Category: Mobile phones
Grow your mobile's screen
As we know all too well the trouble with mobile phone screens is that they are too darned small to do anything useful like deliver readable internet pages or videos of footie goals. So we are dying to get our…
Motorola's iPod phone coming along nicely
Latest reports on The Register suggest that a Motorola-built iPod phone is well on its way. Apple is apparently "very happy" with Moto’s decision to build an iPod-style mobile that will be able to play music downloaded from iTunes. Apple…
Stupidly cheap 3G handset
Vodafone may have some rather nice handsets in its 3G portfolio, but since you'll have to fork out around £200 for them on pay-as-you-go they're suddenly looking rather less appealing. Good job 3's on hand to offer you a…
Panasonic X500
Just got time to tell you about Panasonic's latest handset. The X500 uses that tried and tested sliding design favoured by all fashion handset manufacturers (it's the sincerest form of flattery, Siemens, honest). Panasonic does a good line in tiny…
Orange debuts 3G for consumers
After 3 and Vodafone Orange is to become the third British mobile phone network to launch a 3G offering for consumers. It will debut four new phones next week with two models set to arrive early next year. To…
TD Award for Indispensable Mobile
This was a toughie – everyone's got their favourites when it comes to mobiles and one man's top spec, top notch phone is another girl's ugly cumbersome brick. In then end, though, the winner was pretty obvious to all of…
Orange's 3G blitz starts Monday
Well the rumours turned out to be true. Orange is set to announce its 3G offering for consumers on Monday when it will give journos a quick spin with its new handsets. Some of us have already been there…
Why Which? is wrong about 3G
If you're looking to buy a 3G phone this Christmas, Which? would advise you otherwise. The company has pronounced 3G not suitable for human consumption since there are too many problems with network coverage. The bulkiness of 3G handsets…
Pen-sized mobile phone
This is what we like to see on a Friday: a bit of wacky design innovation. Haier has come up with the P7 mobile phone – a handset that's pen-like in its proportions. The GSM/GPRS phone also includes a…
O2 is turning Japanese
In a move that has surprised many in the mobile phone industry O2, which is active in the UK Germany and Ireland, has announced its intention to launch a service next year that use Japanese i-mode technology. T The reason…