Nokia C6 to be ‘N97 lite’

The new Nokia C6 looks set to be a budget remix of the N97, according to pics leaked to a French mobile site.
A couple of weeks ago Nokia revealed the first of the new C-Series range of budget smartphones. The C5 is a fairly conventional candybar Nokia, albeit with the heart of a full on [...]

Vodafone opens registration for Google Nexus One

It’s nearly Nexus One day here in the UK. The day that will mean we no longer have to spend a fortune in import duties to get our hands on one of Google’s top of the range Android phones.
The actual release date is still under wraps, but the smart money is on “near the start [...]

Nokia invents self-charging phone

Fed up with carting a charger with you when you go on holiday? Nokia may have come up with the solution – the self-charging phone.
Nokia has applied for a patent on a technique for a “?Piezoelectric Kinetic Energy Harvester” that can convert kinetic energy (e.g. shaking your phone) into electricity. This kind of mini generator [...]

Sony ‘Playstation’ phone rumours return

If we had a pound for every ‘Sony to make Playstation phone’ rumour we have heard in the last couple of years.. well, we would have several pounds. We could probably afford a fish supper, at the very least.
No matter how many times the rumours are denied by Sony (or, indeed, Sony Ericsson) they just [...]

Review: Sony Ericsson Yari

Ever since Apple launched the iPhone, we’ve seen a disappointing lack of gaming-centric handsets from rival manufacturers.
Not since Sony Ericsson’s brilliant W550 has there been a phone which has worn its gaming credentials so plainly on its sleeve. But, thankfully that company is once again looking to appeal to portable players with the motion-sensing Yari.
Every [...]

Nokia unveils C5 budget smartphone

For many in the UK, the name ‘C5′ conjures up images Sir Clive Sinclair zipping between traffic on his ridiculous electric tricycle, circa 1984. Some amount of head shaking and sniggering usually results.
Nevertheless, Nokia have settled on C5 as the name of the first in its new C-series of mobiles. Unlike Sir Clive’s electric deathtrap, [...]

First Symbian^3 phone specs leaked?

Since the Symbian Foundation decided to make the Symbian operating system open source, we have been wondering what that might mean for future handsets. It was announced recently that the first proper release of the new open source Symbian OS will be Symbian^3, said to provide a boost to 2D and 3D graphics rendering and support [...]

T-Mobile Pulse Mini priced at just £100

Huawei has announced the first sub-£100 Android 2.1 smartphone at the MWC in Barcelona – the T-Mobile Pulse Mini.
The Pulse Mini is the successor to the successful Pulse smartphone and, like the Pulse, will be available on both Pay-as-you-go and monthly plans from T-Mobile.
It’s very much a budget phone, equipped with a tiny 2.8 inch, [...]

HTC Desire and Legend officially announced

HTC has only gone and finally quashed the pesky leaks once and for all by announcing two new Android handsets at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
The Desire is the official name for the hotly-anticipated Bravo smartphone that’s been making waves on the Internet in recent weeks, and represents HTC’s top-of-the-range Android handset.
Packing in a [...]

Samsung announces first bada phone: Wave

In an scene reminiscent of the Davidoff’s cologne adverts, Samsung announced its first bada device; the Wave (aka S8500).
Surprisingly, considering the expectation that bada would be rolled out for mid-range phones, the Wave seems to be fairly impressive in terms of its tech specs.
It runs on a 1 GHz processor, and uses Samsung’s TouchWiz 3.0 [...]