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Microsoft is launching the first smartphones packing Windows Mobile today, and has shared a few details on the new OS ahead of its full announcement.

With a cleaned up, easier-to-use interface, WinMo 6.5 promises better browsing capabilities and easy access to services such as Windows Live, Bing, Mobile Office Communicator and Microsoft Online Services such as Exchange and Sharepoint. Continue reading…

We knew it would be coming this month, but now with Nokia has ‘fessed up as to when we can expect to see the Nokia N97 Mini in the shops.

If you’ve been waiting to get your hands on the smaller handset, Nokia has confirmed via its Flagship Store Twitter feed that we’ll be able to pick it up from 23 October. Continue reading…

So we knew it was coming, and now the HTC HD2 has been officially outed and confirmed to go on sale later this month.

Although it packs Windows Mobile 6.5, the HD2 benefits from the rather lovely HTC Sense skin we’ve seen on the Android-loving Hero, bringing multi-touch to the a Windows Mobile phone for the first time. Continue reading…

There have been rumours for a while now, but this morning it became official that O2 has lost its exclusivity deal to sell the iPhone with news that Orange will also be selling Apple’s handset before the year is out.
It had previously been suggested that Orange would just be selling the 3G, and that O2 would retain exclusivity on the 3G S. However, Orange has confirmed it will be selling both handsets later this year. Continue reading…

The battle between Apple and Palm over access to iTunes has been a long standing one, but now Apple has been given the green light to block the Pre from using iTunes.

Palm’s bragging about the Pre’s compatibility with Apple’s software brought about an update that once more blocked the phone from accessing it. Continue reading…

We’d already heard the rumours of when we could expect it, but now O2 has confirmed both pricing and an October release date for the long-awaited Palm Pre.

Previously touted as coming “in time for Christmas”, O2 has now announced it’ll be thankfully quite a bit before, hitting shelves on 16 October exclusive to the network. Continue reading…

Vodafone’s newly announced social media apps and services platform, Vodafone 360,brings two new phones with it. The Samsung H1 and Samsung M1 are two touchscreen temptresses and will carry the Vodafone 360 logo.
Though Vodafone 360 will work with loads of devices, the Samsung handsets will fully integrate the new service. Continue reading…

Vodafone’s obviously been looking at all that lovely social media stuff on the HTC Hero and the Motorola DEXT. The networks’s just launched its own suite of social media services called Vodafone 360. 
Vodafone 360 is its own specially created interface mashing together info from Facebook, Windows Live Messenger, Twitter, Google Talk and more right into your contacts book. Continue reading…

LG has announced a new full QWERTY handset, aimed at the social networkers and serial messagers among you.

The GW300 packs a designated Facebook application similarly to the GW520, and also comes with LiveSquare which allows you to have Continue reading…

Picture this. You’re the world’s second largest mobile phone manufacturer and do not have one Mobile OS of your own. Not a very impressive thing to have on your CV, right? Samsung is facing the same problem as we type this. It does not have its very own smartphone OS and looks like it has finally decided to do something about it. Continue reading…

We heard about the new Facebook 3.0 iPhone update a few weeks ago, and after Apple taking its time in approving it, it’s now available from the App Store.
Even better news is that the app is now even better than the first one that was submitted.
After submitting it, developer Joe Hewitt started tinkering with the app for further improvements, and when Apple came back to him yesterday to ask him to fix a minor bug, he fixed it within his new version. Continue reading…

If you’ve resisted the iPhone 3G S and HTC’s Hero, preferring to hold out for Palm Pre your wait may be over at the end of October.

Rumours circling the internet are suggesting the highly-anticipated handset (and rumoured iPhone killer) is set to hit UK shelves on Friday 30 October.
O2 managers have been given the date by head office, according to palmwebosblog.com, which would tie up with a German O2 advert that suggested an October release date. Continue reading…

Every few weeks, we hear a buzz from some corner of the Web that Nokia is going to launch an Android-based phone. Well, at the Nokia press event on Thursday, the company flatly denied going in any such direction.

Senior officials said that the company is completely committed to Maemo at the moment, hinting at the launch of the upcoming N-900 and perhaps a series of touchscreen phones based on the platform. Continue reading…

Samsung is holding a Widget Developer Camp from Sept. 11-13

If you have been a lover of Samsung’s TouchWiz interface seen on most of its high end phones,  rejoice! Samsung has announced the availability of its Mobile Widget SDK, which means that the UI is now open to third parties who can develop widgets for it.

Samsung’s TouchWiz UI runs on a variety of smartphone platforms including Windows Mobile, Symbian, Android and Samsung’s own proprietary OS. Continue reading…

Another Apple patent is doing the rounds showing ideas for a user to send texts, emails and documents while still on another callThe iPhone 3G S has only been out a few months, but patents uncovered this week have given us a sneak peek at Apple’s ideas for future handsets.

First filed in February 2008, the patent called “Auto Messaging to Currently Connected Caller” details a way for a user to send texts, emails and documents to a person while on the phone to them.

Apple described a scenario such as a conference call, and having the ability to send a document to all the people currently on the call without having the hang up first. 
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There is also the possibility of sending over a contact to someone, or forwarding them a picture without needing to cut your call short. Continue reading…