Sony Ericsson's BeiBei may have an unusual codename, but the rest of the handset looks mighty tempting.  A slim candybar running the new UIQ 3.3 OS, very few of the device's technical details are known.  However the site that took these photos suggests that the device is still being tested, is yet to be officially named and will get a China ... continued »

A good mystery is always exciting in the build up to a manufacturer's event, and this could just be HTC's conundrum.  As the May 6th HTC event in London draws closer, this image of some of the company's existing smartphones turned up on the mobile-review forums.  Thing is, while five of the devices in the image are easily identified, three ... continued »

Having gone up for pre-order in the shape of the BUG Hiro P edition back in January, Buglabs' modular cellphone development platform has finally started shipping to customers.  David Findlay is one of the lucky developers to receive the package, and he's documented the unboxing - with a whole lot of pink antistatic foam - on Flickr.  Consisting of the BUGbase ... continued »

Nokia has confirmed it is still working on its own iPhone rival, codenamed "Tube" and using the S60 Touch OS that we were so underwhelmed by at the Mobile World Congress earlier this year.  Including images of the prototype device as part of a developer conference in California this week, the Tube handset showed graphical displays, including Shrek the Third promo material, ... continued »

Qualcomm have demonstrated an Android prototype cellphone capable of playing Quake, and PHONE Mag have the video of it in action! The device, which uses Qualcomm's 3D hardware graphics acceleration to give 30fps VGA gaming, is intended to demonstrate the potential for gaming and GUI design on the Android platform. Check out the video of Quake on Android after the cut! continued »

We stopped by Meizu's stand at CeBIT today, to take a look at what many have been calling their "iPhone clone"; the M8 - which does bear a striking resemblance to Apple's cellphone - has been knocking around in render and prototype form since last year, but so far there's yet to be a working model displayed. Well, they've ... continued »

Having gone to Barcelona more than a little ambivalent about Android, Vincent ended up pretty impressed by the state of Google's mobile OS (you can read all our coverage here); from what he saw, the software and hardware partners Google has managed to bring on board are doing a pretty good job of turning what could be just another Linux ... continued »

We spend so much time looking forward at the next generation of mobile devices (or theorising about the future with never-gonna-happen concepts) that it's nice occasionally to take a look back at the development process for some models we're more familiar with.  Heliocity got their hands on some images of prototype Helio devices, including (clockwise from top left) the Hero, the Ocean, and two versions of the ... continued »

On Monday we showed you the video of Texas Instruments' non-touchscreen Android prototype at the Mobile World Congress; today we've got their touchscreen version demonstrated live on video.  Two aspects of this demo stand out for me, firstly the hardware itself - TI have put together what they claim is a sub-$1,000 reference platform targeted predominantly at the open-source community ... continued »

Since it's hard to believe that a low-power chipset can still be capable of pumping out 720p HD video, Vincent stopped by NVIDIA's booth at the Mobile World Congress to see their new APX 2500 platform in action and capture it on video.  NVIDIA's reference design might not be intended for production, but I'm hoping it gives manufacturers some ideas; ... continued »