Hey – my MP4 video won’t play!

So, I'm back in the UK and I've just plugged my Windows Mobile handset into my PC. I've got lots of videos that I'd like to copy across to my machine and view. They're all in MP4 format, it's just a matter of loading up Quicktime and.... ..ahh... …

Virgin Mobile – Unlimited web browsing for 30p per day

Virgin Mobile is to update their mobile data plans and will introduce a 30p unlimited daily browsing tariff. this page gives more details, with a claim that Virgin is 3 times cheaper than other networks. Sure, in the UK when you say "Unlimited" it gen...

HTC Touch HD receives glowing review from PC Pro

PC Pro magazine has rated the new HTC Touch HD with 5 stars in it's review. The phone achieved the "PC Pro Recommended" status with the reviewer stating... "All told, we're hugely impressed with the Touch HD. It doesn't have the elegance of the iPhone...

Orange launch bigger data plans

Orange have just added three new mobile broadband plans. They include a 30-day tariff with 10GB of usage and two 18 month plans which give 1GB and 10GB usage respectively. These are to be made available immediately and target those using the Orange da...

Google Android running like silk on the HTC Touch

Woah, check it out. Google Android running extremely well on the HTC Touch. Sure, we've seen this before but this is really something - internet browsing, email and smooth animation and it only takes a restart to switch back to 'old Windows Mobile aga...

Keep yourself updated with our stuff!

Something I probably haven't mentioned for a while is the various ways you can keep up-to-date with our news here. You can use our RSS feeds at the top of the site here. Bang them into your Google reader, netvibes or whatever reader you use and it'll ...

Google Mobile Maps introduces Street View

Got Google Mobile maps on your device? If you've got the HTC Touch Pro, Diamond or the HD then the chances are it'll be included in the programs list. If not, download it now from google.com/gmm direct from your device. If you've already got it, now's...

o2 XDA Mantle receives 6.1 Update

O2 have posted an update for the chunky XDA Mantle (aka the HTC P6500 we reviewed a while back). It brings Windows Mobile 6.1 - it shipped with Windows Mobile 6 Pro. There's the usual warnings here - backup your data, ensure your battery is charged a...

HTC S740 on Orange website

Following it's appearance in Orange magazines the HTC S740 has now appeared on the Orange Business Services website. There's no price or availability as yet and, when you click the "buy" button it'll take you to the normal Orange Business site where.....

BBC iPlayer now on two Windows Mobile handsets

It looks like the BBC have setup their iPlayer to work with both the Samsung Omnia and the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1. The web service allows licence fee payers to catch up on TV shows and watch live TV. Now, before we get too excited Richard Titus, Futu...

o2 XDA Flint now available on o2 site

Remember the o2 XDA Flint we mentioned some months back? Well, it looks to have taken one step closer with this o2 page giving more details. It is, as we expected, the HTC Advantage handset which packs WiFi, GPS, 3 megapixel camera, 16GB of internal f...

HTC Touch HD Reviewed

Well, it's taken some time to get this one together but at last it's here - the HTC Touch HD review. We've got the usual mix of screenshots, example photos from the device, close-up images and hands-on videos. The Touch HD is a device which returns to...

HTC S740 Appears in Orange magazines

It's been some months since we heard that the HTC S740 might be popping up on Orange. Today Amit has emailed in to say that it's appeared in the "Coming Soon" section of the Orange catalogue. We reviewed the S740 some time back - it's a "non touch …

Unboxing videos now even more popular

Our review of the HTC Touch HD should be up any day now. It follows the hands-on videos from a few days back. These appear to have caught the attention of the BBC, who have written a story about unboxing videos and their popularity online. Personally...

Vodafone pushes out HTC Diamond upgrade

Vodafone have just upped an update for the HTC Touch Diamond. If you've bought yours from Voda UK then this is the link for you. What's in the update? Well, Vodafone say, "Updating the software (firmware) will usually give you improved performance and...

HP Voice Messenger now available to buy on Vodafone UK

Vodafone have just made the HP Voice Messenger available on their business contracts. Prices start from nothing up to £85.11. The handset has a 528Mhz CPU, WiFi, 3.1 megapixel camera, microSD card slot, Bluetooth 2.0, GPS, quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE and...

HTC buys design firm

When we saw the HTC Diamond we assumed that it was all the work of HTC design dudes, but in reality the guys at One & Co helped out with the design and engineering. HTC were obviously impressed with the results, and have announced the full acquisition...

T-Mobile Shadow II pictured and detailed

This is the T-Mobile Shadow II. It's coming soon to the US network and there's already manual and photos online. The handset, which has a slide-out numeric keypad, runs on a TI Omap 260Mhz CPU and has 256MB ROM, 128MB DDR RAM and uses the non-touch-sc...

BBC iPlayer on Windows Mobile – Another way!

Earlier in the week we took a look at the new Skyfire browser and it's Flash capabilities. A lot of interest centred around the BBC iPlayer, which at last became sort-of-functional in Skyfire and has long been a "want" of most Windows Mobile users. No...

European networks to slash data roaming charges

We've all seen the endless scare stories of huge phone bills following trips abroad. Whilst roaming call charges were reduced a while back following an intervention by EU parliament, texting and data access is still shockingly expensive. Now EU Telec...