Nokia X3 Touch and Type review

The Nokia X3 Touch and Type is Espoo’s latest handset to hit the bargain basement end of its phone line up, while it tries to restore its smartphone credentials with the Nokia N8. For the most part, we’ve seen this sort of low power Symbian S40 phone fron Nokia before, with a decent set of features, a regular alpha-numeric keypad and a low pricetag. For the first time though, it’s also sporting a touchscreen.

Does the finger friendly display actually add anything to the experience, though, or is it just another gimmick to help sell the phone? Read on to find out in our full Nokia X3 Touch and Type review.

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October 28th, 2010
Orange San Francisco review

The Orange San Francisco is one of the cheapest Android phones on the market. Android may be the seen as the biggest rival to Apple’s iPhone, but phones like this prove it’s a different kettle of piranhas altogether. An ancient battered first-gen iPhone will fetch more than a hundred quid on eBay, but the Orange San Francisco costs just a ton new. How can it possibly be any good? Find out in our Orange San Francisco review.

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HTC Desire HD review

The HTC Desire HD. Where to begin? While the phone has only been official for a month, it’s a smartphone that gadget obsessives have been waiting on for much longer. Ever since the 4.3-in HTC HD2 stunned us a year ago by challenging our notions of how big a screen should be, we’ve been waiting for the Taiwanese trendsetter to serve up an equivalent sized handset, packed with Android, instead of the dreadful, crashy Windows Mobile.

The Americans got one in the Summer in the HTC Evo 4G, and now, at long last, British fans are getting one in the HTC Desire HD. Is it the iPhone 4 trumper we’ve been hoping for? Find out with our full HTC Desire HD review.

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October 21st, 2010

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Samsung Omnia 7 review

The Samsung Omnia 7 is to the Samsung Galaxy S what the HTC HD7 is to the HTC Desire HD. It’s the Windows Phone 7 equivalent of a bloody great smartphone that everyone has fallen in love with already. Is its Super AMOLED screen still the talk of telephone town? And can its specs help it stand out from the Windows Phone 7 crowd? We’ve been testing out the Samsung Omnia 7 for you, and have the answer right here: read on for our full Samsung Omnia 7 review.

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HTC HD7 review

Let’s not beat around the bush. The HTC HD7 is the phone the HTC HD2 should have been: a mammoth smartphone that’s all screen, with a working OS. Windows Phone 7 is that panacea, but there are a few more differences – plus some serious competition from the likes of Samsung and LG. Find out how the HTC HD7 holds up now with our HTC HD7 review.

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Windows Phone 7 review: People hub and messaging

Microsoft is touting Windows Phone 7’s new “hub” approach to smartphone UI as groundbreaking, and sitting at the top of that new live tile homescreen is the main attraction and one you’ll likely use most: the People hub. Want to know if it really helps you get back to living, or just makes it more frustrating to make a phone call? Read on for this part of our Windows Phone 7 review to find out.

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Windows Phone 7 review: Internet Explorer and Bing

Read our Windows Phone 7 review in full yet? You have? Excellent. Time to tuck into the techy details, starting with Windows’ window unto the wider world: Internet Explorer. Now we know you shuddered just then, and we don’t blame you, but haven’t you heard? Microsoft’s done good this time, honest guv. Read on to find out how in this part of our Windows Phone 7 review.

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Windows Phone 7 review

Windows Phone 7. Only a complete moniker makeover could help users even begin to learn to forgive Microsoft for the atrocities it’s committed with Windows Mobile in recent years. Rightly, Redmond’s razed it to the ground and salted to the earth: Windows Phone 7 won’t run previous Windows Mobile apps. Indeed, bar a few fonts, it’s nothing like you’ve ever seen in Windows Mobile. Is that for better or worse? We’ve been testing it out on a couple of phones for the past fortnight to find out: see what we made of it in our full Windows Phone 7 review right here.

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