It is not unusual for software to be delayed and missed release dates; the highly anticipated Opera Mobile browser is no different. Opera has decided to delay its full web mobile browser to the 17th, two days more than planned. As you can imagine, we encountered a few bugs last week that we needed to fix before we launch. Our engineering ... continued »

Many iPhone users were disappointed to find out that the new iPhone 3G does not support copy and paste. A true smartphone should have this basic feature in place – why didn’t Apple add this function to its new handset? continued »

A chain of German supermarkets have utilized cellphones to make it possible for the purchases to be scanned directly from the cellphone. This idea was launched by Real in a store called The Future Store which was opened near Duesseldorf. continued »

Nokia Maps is a very useful application that many Nokia devices currently have. It has been in what seems to be a perpetual beta state, but now it has finally made it into a final form. Nokia Maps 2.0 is now available, and it will run on most Nokia devices, including Nseries, Eseries, Navigator series, and even a few of ... continued »

Software radios have been sort of the holy grail in mobile hardware for quite some time. A phone needs many chips to operate. It needs a modem to communicate with the network, it needs a processor to control that. That is at the absolute minimum. Most phones now day include Bluetooth, which requires another chip. Many others include GPS, WiFi, ... continued »

Helio are expanding the accounts that their push email service supports, having enabled the instant delivery service for Helio Mail, Yahoo, Windows Live and AOL accounts last year.  Now any handset from the company that has Ultimate Inbox - which includes the dual-siding Ocean smartphone pictured here - can activate automatic notifications on new messages from any POP or IMAP ... continued »

In an interesting move by Tellme, a subsidiary of Microsoft, the BlackBerry will see Tellme's voice search application before Windows Mobile. Tellme's apparent reason for this is that the BlackBerry OS has "better support for Java" than Windows Mobile. Wow, hear that Microsoft? Don't worry, it will make it's way to Windows Mobile eventually, Microsoft just needs to step up ... continued »

Boy Genius Report has outed T-Mobile's device schedule for 2008. The information comes from a managers meeting that was held, so this information is looking solid. There are quite a few devices that are dropping, so read on for the full list. continued »

Samsung has patented a system of cellphone and mobile device control that responds to a users gestures, not on the screen as with the multitouch iPhone but as recognised in the space around the handset.  Using the cellphone's front-mounted camera, the software recognises preset motions and translates them into on-screen control.  For instance, pointing at the screen and then moving the ... continued »

The deadline for phase one of Google's Android Developer Challenge closed yesterday, and so the entrants are beginning to show off their wares.  One of the more eye-catching is Enkin, an augmented reality app for Android which overlays GPS, motion information and other data over a live camera view of a user's surroundings.  As an idea it's similar to designer ... continued »