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I'm filing this in the “extremely dubious” drawer, but a Norwegian programmer is claiming to have created a system that “works like Bootcamp” to shoehorn Windows Mobile onto Apple’s iPhone. Erik Kristiansen’s software is in beta, with an open source software release planned for January, but if it turns out to be the real deal, it’ll let iPhone owners run Windows Mobile applications natively.

Nokia’s unleashed its first touchscreen phone on the world, and we’re seriously impressed. We even think it has the power and flexibility to topple the iPhone. Why? Read on and find out. Beating the iPhone, as a phone The 5800 XpressMusic is a Nokia through and through. The company’s been making phones since 1964. That’s 44 years of experience, compared to just a few years for Apple, and it shows. The handset has all the phone features you’d expect and even beats the iPhone on some of its new talents. For a start it’ll hold a conference call with up to six participants, compared to the iPhone’s three. It’ll also receive MMS messages, while the iPhone refuses to accept them. As a straight forward phone, the Nokia 5800 wins hands down. Beating the iPhone as a media player OK, the iPhone’s iPod software is excellent. But there are still a few things missing. For a start there’s no support for stereo A2DP Bluetooth, it won’t play tracks unless they’re loaded using iTunes, and graphically, ...

The BlackBerry Storm has been a long time coming. Years of research, development, trial and error have gone into its creation. Here’s a quick rundown of the BlackBerry heritage that has led to the Storm ’s creation, and why it puts the handset in pole position to topple the iPhone.

Tags: Mobile applications Today's release of the Google Mobile 2.0 client for feature phones and Blackberry brings offline email plus a handful of other improvements. They seems to have redesigned the app from the bottom up and besides the overall performance improvement there is now multiple accounts management, multiple mobile email drafts and new shortcuts. Unfortunately, not all of the features are available for all phone models. To download the new version, you can visit the official website at m.google.com/mail via your mobile web browser.

Tags: Nokia , Symbian S60 , Shootout Every time Nokia Nseries numbering goes up a notch geeks are holding their breath. Well, geeks - including us - are no ordinary human beings, but in the case of Nokia N96 they'd been holding their breath since February. The time this multimedia monster picked to actually hit the shelves must have made quite a few people fear it being already outdated. Being a successor of the Nokia N95 8GB, Nokia N96 has some king-size spec sheet to top and it can't be accused of not trying. There's FP2, double the built-in storage and DVB-H. The bloodline is strong but the crown is heavy and ancestral sins will be held against the heir twofold. The modest battery capacity and the downgraded CPU do raise some questions that need their answers. Join us for an out-and-out review of Nokia's latest top-of-the-shelf offer. Let's see if it has got the performance to walk in them shoes size N95. Key features: 2.8" 16M-color TFT LCD display of QVGA ...

Tags: Apple , iPhone , Touch UI Google released an iPhone version of their highly popular desktop application Google Earth . Not only can you roam the virtual Earth viewing satellite imagery but you can also view selected terrains in 3D just by tilting your iPhone. The iPhone OpenGL graphics seems well suited for an intensive application like Google Earth. The new Google Earth application can be download straight to your iPhone (2G or 3G) via the Apple AppStore for free. You can use this link (opens iTunes if you have it installed). When you start off the App you will see the 3D Earth from space. To zoom in just double tap or use the well-known iPhone gesture. You can drag the virtual map with finger swipes just as easily as you would on the native Google Maps application. This time however you can rotate the map as you like by twisting two fingers on screen. You can pinpoint your location using either GPS or cell tower triangulation. You can also search places in general or ones ne...

Tags: Sony Ericsson , XPERIA X1 , Windows Mobile , Touch UI Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 is already available even earlier than the expected release date of 30th October, we've already written about. If you want to be among the first owners of the Sony Ericsson flagship phone, it can be yours for the XTRA spicy price of 630 EUR (800 US dollars) at the Clove UK online store. If that's too much for you, you can consider its competitor, the HTC Touch Pro , which sells for about 560 euro (700 US dollars). In case you are interested in the HTC phone, have a look at our extensive review .