Category: Mobile phones
Retro Mobile
Here's one for all the Nathan Barleys of the world. Nicholas Roope from London has hacked a load of mobile phones and added a retro handset. He then sells the handsets – which have already got him on the cover…
V3 RAZR available now!
Well, not quite. Motorola's new ultra-skinny V3 RAZR won't be in the shops till September, but if you're desperate to get your hands on one as soon as they come out, you can pre-order one now. Carphone Warehouse is taking…
Danger's Hiptop2 destined for UK?
Danger was always threatening to launch its Hiptop smartphone communicator over here in the UK. However, its remained out of reach over the Atlantic for so long that it's now been superseded by a smaller, lighter model. Perhaps the Hiptop2…
Siemens Blackberry-equipped smartphone
Here's yet another smartphone with a built in keyboard. Siemens has unveiled the SK65 with a keypad housed in the base of the phone and is rotated into position when required. Due to launch in October, the SK65, is also…
Orange 3G card test
There's the first UK test of the new Orange 3G card for laptops at The Guardian. Orange has more developed 3G network than its main rivals, but as the reviewer discovers that network is still very much a work in…
3 steals the show from BBC
The BBC may have spent £105million on the Premiership football highlights, but it looks like they've had their thunder well and truly stolen by mobile phone operator, 3. All the best bits from each of the Premiership matches will be…
Sharp GX40 on its way?
We're not usually ones to give into idle gossip here at Tech-Digest, but murmurings on the Internet of a possibly imminent replacement for the Sharp GX30 have got us all excited. The GX30 is a great phone – the first…
Endemol taking over our mobiles
Not content with dominating our summer schedules with the likes of Big Brother and Restoration, Endemol has announced that it's to launch the first soap opera in the UK… for your mobile phone. The soap, which is to follow the…
Virgin Bites back with funky Wap service
Years after Vodafone live! and O2 Active British phone network Virgin Mobile has finally got round to launching its own WAP service. Only unlike its rivals it has a funky feel and is targeted at the young. Available to all…
3 to offer video downloads
T-Mobile, Orange and O2 all already offer music download services via mobile phones, but 3 has gone a step further today by announcing that it is to start a mobile video jukebox. In what could be the future for downloads…