The HTC Hero, which has been announced by HTC recently, is the first Android device which has the potential to be up to par with the newest Windows Mobile devices like the HTC Touch Diamond 2. Because this time HTC actually overhauled the default Android UI and replaced it with what they call “HTC Sense“. And they did a really great job, judging by the first reviews and movies. Up to now... 

So Apple finally released their IPhone 3G S to the public. And it wasn’t the big bang as a lot of Apple fans hoped for. The new IPhone is not a revolution, but merely an evolution of the old versions. Some issues like the missing copy&paste function and mms support were fixed. And the hardware has been updated quite a bit. IPhone 3G S Seems like the RAM size has been upped to 256 MB and... 

Blackberry has released their official product page for the BlackBerry Tour. Well seems like it doesn’t have a touchscreen after all. Thats really bad, because i would have loved to see a BlackBerry device with this formfactor and a full qwerty, sporting a touchscreen for a better internet browsing experience. Also the Tour will be shipped without WiFi support. Now that’s a serious drawback. Blackberry... 

Engadget published a very nice and informative in-depth review of the Palm Pre. They take a closer look at the hardware as well as the OS and the applications. Palm Pre picture courtesy of engadget The new webOS looks like a winner, and the touchscreen seems to be incredibly sharp and clear. Reading through the review, there are some issues which stood out to me. It seems like Palm is really not utilizing... 

The public beta of Opera Mobile 9.7 for windows mobile has been released. Check out the official Opera Mobile page for the download. Opera Mobile 9.7 - Image courtesy of Opera Software I already installed the app the the first impression is not bad at all. Stay tuned for my full opera 9.7 beta review coming soon.  Read More →

Seems like engadget got their hands on a blackberry storm 2 device. And to me the biggest news is, that BlackBerry got rid of their SurePress-Touchscreen and replaced it with a capacitive touchscreen. BlackBerry Storm Thanks for that, i really hated the way we had to press the screen on the storm. But the storm 2 still seems to be too big and too heavy for my taste. Now could BlackBerry give me a Bold... 

Finally Palm announced the u.s. release date for the Palm Pre which is set at june 6th. Check out the official Palm blog. The price tag is at $199.99 (after rebate and service agreement) on sprint only. Without any contract/sim lock the price is rumored to be about $500, which is pretty up to par with the windows mobile competition. Getting an official unlocked IPhone (available in countries, where... 

After reviewing some browsers recently, i came across the Opera Mobile page a few times coincidently while surfing the net. My review of Opera Mobile 9.5 was based on an older extracted cab-file from a rom, so i thought that there must have some enhancements taken place in the meantime. Hoping that the build Opera is providing on their homepage is the best and most stable one, i decided to give the... 

Today i’d like to share my impressions about the upcoming release of windows mobile 6.5. The first devices with wm 6.5 preinstalled should be available by the end of this year. OSNN.NET posted an interesting hands-on preview for windows mobile 6.5, where you can check out the new features and first impressions based on a leaked beta rom. Windows Mobile 6.5 start menu While the author of the article... 

When palm showed of their new device on the consumer electronics show in january i was very impressed. After viewing the key notes and checking out all new features of the palm pre i could even imagine switching from windows mobile to the new palm device and webOS, because windows mobile has stalled for the past few years, and microsoft wasn’t able to introduce any significant enhancements for...