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The BBC's big push on to the iPhone is facing a delay, after the BBC Trust announced it is reviewing the broadcaster's mobile-based proposals. The BBC made headlines last month, when it announced it was to launch free apps for its News and Sports service. Both BBC News and BBC Sports Results are to be updated feeds of the broadcaster's web pages, with...

Carphone Warehouse and Talk Talk will officially 'demerge' today, with the ISP and retail chain splitting and being run as independent companies. Ambitious plans for both companies – Talk Talk acquired Tiscali last year, while Carphone Warehouse has a 50 per cent stake in the European arm of Best Buy – already make this an interesting time for the...

Virgin Media has launched a new range of mobile phone tariffs as it mounts a new assault on the handset market. The real cost savings are being offered to its current customers, making use of the 'quadplay' offering of TV, internet, landline and mobile bundles. The headline deal for these customers is £5 off the standard 'high street' tariff for phones,...

The confusion over whether Windows Phone 7 Series will be coming to older phones continues to rage as the HTC HD2 was shown running the OS. Admittedly it was a hacked version of the operating system running on the device, with HTCPedia forum member Tom Codon behind the port. But, apart from a slight amount of lag in certain operations thanks to some...

While all of the current wave of Apple pre-launch hype is focused on next week's iPad launch, it is rumoured that Steve Jobs' "next big thing" is going to be a personalised mobile advertising platform, possibly called 'iAd'. Online Media Daily reports that Apple's new mobile ad platform will be officially unveiled to the ad execs on New York's Madison...

Nokia looks like it's giving up on the Comes with Music branding for its unlimited tune download service. The music service is being unveiled in India, but instead of the clunky 'Comes with Music' branding, we're now seeing Ovi Music Unlimited. If you check the address bar of your browser on the site, you'll still see it labelled as Comes with Music,...

After unleashing the massively impressive HTC Legend , its bigger brother, the HTC Desire, is here - faster, bigger and more powerful and still packing the Android punch. It might be the Nexus One rebadged, but this is a behemoth of a phone in its own right; has HTC tried to do too much? We reviewed a Desire from T-Mobile, which is first in line to...

Not everyone needs a phone with a million apps and a 20MP camera. Sometimes you just want to make calls, text and browse the internet for basic information, with a little style thrown in. Something like the Nokia 7230 slider phone for example. At only 10 x 5.5cm when folded, you're easily able to slip the Nokia 7230 into your suit or trouser pocket...

Spotify is about to release a key update for its iPhone – with Last.fm scrobbling a key addition for the mobile service. The update is 'coming soon' according to the Spotify blog , suggesting that those interested should keep checking back over the coming weeks. Update desire "It's been a little while since we first released our iPhone app to the...

Hello! This is a quick update to tell you that from today, TechRadar has a new, expanded section devoted to mobile phone news and reviews. You can find it on the tweaked main navigation under the News tab – click on Phones@TechRadar to see the new pages. We've gathered all our mobile phone content in one place to make it easier for you to find the...