Author: Leigh Geary

Spits pinches our story!

Looks like our exclusive story on the Orange SPV C600 proved quite popular. A newspaper called "Spits" has picked it up and has republished the whole thing !Click here to see a clip of the story, which appeared recently in this local paper.

Trivia Machine

Climb the trivia ladder by answering questions from the machine! Try the challenging world-top game Trivia Machine now on your Smartphone. The game brings you all the fun of a game show and the challenge of more than 7,000 trivia questions in nine ca...

Photo Explorer (Smartphone) 1.15 Save 30%!

Photo Explorer (Smartphone) 1.15 Save 30%! The most powerful & highest-quality album management software for Pocket PC is available now for Smartphone too!!! Photo Explorer is the best choice for high-quality pictures display, album management &am...

Orange SPV M5000 Live Chat tonight!

Quick ! There's an online chat over at MoDaCo tonight for anyone thinking of getting an Orange SPV M5000. It's on at 8PM British Summer Time and you can click on the MoDaCo link or our "Chat Live" button on the left to participate. "We will be joined …

Windows Mobile Powered Treo Smartphone Announced

OK, so here it is - the Windows Mobile powered Palm Treo. Who would've thought huh? Using the "super fast" Verizon BroadbandAccess service, which is the largest high-speed wireless broadband network in the USA. Ed Colligan (Palm), Bill Gates (Microsof...

T-Mobile call their Wizard the MDA Vario

A quick news item about the T-Mobile MDA IV, pictured here on the right. Well, it seems that it won't be called the MDA IV but rather the "T-Mobile MDA Vario" according to this Newmobile.nl story. The handset, built by HTC under the name "Wizard" will...

Palm and Microsoft make it public

Looks like Palm and Windows Mobile are about to make the rumours and leaked photos into a concrete partnership. There's a press conference scheduled for this coming Monday (September 26th) with Palm, Microsoft Corporation and Verizon Wireless all pres...

33% Off Omega One Stuff!

We've got a special offer on right now in our software shop on all Omega One products. The sale is on until October 23rd, so make sure that you don't miss out on these excellent deals! 33% Off - Battery Pack Pro for Smartphone! 33% Off - 1-Calc …

Orange.nl Update the C500

There's a Dutch update for Orange SPV C500 users here at Orange.nl (direct link). There is an information page, however you'll need to log into the Dutch Orange site with an SMS to register. The link above appears to work without needing to log in how...

Palm Treo 700w – Windows Mobile 5.0 Powered

A Palm? With Windows Mobile 5.0 ? Yes, we've seen the Treo 670 running Windows Mobile 5.0 previously, however.. here's another one! This baby is called the Palm 700w. The "w" is no doubt for "Windows" and is the start of a major change for PalmOne, wh...

Nokia Music Phone Delay

It would appear that the Nokia music phone the "N91" is to be delayed until 2006. The Nokia handset, shown here, has a 2 mega pixel camera, WiFi, Bluetooth, 3G and a 4Gb HD. It comes with a 3.5mm headphone jack and can play MP3, M4A, AAC, and …

Crazy Frog gets booted off daytime TV

The UK's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned the Crazy Frog from appearing on British TV before Nine O'clock in the evening in an effort to protect children.The Crazy Frog has already irritated a nation. We even set up a campaign to see o...

We want better batteries man!

Batteries.. we hate them. They don't stay charged at 100% all year around like we want them to. :) A recent survey by TNS showed that two-thirds or mobile phone and PDA users want a battery that lasts at least two days without charge. Due to the fact...

Sprint PPC 6700 Launched in USA

For those of you CoolSmartPhone visitors in the USA, here's some excellent news from Sprint. This is their Sprint PPC 6700. This has been called the HTC Wizard - and indeed looks like one, however this is the CDMA HTC Apache and is now available here ...

Orange SPV M5000 – Keyboard issue?

I had a mail today from Phil Sexton. He was asking, as many others were, about the Orange SPV M5000. He was asking about the keyboard on the device following our story on the Orange announcement. Phil said in his email.. "No one either seems to have...

Orange Release the M5000

It looks like the race to launch the first HTC Universal by a network will be won be Orange with their SPV M5000, who today publish two press releases here and here. Although it's probably going to be a few more days before these hit the stores, Orang...

Huzza! Podcast 12 !

After a bit of a gap (I was doing stuff), here's the new Podcast from CoolSmartPhone.com. It's a biggy - around 42 minutes - and you can listen to it right now with the online pre-caster thingy at the very bottomg of every CoolSmartPhone page. Don't f...

Metro SP goes QVGA too

The ultimate FREE public transport guide for your Smartphone has now got even better. QVGA (C550) comptibility has now been added, allowing pretty much anyone a fantastic way to get around quickly and easily with public transport. Here's a shot of me...

Astraware announces Windows Mobile 5.0 Compatibility

Astraware, a Microsoft(R) Certified Partner Company, is excited to announce that several of their games have now been updated to support devices running Windows Mobile(TM) 5.0. This allows existing customers to download 5.0 updates which have been ful...

Woo! Get some videos!

Loads of Free 3GP Music Videos  Arcade-Fire_Rebellion.3gp  Backstreet-Boys_Just-want-you-to-know.3gp  Black-Eyed-Peas_Dont-Lie.3gp  Bobby-V_Tell-Me.3gp  Bow-Wow_Let-Me-Hold-You.3gp  Charlotte-Church_Call-My-Na...

CHM Reader

Got a fiver ? Fancy a help-file reader ? Have a look at this. CHM Reader is the first and best CHM doc reader for the Smartphne. It'll help you view files in the most common help format - Microsoft Compiled HTML. It's quick, it'll show the contents …

o2 XDA Exec hits the o2.co.uk website

The o2 XDA Exec is now showing as "coming soon" on the o2 website. To have a look, click here to get to the site, then choose "Mobile Phones" and then "3G Phones". Unfortunately the o2 website doesn't like direct links for some reason. No exact releas...

Orange SPV C600 – Direct from Orange Magazine!

Well, it's already been on Orange websites in France, and now there's this scan, direct from an Orange magazine. According to sources, the C600 should be available somewhere around mid-October. Orange magazines are now starting to carry information ab...

Talk like a pirate day?!

The Astraware guys have gone all nautical for International Talk Like a Pirate Day. They've dressed up as pirates for the day and have also decked the office with palm trees and parrots. Plus, to celebrate, they've knocked down the price on a couple o...

World Exclusive – Orange SPV C600 Preview

Morning people ! Well, guess what I've got in my sweaty mitts? Yes, it's a full preview of the Orange SPV C600. It's a worldwide exclusive and it's right here for you guys. It's got Windows Mobile 5.0 and we reckon will be the first Smartphone to hit …

Txt msg words get in2 exams m8

It looks like the rise and rise of text messaging is severely impacting our future generation and their ability to communicate successfully. According to several news items yesterday, including the Daily Mail, this Telegraph article and the BBC, text-...

GPRS Traffic Monitor – Now C550 Enabled!

So, you have your Windows Smartphone, you love browsing on the web in the pub and getting the latest football scores etc. But what you don't like so much are the GPRS costs. How do you keep a lid on them ? Well, thanks to Smartphone GPRS Monitor …

Vodafone Business does Windows Mobile

Oh! Check it out. Vodafone are selling Windows Mobile handsets in their Vodafone Business channel. They're offering the QTEK 2020i, the Qtek 8020 and the VPA Compact for business users right here at VodafoneBusiness.co.uk Source - Keni at Conchango Li...

Free text messaging system

We like free stuff here at CoolSmartphone.com, so I was very interested when I received a mail about AgentSMS.com. It's a worldwide "web-2-phone" system that lets you send free text messages to people. Yes, free. It pays for itself by adding a teeny-l...

Adverts? On CoolSmarPhone! Never I tells thee! Umm…

Hello ! Right. I've got a confession to make. A few months ago I went on MoDaCo and said something like.. "What the chuff are all these new links with the underlines on? They've got tool-tips with adverts! It's a disgrace I tells ya! None of this! Pa...

TV is changing – part 3

We previously did some stories on the evolution of TV here and here. Well, now it's going to go another stage further with the implementation of IPTV - a new way of pushing TV down your broadband line. Sure, we've already got something like this, but ...

Samsung i300 – Exclusive to o2, plus more to come!

We've had a chat with the nice people at o2 today and they've slipped a few press releases our way. First of all we have news on the XDA SP, which was advertised previously as the "XPhone II". It's a sweet looking Smartphone with similar specs to the …

o2 XDA Exec – Press Release

O2 INTRODUCES NEW-LOOK Xda Exec – the Ultimate Mobile PDAO2 ADDS FIRST 3G HANDHELD DEVICE TO POPULAR Xda PORTFOLIO   O2 announces the launch of the O2 Xda Exec, the first integrated PDA and mobile phone device to feature 3G, offering a complete...

o2 XDA SP – Press Release

SLIM DOWN FOR THE NEW YEARO2 launches super slim business device – the O2 Xda sp If you want to keep on top of your workload but not get weighed down by technology, this Christmas treat yourself to the O2 Xda sp – the perfect device for busy …

gStart – Customize your Start Menu!

I meant to do a write-up on this yesterday, however, here is gStart. It's a free Windows Mobile 5.0-esque start menu which is currently in Beta release form over at airfagev.com. It doesn't work too well on QVGA screens (like the Orange SPV C550), ho...

Ebay buys Skype

A good day today for Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis. They're bosses of Skype and first burst onto the scene coding Kazaa - the (still widely used) file sharing program which allows people to swap music and more. Although - hey - they're seeking to ...

Smart Explorer v2.1 now available

Want to send and receive stuff over Bluetooth ? Get Smart Explorer. End of discussion. Just get it, get it now. This is the daddy of all file-explorers for your Smartphone and deserves to be installed on every Windows Smartphone. It's shareware and it...

Orange SPV C600 – First real-life picture

Antal van Wijk from www.newmobile.nl has done it again with these exclusive shots of a real, yes real, Orange SPV C600. Antal can't reveal his sources but says it'll appear pretty soon! He says that the rumours ARE true - this device has no built-in W...

More hot games for your Smartphone. Make a weekend of it!

It's been a busy week here at CoolSmartphone towers, so after I've recorded another Podcast I'm going to go and buy me some games. Right now there's some excellent new games to buy like Banjo Kazooie, Mr Pants, SabreWulf and Zoo Tycoon 2. They've alre...