BlackBerry dude: Where’s My Phone?

Losing your phone is one of the minor traumas of the 21st century. At least, you probably haven’t dropped it into the toilet.
When it comes to your BlackBerry however there is an app to help to you find it.
Called Where’s My Phone, it enables you to send an email to your phone, triggering the application [...]

3 to bundle Spotify with Sony Ericsson Vivaz

Sony Ericsson’s new Symbian handset, the Vivaz, already looks like a nice bit of kit. Mobile network, 3 has just announced a bundle that will make it even more attractive – Spotify music streaming.
Not free music streaming, mind you – although the phone will be available on a fairly competitive tariff that might make the [...]

Android market takes three months to double in size

While the average amount of revenue per Android user lags quite some way behind the App Store, Google released statistics this week that showed the overall number of apps available had increased significantly over the past three months.
Back in December there were 16,000 apps available on the Android Market, a number that has risen to [...]

Nokia Beta Labs offering 3rd Party betas

We are big fans of  Nokia’s Beta Labs here at Pocketpicks. Some great ideas have started life in the labs – from Nokia Sports Tracker to the augmented reality of Nokia Point & Find. Now, for the first time, Nokia are allowing 3rd Party developers to distribute beta code through the site.
This may seem like [...]

Myspace more popular than Facebook on Android

Remember MySpace? It was one of the first successful social networking sites that managed to combine personalisation with a whole host of other easy to use features, and took the world by storm a few years back. Then Facebook came along and killed it by allowing acquaintances to stalk friends of a friend and play [...]

Microsoft releases Silverlight for S60 beta

Microsoft has released a beta version of a Silverlight interpreter for S60 5th Edition phones.
Silverlight is (essentially) Microsoft’s answer to Flash. A cross-platform application framework that lets programmers write apps that can run anywhere there is a working Silverlight runtime. This can be used to add simple stylistic flourishes to websites or to create full-blown [...]

Vodafone secures exclusivity on HTC Legend

Vodafone announced today that it had secured the rights to be the sole distributor of the HTC Legend in the UK and will be launching the handset in April as part of the Android 2.1 Dream Team that includes the Nexus One, HTC Desire and Sony Ericsson X10.
The Legend is a very eye catching Android [...]

HTC Tattoo to receive update to Android 2.1

The Tattoo may not be the biggest or fastest Android handset on the market, but that doesn’t mean the budget-friendly phone needs to be stuck with an outdated version of the OS.
True to form, HTC has shown some love for those using the Tattoo by announcing a free update to 2.1 of Google’s operating system. [...]

Nexus One UK launch pushed back to mid-April

Those in the UK hoping to get their hands on Google’s flagship Android handset this month are in for a disappointment, as the phone’s release date has been pushed back to mid-April, reportedly amid concerns over the level of customer support.
As reported by The Guardian, Google are keen not to repeat the mistakes they made [...]