It runs WinMo 6.1 and it's got Acer's GUI interface (although we'd probably swap that for PointUI Home). It's a little bloated but there's a sliding QWERTY, auto-focus 5 megapixel shooter, 3-way jog-wheel, GPS, microSD car...

HTC Mega gets rendered and revealed

If we had our way (which we rarely do, otherwise all mobile phones would be free and your phone bill would never be more than £15 per month) then we'd never call something "Mega". Dude, that's cool. Yes. Dude, that's mega. No. Anyway, I digress...Her...

GPS Location – Send as a Google Maps link

Here's another one of those Windows Mobile apps that takes the GPS location from your phone and sends it to friends and colleagues. This one has the option of sending your location as a Google Maps link, so a simple click is all that's needed to find ...

Touch Pro2 no longer available on Orange?

Just a couple of months ago Orange began to retail the Touch Pro2. It's a kick-ass WinMo handset with sliding QWERTY, 3.2 megapixel camera, WiFi, GPS and the latest TouchFLO 3D interface. However.. It's vanished. We're unable to find the device on the...

More WinMo 6.5 builds appear

Windows Mobile 6.5 seems to be getting more tweaks than ever and, off the back of recent news it seems that these leaked builds form part of a new touch-tastic 6.5 Update to be released in February 2010. Build 23034 has now popped onto the t'interweb...

T-Mobile Pulse – Huawei Android phone rendered

Leak time. This is the new Huawei Android handset with a hastily edited T-Mobile logo splatted on top. Known as the "T-Mobile Pulse" it's just popped up on this web shop on pre-order. It (apparently) has FM radio, a 3.2 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, 3G...