Yesterday, we sneaked out the latest version of Taptu when you weren’t looking.

Mainly, we released a new version which caters better to low end phones. Some phones, like Motorola RAZRs and previous generations of Sony Ericssons need smaller, simpler pages, tweaked for their limitations. Every time you access Taptu, we detect what mobile phone you’re using and give you the version of the service that will provide the best experience. What’s the point of sending the high end version to your phone if it’s going to crash your browser?

We’ve also released a metric ton of bug fixes and tiny tweaks to improve the service, some of them based on bug reports you’ve sent in - so thank you all for your useful feedback, your comments never go unheard!

*Shifty look around for the boss* I’m not supposed to be telling you this, but we’ve also released a few extra small features, which are very beta. Shh! You’ll just have to go play around with the service to find those out for yourself…

Yesterday, I blogged about T-Mobile’s poor decision to ask Engadget Mobile to remove all traces of magenta from its branding. As Stan from Mashable says, “how, exactly, did the T’s lawyers and PR folks think Engadget will react? Humbly remove all traces of magenta from their site, issuing a big ole apology? If they did, they were wrong.”

I bow down to Engadget’s creative response. Note the header changes:

Here at Taptu, you might have noticed we’re very fond of the colour pink. We haven’t received a letter from T-Mobile, but we’ll be happy to tell them where to go if we ever do!

Join Engadget’s solidarity campaign by going pink for the day, like GearBits, Josiah Miller and Joshua Topolsky.
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Next Monday, we’ll be taking part in Mobile Monday London, sponsoring the evening on the theme of Mobile User Interface.

• Bryan Rieger - Future Platforms Creative director www.futureplatforms.com
• Scott Weiss - Executive Director, EMEA, Human Factors International www.humanfactors.com
• Marek Pawlowski - MEX www.pmn.co.uk/mex/
• Dan Appelquist will be summing up and reviewing the Over the Air developers conference
• And our very own Steve Ives, Taptu CEO!

At the moment, the event is fully booked, but pleading or bribing the organisers with shiny gadgets might just get you in. Meanwhile, if you’re already on the list, we’ll see you there!

A bit ahead of the game, Engadget Mobile released their April Fool joke last night in the form of an article reporting that Deutsche Telekom has sent them a letter asking them to stop using the colour magenta, as T-Mobile, a DT-owned company, uses it in its branding. It’s a comical attempt on Engadget’s part, but really, it’s a rather unrealistic claim. No company would be stupid enough to think they own a colour…

Oh… hold on. Sorry, I’m being told over the wire that the letter isn’t an April Fool joke at all, and that the General Manager of Weblogs Inc did receive this letter. Ahem. Well, on this note, just in case you begin to confuse the two brands, here’s a simple chart to help you out.

I mean, really, guys!