At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona today we announced with HTC that we’d be launching their new phone, the Smart, in Germany, Ireland and the UK. But what’s the HTC Smart all about and why are we selling it? As the home of smartphones, we know the power that world-class smartphones can give the people who use them. Whether it’s being able to browse the web on the go …click here to read more

In response to the ever-increasing demand for greater business efficiency, Orange today announced the launch of a managed service for large enterprises. Total Resource enables organisations to outsource the management of their mobile device fleets – including mobile phones and data cards – directly to Orange. The service builds on the operator’s expertise and understanding of customers’ needs, providing a simple and straightforward solution to free up their internal resources, and give them the control and productivity they want.
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Still very much in bed with Ballmer’s Band

HTC and Microsoft still sitting in a tree

HTC has attempted to dispel conjecture it is focusing more on Android than Microsoft’s Windows Mobile platform.

The Taiwanese company rose to prominence based on its decent Windows Mobile offering, but has recently been hitting the headlines for its high end Android smartphones.

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Who says the rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain? It has been falling heavily in Barcelona for Mobile World Congress this week but doesn’t appear to have dampened the spirits of the expected 50,000 visitors to Fira for this year’s global gathering of the mobile phone community. While a lot of chat early in the week was around the agreement between 15 of the world’s largest mobile operators, including Telefónica, …click here to read more

Windows Mobile 6.5 still hobbles on in this monster handset

Toshiba’s latest Windows Phone runs Windows Mobile 6.5

It’s been a big couple of days for Windows Phones, but Windows Mobile 6.5 is still alive and kicking – at least until the Autumn, anyway.

Toshiba has dropped the successor to the TG01 at Mobile World Congress and it’s a beefy handset in terms of specs.

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• Orange to retail the HTC Desire free on selected consumer pay monthly and business price plans from April
• The HTC Desire will feature Qualcommm’s superfast Snapdragon 1GHz processor and Google’s Android 2.1 Operating System
• An Orange Signature device, The HTC Desire is the first of several Android handsets to be unveiled by Orange in 2010

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5.1 channels on the go

LG and Dolby have been collaborating since 2008

LG and Dolby have given the first public demonstration of multichannel surround sound from a phone at Mobile World Congress, where an Android-based LG smartphone was shown delivering 5.1 channels of aural excellence.

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