TimeTranslator – Check local times before calling

If you've got friends, relatives or other contacts living abroad it's always a little tricky to remember what their local time is. Sometimes you can accidentally call your contacts in the middle of the night, which is never good if you're trying to cl...

HTC release Touch Dual fixes

We're not quite sure how many people have been affected by this problem (I've not experienced it), but HTC have just released a hot fix for the HTC Touch Dual. It rectifies a screen problem causing icons to vabish and words to overlap. It also correct...

HTC P6500 from Orange – First shots

A couple of weeks back we spotted the HTC P6500 sat proudly on the Orange UK website. Forum member "Pickett" has just had his delivered and luckily for us he's snapped some rather excellent shots of the handset. Scroll down for more shots, or check ou...

Control your computer via a mobile for free

Imagine the scene, you've just left home and you've forgotten to turn your PC off. Tskk.. your local electricity company will be dancing with joy and your girlfriend could come home to see those "interesting" websites you've been viewing. What to do ?...

HTC Respond (again) to video issues

A few weeks back the HTC video issue was being discussed everywhere on the web. After a while HTC posted their official response to the issue and said that there was no problem and their handsets were operating as expected. Now there's an extra twist ...

Samsung i640 Now available on Vodafone UK

It's been some time since we spotted the Samsung i640 as "Coming Soon" on the Vodafone website. David B has emailed in to point out that it's now available to buy. It costs absolutely nothing on selected plans and comes with a 2 megapixel camera, micr...

Zumobi – A video view

You may remember how Microsoft have tied up with Zumobi to help distribute and promote their new product. It's a mobile entertainment and information gateway with a slick GUI and updated news from various sources. It's controlled with a zooming interf...

It’s my phone and I’ll moan if I want to

We started this site nearly 6 and a half years ago now. At the time we were stumbling across issues with the original Orange SPV Smartphone and finding work-arounds. Now it's February 2008 and still I'm finding problems - and this time it's with my br...

SmartGear – half off, but be quick!

Feeling a bit nostalgic? SmartGear is a multi-console / handheld game emulator which supports GameBoy, GameGear, MasterSystem, NES, TurboGrafx-16 and Genesis. Right now there's a stonking 50% off for just 48 hours, so be quick and you can get it fo...

More Samsung i780 unboxing shots

The Samsung i780 is now available on Orange with some of you bagging one for £29.99 on a 12 month contract. Viktor Bijelovic has sent us in some more photos of his device, this time showing off the box contents and comparison shots next to the SPV M3...

Fix that HTC Touch Dual T9 problem

Owners of the HTC Touch Dual / T-Mobile Touch Plus may have already seen our coverage of the MMS sending bug and fix, but there is another rather annoying issue with this handset. When you're sending a text or email you'll no doubt have seen that the ...

Asus P526 Reviewed

It's reviews galore at the minute. Just a few days back we managed to grab some time with the Asus P526. Priced up at £288.99 off-contract this is a touch-screen Pocket PC hiding in a classic Smartphone shell. It packs a 2 megapixel camera, quadband ...

Orange goes official – HTC Shift is coming!

Well, it seems like at last things are happening - the HTC Shift is definitely coming to Orange and you'll be able to buy it before the end of February. Orange have just sent us the official press release which states... "The HTC Shift will be availa...

i-Mate JAMA 101 Reviewed

We've just added our review of the i-Mate JAMA 101. It's a tough little Windows Mobile 6 Pro phone which is currently selling for £199.95 off-contract. Equipped with a 2 megapixel camera, microSD slot and Bluetooth 1.2, we've perhaps seen higher spe...

Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 runs WinMo 6.1

During the Mobile World Congress Sony Ericsson were being pretty selective when demonstrating their new XPERIA X1 device. Now, thanks to this Hungarian blog, the reasons are becoming clearer. The XPERIA X1 runs a new version of Windows Mobile called "...

Samsung i780 Now available to buy on Orange

We've been keeping an eye on the Samsung i780 for some time and now it's available on Orange Business for a very strange price of £25.52. The Sammy i780 brings GPS, optical mouse technology and Windows Mobile 6 Pro.You guys have already been finding ...

Call Jockey – a way to escape boring meetings

Got a Windows Mobile Smartphone (Windows Mobile Standard / Non-touch screen) ? You do? Good. Want to download a free tool that'll create a fake call to your phone as a way to escape boring meetings or events? Err... You do? Blimey, you're a strange lo...

HP iPaq 614c available Monday

Kevin Osborne has just emailed in because he's spotted the HP iPaq 610 / 614 for sale. We spotted it some time back but, as of Monday, you'll be able to buy it off-contract for £389.99. The phone, which is called the "HP iPaq 614c" here, is powered …

Palm do some BlackBerry bashing

It looks like Palm are taking full advantage of yet another outage on the BlackBerry system in the USA yesterday. RIM blamed the outage on "a system upgrade which went wrong" and is the second major failure in less than a year. Palm have taken out ful...

3D Mad Cars available to buy

Available now, 3D Mad Cars is a highly detailed racing game where you get to choose your car and race through cities, fiels and beaches. You must use your skill and expertise to drive through the weather conditions and other beat other cars. There's a...