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...

Google – Helping to find your local anything

There's been a few stories around the net about the new Google "local" search. The My Location feature should now appear if you browse to Google.com on your phone in Internet Explorer. After the Google Gears plugin installs (what a great name), you'l...

Windows Mobile 7 appears in Microsoft Ad

Windows Mobile 7 looks to have popped up on this YouTube video. The advertisement is for Live Mesh and shows how you can sync your life. One shot, about a minute in, shows the HTC Touch Dual and a very sexy new interface. The commerical is a slow-mo …

Asus Glaxy7 / XDA Zest – Hot specs !

Following our story yesterday on the upcoming o2 XDA Zest / Asus Glaxy7 handset, some specs have now emerged over at pda.pl. The words "Omnia killer" are already being used with a rather splendid set of specs being present. Expect a large 3.5 " 800x48...

Xperia X1 – Live demo!

At 1PM BST (12 noon GMT / UTC) Sony Ericsson will be broadcasting the first live demo of the Xperia X1 handset. You can also put your questions to the Xperia X1 team. We've got a countdown timer at the top of the site so you'll know when …

TouchFLO 2D – TouchFLO 3D without a new phone

So, I've just had an email from Stephen Murray about something called TouchFLO 2D. It's a CAB file which you can install and get the same experience as the excellent HTC TouchFLO 3D system seen in the excellent HTC Touch Diamond and HTC Touch Pro. So...

o2 to launch the Asus-built XDA Zest?

Stephen Kelly has been doing some cunning detective work. Following this post at wmpoweruser.com pictures have now appeared at mobile01.com showing a 5 megapixel camera. All good, but then it gets even more interesting when a Asus-built "XDA Zest" han...

Orange release 1.93 update for the HTC Diamond

If you've got yourself a HTC Touch Diamond on Orange then you may still be waiting for the 1.93 update. This update has already been rolled out on some other Diamond variants, but Orange users have had to wait a little longer. The new firmware improve...

HTC Opal to be the HTC Touch Viva?

WindowsMobileItaly.com appears to have more details on the HTC Opal we reported on a few days back. It's commerical name, according to the article, will be the HTC Touch Viva and will probably be launched on September 30th. We're hearing the the Black...

HTC Blackstone / HTC Touch HD – More details

Last month we told you about a mysterious new device called the HTC Blackstone. There were rumours of a 3.7" screen and VGA screen and now we can reveal that yes, the Blackstone is real. The HTC Blackstone is the device shown today as the HTC Touch HD...

Sprint to carry the Diamond and Touch Pro

Here in Europe we often get spoiled with the hottest new mobile phones arriving first on our side of the pond. In the USA, Sprint has announced that the HTC Touch Diamond and HTC Touch Pro will be landing on their network from October 19th. Engadget h...

HTC Touch Pro now available on Vodafone UK

Head on over to vodafone if you're after the HTC Touch Pro we reviewed recently. Priced from nothing all the way up to £340.43, it now joins the HTC Diamond, Omnia and upcoming Sony Ericsson - all on Vodafone. The Touch Pro brings all the stuff we s...

HTC Touch HD appears

MoDaCo have news on a new device from HTC called the HTC Touch HD. Equipped with a 5 megapixel camera, GPS, 3G and sporting a massive WVGA screen at 480x800 it's powered by a 528Mhz Qualcomm CPU. 512MB Flash, 288MB RAM and a minimalistic controls also...

Countdown to launch – Sony Ericsson Xperia X1

Sony Ericsson have just announced the launch dates for their upcoming Xperia X1 handset. The official launch date takes place in 20 days from now on September 30th. It will be available across the UK, Germany and Sweden with Asia, Latin America and ot...

Mobile coverage gets rolled out on the Underground

Mention an underground railway here in the UK and most people will talk about The Tube - aka The London Underground. It's the oldest and longest system in the world and serves 268 stations, but sadly lacks air-con or a phone signal pretty much everywh...

QUAR100 – The HTC Quartz?

A new HTC device called the "QUAR100" has just popped up on the Bluetooth SIG site and wi-fi.org. Various sites are already calling this the "HTC Quartz" or "HTC Touch Quartz" and indeed it would fit in with a gemstone-based naming convention followin...

HTC Dream to arrive November in the UK

The Telegraph is reporting that the Google Android handset will be available in time for Christmas here in the UK. Under an exclusive agreement, the HTC-built Dream will arrive in T-Mobile stores in November. It features a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, G...

PowerSMS – Free feature-packed texting app

Jason Langridge has just spotted this rather cool application. It's called PowerSMS and it's currently in beta, which means it's free. Yay. I love this app. I'm always sending text jokes out to groups of people, so the ability to set up your own group...

Successor the the HTC Touch – The HTC Opal ?

The original HTC Touch is still an excellent handset that broke the mould for Pocket PC design. When I reviewed it I remember mistaking it for a battery because it was so small compared to the existing touch-screen devices of the time. Now it appears ...