The Apple iPad has now launched and all the hype has dissipated like the lancing of a grotesquely engorged ulcerous boil. Through the clearing mist lies reality and the path to the future, which, oddly, doesn’t feature the iPad at…

HTC surprised everyone when they released the HTC HD2 late last year. The HD2 is nothing short of the best Windows Mobile phone on the market now, and probably will be for some time (particularly given that HTC are pretty…

The noughties was a decade of tremendous innovation for mobile phones that saw the total number of phones worldwide reach a staggering 3,973,453,793 (and counting).
Megapixels rose, gizmo upon gizmo was shoe-horned into phones that got ever thinner.
Today, as…

With so many super-whizzy touchscreen smartphones to choose from, how do you choose the best smartphone for you?
Simple: read our smartphone buyer’s guide! We’ve identified the 10 essential features that every smartphone should have and distilled them into one…

Sony Ericsson had rather a successful MWC this year, with the 12 megapixel Idou being very favourably received, and the new Sony Ericsson W995 marking the first of a new range of phones from the company that it’s calling “Entertainment…

In an intriguing article, long-time technology pundit Bob Cringely has made a compelling case for the death of Windows Mobile. He is, as he admits, no expert on mobile phones, but this counts in his favour as he has no…

Leaked pictures of the Sony Ericsson Remi have emerged, which show a super-thin (10mm) candy bar phone that has overtures of Sony Ericsson’s old T610 phone. Looking rather stylish in a minimalistic kind of way, the Remi (which is currently…

In our final look at what’s coming in 2008, I’ll attempt to divine the tea-leaves to see what general trends we can expect from our phones.
Camera phone improvements
One key feature in 2007 was the improvement in camera phones,…

It’s Xmas Eve in the UK, nearly 3pm, just over an hour of daylight left, temperature falling, grey leaden skies closing in threatening to rain, and what am I doing? Standing on the beach in Torquay blogging!
No, I’m not…

Christmas is fast approaching, so it’s time to do a few recommendations to help those of you looking to buy a mobile phone for someone as the perfect Christmas present.
 
The first recommendation is in the camera phone category.…

Browsing the Web on your mobile phone has traditionally been a really bad user experience. Useless keyboard entry, screens that are too small, slow and expensive data rates, and poor content have all made the mobile Web so difficult to…

Finally, all the hype and speculation surrounding Google’s mobile phone plans can be put to rest, as the company has announced its mobile strategy. As expected, there is no Google gPhone; rather, we get Google’s Android, an “open and comprehensive…