HP Silver – It’s still alive

Today is October 1st, so it's surprising to see the HP Silver still alive and well in these sneak shots over at Engadget. We saw it at the very start of 2008 in a leaked Vodafone roadmap, but alas it never appeared in July as promised. There's GPS …

Sync your Mac with Windows Mobile – SyncMate

Hey, Mac users. Come close. Have you heard about SyncMate ? Version 1.4 has just been released and the free edition will let you organise your contacts, texts, calendar entries and more. You can also sync too, with your contacts and calendar details l...

Win yourself a Sony Ericsson Xperia X1

We've been covering the new Xperia X1 from Sony Ericsson quite a bit recently. Following the photo special and the appearance on Vodafone we were certainly impressed with the rather massive advertising campaign and "Johnny X" films. The X1, as you may...

B Grade Kit available at discounted prices

Our friends over at Devicewire currently have some "B-Grade" stuff on sale. Y'know the sort of thing, they've possibly been opened or returned but they're still in excellent condition and you can save some dosh. They've got a few HTC Touch Diamond ha...

Touchdown – Free helicopter game to try

This is a new game called Touchdown. It's been designed to make the most of the VGA screen on the HTC Touch Pro but should also work on the Diamond and possibly other VGA devices too. It's still in early development, so you'll need to download the dem...

Klaxon – Cool alarm with motion and light sensors

I don't know about you, but I use my phone as an alarm every day. If you've got a Diamond or a Touch Pro then this is the business. A new app, by Koushik Dutta, will not only sound an alarm but it'll also turn off again when …

HTC Touch Pro and S740 Coming to Orange ?

We've had a couple of interesting bits of news regarding upcoming handsets on Orange. First we're hearing that the HTC S740 should be turning up on the network towards the end of October. There's nothing on the coming soon pages just yet, but we'll ke...

HTC S740 – The review

Here it is at last - the HTC S740 review. We got a chance to video, photograph and fully test this handset last week. The resulting review is now online complete with example photos from the phone and screenshots of the interface. This is the first tr...

0870 and 0800 numbers on your mobile

Check this out. It's part of my Orange phone bill for last month. I've changed my package and this particular phone doesn't get used a great deal. I pay around £30 per month, but this bill totalled over £55 so I looked deeper into it. Last ...

A Weekend with the HTC S740 – Day 2

Well, the HTC S740 has sadly had to go back home, but we do have a review coming very soon and day 2 of our "Weekend With" is now online. This one is over at Google Video due to the length. I've crammed in as much as possible …

Windows Mobile 7 delay?

With HTC starting to make non-Windows Mobile phones, the iPhone dominating headlines and Google Android appearing today, the very last thing Microsoft need is a delay with Windows Mobile 7. Alas, this seems to be the case according to this CNET articl...

A Dream come true

OK, you know the deal. Today the T-Mobile G1 will be announced. It's the Google phone, the Dream, the Android thing. Built by HTC it's already slipped onto the net in these T-Mobile product shots. We've already seen it several times, but this time it...

A Weekend with the HTC S740 – Day 1

We're spending the weekend with the HTC S740. Here's day 1 of the video blog - a tour around the handset showing the two keyboards and the HTC Sliding Panels interface. We also have a look at the screen switching speed and the overall design of the de...

HTC Touch HD – Yet more shots, go on, you want to

While I'm busy on eBay selling anything that isn't nailed down to afford one, the HTC Touch HD is appearing in yet more photo specials. Following the photos and video yesterday, there's now even more shots over on cnet.com. Close-ups? Check. Compari...

Palm Treo Pro now available on Vodafone

The Palm Treo Pro has just popped up on the Vodafone Business site. Prices range from nothing to £340.43 depending on contract. Running on a Qualcomm 400Mhz processor with 3G / HSDPA and WiFI it also packs GPS, Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR, a 2 megaixel ca...

More HTC Dream shots, plus no Viva for the UK

A couple of quick HTC-related news bits for your Friday afternoon. Firstly, yet more pictures of the upcoming HTC Dream G1 from rizzn.com show the device, quite literally, out and about. It should be announced on T-Mobile US this coming Tuesday. Also,...

Pool Rebel wins top award

Back in early 2007 we ran a story about a free beta game called "Pocket Pool". Later in the year it went commerical and Is now know as Pool Rebel. Since then it's gone on to win the AT&T Game Development Contest for Windows Mobile at the CTIA. …

Portable Themes – Design and download your own

Some years back you couldn't move for themes, backdrops and homescreens. Everyone seemed to have their own personal theme but now, with the HTC TouchFLO technology, many are choosing to stick with that instead. PortableThemes.com has been setup for th...

Introducing – A Weekend with the HTC S740

Here it is, the HTC S740. First impressions? It's narrow, it's fast and the screen is vivid and clear. The S740 also appears to be called the "HTC Rose" in the settings screens and the firmware includes the HTC Album along with an RSS and PDF reader. ...

Photo Special – Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 Launch

Last night Sony Ericsson hosted an event for a few hand-picked press people in London. The new Xperia X1, which got a sneak preview on Monday, got a full work-out during the posh launch at Tent London. We gave the handset, which we're following close...