Samsung B7610 QWERTY gets previewed

GSMArena have a preview of the Samsung B7610 online. The device packs a sliding QWERTY with an 800Mhz CPU and WinMo 6.1 tucked under the TouchWiz 2.0 UI. There's TV Out, aGPS, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP. 1GB of internal storage, accelerometer, FM r...

Toshiba TG01 Review now online

Well, we've had the Toshiba TG01 for just over a week and now it's time for the verdict. It's the first Toshiba device we've played with and it's also the first device we've seen with a 1Ghz processor. It's a thin device with a massive screen, GPS, Wi...

HTC Sense GUI for WinMo? Oh yes!

Got yourself a Windows Mobile? Are you looking over the fence at the innovative HTC Sense GUI on the Android-powered HTC Hero and thinking, "if only" ? Check this out - it's a Hero theme for the ThrottleLauncher app on Windows Mobile. With a very simi...

HTC Leo (Firestone) renders and specs

We're always a bit dubious when renderings appear on the web - we'd rather see blurry shots of the real thing but this apparently is the successor to the Touch HD. The Firestone / Leo device will be powered by Windows Mobile (note the Windows key) and...

Google Maps now adds layers

There's a new version of Google Maps available for your WinMo which now includes "Layers". These allow more data to be added to your maps such as local content, traffic information, public transport info and local search results. There's also Wikipedi...

HTC Click – Another Android device coming

It looks like HTC are on a mission to bring the Android platform to the masses with the HTC Click. Pitched at the cheaper end of the market this will echo the Windows Mobile cheap-and-chearful Viva - it even looks similar. If HTC can bring the HTC Sen...

Half of HTC kit to be Android-powered next year?

Rumours, rumours, rumours. Gotta love them, or - if you're Microsoft - hate them. Following recent HTC announcements that they're "fully committed to Windows Mobile" there's now rumours via Digitimes that next year half of HTC kit will be powered by t...

Xperia X2 lined up with the X1 – Further pics

want more pictures of the upcoming Xperia X2 from Sony Ericsson ? Head over to this xda-developers.com thread where there's comparison shots next to the existing X1. The X2 pictured here is a prototype and the keyboard may get a few tweaks before laun...

Windows Marketplace to be Microsoft Store?

We've been talking about the new application store for Windows Mobile for some time. Apple have an app store, Google have their Android Market. For months now we've heard about Windows Marketplace and it's arrival on Windows Mobile 6.5. We all smiled ...

HTC Hero now available on Orange

Right, unless we're going completely bonkers it looks like the HTC Hero is now fully available on the Orange website. This Android-powered device has been in my pocket for a week or two recently and, although I'm still a Windows Mobile fan, it's impre...

Turn your phone into a wireless hot-spot

Woah, check this out. It's an app that turns your WiFi-capable phone into a router. To get it working, install this CAB from XDA-developers, ensure your phone has a data connection, then fire up the Mobile Wi-Fi Router program from your shortcuts. It'...

Windows Mobile 6.5 Getting last-minute GUI tweaks

It looks like there's some final tweaks going on with Windows Mobile 6.5. In these shots it looks like a more finger-friendly interface is now developing with some of the tabs being dumped in favour of larger arrowed buttons and chunky check-boxes. No...

HTC Hero – A video demo of the on-board compass

A short while back I managed to get the HTC Hero for a whole week. I did 9 videos and spent the entire week using it as my primary phone. We answered stacks of your questions but, sadly, there wasn't enough time to show the compass system. Luckily …

Windows Mobile – Step up.

Buying shares in Microsoft has been a solid investment for many years. Microsoft is a large company with many different products and a collosal customer base. However, in recent years Google, Apple and others have proved to be a stong competitors in m...

The Today screen, inside TouchFLO

Lovin' your TouchFLO? Yeah? What about those Today screen plugins huh? Well, they're tucked away and until now the only way to see them was to turn off TouchFLO. Now there's this Manila Today Page. It'll make one of your TouchFLO tabs into the classic...

Increasing WinMo competition in the UK soon?

If people decide to leave Windows Mobile it'll usually be for one handset - the iPhone. Until recently the iPhone 3G has only really been available on o2 here in the UK, but now there's news that both T-Mobile and Orange could be retailing the device ...

LG GW600 on show at the FCC

The FCC is always a great place to find out about upcoming phones and today the LG GW600 has popped up in a lovely shade of red. We've always loved the look of WinMo-powered LG's, especially the KS20, but there's never really been much sight of them h...

o2 XDA Venn – Wait, is that the Pantech C810 I see?

This is the new o2 XDA Venn. It's just popped up on the o2 XDA website. It comes equipped with two keyboards - a sliding QWERTY from the side and a numeric keyboard from the bottom. Showing as an o2 exclusive we think it may be the Pantech …

Record your calls for free

Want to record your calls? Try ACR (Auto Call Recorder). Tell it where to save calls, whether to ask first and whether to record incoming or outgoing calls - or both. There's two different WAV formats and several quality settings to chooe from. .NET ...

Omnia II launching this weekend… in Singapore

The Omnia 2 (i8000) should be appearing this weekend in Singapore. The Windows Mobile 6.1 handset has already caught our eye in t'interweb videos and WinMo 6.5 should be available for the phone shortly after launch.Softpedia.com reports.. "Although t...