Drive safe with ZoomSafer

Here in the UK we have a law that prevents using the actual handset whilst driving. Whilst it's ignored by quite a few and derided by many, it has helped. Bluetooth is pretty much universal here but still there's too many people texting and sometimes ...

Moto confirms two Android devices. WinMo goes AWOL

Sheesh. It never rains but it poors. Motorola may have generated a net income of $26 million but they've still made huge losses in their phone division. Shipments have fell by nearly a half - from 28.1 million last year to just 14.8 million this year....

New TouchFLO 2D improves GUI even further

XDA-Developers once again have the very latest update from HTC with their new HTC TouchFLO 2D GUI. It's a QVGA control panel which now integrates the very same backdrop as the HTC Sense GUI we saw on the Android-powered HTC Hero. In our image here you...

Another mention of Windows Phones

It's been nearly 6 months since we first started seeing Microsoft re-branding a Windows Mobile phone as simply a "Windows Phone" and now The Inquirer has picked up on this old news too. Microsoft mentioned yet again, this time in a promotional event t...

Need a VoIP Softphone? Try Vippie

I've had an email today asking for SIP dialer software on WinMo. It's a very good question and one I've stumbled across just recently is Vippie. It's usually provided by SIP / VoIP providers directly but you can download it seperately here and configu...

LG Watch phone on Orange – Video demo

Main nan Conor Maples has been testing out the latest Orange kit yet again. This time it's the LG watch phone we mentioned earlier. Sure, it's not strictly WinMo or Google Android, but we think this is a pretty cool piece of kit nonetheless. In the vi...

T-Mobile G2 Touch available now

The Twittersphere has revealed that the T-Mobile G2 Touch (aka HTC Hero) should be available today from T-Mo with tghe device appearing in stores later on this week. There's still nothing on the T-Mobile website but there's at least a reference to it ...

Sony Ericsson Xperia X2 – On video

The Sony Ericsson Xperia X2 has appeared in snaps and the 8.1 megapixel camera has already been revealed. Now there's a slightly wobbly video over at YouTube. WinMo 6.5 seems to be on-board, complete with the sliding panels interface. There's some ra...

HTC get major press coverage

Blimey. HTC got some major exposure this weekend after cyclist Mark Cavendish became the first Brit to win the final stage of the Tour de France. We've seen shots like this smeared over pretty much every weekend newspaper in the UK, plus there's ads f...

HTC Vigor, Dawn, Interlude and Imagio trademarked

Random email alert. An anonymous visitor has just pointed us to this site which details yet more upcoming HTC kit. The HTC Vigor, HTC Dawn, HTC Interlude and HTC Imagio have all been registered as trademarks with the US Patent and Trademark Office, so...

Another HTC Sense GUI clone for WinMo

OK Windows Mobile users, listen up. We've been looking at the HTC Hero and the new interface - HTC Sense. It all looks very swish indeed and we're very impressed by just how customizable it is. But, and there is a "but" .. to get it you'll need …

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 ...