HTC Touch Diamond2 video demo

Those lucky beggers at mobilechoice managed to get a hands-on with the HTC Touch Diamond2 at the Mobile World Congress last month. Unlike most videos we've seen this is a sedate, smooth and clear video which shows the handset along with the new TouchF...

Remote Touch updated – control your PC anywhere

Remote Touch has just been upgraded to version 1.1. The app will let you remotely control your computer from your handset. Changes include a colour scroll mode, multiple server profiles, bug fixes and a loading screen. You can also now save up to 5 di...

HTC Maple – The QWERTY Smartphone is back!

A few months ago a pipe burst somewhere and a whole load of upcoming HTC handsets appeared. One of them was the HTC Maple, which a lot of people have been waiting for. Remember the HTC S620 (Excalibur) ? Yep, many do and many have been waiting for …

Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 Video Overview

Well, despite my beloved bank charging me nearly £600 for being beyond my overdraft this month (thanks LloydsTSB for not helping at all), I've managed to do an overview of the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1. It's a very good bit of kit indeed and we'll be g...

Touch Diamond 2 in action running Windows Mobile 6.5

Windows Mobile 6.5. You've probably heard a lot about it already and it should be appearing later on this year. There's already surprise that Windows Mobile 7 will be arriving next year and we've not really seen much of the promised Windows Marketplac...

HTC Touch Diamond Update – Feb 09

HTC Touch Diamond users can download an updated ROM for their device. Available here it fixes a number of bugs including the camera preview screen going black, video recording issues, audio playback, MMS receiving and sound issues on the Music tab wit...

Asus P835 Announced

Strangely announced just after the Mobile World Congress is this new trackball-packing Asus P835 touch-screen device. The P835 will double as a WiFi hotspot - sharing the high-speed (up to HSPA) mobile data connection over WiFi with up to 10 devices s...

Tracking yourself with GPS – GPSed

I've been fiddling about with the location-tracking feature in Google Mobile Maps over the last few days. Keeping track of your mates is pretty cool provided they click "Keep sending to Latitude" when closing the app. I've added the Google Latitude fe...

Windows 3.1 running on a Nokia – In video

Following news of Windows 3.1 appearing on a Nokia N95 we decided to try it ourselves. Unfortunately we didn't have a Nokia to hand (shame) but someone came to our rescue with a Nokia E51. After a bit of faffing around we managed to get it to the …

DVD to Pocket PC for WVGA screens too

Our forum gets spammed to hell with DVD conversion tools. DVD to Pocket PC by Makayama is a proper good though and now supports 800x480 (WVGA) screens in version 6. If you've got a collection of DVD's and a HTC Touch Pro2, Sony Experia or Toshiba TG01...

Winterface updated again – version 1.3 now out

Winterface - we've seen it before and it's a great interface for your phone. It's been updated before but now version 1.3 brings a new bright skin, bug fixes, the ability to hide or show the Windows Mobile bar / Start button and Opera Mobile favourite...

Cheap Pay As You Go SIM Card with lots of credit!

Just a quickie - Expansys are selling Pay As You Go SIM cards for the "3" network here in the UK. They cost just £9.99 and come with a whopping £30 of credit loaded on. Once you've used the credit you'll be on the Flat 12 tariff and …

Xperia X1 – My Tweaks

OK, I'm going to let my dirty little secret out now. Judging by the amount of emails I get asking me the same question, you may think I've got a wide selection of Windows Mobile phones to choose from. Images of cupboards gently popping out from walls ...

Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 software update

Got one of these? A recent update may have passed you by. Check your Sony Ericsson Update Service for further details of the update, which appears to contain fixes and speed improvements for your Xperia X1 handset. News of this update seems to have a...

Music tab crashes in HTC TouchFLO – What gives?

Right, I'm going to slightly abuse my position here, but I'd like to get a rough idea how bad this problem is. To your right you'll see the HTC TouchFLO 3D Music tab. Simply copy your music to your SD card and you'll get a nice album photo …

Another browser for your collection – Iris updated

There's a wide range of browsers to choose from for the Windows out there. Opera, Skyfire and the new Mozilla effort called Fennec (available for the Touch Pro) are just a few highlights. The Iris Browser, which we spotted a year ago has now been upda...

MWC – MDA Vario V and MDA Compact V – The details

Yesterday we took a look at the first pictures of the T-Mobile MDA Compact V (Diamond2). Since then we've had official confirmation from T-Mobile of the Compact V, plus there's confirmation on the Vario V which will indeed be the Touch Pro2. Below you...

Single charging connector agreed

The GSM association has sat down and agreed that having several different chargers is a nightmare for the consumer. Mobile phones today generally have many different plugs and adapters to charge mobile phones. The decision means that firms like Nokia,...

MWC – MDA Compact V pictured, Touch Vairy confuses

Right, the HTC Touch Diamond2. It's like the original Touch Diamond but this time there's an uprated 5 megapixel camera, high-res 3.2 inch 480x800 WVGA screen, zoom bar, longer life battery and external storage in the shape of a microSD card. T-Mobile...

MWC – Toshiba show the slim-jim TG01

We've already spotted the Toshiba TG01 but today it's doing the rounds at the Mobile World Congress. The TG01 does indeed have the super-fast 1Ghz Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU and comes with GSM quad-band connectivity GPRS / EDGE / 3G and HSDPA. GPS is on ...