RIM's BlackBerry Desktop Manager software might not be as glamorous as a shiny new smartphone, but the ability to manage your handset from a connected PC is still a worthy one.  The company is close to launching version 4.5 of the software, which gets a full GUI overhaul, and The Boy Genius has more screenshots than you could shake a pushed-email at.  Interesting functionality ... continued »

Seeing Android running on atypical hardware isn't exactly new, but it's certainly interesting to see it playing nicely with a relatively mainstream device rather than an obscure PDA of some sort.  eLinux.org has managed to get the open-source OS working with Nokia's OMAP2-based N810 Internet Tablet, and while their implementation (which also works on certain Sharp Zaurus models) is still ... continued »

Sprint's newly announced Instinct smartphone might be accused of being an iPhone copy, but it lacks at least one thing the Apple cellphone has: a voicemail lawsuit.  The Instinct's Visual Voicemail is licenced from Klausner, who are currently suing both Apple and AT&T regarding patents they believe the two have violated with the iPhone's straightforward way of navigating voice messages.  Klausner ... continued »

After their official blog let slip last Thursday, Nokia have officially announced the launch of the N-Gage mobile gaming service, making over thirty games available to owners of Nokia N81, N81 8GB, N82, N95 and N95 8GB handsets.  In addition, the N-Gage Arena community will allow gamers to meet friends, find others to play multiplayer games, discuss topics on the message ... continued »

Love the iPhone's interface but hate the lack of 3G?  You could wait for Apple to grace us with a new version of the handset, or you could bite the bullet and pick up a Windows Mobile smartphone; only problem is, the GUI is a pile of stewed dung compared to the slick interface Apple crafted for the iPhone.  Geek.com have ... continued »

Most BlackBerry owners I know are too busy hacking out hundreds of emails an hour and sobbing at their swollen inbox to even countenance distracting themselves with the radio, but if you've picked up a Pearl, Curve, 8700 or 8800 you now have the option to enjoy XM Radio Mobile on your otherwise business-like smartphone.  $7.99 a month gets you 20 ... continued »

As promised, Nokia has released the N-Gage mobile gaming application for selected handsets in its range.  N-Gage, the trial of which came to an end on March 27th, will be officially announced next week, but the N-Gage blog gave avid mobile gamers a tip-off that the software was already live.  Currently available for the Nokia N81, N81 8GB, N82, N95 ... continued »

You can't accuse the Windows Mobile team of not loving their product: after the official launch of v6.1 of the mobile OS, the guys over at the WM Blog put together a forty-minute demo video of some of the software's new features (and they didn't even get a chance to include them all!)  It's aimed more at consumer users rather ... continued »

The iPhone Dev Team have released the Mac version of their Pwnage Tool, capable of unlocking Apple's cellphone, flashing new custom firmware to it (whether that be a leaked version of Firmware 2.0 or a port of another OS entirely) and yet still letting the handset play nicely with Apple's servers.  "The iPhone Devs have been working around the clock to ... 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 »