Nokia has begun working on the new Windows Phone 7 smartphones and expects to launch by the end of this year.

The confirmation comes from the Nokia CEO himself, Stephen Elop, when being interviewed by Reuters. [Read more…]

To complement the announcement of the new T-Mobile Sidekick 4G, the company has now pushed out a hands on video of the new device which shows off the features and what it is capable of doing.

A few things to note include the new sliding mechanism that’s described in the video. T-Mobile decided to keep a lot of the physical aspects the same as the previous version, in that it has four buttons around the screen as well as a 5 row QWERTY keyboard and the slide out screen. [Read more…]

Users are reporting that AT&T are contacting them in regards to tethering plans. The text message, and in some cases an email, seems to be targeting those that have jailbroken their iPhone and basically says:

Did you know tethering your Smartphone to a computer requires a tethering plan?

From what can be figured out, it seems to have been sent to users who use the MyWi to get free tethering rather than using an official “tethering plan” that AT&T charges for. It also seems to be going to those users who fit the above, and have the old unlimited data plans. [Read more…]

Yesterday, some results were published that showed the iPhone 4 was slower than the Google Nexus S in terms of page load speeds. The test data was gathered by looking up 45,000 web pages on each device. Today though, we hear that the tests were actually flawed due to the app used on the iPhone not utilizing new features of the Safari browser that was updated in iOS 4.3.

When testing with iOS 4.3, the company used UIWebView which unfortunately, didn’t benefit from the same speed increases as the Safari browser. What this means is that an accurate picture wasn’t gathered about the iPhone browser and thus, making it an unfair test. [Read more…]

Google has updated Gmail for the iPhone. When loading up Gmail in the Safari browser, it now includes what is called a Connection Bar. The connection bar is an unobtrusive message bar that sits towards the bottom of the screen, resting on the controls. What it does is lets you know the status of your connection to the Gmail server and also provides details of emails that might not have been sent due to connectivity problems.

When information is needed, the connection bar pops up, but quickly gets out of the way when not needed to stay as far out of the way as possible, while being useful when needed. [Read more…]

We’ve known for a while that Amazon is launching its own App Store. The website for it actually was put online for a few hours it seems as users entering www.amazon.com/apps were taken to a web page showing 48 available apps, although each app redirected back to the homepage. Before you check it, we not note that /apps also redirects to the homepage now although there is a screen shot below.

Within the app store, a number of apps were found, some of which are a bit cheaper than the official Google Android Market and some were a little more expensive. We also note that a few apps were found to be exclusive to Amazon. [Read more…]

Nokia has released the Nokia Updater for Mac that allows Nokia users to get the latest updates for their smartphones. Previously, the software was only available on Windows.

It’s important to note here that the new version for Mac is still a beta version and very much in testing. [Read more…]

Every couple of weeks, Android Developers releases details about the various versions of Android and which is the most popular. The reason for the release of this data is so that developers can see which version is most popular and then target either a specific OS, or perhaps decide it’s time to focus on the higher end of Android versions. The data was updated on March 15 and shows the percentage of Android versions with data gathered from devices that connect to the Android Market.

Seven versions of Android are tracked in the chart which includes 1.5, 1.6, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.3.3 and Android 3.0 Honeycomb. What we see is that Android 2.2 now dominates the landscape and is installed on 61.3% of all devices. [Read more…]

Facebook has updated its Android app and along with the update, a number of new features have been added.

The new version is 1.5.2 and gives users the ability to upload photos on to friends walls. Uploading photos to groups is also now possible with the app. A full list of the features can be found below. [Read more…]

Google has updated the Google Search app for iOS based devices. The app is compatible with both the iPad and the iPhone (as well as iPod touch).

The new update enhances the user interface and brings fast-app switching to the app. As well as fast app switching, Google has also introduces a swipe system in that you can swipe to the right to pull out the sidebar and narrow down your search a little more. A swipe from the top of the screen downwards, reveals the login and account details. [Read more…]

The Motorola DROID 3 has appeared over on Howard Forums and reveals the new generation device along with a few cosmetic changes to the keyboard layout.

The DROID 2 had a 4 row layout on the QWERTY keyboard which means the top row doubled up with numbers which were accessed by the function button. What we see on the DROID 3 is that a fifth row of keys has been added which brings dedicated 1 to 9 and 0 numbers on the top row. This also allows for more symbols to be added to the function key such as a other financial symbols. [Read more…]

After several months of waiting, Motorola has finally made the Android 2.2 Froyo update available to Motorola Milestone users.

The update comes after a lot of testing and fixing from what we understand. What you get with the new Android 2.2 install is the ability to run Adobe Flash 10.1 as well as get faster hotspot capabilities. [Read more…]