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Like the look of the new HTC Desire? Then we have news of how you can get your hands on the new 2.1 Android handset here in the UK as T-Mobile has announced it is to offer the handset from 26 March and Orange is set for an April launch.

The European version of the Google Nexus One, the Desire boasts an impressive spec list that includes a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, a 3.7-inch AMOLED touchscreen display and a 5-megapixel camera capable of 720p video capture.

T-Mobile is bundling in two complimentary titles from a selection of T-Mobile’s video on demand library with an exec stating: “The Desire is one of the most eagerly-awaited handsets of the year, and without doubt one of the highlights of this year’s Mobile World Congress. T-Mobile was the first network to bring Android to the UK, and we now offer our customers a larger range of Android-powered handsets than any other network”.

Orange says it is to offer the HTC Desire “free on selected consumer pay monthly and business price plans from April” with no more info provided at this stage.

The crucial bit – pricing and contract length – is still TBC as far as T-Mobile goes too, with the operator saying only: “the HTC Desire will be available to pay monthly customers”.

Update: Vodafone and O2 will offer the Desire in April too.

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Freeview has announced it is offering iPhone and iPod touch owners a new app to help them plan their TV viewing whilst on the go with instant access to the Freeview programme guide, including HD channels and over 50 Freeview channels.

 
Features including a "now and next" view, "Top 10" channel list if you care, along with the ability to reorder channels so favourites appear first and can be customised to a viewer’s local region.
The app also offers the ability to filter listings by category, search by text entry, and recommendations automatically provided for all programmes said to be in order "to help introduce users to related programmes based on their selections".

BBC HD channel listings are available now on the app while ITV1 HD listings will be available shortly and Channel 4 HD listings will be added when the channel becomes available on Freeview HD.
The Freeview app is free and available for all iPhone and iPod touch users to download from the iTunes App Store now. It goes head-to-head with the Radio Times iPhone app that’s offered for £1.79.

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LG’s latest feature phone the Mini GD880 packs a 5 megapixel cam, WiFi, 7.2Mbps HSDPA, and integrated FM radio into a frame that’s just 10.6mm in depth and weighs just 99 grams — about as thin and light as it gets. It also boasts continual over-the-air syncing via LG‘s new Air Sync service, making it a pretty smart phone — for a feature phone.

The Mini will be available throughout Europe beginning in March, for an as yet undetermined amount of cash money.

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Adobe have released a video showing off its latest handy work on the Dell Mini 5. Flash 10.1 uses the GPU to accelerate the decoding of flash and H264 content that you might find on Youtube or iPlayer, taking the stress off the cpu and gives a desktop like experience.

Whats this Dell thingy you ask? Well its a 5” tablet running Android and will be available in the summer.

As usual, Engadget are first on the scene with a hands on with the HTC Desire at MWC. This looks to be the must have handset for 2010.

Nokia has demoed some upcoming 3D games, and the earlier released mobile version of Firefox on its N900 device out at the Mobile World Congress event.

The 3D games, shown by Jussi Makinen, marketing manager for Maemo for Nokia, comprise of 3D rollercoaster title that Makinen says shows off the graphical capabilities of the touchscreen handset.

There’s also another game that involves wrapping rope around a log, which looks more compelling than it sounds. For this, and a look at Firefox running on the phone, checkout the video below.

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All About Symbian have just published an exclusive revealing that Skype is now available for S60 5th Edition. That means you can enjoy the full Skype experience on handsets like the N97, Mini, 5800 and X6, although you may have to close few apps to get things running smoothly on the N97.

Skype for Symbian will allow you to:

• Make free Skype-to-Skype calls to other Skype users anywhere in the world
• Save money on calls and texts (SMS) to phones abroad
• Send and receive instant messages to and from individuals or groups
• Share pictures, videos and other files
• Receive calls through an online number
• See when Skype contact are online and available to chat or call
• Easily important contacts from the native phone address book

You can get going by pointing your mobile browser to skype.com/m (N95 onwards) and downloading when prompted and then head on over to AAS for lots of screenshots.

TAT Home have whipped up a really nice skin for Android which transforms the home screen with a powerful gesture based 3D experience that relies heavily on cascading windows and finger flicks in order to improve your navigational efficiency.

Finger friendly widgets and rich transitions are all here and is supposed to blend nicely with Androids original widgets. Checkout the video for more then head over to TAT to sign up for the beta.

With the huge announcement of Windows Phone 7 out of the way, we’re anticipating what was rumored about another Microsoft phone last week: news about a project Pink revival. Project Pink is supposed to be Microsoft’s first attempt at making their own hardware using the team that they bought from the acquisition of Sidekicks creators. Before Microsoft can say anything officially however, the folks over at WMExperts have unearthed some gritty details about the upcoming phones.

The Turtle, pictured above, featuring a 320 x 240 resolution screen and, obviously, a slide-out QWERTY  keyboard. Judging by the phone and screen size as well as its resolution, this may be an entry-level phone, but it’s said that it will incorporate some serious social networking features and media.

Microsoft’s Pure may be somewhat of a successor to the Sidekick, whose reputation is now slightly tarnished due to what could be remembered as the Danger Server Fiasco of 2009, the Pure expands on Turtles horizons with a 480 x 320 screen along with what looks to be a usable QWERTY keyboard. If this is the Sidekicks replacement, then T-Mobile will get first dibs on it.

All of these handsets are allegedly strongly tied to NVIDIA’s powerful Tegra system found on the ZuneHD and are constantly referred to as “Premium Mobile Experiences” throughout the documents that revealed these morsels of information. Hopefully we’ll get a lot more from Microsoft regarding these new handsets at Mobile World Congress later today.

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The TG01 probably still has the sexiest hardware made to date, trouble was, the software was terrible and the resistive screen sealed its fate. Skip forward 12 months and now Toshiba has updated the beauty with brawn and brains. Say hello to the Toshiba TG02.

Sporting Windows Mobile 6.5.3 with a UI layer provided by SPB Mobile Shell, a popular third part skin for WinMo in the similar vein to HTC’s efforts which has gained popularity for those in the know, and a capacitive screen to go along with the Snapdragon 1ghz cpu. Seems like Tosh still have a few kinks to work out but without doubt the TG02 is worth a second look. The eagle eyed amongst you will spot CorePlayer, which happens to be one of the most versatile media players ever made and will hopefully make it into the final build.

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