Author: Leigh Geary

msmobiles reports today on a Smartphone due to hit Italy. During the SMAU trade show in Milan, Telit announced this Microsoft smartphone which, unless I'm very mistaken, is a MiTAC Mio 8380.... More info - click here to see the msmobiles.com...

The excellent di.fm has always been a bookmark of mine - it's got excellent dance feeds, including Deep House, Hard House, Mixes and Live Feeds. The quality of the music, plus the reliability of the servers, is fantastic.However, browsing to di.fm has...

Mohammed has emailed in with the following sneak shots and details.SPV E200:Weight: 130gDimensons: 120 x 50 x 24 mmTalktime: 5 HoursScreen: TFT, 65536 colours. 176 x 220 resolution.Features: Hands free, MMS, T9, Tri-band, WAP,...

A funky skin called "Kidz" has caught my eye over at modaco.com - it's by the ever excellent Midnight and looks fantastic on the phone.Not only is the main screen adjusted, but also ALL the startup and shut-down screens, plus the Windows Media Player ...

modaco.com has some important info for handset junkies. The new SPV E200, due to hit the shops soon, will come equipped with a super-fast TI OMAP 710 processor, running at 206MHz!! The Motorola MPx200 will also have a TI OMAP 710 processor, but will r...

In just a few days Microsoft will announce ANOTHER Smartphone manufacturer. Apparently "a company with considerable experience of the wireless space," will begin to offer MS Smartphone handsets. PR Company AxiCom stirs up even more interest by saying,...

TheRegister.co.uk reports today on the ongoing Sendo / MS saga. Sendo has made it past the first stage of its lawsuit against Microsoft, which involves the alleged pinching of Sendo's expertise and technology .. which then apparently got passed to ri...

There's another Motorola MPx200 manual here if you wish to download it - it includes several aspects of the phone and features which you will be able to use if you purchase it. To download it - log in with your username and password, then click here t...

I've being hearing rumours of a mysterious "other" Motorola Smartphone on the horizon for a bit now, but now Gizmodo.com has published this picture (right) of the Motorola i930 Smartphone, which will run Microsofts' Windows Mobile software. This appea...

eXpansys®, the largest specialist retailer of wireless technology in Europe and North America, is now selling the MiTAC Mio 8380. You can get your sweaty paws on this handset for a mere £463.66 (about $772.78 US)! Strangely ... and more amazingly,...

MagicSync PRO 1.06 Developer: AIM Productions N.V. Support Categories: Utilities - Synchronization, Business - Synchronization, Database - Other Price: $59.00 Downloads: 0 Last Updated: 1-Oct 2003 Requirements: PC with any SmartPhone/ Pocket ...

  MagicSync Lite 1.06 Developer: AIM Productions N.V. Support Categories: Utilities - Synchronization, Business - Synchronization, Database - Other Price: $9.99 Downloads: 0 Last Updated: 1-Oct 2003 Requirements: PC with any SmartP...

Over at smartphones.og.uk you can now pre-order the SPV E200 (seen here almost a month ago). To get your mits on one as early as possible, click here for info.

A couple of sexy looking games from CyberPlanet Ltd appeared today. First up is Space Fortess, which looks like this... Click here to try or buy it!   Next up is The Mummy .. it's an Egyptian overhead adventure game - and looks like this... Ge...

The bluetooth-enabled SPV E200 (yes, you heard it right - E200.. it appears the previous C200 name was a mis-print) is within smelling distance now. A preview here at DirectMobilePhones.com shows the specs and a picture of the final Orange design (rig...

More and more people are emailing me and posting in the MS Smartphone Newsgroup about the MPx200 - seen right. It seems to be a highly anticipated phone and it's looks are tempting buyers already. The Motorola was on show at the recent Computex show i...

News today filtering through the Orange grapevine states that the Orange SPV2 (which we now believe will actually be called the E200) and the Motorola MPx200 Smartphone will be released about the same time as two other non-MS Smartphones.. The Nokia 6...

Is there NOTHING that the Smartphone can't do (apart from make tea, bringing me beer etc etc) ?? Well, now you can even FTP stuff up from your Smartphone. This is especially useful for people like me, who need to upload a file quickly to their website...

The excellent Echo Voice Recorder from Pocco Software is now available to try or buy on Smartphone.net - features include.... Secure Digital (SD) card support Selectable audio file format! Industry standard wave audio file format Standard GSM 6.10...

MiTAC appear to now have an unlocking service on their site, which (after filling in a form) allows you to run all Smartphone apps. For the full story click here for msmobiles.com - Although the unlock site at MiTAC isn't in English, this should prov...

Good morning Smartphone friends, I'd like to mention something regarding the Motorola MPx200 that possibly no-one have noticed until today. Motorola -at the official web-page of the MPx200 - states that the device lacks FCC authori...

Phew ! I've just got back from a flight to Taipei to see MiTAC at Computex. I took all these pictures, grabbed myself stacks of handsets to give away and got all the latest gossip while I was there... see the things I do for you guys ??? …

silicon.com reports today on an interesting new method of catching criminals by my local police force - Staffordshire Police. Several Mobile Devices have been trialled, howevere officers have chosen tough GPRS-enabled laptops to access police systems...

Thanks for the heads-up from www.msmobiles.com for this one. CNet have a video of the Motorola MPx200 on their site. View the video by clicking here. CNet´s Patrick Houston gets a look at this much-anticipated phone - The first wide release in the US...

Over at both theregister.co.uk and digitimes.com both have misleading stories regarding the new MiTAC 8390. This story is now spreading across the various news networks.. yet it's wrong. The stories all state..."Over in Taipei, Mitac is showing its se...

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Yet more shots of the new MiTAC Mio 8390 from Computex in Taipei today. Digitimes have pictures, plus some specs - the processor is named as the 200MHz Intel Dalhart (using the X-scale technology), whilst the OS is Windows Mobile 2003. It has a 65,00...

OOopps.. The excellent pocketpcpassion.com appears to be having a few problems. Fellow MVP Dale, who runs the very popular Pocket PC fan site has fallen prey to the "dodgey ISP" brigade. His domain name ran out last Friday, and they failed to renew it...

smartphony.org reports that the next Orange SPV - the SPV2 (we're still not sure on the name - the C200? E200? SPV2? - I reckon they should call it Eric or something.. imagine it - the Orange Eric.. "The Future's Bright - The Future's Eric") ............

Patrice, from the mammoth smartphony.org, has decided to ditch his coverage of Symbian-based handsets. A comment on his site says... (this is a bad Babelfish translation from the French original - sorry in advance) "I do not like them, and after havi...

Amazing Games has a wicked little video on their site of their upcoming game - Speedway Jam. It looks, to be honest, trouser-tighteningly good - the 3D racer game is slick, fast, smooth and has a very flash GUI too. Lets just hope that it'll look and...

An amazing 25,000 people have now registered into coolsmartphone.com. Again, thanks for this - it means a great deal and I really appreciate your support. Chris (tuffers) has uploaded bucket-loads of classic TV Theme tunes for you lucky registered use...

Plodding around the net I found this excellent resource from smart.com - it tells you how to do a whole manner of things with your Smartphone. It starts with simply making a phone call, and goes all the way up to VPN connections. An excellent flash-ba...

Stuff magazine, the UK gadget magazine, reports that the MiTAC Mio 8380 is coming out in here in the UK in December 2003!!? It also has an article on how to get TV on your Smartphone! Yes - proper TV - all you need is a TV Pack …

SmartPhoneThoughts.com has a competition on to find the wildest Smartphone pictures. Ah - but let me explain.. what you have to do is take a picture of your Smartphone doing wild things, in crazy places - like mountain climbing, surfing or skiing! I ...

smartphone2002.info has pictures of the MiTAC Mio 8390 on their site.The new MiTAC 8390 is the successor to the 8380, which has had a somewhat troubled launch following complications with the security model, which means that a lot of applications cann...

After already killing one SmartPhone, I found a very good cover for my SPV. It's not listed in the compatible phones but it fits like a glove on my SPV 100. Furthermore it's waterproof (boat, ski) and dust/dirt proof. I am very happy with it. Check ww...

There's some pics over at PhoneScoop of the new MPx200 Motorola Smartphone which we mentioned on Monday. You can see from the picture on the right here, how the MPx200 (second from right) compares in size to a BlackBerry, a Sony Ericsson P800, a Sanyo...

  Kuala Lumpur, September 9, 2003 – Today, we usher a new era in telecommunications and information technology with the introduction of the Mio 8380. This mobile device is a milestone in the industry as it is the first, Microsoft based, Intel ...

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