Category: Handsets (General)

Pantech PH-S8000T debuts in Korea

Pantech have launched their PH-S8000T handset in Korea today. Running an Intel Bulverde 400Mhz the handset, which has an innovative tilt and twist screen, comes with a mega-pixel camera and Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition. Sung-Kyu Lee, President...

Krome Spy goes on sale in Australia

Ok, so you know by now that Windows Mobile Phones and Pocket PC's are known as lots of different names around the world. Usually, a company called HTC in Taiwan make them, then they get badged by various networks and providers and sold on. Well, meet ...

Vodafone VPA Compact to come to UK

Initially only available in Germany, the teeny-weeny HTC Magician is about to make an appearance in the UK as the Vodafone VPA Compact about September time. Orange are launching their variant of this - the M500 - any day now, so it looks like Vodafone...

New T-Mobile SDA to come in September

This T-Mobile Press Release, which goes on about the new T-Mobile Web’n’Walk service, has a note about a new T-Mobile SDA Smartphone..... "Around September, T-Mobile is due to introduce a fourth web’n’walk device, the new SDA model, which will...

Goodbye Voq, we didn’t really know you..

Oh dear, the Sierra Wireless Voq is dead. The company announced the news today and we could almost see it coming if we're brutally honest. The handset was big and looked a bit like a prop from Star Trek. Aside from the design of it, Sierra Wireless ma...

Orange gossip..

Apparently the HTC Universal will be out on Orange later this year - late Autumn time probably. The "3G SPV" or C600 will be it's name.Also the M500 shown right should be out for business customers some time soon - possibly at the end of this week.Thi...

C550 Still on the way…

There's a lot of hoo-har about the C550 at the moment. Various websites are mentioning release days and shots of the Orange magazine. Although June dates are being mentioned, we're still expecting July 11th to be more realistic, and don't forget that ...

C550 Release date

The latest gossip is that the Orange SPV C550 (pictured) will be launched on Orange on July 11th 2005. Yes, I know.. we said May.. that's what we heard, however, now we're hearing different :) Hey, it's always fun with release dates! :) Oh, and there'...

AudioVox 6600 now available in Canada

Well hello - what's this ? Why it's the AudioVox 6600 of course!? Now available from Telus Mobility Canada here. Yes, it's that HTC-build Pocket PC phone again, already seen on Orange as the M2000 (review here) and Vodafone as the VPA III. This handse...

Vodafone VPAIII coming to the UK this week?

We're hearing that the VPA III, also known as the SPV M2000 on Orange, is to appear this week. The VPAIII was mentioned several months ago, but we've not seen it in the UK. It's pretty much identical to the Orange SPV M2000 which we reviewed here, so …

Motorola MPx220 Review Online

CoolSmartPhone member Tim Spencer has managed to bag himself a Motorola MPx220 on contract with o2 through www.phones2udirect.co.uk. This handset should be coming to Vodafone soon so it's definitely worth having a read of this. There's pictures of the...

Audiovox SMT5600 Smartphone appears on Cingular.com

At last, Cingular have now put the Audiovox SMT 5600 onto their website! If you're in the USA you can now get your mitts on a Windows Mobile Phone! Just go to Cingular.com, click on the Shop, then enter your local Zip code. You can also buy direct …

Halfords are selling a Smartphone too!

Think Halfords and you'll probably get images of car accessories and lots of well-tested bikes (oh, that reminds me of my ex-girlfriend). However, MSMobileNews.com have spotted Medion Smartphone With GPS Navigation System. The handset is a little cost...

AudioVox SMT5600 is on Cingular! No, really! It is!

Yes, we now have confirmation. Cingular announced today that is is to re-introduce the Audiovox SMT5600. This excellent handset - a clone of the Orange SPV C500 - got pulled from shelves of AT&T Wireless following a merger with Cingular. Cingular say ...

The SMT 5600 goes back on sale – now on Cingular

Visitors from the USA have been pretty much left out in the cold as far as the Windows Smartphone is concerned. The Audiovox SMT 5600 (AKA the SPV C500) was released on AT&T Wireless, but then AT&T Wireless promptly got taken over by Cingular and the ...

Will the C600 be the first to have Windows Mobile 2005?

Remember this story we ran recently ? We mentioned news on the Orange SPV C600 and the fact that it'd have Windows Mobile 2005. We also mentioned that it'd be out in June. Now.. let's step back a few months to this story. Remember the "Orange 3G SPV" …

Rumour ? Or truth ?

A strange guy wearing a long coat and a fake beard met me in a park today. After exchanging code-words, he passed me a piece of paper with this scribbled on it... - C550 will be launched in May - Orange will roll-out EDGE across the full UK …

Motorola MPx hits the buffers

After our recent story regarding the Moto range of Windows Mobile phones, it appears that a Motorola spokesman has now confirmed that they've stopped production of the MPx. This PhoneScoop article also states that Motorola won't launch the MPx beyond ...

Another review of the Motorola MPx, but…

Yet another glowing review of the Motorola MPx here at mb.com.ph, however we're still not seeing much of the mighty Motorola in the shops where Windows Mobile is concerned. Motorola and Windows Mobile have had a tough ride recently. After the success ...

Lenovo ET660 – more details.

Following on from our earlier story regarding the Lenovo ET660, we've now received more pictures of this device. We're unsure whether this is a new device which is undergoing testing for Chinese firm LenovoMobile, or whether it's a device that they we...

MPx220 Latest from Motorola

CONNECTIVITY WITH BLUETOOTH® WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY Perfect for the multi-tasker, the latest addition to Motorola’s Bluetooth® portfolio make sure you never miss out.* HS820 – Wireless headset with Bluetooth® (Surf ...

New handsets on the cards

Whilst checking for news items I came across some interesting news items from MSMobiles.com. At CeBIT this year there were three companies - Pantech, LG and Tatung - suggesting that they had Windows Mobile phones in development. You can see the associ...

SMT5600 Comes To Canada

Great to see the tiny Audiovox SMT 5600 (AKA the SPV C500 etc) now hitting Canada. Rogers Wireless have now annouced the handset here on their site. The handset costs $299.99 if you don't mind being shackled into a 3 year term, however it is a wicked ...

T-Mobile SDA II ready to reserve on the T-Mobile site!

Blimey! One moment T-Mobile are announcing the SDA II at CeBIT and then it appears on the T-Mobile Germany website ready to reserve with a June release date. T-Mobile HQ have yet again shown that they're ready to push forward with their very latest ha...

T-Mobile SDA II and SDA II Music announced at CeBIT

MSMobiles have news on this press release from T-Mobile about the T-Mobile SDA II and T-Mobile SDA II Music. Things are moving quickly for the Windows Smartphone by the looks of it - the T-Mobile SDA (1?) has only just arrived here in the UK. These ne...

T-Mobile SDA – A First Look

I've just put a first-look review of the T-Mobile SDA online here, which was written by CoolSmartPhone member Ian Moore. As you may know, T-Mobile weren't willing to let me review an SDA handset (and I can't afford to buy another phone!), so I've aske...

Dopod 585 Musicphone

The Dopod 585 is coming soon to Taiwan. It comes loaded with the specs (megapixel cam, extra music buttons etc) already seen in our story on the SPV C550 handset here in the UK. The Dopod 585 will run Windows Mobile 2003 OS and follows on in the …

Newgen D2000W with QVGA and Wi-Fi!

MoDaCo have picked up this iDNES.cz story showing the new Newgen D2000W. If you don't want to translate, try visiting the NewGenTel.com site itself here and have a butchers. It's a slide-design and looks very nice indeed. It comes with a very quick In...

Do you have a T-Mobile SDA?

The T-Mobile SDA started appearing in T-Mobile shops recently, however I haven't heard much from those who've managed to bag themselves one of these devices. So, if you have one, let me know what you think! I'm also interested in receiving reviews of ...

T-Mobile SDA – It’s here in the UK! Update – OS Info

If you live in Swindon, pop down to the T-Mobile shop at 57 The Parade (or call them on 01793 533888). Why ? Well, they've got some of these... Our "mole" (hiya Alun) has had a play with it and says.. "Bearing in mind it's a brand new …

T-Mobile SDA.. Come on, it can’t be long now!

During the past couple of weeks I've tried in vain to contact the UK Press Office of T-Mobile. I haven't heard a squeek out of them at all, but today I did get this picture from a completely different source. The handset in question is the T-Mobile SD...

More on TIM and the Motorola MPx220

Friedrich has emailed in regarding my earlier story on the TIM network picking up the MPx220. It would appear that I got a few bits wrong. Mainly, I had trouble translating stuff because the site is actually in Portuguese, not Spanish.. DOAH. Anyway,...

MPx220 on TIM in Brazil

I'm not sure whether this has been covered yet, so I'm going to do a quick story about it. It was announced last week that telecoms network TIM will be carrying the Motorola MPx220 phone. More information direct from TIM can be found here. TIM is a Br...

C500 Screen Dust Problem

Online Petition for SPV C500 users with screen dust ingress There is now an online petition for people who'd like decisive action on the persistent problem many SPV C500 owners are experiencing: dust getting in and covering areas of the LCD screen. I...

Motorola MPx220 – New OS and more info

Yes, another news item on the MPx220. :) Although here in Europe the MPx220 is yet to make its mark, it's interesting to see what's coming. The 220 has a megapixel camera, bluetooth and is Motorolas' second clamshell Windows Mobile phone after the ver...

MPx220 – More pictures from the camera

I've had quite a few emails since this news item about the MPx220 went online. You guys wanted some more info about my Motorola MPx220, like what version of the OS it's running and where it came from. You also wanted to know when it was coming out …

The MPx220 – is it all that bad?

Well, in a word. No. We've heard about the camera issues it had, plus the low volume on calls. However, I've got one right here with the very latest OS Version and I wanted to put a few things right before finishing off a full review. Firstly, the …

Cute DV1 – Wow!

Just when you think you've got a funky phone, along comes someone with an even better one. Step forward XCute Mobile Corp, who've produced this digital movie camera / 3 mega-pixel digital still-camera / DVD player (with TV-out!) / MP3 / phone combo ! ...