Some years ago mobile phone manufacturers competed in creating the smallest device not much larger than a credit card when it comes to lenght and width. Nowadays the race has changed, as it seems like smartphones are getting bigger year-over-year especially due to the display size. HTCs Titan is a prime example of the current trend. Sporting a huge 4.7 inch screen, most people will wonder if this is... 

On my Windows Phone 7.5 Mango review i mentioned how social media services will be integrated tightly into the peoples hub. The first Mango beta already provided the Facebook sync but Twitter and LinkedIn were not yet available. Recently Microsoft pushed out a Mango beta 2 update which activates the complete social media sync including Twitter and LinkedIn. I’m using both new services so... 

Microsoft got a lot of praise for their new Windows Phone operating system, and rightfully so because WP7 represents a fresh, innovative and unique mobile OS approach that is easy to understand while still being effective. Most people didn’t expect such a major reboot after so many years of Windows Mobile stagnation. But like all new concepts Windows Phone 7 also has it’s share of setbacks,... 

Similar to the Palm Pre and WebOS combination, it isn’t especially the hardware of the LG Optimus 7 which is the interesting subject, but the mobile OS it’s running on. Windows Phone 7 marks a complete reboot for Microsoft’s approach to mobile operating systems. A long time ago i wrote a short article about Windows Mobile 6.5, were i was disappointed to see that even after a decade... 

Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 OS went gold recently and LG was among the first manufacturers to launch a Windows Phone 7 device. Since the first time Microsoft showed off their new smartphone OS i was really eager to get my hands on a Windows Phone 7 testdevice, because the revamped mobile OS looked like a very innovative approach which had a unique look and feel philosophy. It’s great to... 

One of the main reasons for me try out Android, after being an Windows Mobile user for many years, was HTC Sense. I never really liked the pure Android experience, as it was a little bit too bland for me. Only after HTC presented the HTC Hero as their Android flagship last year, and introduced HTC Sense, i could see Android becoming a real contender. In my opinion it was the first time that the Android... 

I was really impressed by a smartphone for the first time, when i got an MDA Compact (aka HTC Magician) many years ago. Back then the HTC Magician represented the high-end mobile experience for tech-savvy users, as you had a big Windows Mobile app catalogue, great hardware specs and a huge amount of customizing possibilities starting from today plugins to registry tweaks. To me no other device could... 

It has been more than six months now since i made the decision that it’s time to get an Android device, and switched from my last Windows Mobile device (XDA Orbit II) to the HTC Hero. Up to now my review series was primarily about the HTC Hero and the features Android as well as HTC Sense provides. After getting to know the Android platform much better during the last months, it’s time... 

It seems to me that everbody loves the multi-page homescreen of the Iphone nowadays, with all of the app shortcuts on it. And Android devices follow a very similar approach. Just a few weeks ago HTC announced the HTC Hero and introduced the new custom Android UI called HTC Sense, which gives the user even more control of the different homescreen pages and got praised as the first really usable Android... 

Google Maps is one of my favourite Windows Mobile apps, and it just got even better. The latest upate to version 3.2 gives us some new features that enhance the Google Maps experience. I’m going to review the new features of Google Maps 3.2 in this post only. For further informations and an in-depth review of Google Maps check out my Google Maps for Windows Mobile review. So what is the biggest...