Vincent spent some time with HTC Chief Innovations Officer Horace Luke yesterday, and got an overview of the Touch Diamond's mobile internet capacity.  Of course, being Vincent he had his video camera to hand, so we're sharing with you the highlights of the interview.  HTC have drafted in the very capable Opera 9 browser, rather than wait for the upcoming ... continued »

Sony's mylo 2 WiFi communicator, which went on sale back in January, has received its first software update.  Version 1.100 is available now from the Sony eSupport website, and adds support for WMV files, the SHOUTcast widget and slots a 'Games' option into the home menu.  There are also a number of "system stability" improvements, though they are not specified. Image via ... continued »

As of today, 14th April, smartphone users looking to get some of that unlimited data goodness will have another option, courtesy of Verizon Wireless' new Email & Web for Smartphone plan [pdf link].  Priced at $29.99 as a monthly add-on, it gives unlimited data for personal email and on-device web browsing.  At first, Verizon appear to be supporting three main smartphones: ... continued »

Opera Labs have been busy porting their mobile browser, Opera Mini, to Google's Android platform, prompting suggestion that the app will become the obvious choice for manufacturers looking to add internet browsing to their Android handsets.  In a comprehensive post on the official Opera Labs blog - which includes a guide to installing the browser in emulator bundling with the Android ... continued »

Yahoo! today revealed the updated version of its oneSearch mobile search application, version 2.0, which includes Search Assist, Voice-Enabled Search, Idle Screen Access and Open Search Results.  A combination of predictive query entry and speech-recognition provided by specialists vlingo, together with a broad range of search databases and an active program to facilitate publishers and developers in adding further information to the service, oneSearch ... continued »

Opera have announced availability of their Opera Mini 4.1 beta, the newest release from the browser company.  Available in Java, Palm and BlackBerry versions, the browser is apparently 50-percent faster than previous versions while maintaining the same bookmark sync between different versions of the software on different platforms, portrait & landscape modes, and custom search shortcuts.  Check out the demo video of Opera Mini ... continued »

Nestled in among Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6.1 announcement was word that they've also been fettling Mobile Internet Explorer; the browser, which used to be the weak link in the smartphone OS, has been updated to support H.264, Flash and Silverlight content, as well as full-screen viewing options.  Vincent stopped by the Microsoft stand at CTIA to snap some hands-on photos of ... continued »

As expected, Nokia have announced the latest upgrade to their Internet Tablet range, the N810 WiMAX Edition, that is set to be available in the US during summer 2008 in areas with WiMAX coverage.  The N810 WiMAX keeps its siblings 4.13-inch touchscreen, WiFi and slide-out full QWERTY keyboard, together with a webcam, GPS and 2GB of onboard memory (expandable to 10GB ... continued »

No offence to Ericsson, but having read about NTT DoCoMo's Super 3G trials and their incredible 250Mbps downloads yesterday, their 42Mbps downlink achieved with HSPA Evolution seems a bit mediocre.  Of course, after a quick reality check it's obviously a significant improvement on the current 7.2Mbps top speed of current HSDPA networks, and the fact that Ericsson are claiming the upgrade ... continued »

Another day, another cellphone browser.  TeaShark, like many of its rivals, flaunts itself as offering the full web on your cellphone display.  More interesting to me is the fact that it's a JAVA app, so should be usable on more handsets than some of the others.  It supports multiple tabs and history, has time-saving jump-to-link navigation and two-level zoom, and ... continued »