What we did - and didn't - post this week

Here’s our weekly wrap-up of what’s featured on Mobile Computer this week, along with a few stories that we didn’t get the opportunity to cover.

• Grand Theft Auto coming to iPhone
  Same Chinatown Wars version as on the Nintendo DS, by all accounts.
• New photos and details for TomTom’s iPhone Car Kit appear online
  The FCC tests the car cradle for TomTom’s iPhone app and the manual is published online.
• When is a smartbook not a Smartbook..?
  German laptop manufacturer not impressed at having its trademark diluted by ‘smartbook’ vendors.
• SPV TV for Android now available
  Watch streaming subscription-free TV on your smartphone
• Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphones available from 6 October
  News handsets from HTC, LG, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Toshiba and others expected as a result.

More after the cut

• Video: the BlackBerry Storm 2 vs the Storm 1
  Verdict: it’s better.
• Dell Inspiron 11z CULV laptop reviewed
  Carphone Warehouse-special is well-priced, but let down by its lousy trackpad.

• Sony Ericsson Xperia X2 smartphone coming to Vodafone in October
  It looks great, but will it improve on the iffy X1?
• Sony announces in-ear noise-cancelling earphones
  MDR-NC300D cut up to 98.4% of ambient noise and offers 20 hours’ use on a single AA battery. Available in October
• Hands on with the Nokia Booklet 3G
  Nokia high-end, high-price netbook gets pawed at IFA.
• Sony announces in-ear noise-cancelling earphones
  MDR-NC300D cut up to 98.4% of ambient noise and offers 20 hours’ use on a single AA battery. Available in October
• T-Mobile launches Pulse Android PAYG smartphone
  Cheap, cheerful and available in October.
• Samsung announces new N Series netbooks and X120 CULV ultraportable
  Three new netbooks and a thin and light laptop.
• Toshiba JournE Touch tablet computer announced at IFA
  The good: 7in screen. The bad: Windows CE 6.0.

• Nokia N97 Mini - it exists!
  Fun-size version of the new N97 smartphone fine caught on camera.
• Stash your laptop in a stylish newspaper sleeve
  Just don’t put it in the recycle bin by mistake
• TomTom Car Kit for iPhone delayed until October
  iPhone users stuck with sticky tape for the time being.
• Toshiba announces 640Gb laptop hard drive
  All crammed into a 2.5in, 5400rpm package.

• Sony announces ultra-slim VAIO X ultraportable
  11.1in screen, “all-day” battery life and carbon fibre chassis — and an Intel Atom processor.
• Reviewed: Advent Altro
  £600 CULV ultraportable available from PC World.