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...

Touch me – Pricing revealed for new HTC handsets

We've just been handed the prices for those new HTC handsets. The HTC Touch HD will be selling for an RRP of £514.99, whilst the HTC Touch 3G is to sell for £319.99 without any navigation software or £349.99 with maps. The HTC Touch Viva will be up...

Xperia X1 – Not long now!

We've just had a couple of emails about the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 on Vodafone. We spotted that the handset had appeared on the Vodafone website about a month ago and you guys have been eagerly waiting for it to become available. Tonight the official...

Weekend deals

Right, come close. Now, keep this under your hat. OK? Y'know those guys at Devicewire? Well, I've got a few bits of news. Did you know that they're now an HTC Authorised Ultimate Partner ? Yeah. How about the HTC Shift? They've just dropped the price ...

HTC Touch HD vs iPhone – Now video too

Following the up-close pictures of the HTC Touch HD, French site generation-phonehouse.fr now has a video of the HTC Touch HD. Head over to view it or click the read link below to watch it. It looks really smooth and, yet again, there's a direct compa...

A Week(end) with the HTC S740

Regular readers will hopefully be aware of our "Week With" video blogs. We've covered the HTC Touch Diamond and HTC Touch Pro. This time we've managed to get hold of the new HTC S740 that and we'll be doing it all over again. Unfortunately we don't ha...

HTC Touch HD vs iPhone shoot-out

Take a look ! We've found these shots over at generation-phonehouse.fr of the upcoming Touch HD. There's a huge dollop of photographic goodness to look at with a video promised shortly. This machine translated version should give you a little bit more...

HTC Dream Launch – September 23rd

The HTC-built Dream handset sporting the Google Android OS is set to be launched on the 23rd in New York. Word on the street is that sales will begin on October 20th with two colours to choose from - black, or white. T-Mobile will be carrying it and …

HTC Touch Diamond – in white

Want the HTC Touch Diamond but fancy it in a different shade? According to tele-online.dk a white version is available if you hunt around enough. It's stil got all the juicy specs of the original, there's just a different shade of paint. Link - tele-o...

We’re Touched…

OK, so today three handsets slipped out of the HTC website. The press releases for all three phones are now on the HTC website with .. tomorrows date on. You can read the press release for the HTC Touch 3G and Viva here with the Touch HD release …

OFFICIAL – Touch Viva on HTC website

Over at the HTC website there's another handset lurking too. It's that Viva handset we mentioned before (aka the Opal). Nieuwemobiel.nl have managed to get shots from the HTC Touch Viva pages on HTC.com. Although we couldn't find the "offical" front-...

OFFICIAL – Touch 3G goes live on the HTC website

Following our story from literally seconds ago we can now confirm that the HTC Touch 3G is now live and official. Inside you've got a Qualcomm MSM7225 CPU running at 528 MHz with Windows Mobile 6.1 Pro and 256MB ROM with 192MB RAM. It's only 102mm X 5...

HTC Touch 3G shows up on htc.com too?!

Hello, hello. What's this ? While we were getting details of the HTC Touch HD we clicked Product Tour and got this - the HTC Touch 3G. There's a different link here, it's www.htc.com/www/product.aspx?id=64806, so this is a seperate product which is be...

OFFICIAL – Touch HD goes live on HTC website!

Woaha! Look what's just turned up on the HTC website! Yes, everything we've heard is true - ever since the first mention of it last month. 5 megapixel camera, 3.5mm audio jack, 800x480 3.8" screen, WiFi, aGPS, 3G / HSDPA, Bluetooth 2.0, microSD, 512MB...

CoPilot Live Special Edition for the HTC Touch Diamond

If you've got yourself a HTC Touch Diamond and want some satnav to go with it, take a looksie at this devicewire deal. This special version of CoPilot Live is available for just £57.99 and is the perfect navigation partner for your phone. The award-...

Sony Ericsson X1 – Live

The advertising campaign is massive - unlike anything we've seen for a Windows Mobile before. We're loving the hype, the interaction and the live Q&A. We've just watched the premiere of the "Johnny X" campaign and the Xperia X1 has been shown off with...