Category: Android
A few months ago a pipe burst somewhere and a whole load of upcoming HTC handsets appeared. One of them was the HTC Maple, which a lot of people have been waiting for. Remember the HTC S620 (Excalibur) ? Yep, many do and many have been waiting for …
Well, despite my beloved bank charging me nearly £600 for being beyond my overdraft this month (thanks LloydsTSB for not helping at all), I've managed to do an overview of the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1. It's a very good bit of kit indeed and we'll be g...
Windows Mobile 6.5. You've probably heard a lot about it already and it should be appearing later on this year. There's already surprise that Windows Mobile 7 will be arriving next year and we've not really seen much of the promised Windows Marketplac...
HTC Touch Diamond users can download an updated ROM for their device. Available here it fixes a number of bugs including the camera preview screen going black, video recording issues, audio playback, MMS receiving and sound issues on the Music tab wit...
Strangely announced just after the Mobile World Congress is this new trackball-packing Asus P835 touch-screen device. The P835 will double as a WiFi hotspot - sharing the high-speed (up to HSPA) mobile data connection over WiFi with up to 10 devices s...
I've been fiddling about with the location-tracking feature in Google Mobile Maps over the last few days. Keeping track of your mates is pretty cool provided they click "Keep sending to Latitude" when closing the app. I've added the Google Latitude fe...
Our forum gets spammed to hell with DVD conversion tools. DVD to Pocket PC by Makayama is a proper good though and now supports 800x480 (WVGA) screens in version 6. If you've got a collection of DVD's and a HTC Touch Pro2, Sony Experia or Toshiba TG01...
Winterface - we've seen it before and it's a great interface for your phone. It's been updated before but now version 1.3 brings a new bright skin, bug fixes, the ability to hide or show the Windows Mobile bar / Start button and Opera Mobile favourite...
OK, I'm going to let my dirty little secret out now. Judging by the amount of emails I get asking me the same question, you may think I've got a wide selection of Windows Mobile phones to choose from. Images of cupboards gently popping out from walls ...
Got one of these? A recent update may have passed you by. Check your Sony Ericsson Update Service for further details of the update, which appears to contain fixes and speed improvements for your Xperia X1 handset. News of this update seems to have a...
Right, I'm going to slightly abuse my position here, but I'd like to get a rough idea how bad this problem is. To your right you'll see the HTC TouchFLO 3D Music tab. Simply copy your music to your SD card and you'll get a nice album photo …
There's a wide range of browsers to choose from for the Windows out there. Opera, Skyfire and the new Mozilla effort called Fennec (available for the Touch Pro) are just a few highlights. The Iris Browser, which we spotted a year ago has now been upda...
Yesterday we took a look at the first pictures of the T-Mobile MDA Compact V (Diamond2). Since then we've had official confirmation from T-Mobile of the Compact V, plus there's confirmation on the Vario V which will indeed be the Touch Pro2. Below you...
We've already spotted the Toshiba TG01 but today it's doing the rounds at the Mobile World Congress. The TG01 does indeed have the super-fast 1Ghz Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU and comes with GSM quad-band connectivity GPRS / EDGE / 3G and HSDPA. GPS is on ...
Hey dear coolsmartphone reader. Are you feeling run-down after the barage of news from the Mobile World Congress (MWC) ? How about £10 off a brand new HTC Touch HD huh? How about free delivery too? Sound good? We've already reviewed the HD and we wer...
This is the GSmart MS820 we had a sniff of earlier this week. It's another handset from Giga-Byte and packs GPRS / EDGE / HSDPA connectivity with GPS and a big 1300mAh battery. WiFi is on board, as is Bluetooth 2.0 and a 5 megapixel camera. Yep, that'...
Meet the GSmart S1200. This puppy runs a 528Mhz Qualcomm 7200A CPU and is 105.5x52x11.4mm in size. It'll connect you with GPRS, EDGE and HSDPA / HSUPA with WiFi and Bluetooth 2.0. There's a microSD slot for extra storage, 1010mAh battery and a special...
A true Windows Mobile Smartphone has just been spotted at Mobile World Congress. It runs the non-touch version, Standard 6.1, and is a QWERTY messaging device with a 2 megapixel camera around the back. Inside you'll find tri-band GPRS, EDGE / 3G, HSDP...
Forget SkyBox, Microsoft is now live with My Phone. It is, to put it simple, a mobile web service which will store your phones' data to a protected site. All your important stuff - pictures, text messages, contacts, calendar, tasks, videos, music and ...
Following an almost luke-warm reception to the Windows Mobile 6.5 launch, Windows Marketplace also got it's time. This is the Microsoft answer to the iPhone App Store (come on, let's be honest) and Andy Lees showed it off. It promises not to limit wha...
We got to see Microsoft Recite recently. It's ideal for those of you who, like me, may forget a thing or two. It works by recording your voice. Press "Remember" and say something like, "Bills birthday is February 20th. Get a stripper, he loves the lad...
Want to know what to expect from today? Have a look at this Microsoft Teaser video and you'll feel just like you're in Barcelona yourself. While I'm here, today the Omnia HD was announced. It's got full HD (720p) recording and playback, GPS, TV-Out, ...
Well, you've already seen Windows Mobile pictured, mentioned and even shown in full video action on the HTC Touch HD just the other day. Now it's launched and fully legit. So what have we got? For the classic Smartphone (y'know, non-touch screen) ther...
Want to see the recently announced HTC Touch Pro2 in action? Head on over to theunwired. They have a hands-on with this new kit and you can see the TouchFLO 3D system in action along with the tilting / sliding screen mechanism and QWERTY keyboard. The...
Andy Lees and Steve Ballmer took to the stage in Barcelona yesterday to formally announce Windows Mobile 6.5, My Mobile and Windows Marketplace. HTC CEO Peter Chou was also present after outing 6.5 early.You can watch the announcement again in the vid...
On May 6th 2008 HTC announced the original HTC Touch Diamond which a collosal press event in London. Today, just a few months later, the HTC Touch Diamond2 is here. As expected it's the HTC Topaz we spotted in the leak last month and is powered by Win...
In June the HTC Touch Pro was launched. It had all the goodness of the original HTC Touch Diamond, but with a sliding QWERTY keyboard, external memory and TV-Out. HTC have today announced the all-new HTC Touch Pro2. It packs a new longer-lasting 1500m...
Well, it looks like earlier rumours could indeed be true. Pictures coming out of the backstage preperations for Mobile World Congress clearly show a new advertising slogan for Windows Mobile which simply states, "I love my Windows phone". The image sh...
Hey, remember Skyfire? Yeah, the browser for your phone that'll do YouTube and more. Well, check out version 0.9 Beta. It's out today and now you can fully integrate your favourite social networking sites. Check out this screenshot of the main page - ...
Loving the HTC S740? Yeah? Us too. If you want one unlocked then this is the offer for you. For £294.99 you'll get it delivered free along with a free HTC lanyard and a free HTC trolley coin to save you fishing around for one when you're in …
Next week it's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. This is the platform being used by many handset manufacturers to launch their new kit. Giga-Byte Communications have already pinged us about their new GSmart devices and they'll be getting a full anno...
Guess what's just popped up ? Yep, it's the free version of PointUI Home 2. It's had quite an overhaul and looks just stunning. There's various CAB files available to download depending on the handset you have - just grab the beta here. There's loads ...
So, it's great to see PocketGear promoting their App Store for Windows Mobile on their site. However, once you download the CAB file and install it you'll find that it's merely a shortcut which opens up Internet Explorer on your phone and points it to...
Head on over to PPCSG for some rather cool TouchFLO 3D themes for your HTC Diamond / Touch Pro. The entire selection is available to browse and download from mobile-sg.com including this one here called "Coffee Lover". They're simple enough to install...
TouchFLO can be a Marmite product for some - you either love it or hate it. For those who are undecided or who just want to quickly switch between the standard "Today" screen and the TouchFLO system, TouchFLO Detacher is the app for you. The app is f...
The Wall Street Journal is reporting today on an online application store by Microsoft. The story states that... "The offerings will include an online bazaar for distributing software to cellular phones that run Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating s...
Rumours of a proposed name-change are building thanks to this Digitimes article. The new 6.5 OS should be getting it's official announcement during the Mobile World Congress shortly and now "market sources" are telling Digitimes that .. "Going forwar...
Alex Fehners has just emailed in to tell us about his new software. Now, I've got to take time out to give this guy some respect. He's taken time out to compose a very descriptive email, he's priced his software extremely well and he's spent a lot of...
Most of you will have already downloaded the free Google Maps application and will be enjoying either the brilliant satellite imagery, driving directions, mapping, GPS usage or the innovative "My Location" system which uses the network transmitters to...
The Toshiba TG01 popped up the other day with it's ultra-fast 1Ghz Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU. However, HTC are also due to launch handsets featuring this CPU. According to digitimes.com HTC will be rolling out Snapdragon-powered units in the second quar...
