Tag: windows phone
Bored of the existing texting system on your Windows Mobile ? Try A.SMS instead. It's ideal for the regular texter and includes new functions and displays. This product page shows the difference between the existing Windows Mobile messaging system and...
PC Pro magazine has rated the new HTC Touch HD with 5 stars in it's review. The phone achieved the "PC Pro Recommended" status with the reviewer stating... "All told, we're hugely impressed with the Touch HD. It doesn't have the elegance of the iPhone...
Woah, check it out. Google Android running extremely well on the HTC Touch. Sure, we've seen this before but this is really something - internet browsing, email and smooth animation and it only takes a restart to switch back to 'old Windows Mobile aga...
Got Google Mobile maps on your device? If you've got the HTC Touch Pro, Diamond or the HD then the chances are it'll be included in the programs list. If not, download it now from google.com/gmm direct from your device. If you've already got it, now's...
O2 have posted an update for the chunky XDA Mantle (aka the HTC P6500 we reviewed a while back). It brings Windows Mobile 6.1 - it shipped with Windows Mobile 6 Pro. There's the usual warnings here - backup your data, ensure your battery is charged a...
Following it's appearance in Orange magazines the HTC S740 has now appeared on the Orange Business Services website. There's no price or availability as yet and, when you click the "buy" button it'll take you to the normal Orange Business site where.....
It looks like the BBC have setup their iPlayer to work with both the Samsung Omnia and the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1. The web service allows licence fee payers to catch up on TV shows and watch live TV. Now, before we get too excited Richard Titus, Futu...
Remember the o2 XDA Flint we mentioned some months back? Well, it looks to have taken one step closer with this o2 page giving more details. It is, as we expected, the HTC Advantage handset which packs WiFi, GPS, 3 megapixel camera, 16GB of internal f...
Well, it's taken some time to get this one together but at last it's here - the HTC Touch HD review. We've got the usual mix of screenshots, example photos from the device, close-up images and hands-on videos. The Touch HD is a device which returns to...
It's been some months since we heard that the HTC S740 might be popping up on Orange. Today Amit has emailed in to say that it's appeared in the "Coming Soon" section of the Orange catalogue. We reviewed the S740 some time back - it's a "non touch …
Our review of the HTC Touch HD should be up any day now. It follows the hands-on videos from a few days back. These appear to have caught the attention of the BBC, who have written a story about unboxing videos and their popularity online. Personally...
Vodafone have just upped an update for the HTC Touch Diamond. If you've bought yours from Voda UK then this is the link for you. What's in the update? Well, Vodafone say, "Updating the software (firmware) will usually give you improved performance and...
Vodafone have just made the HP Voice Messenger available on their business contracts. Prices start from nothing up to £85.11. The handset has a 528Mhz CPU, WiFi, 3.1 megapixel camera, microSD card slot, Bluetooth 2.0, GPS, quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE and...
When we saw the HTC Diamond we assumed that it was all the work of HTC design dudes, but in reality the guys at One & Co helped out with the design and engineering. HTC were obviously impressed with the results, and have announced the full acquisition...
This is the T-Mobile Shadow II. It's coming soon to the US network and there's already manual and photos online. The handset, which has a slide-out numeric keypad, runs on a TI Omap 260Mhz CPU and has 256MB ROM, 128MB DDR RAM and uses the non-touch-sc...
I'm sure we've all seen children with mobile phones. Some of you may have had heated debates about whether it melts their brains or if it's just a great way to check that they're safe. GPS.SOS! is a new program for your loved ones and, with one press …
I'll be honest here and say that I've never seen one of these in the flesh. It's an MP3 player from Microsoft called "Zune" and there's many who will obviously compare it to the iPod. Anyhoo, there's rumours flying around the net that this could merge...
The Skyfire browser is now more widely available with those in the US, Canada, and UK getting special attention. I've had quite a few mails about this, some saying, "It's as buggy as hell" and some saying, "It's the best thing since beer was invented"...
Elecont Weather has just been updated and now includes severe weather updates. Now, in the USA a severe weather warning is probably something like a hurricane, in the UK I'm assuming it's more than two snowflakes. ;) There's also a new 10-day worldwid...
The the new version of Winterface has just been announced. 1.2 brings bug fixes and extra features including automatic start on reboot, Bluetooth switch, enhanced battery status, favourites and orientation switch with the navigation pad. You also get ...
Rumours are building yet again that Microsoft may be working on their very own handset after more stories of a tie-in with the NVIDIA Tegra CPU. In theory this would give a high-def video playback and rapid graphics. According to The Inquirer the resu...
Bear with me if this gets a little garbled, I've just had 6 cups of coffee and anything could happen :) This is txtForward from Electronic Pocket. It's a simple idea - forward every text message you receive to any email address you specify. It's a goo...
The Samsung Omnia i900 appears to have been updated recently with this vanilla update and this Vodafone one. The 109MB file brings more stability and something called "Rich Internet", there's an app-store too (COUGH iPhone COUGH!). The updater will ...
Just the other day we saw the HTC Touch HD running the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 GUI - "Panels". Well, we've managed to get the Xperia Panels installed on the Touch HD we're currently loaning from the nice people at devicewire.com and ... well... we dec...
The T*Omnia was launched on November 3rd and many sites, including us, didn't really cover it much. The device is the bigger brother of the Omnia and the Korean model has a slightly larger screen and a 480x800 pixel resolution. There's also a digital ...
Johnny De'Silva has just tipped us on the availability of the o2 XDA Zest. It's available on Pay Monthly and Pay & Go. If you choose the lattest then it's £249.99 to buy, with contract customers paying between nothing and £149.99 depending on your c...
A few weeks back you may have seen this post on MoDaCo showing the HTC TouchFLO 3D system running on the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1. Now someone has managed to do the opposite, running the Panels interface from the X1 on the HTC Touch HD. The proof of …
Are you looking for a way to captured data and send it back to your company in real-time? Try Orange Mobile Forms. It uses a simple drag and drop system to design your form on the web, so there's no coding needed. Data is transmitted securely and you …
The HTC Max 4G is now sitting on the HTC website. Destined for Russian WiMAX network "Scartel" (Yota) on November 26th it'll be the worlds first ever integrated GSM / WiMAX handset. The network will enable a rich multimedia experience and a high quali...
The other day I published lots of videos showing the HTC Touch HD in action. Today there's another video showing the GPS and camera application. Now, I also mentioned in a previous video how good it would be if the screen rotated in every app - not ju...
4WinMobile.com have just added a review of the o2 XDA Zest. This device is actually made by Asus and is powered by a Marvell Tavor CPU running at 624Mhz. It's a touch-screen handset with Windows Mobile 6.1, microSD (HC) card slot, 480x640 screen, 3 me...
The fastest PDA in the world ? Is it the one that flew out of the car window when I crashed on the motorway some months ago ? No, we're actually talking about processor speed and it's this - the Asus P565. Announced in Taipai this puppy has …
Sure, Flash Lite has been available for a while now, but most Windows Mobile owners will just want Flash to work while browsing. The full player - Flash Player 10 - got showed off at the Adobe Max conference. CTO Kevin Lynch showed a Windows Mobile ha...
The Touch HD - I've had stacks of questions about it in the forum and through email. There's now not one, not two, but.... err... two-and-a-half videos online to give you an overview of this swish new phone. There's a few cool tricks in this device...
Thanks to the nice people at devicewire.com we have a Touch HD to play with .. for a bit. Some of you lucky lot are receiving yours to keep, but this one is another loaner. Do I want to buy one? Time will tell. First up, it's a …
T2 Remote Touch is a little like Remote Desktop / RDP / Terminal Services, however you'll get quick control of your computer from your phone whilst still being able to see the computer screen. I've tried it out and the drag-and-drop screen navigation ...
These, apparently, are the first shots of the Windows Mobile 6.5 upgrade we've been hearing about. How real these are we're not sure, but they certainly do whet the appetite for what else may appear in the "not quite version 7" upgrade that's been lea...
Those two HP iPAQ handsets we served up a few weeks back have now touched down on the Vodafone website. You can't buy them just yet, but you can at least have a snoop around the handsets and check out the specs. The HP Voice Messenger and the …
Just a few hours ago we spotted the MDA Vario IV sort-of appearing on the T-Mobile website. It's the same HTC Touch Pro we reviewed some time back and now it's appeared on o2 as the XDA Serra. This is another branded handset we've been tracking and it...
Remember our HTC S740 review ? Want one? Now you can - it's in stock for £332.99 right now. Add in the free delivery plus the fact that you're not tied into a contract and you'll be walking round with this brilliant new phone in no time. The …