HTC Shift – Now available

The HTC Shift we reviewed has now been mad available by HTC. The Shift integrates the Micosoft Origami Experience 2.0, which you can see in action here. It basically gives a finger-friendly navigation around your UMPC (Ultra Mobile PC) with a browser,...

Uprated HTC Advantage breaks cover

It's been just weeks since our reviewed the HTC Advantage review. Today HTC are announcing more storage and the addition of the now familiar HTC Home Today screen plus the HTC TouchFlo technology for quick and easy navigation. The Opera browser and Go...

HTC P3470 (Pharos) Goes official

We ran a news story on the HTC Pharos a few weeks back, now it's official. The slim Pharos will be sold as the HTC P3470 and, although there's no 3G, HSDPA, or WiFi it will have GPS. The P3470 is set to launch on Orange in the …

Visto announce easy push email on T-Mobile

Remember Visto ? They provide push email and got very upset some years back when Microsoft started to do the same thing. Now, however, they're to showcase a system called "WOW" - touted as the easiest-to-use mobile messaging solution. Not only that, b...

Sony Ericsson go Windows Mobile – XPERIA X1

We'd heard rumours, but now it's here in the flesh. This is the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1, running Windows Mobile 6 Pro. Yes, you read that right - a Sony Ericsson running Windows Mobile. Just one more time for my own sanity.. it's a Sony Ericsson with ...

v3.5 of NetFront browser now available

Access have just released the Mobile Concept version of NetFront, version 3.5. We last mentioned it in 2006 so a video demonstration is well overdue. NetFront version 3.5 brings fast, smooth browsing and quick draw time, zoom speed and rendering. Thi...

PointUI Home – Now for VGA and Windows Mobile 2003

We've been constantly following the developments with PointUI Home. There's now good news for Windows Mobile 2003 users too - with alpha versions of the slick interface available for anyone running the older OS. If you head on over to PointUI Home you...

HTC Touch Cruise now back in stock

If you missed out last time then have no fear, the guys at devicewire have just taken delivery of yet more HTC Touch Cruise handsets. These phones are essentially the same as the o2 XDA Orbit 2 minus the o2 contract. Still selling at £384.99, it's pa...

Orange SPV E610 Now available to buy

We first saw this, the SPV E610, back in December. Then, last month we spotted it on the Business and Pay As You Go "Coming Soon" sections. Indeed, it's still showing this way in the Business section next to the Samsung i780. Good news though, because...

T-Mobile Touch Plus now live on UK website

The T-Mobile Touch Plus has now appeared in both the Personal and Business section of the T-Mobile website. It's the T-Mobile version of the HTC Touch Dual we reviewed some time back. The T-Mobile variant has appeared following the one month exclusiv...

T-Mobile Shadow gets updated

In the USA? Got a T-Mobile Shadow? You do? Head on over to t-mobileshadow.com to get the latest update. The update seems to add extra features and software to the phone, enhanced myFaves and menu graphics plus a better text-entry experience. As usual ...

Sprite Archie – Backup your call logs and texts

Sprite Archie has just been released. For $14.95 (£7.63) it'll transfer your text and call logs to email, letting you check and backup the history of your communication. The software will automatically archive each sent or received message and can al...

HTC Shift coming to Orange in March

The HTC Shift has, according to tracyandmatt.co.uk, just popped up on the Orange February pricebook. The UMPC comes with Windows Vista and a Windows Mobile layer for quick updates on your email and appointiments through the HTC SnapVUE system. Accord...

Orange locks the door, throws away the key?

We've had several posts in our forum pointing out a change in the Orange Terms and Conditions. Apparently a tweak has been made yesterday which stops you from paying to upgrade months in advance. Now you can only upgrade 3 months to the end of your co...

Opera Mobile 9.5 on the way

Next week marks the start of the Mobile World Congress, but some companies have already started announcing what they'll.. err.. be announcing ... at the event. Opera have announced their new browser - version 9.5 - which will bring desktop-like browsi...

XDA Orbit 2 now available for personal customers too

The o2 XDA Orbit 2 has now shifted over to the "Personal" section of the o2 website. It appeared last week in the business section but now it's available for all. Available from absolutely nothing up to £249.99, this is the o2 flavour of the excellen...

PointUI Home now updated to 1.02b

Regular readers will be well aware of PointUI Home, the new free interface for Windows Mobile. Today they've launched version 1.02b, which brings extended support for Smartphones (non touch-screen), bug fixes and the ability to grab a new black theme....

MDA Touch Plus now available at T-Mobile UK

Kieran Russ has just emailed in to say that the T-Mobile MDA Touch Plus is now available from the T-Mobile sales team. T-Mobile launched the phone just days ago, and we're yet to see it live on their site, but it's available if you call them up on …

Threaded texting with SMS-Chat

We mentioned the new threaded SMS system coming to Windows Mobile 6.1 just yesterday, however your can get it now in the form of "SMS-Chat" from iwindowsmobile.com. For just $14.95 (£7.59) you can enjoy threaded conversations, multiple SMS sending (e...

Palm Treo 500v Video Review

Steve Litchfield has been pumping out his Smartphones Show for quite some time, with show 52 now being available. It features a look at the Palm Treo 500v on Vodafone, a phone we've not yet played with. Check out the latest show or subscribe to the v...