Category: Handsets (General)

Ok, so the guys at CarrierDevices.com.au down under have the iMate Smartphone 2. It's the SPV E200 in another skin... in fact, the iMate Smartphone (1) was the SPV E100 too - so you can see what might be next. Yes, I'm hearing that the Smartphone 3 ma...

This time it's directly from Motorola MediaCenter (see, if you used proper english, that'd be spelt "MediaCentre".. hehehe). Motorola have announced their fantastic MPx220 here. It's now slated for the fourth quarter of 2004, which means it'll be arri...

Yup, it appears that it was a typo (see our earlier story here) - the Orange C500 will definitely, 100% be called the Orange C500 and NOT the E500. Huzza! You can now see the updated, corrected Orange web pages here at Orange.co.uk We're not quite su...

I had far too much booze last night, so this news item is gonna be kinda short. Market watcher IDC report today that the sale of Smartphones (that's all Smartphones, not just Windows Mobile powered ones) are on the up more than ever before here in Eur...

There was a time when there was only one Microsoft Smartphone - the Orange SPV. Now however, there are more by the month. This time it appears that rumours of a Windows Mobile Phone from Anextek were true, as this page shows. There's no news on a netw...

Yes, it's name confusion time again. We have had this before when the E200 was about to come out - then it was called the "C200" in preview shots that we saw. It's still happening by the looks of it, and the Orange.co.uk website is detailing downloads...

I'm getting emails from you guys that Orange are to release the SPV C500 this coming Monday. Some people have been discussing upgrading their phone with Orange Customer Services and have been told that the release date is next Monday (July 26th). The ...

The MiTAC Mio 8390 is a lovely phone. Lovely lovely lovely. However, in Europe it's been a bit tricky to get hold of one because, well - they're not sold here. However, the official UK launch last night means that this cool handset will hopefully soon...

It's here at FCC.gov at last. There's some photos of the outside along with loads of test data on the site. There is also this draft of the manual and you can also find some internal shots of the handset here. This is a really cool handset, and …

MSMobileNews.com have a review of the Sagem MyS-7 handset which hasn't yet seen the light of day. We're waiting for a network to pick it up, and we're expecting that network to be Orange. It'll run Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition and will have an ...

The FCC stands for the Federal Communications Commision, and new mobile handsets need to be tested to ensure that they're not melting your brain or rotting your meat and two veg. The Orange SPV C500 (the teeny tiny new Windows Mobile handset coming so...

Paul has been sent the Sierra Wireless Voq. It's an... interestingly designed handset (it looks like a chunky number "8" to me) which is yet to grace us here in Europe. It's got a flip-out QWERTY keyboard and loads of features but... but .... but ... ...

Nokia, who don't do any Windows Mobile-based handsets, face fresh problems. Nokia themselves are now warning that their own earnings would fall further in 2004 as rivals attack its core business. This will send their stock down 17 per cent. This is No...

Nah, I'm not previewing it (like I'd be THAT lucky!), but we have an article from WorldOfPPC.com here. It's all in German, so there's a Babelfish translation here for you. The review and some other reports state that the MPx220 will be available in T...

My bruv asked me what phone was best to upgrade to - naturally I said the E200, as he wants one NOW and doesn't want to wait. However, he's been to around 10 mobile phone shops and couldn't get one. In fact, in order to upgrade for free …

Ohh the Motorola MPx220.. We're being toyed with. Everyone seems to have it apart from us.. boo hoo! :) This time, there's yet another video of the MPx220, this time with Lutzh in a cap doing a weird web-cam fondling session... uuuuggghhhh... we feel ...

First up, I gotta say thanks to the ... 18 people who've contributed (see this earlier story) to the up-keep of the site. It means a LOT, and I hope that a couple more of you good peeps could do the same :)Anyway, enough of my grovelling.. The …

I thought I'd mention this handset. It runs on the Smartphone OS, but with it's own front-end. It's a little like the Neonode in the sense that it isn't running Windows Mobile 2003, it's just based on the the back-end workings of it. The handset look...

I'm back in England and at the moment I'm testing out the recently re-launched Fosters Export. Now, as you know, there's lots of rumours about the new handsets coming out soon which run the Windows Mobile operating system which is found in the existin...

Ermm.. woo! At last! Err.. the Windows Mobile 2003 OS is now available here. You need to do a bit of twiddling to get it working, depending which language you want. Get more info or the image itself here at msmobiles.com. Don't forget that if you do g...

I know a lot of you have heard about msmobiles.com and the various things that have been said in the past. However, it's hard to deny that they're are always incredibly fast with the latest news and goings-on where the Windows Mobile platform is conce...

Motorola are on a roll at the minute. The excellent MPx100 and the MPx220 handset, both powered by Windows Mobile, plus the Pocket PC MPx are all ready to rock 'n roll. These devices join the much raved-about MPx200 handset which many people have alre...

Absolute, concrete, solid, 100%, definite PROOF that the MPx220 exists is now available here at Motorola.com. It's now officially announced on their website, so it's all go ! Official pictures are now available here and the announcement comes on the ...

You know the story by now... if you don't, read this news item. I'm hoping, and this is just me being optimistic - I haven't heard any "special rumours" or anything! :) After reading this MSMobiles.com story, I'm going to place (quick furk in pockets...

Both The Register and EnGadget.com are reporting that the infamous N1 handset (pictured) is finally shipping... a .. test.. .. unit... for ..... errmm.....some.... pre-order........ customers..... Oh dear, poor Neonode. This teeny-weeny handset has b...

Right. I've had enough. It's 5.30pm, and even though I've now completely sobered up I still think this is a good idea.The MPx220. Where the chuff is it ? Come on Moto, Orange, AT&T or whoever. We've got the leaked announcments, the leaflets and ev...

Over at Mobile Gadget News there's rumours of release dates for the MPx220 handset (while we're on this, I'm hearing that the MPx220 may make an appearance at around the same time as the C500 here in the UK still). Anyways, they've spotted that Mark M...

MSMobiles.com has news of a preview of the new Orange SPV C500 handset over here at PocketPC.ch. ALthough not in my native language it does carry some new pictures of the C500, including this shot of the mini-USB plug and the bluetooth in action. Ch...

It's been rumoured, discussed, filmed and we've had leaked announcments. Now we've got a "MotoNext" leaflet with it splashed all over. The MPx220 will have a flash, a very hi-res (1.2 MegaPixel) camera, bluetooth, infra-red, polyphonic ringtones, java...

Many recent articles appeared to regurgitate old news about the TCL OCO1 Smartphone, as mentioned ealier this week. However, TCL Mobile said that these news items were just plain "wrong." Although the OCO1 Windows-Powered Smartphone is on the way, it ...

The SPV C500 was featured on ZDNet.co.uk about a week ago, but I've only just got around to reading it. Apart from the basic specs, most of the detail is a bit wrong - including this amazing sentence... "The operating system is Windows Mobile 2003 Se...

Over in Tenerife, Paul from MoDaCo.com is busy getting drunk and topping up his tan. However - he's still managed to post about the SPV C500, which will be running at a very slick 200Mhz. The C500 will be on the Orange network next month with any luc...

TCL Corporation have, according to this Inquirer.net article, announced the launch of their first Windows Mobile 2003 Smartphone. Named the OCO1, it will include an integrated camera, a 262,000 colour display and another 4000 sub-display. It'll have 3...

Some good and bad reviews around the net today. The i-Mate Smartphone 2 (it's a rebranded E200) is making its long-awaited debut in New Zealand and is met with quite a good review in the New Zealand Herald here, however the Samsung i600 got slated in ...

Finally we have an early "official" announcement from Motorola about the MPx220. MSMobiles has the latest news release from Moto, which can be read here. We haven't seen anything from Moto themselves, but this is apparently direct from a release. It ...

Sierra Wireless Voq Professional Phone™ wins Excellence in Product Innovation Award British Columbia Technology Industries Association gives the 2004 award for superior innovation to the Voq Professional Phone at annual industry gala Vancouver, B.C....

Right, I've had 8 bottles of Grolsch now - it's all going a bit misty. However, I think I'd better mention that Mobile-Review have a review which includes a comparison of the MPx220 and the MPx200. Size-wise it's a tad taller than the MPx200 - but, f...

Ok, so that's not quite right. Neil Enns (Lead Program Manager, Mobile Devices at Microsoft) talks about what makes the Smartphone cool in this MS Channel 9 video.. Bagh - to think I gave him $20 to mention CoolSmartPhone in one of his videos. Damn!!!...

It looks like this Autumn is going to be filled with Windows Mobile handsets. The MPx100, the C500 and the MPx220, which can now be seen in this review here. There's pictures galore in the MobilMania.cz article, including original computer graphics an...

MoDaCo.com have managed to get their hands on this 11Mb video of the Motorola MPx220 in action. UPDATE - The animation is a rather large Macromedia Flash movie, which should run fine on any browser, however if you're having problems you can download...