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New YouTube client for Windows Phones and S60

Using a Symbian or Windows Phone? Well if so then you will be pleased to hear that YouTube have a new version of their app.

Having YouTube on your phone is nothing new and most manufactures pre-install install the app however this latest version does bring some nice changes.

The biggest change, which in my opinion is good news, is that the app will support your own account, meaning you can easily view your favourite videos and subscriptions.

The application also comes with a new layout which is meant to be better for larger screen devices.

I will record a short video demonstrating the app in use but this will have to wait. I need to go do some work!

If you want to give it a try now just point your phones browser to – m.YouTube.com/app

Posted by: James

T-Mobile announce HTC Desire prices

Last week T-Mobile announced that they would have the HTC Desire available from the 26th March, somewhat sooner than many of us expected.

The HTC Desire is the flagship ‘Superphone’ from HTC and personally I think the pick of the bunch of new handsets announced by HTC at MWC.

Today we have news that T-Mobile have announced their tariffs for the HTC Desire, which start at £25/month for 24 months with a handset price of £129.99. This tariff does not include data though which you’ll no-doubt be consuming by the bucket load on this handset!

For an unlimited data tariff, prices start at £35/month, 24-months, and the handset will still cost you £49.99. Full details at Carphone Warehouse, where you can also put in a pre-order.

We hope to have our hands on the HTC Desire within the next few weeks, hopefully with a review just prior to launch to help you make up your minds!

Posted by: Matt

HTC Legend gets UK launch date!

Not long to go folks. The HTC legend will be available to buy here in the UK from March 23rd.

As I am sure you have seen, the Legend is all over the internet at the moment and for a good reason. Its a blooming great phone. I am lucky enough to currently have the Legend and our full review should be online within the the next couple of days. We could have done it sooner but here at tracyandmatt.co.uk we firmly believe in giving devices a thorough test and it would not have been a fair review if we just used it for a day and wrote about it. Good things come to those who wait!

The HTC Legend will retail from £376 on its release date and you can snap one up from all of our sponsors on the site.

If you have not checked out Matt’s Legend unboxing or demo video I would urge you to do so as the device really is quite stunning.

Windows Phone 7 Series Demo

I just spotted a fantastic video demonstration of Windows Phone 7 Series on the web.

Internet Entrepreneur and all round Tech Geek Chris Pirillo has posted an fantastic 17 minute video of him getting a hands on demo from Microsoft.

Whether you have seen ‘7’ in action or not its well worth making a coffee, getting comfortable and settling down for what I think is the best video so far showing the new OS in action.

Enough of me talking. Enjoy

HTCs newest phones – free from devicewire

Yes, you read it correctly. Devicewire.com are offering the HTC Legend, Desire and HD Mini free of charge with a Vodafone contract!

HTC HD Mini, Legend and Desire

Earlier in the week we mentioned that devicewire were taking pre-orders for the devices sim free. Now if you cant or wont buy the unlocked version you can get the devices for as little as £25.00 per month on a 24 month Vodafone contract. With 300 minutes, unlimited sms and email whether you like a two year contract or not it looks like a real bargain if you ask me.

I certainly could handle this sort of deal. With more and more of us making less phone calls and relying more on email and instant messaging this package looks rather attractive.

Pop on over to devicewire and take a butchers!

Posted by: James

Skype and Nokia announce Skype for Symbian

You may well have seen this morning that Skype and Nokia have announced Skype for Symbian, which allows over 200 million Nokia smartphone users access to the service. Users can now use Skype on the move, over either a WiFi or mobile data connection (GPRS, EDGE, 3G) and it’s downloadable for free from the Ovi Store, Nokia’s one-stop shop for mobile content.

Lee Williams, the Executive Director of the Symbian Foundation, has just offered further comment on this announcement:

We have a new forum sponsor – Crescent Electronics

If you have not noticed already, over on our forum we have a new sponsor, Crescent Electronics.

Crescent Electronics is a leading online retailer, with over 150,000 products, next day delivery and exceptional prices and are amongst the largest online retailers in the UK.

Having served many thousands of customers throughout the UK, Crescent gained HTC authorised partner status, ISIS and IDIS accreditation ensuring they meet the highest industry standards possible.

When shopping with Crescent Electronics there are a number of key benefits:

• Full UK support 9am-6pm mon-fri
• All goods come with a minimum 12 month manufactures warranty
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So please head over to Crescent Electronics and check out their fine selection of products.

Posted by: James

Motorola Milestone now at Carphone Warehouse

If you could not spare the cash to buy the Motorola Milestone SIM free when it was released here in December by eXpansys then today is your lucky day.

If you nip down to The Carphone Warehouse you can snap up a Milestone for as little as nothing on 12, 18 & 24 month contracts with Orange, Vodafone and T-Mobile.

Rather surprised to see this handset go from being an exclusive with one retailer to being sold just about everywhere in such a short space of time!

Pre order the HTC HD mini, Desire and Legend now!

I have just received an email from devicewire.com to let us know that the three recent announced handsets from HTC are all now available to pre order and have an expected delivery date of April 12th. Much sooner than we expected to be honest.

We are looking forward to getting our hands on these new bad-boys for review and hope to have something for you within the next couple of weeks.

Expect these handsets to be in high demand so definitely worth pre-ordering if you want to make sure that you’ll get yours on release day. Typically the first shipments of new handsets is fairly small.

Warning – Sony PlayStation 3 Bug

I know we don’t normally discuss game consoles by I thought that this may be important for some of you.

Sony PlayStation have issued a detailed statement warning PlayStation 3 users not to turn on their consoles. This is due to a bug and is affecting people using the older versions of the PlayStation 3, called the "Fat" model. It seems the PS3 ‘Slims’ are fine.