Nokia World was all well and good with the new C6, C7 and E7 smart phones, but secretly we’ve always yearned for a phone that looked like the original Star Trek communicator. And guess what? Nokia actually designed some, TrekMovie.com reports. Back in 2008, Nokia designed a mobile phone built to externally resemble the original …

T-Mobile has slotted the spangly new HTC Desire HD in near the top of its pyramid of mobile excellence, offering the Android 2.2 phone free on a hefty 24-month, £40 contract. If you don’t want to be stuck with it for that long, UK online retailer Mobile Fun is offering a SIM-free HTC Desire HD for £460, and its Qwerty …

Whether by accident or more likely part of an ingenious master plan, Apple has set off a new craze — the iPod nano watch. At Apple’s recent launch we were a little confused by the radical nano redesign, until we realised something that should have been obvious from the start — connecting a strap accessory to the new nano can …

HTC Desire owners on T-Mobile will have been champing at the bit for an upgrade to Android 2.2, and the network has finally said it should be coming out within the next couple of weeks. In responses to Twitter queries about a potential update, T-Mobile UK Support said we should be getting the Froyo update in September. Android 2.2 is …

The rumours are true — a version of the HTC Desire with a Qwerty keyboard is being launched, and it’s got a Z in its name. The phone that started the HTC Android revolution — the G1 — had a Qwerty keyboard, and it returns with the HTC Desire Z. A ‘pop hinge’ opens the phone up and reveals it. …

Along with the Optimus One, LG has launched another entry-level Android 2.2 smart phone in the Optimus Chic, for the more fashion-conscious among you. The phone is set to be released in November. Spec-wise, it has much in common with the Optimus One, carrying the same 600MHz processor and an 81mm (3.2-inch), 320×480-pixel, HVGA, capacitive touchscreen. It does have an …

The HTC Desire HD has been launched, the eagerly awaited update to the original Desire, just as we predicted last month. It turns out the leak of the HTC Desire HD and Qwerty keyboard-toting HTC Desire Z in August was bang on, with the devices announced in London along with an update of HTC Sense. The HTC Desire HD has …

The full version of Angry Birds for Android will be out in less than a month, while Nokia Symbian owners will be able buy a big eagle which allows you to flatten buildings and pigs in an instant. Android owners have already rushed to download a demo version of the game, which contains 15 levels. Angry Birds — a smash …

If you’re craving Nokia’s shiny new N8 but work means you can’t live without a Qwerty keyboard, the Nokia E7 is the business-focused new smart phone trying to leverage your harmonistic synergies. The phone is being shown off today at the Nokia World show, along with the N8, C7 and C6, as we reported last week. The phone has already …

Android and Symbian handset sales will be neck and neck by 2014, while Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 will have made very little impact, says Gartner. The analyst has consulted its astrology charts and believes Android and Symbian phones will dominate the worldwide mobile OS market, but unlike research by IDC released last week, Gartner predicts Google’s software will almost be …