Category: Handsets (General)

MSMobiles.com has picked up a story from PocketPC.ch regarding two new ROM upgrades for the various flavours of HTC Voyager (ala the E200) Mobistar, Belgium are providing an update here and so are Qtek over here. Remember it's sooooooooo not a good i...

It looks more likely that both the SPV C500 and the Motorola MPx220 are to launch in July. These details have just been forwarded to me...  SPV C500Java Midp 2.0GPRS (Class 10)WapInfra RedPolyphonic RingtonesFM RadioMP3 Motorola MPX220GPRS (C...

We've mentioned this before after seeing it on MoDaCo.com, however - it may be worth noting that now we've got our grubby mitts on a full-sized picture too, we can see that it's running a Pocket PC version on Windows Mobile. Intentional ? Could just b...

I've just been forwarded this exclusive picture (top) of an actual MPx220 ! Check it out! :) (By the way, it's 12.08pm when I'm writing this boys and girls, I haven't started on the beer yet! It's real!) Below it is another picture, taken from SmartDe...

Apparently Orange are now beginning to test the Orange Motorola MPx220. Just talked to Orange about an upgrade to my SPV, I talked about an SPV E200 but then asked about the MPx220. They are testing it now ready for a launch. Now, do I want silver or …

In Neil Enns third video for Channel 9, he admits that Microsoft did indeed do most of their research (before entering the mobile phone market) in Japanese and Europe. Why? Well, mainly because these areas are more advanced in mobile technology and if...

In amongst the hundreds of irritating "Wandadoo" adverts here at Mobinaute (the one that used to be Smartphony.org) are these piccies of the MPx100 and Sagem myS-7 handsets, shortly to appear on networks. Yes, yes, that's all good. But I do have to s...

More stuff I'm hearing today.. the MPx220 is apparently due in August on UK network o2 and in September on Orange... It looks like Motorola are gonna take the MS Smartphone to a whole new level this Autumn! :)

Over at SmartPhoneAddOns.com the E200 fully fitted car kit is now in stock and ready to roll, so have a butchers if you don't wanna get caught by the cops! :) Suitable for the SPV E200, Qtek 8080, iMate2 and O2 X-phone, it needs professionally fitting...

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Barely a few days after pouring doubt on reports that the MPx220 is coming soon, it now seems that US-based SmartPhoneThoughts.com affiliate Tek'nToys is taking pre-orders for the MPx100 here and - more amazingly, the MPx220 here I'm confused, because...

We've reported on this before, but it's still good to see that it's on the way! :) Cydex emailed me about this story at Brighthand. It seems that SanDisk is planning on suppying a 256Mb SD complete with Wi-Fi for the Smartphone! The story goes onto s...

News from Mobile Gadget News reaches us today of a release date for the MPx220... apparently it'll be out at the end of this month. Now... I'm confused. Moto haven't announced this handset at all. They came out with the MPx100 and the MPx recently wi...

So, after all the MPx220 rumours, I decided to email Motorola myself and ask about the infamous clamshell handset - still yet to be announced by Moto. Here's what they said..."Thank you for your recent correspondence to Motorola. In reference to your ...

This comes from Ben Ferguson, who says... I received the following today after my enquery about the MPX220 in the USA, thought you may want to see the reply..."Dear Mr. Ferguson,Thank you for contacting Motorola e-mail support. We really appreciate yo...

See I reckon you're an 8 or a 9, maybe a 9 and a half in four beers time.. Yes, it's bloody catchy isn't it ? Even the entire lyrics are here! Anyways.. where was I ? Yes yes, oh yay. There's more rumours that the well-hidden Motorola …

Poor old Nokia appear to be having some problems right now. Faced with increasingly tough competition from Samsung and Motorola amongst others. This Silicon.com story quotes analyst Urban Ekelund at Redeye, who says... "It does not look good. It is o...

By gum, the Motorola MPx220, which is similar to the MPx200 but with an integrated camera and bluetooth, has now been featured in a Motorola competition. This is good news, especially when the MPx100 and MPx was announced recently, but the MPx220 was...

Yahoo! reports on yet another Nokia exploding today. This comes just a few short months after studies found the some Nokia batteries to be dangerous and 3 other Nokias blew up. Have a read of our earlier stories on this .... Exploding Nokia #1 Explo...

Over at MoDaCo.com there's confirmation via an email from Motorola regarding the production of the Motorola MPx220, which can be seen here. The MPx220 hasn't been mentioned much since it appeared around the web, however we have seen Motorola confirm t...

You may have heard about this article recently, which stated that smartphones were no good and supported badly.Although the article didn't state which particular smartphones they were on about (Sony Ericsson smartphones? Nokia smartphones? MS Smartpho...

VnuNet.com have reviewed the Orange SPV E200 here and they've given it a well deserved 4 stars. Thanks to the recent update, which improves battery life somewhat, there is very little to complain about. Although the reviewer does make a few mistakes ...

(By the way, this was posted this morning - AHA! It was all a big April Fools Joke) ;) Shocking news this morning. I've just got off the phone with Paul at MoDaCo.com, who has accepted an offer from Nokia to purchase the MoDaCo.com site. Paul has jus...

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Here at coolsmartphone.com we're always on the look out for the latest deals and bargains. That's why we've linked up with the guys at SmartPhoneAddOns.com to give all coolsmartphone.com visitors an instant 10% discount on every product - however, you...

Here at MPx200.org / Mobile Gadget News there's some crackin' pictures of the Motorola MPx100 alongside the MPx200 that's currently on the market. Although the MPx100 in these shots is running Windows Mobile 2003, it does show the Bluetooth symbol an...

It looks like king of the "cheap 'n cheerful" supermarkets - Aldi - is to start selling the Smartphone too. A company called Medion do their IT and entertainment products, which include Bluetooth headsets from a mere £39.99! According to this MSMo...

The MPx100 and the Sagem are, to be honest, a bit similar in the way they look. The major differences are the inbuilt camera (the Sagem will have a 640x480 pixel camera like the E200 has now, whereas the MPx100 will have a 1.3 megapixel camera) and Bl...

More pictures of the Sagem MyS-7 here at MSMobileNews.com (taken from mobile-review.com). The phone is nice and compact, but has a very large screen that covers the majority of the handset. The earpiece socket is on the top of the headset and Sagem a...

Sierra Wireless and Key Partners to Deliver the Voq Professional Phone™ to Mobile Customers Across EuropeSierra Wireless signs distribution agreements with A & C Systems, Cedros, Daimler, Dangaard, Speeka, and Xacom to offer the Voq Pro...

The MiTAC is a mystery for me - I've never handled one and I haven't seen one on sale here in Europe. However, the 8860 has been shown at CeBIT and the .. rather big handset can be seen here. These phones seem big to me.. I don't …

We've been running some stories about the short supply in the UK of the excellent Motorola MPx200, which is one of our fave MS Smartphones. Unfortunately I've been very busy recently and missed this email from Orange, who did email me several days ag...

It's handsets galore at CeBIT, and now Samsung have stepped up (credit - MoDaCo.com) with the i250! It's a clamshell, as you can see, with GSM 900/1800/1900 running Windows Mobile 2003 and will come equipped with a 1 mega-pixel Built in Camera with a...

Product Details Featuring Microsoft’s Windows Mobile 2003 software for Smartphones, the myS-7 is a tri-band GSM/GPRS enabled phone which has a VGA camera with digital zoom and MPEG4 video capture and playback capability. Hi-Fi, polyphonic and MP3 ri...

The new Sagem MS Handset has appeared finally, and looks a lot like the MPx100. The guys from infosyncworld.com have pictures of the Sagem MYS-7. It looks quite sexy, and we like. They go onto say... "MYS-7 appears to have good ergonomics going for i...

Here we go. Already we've seen the free SPV unlock software, which unlocks your phone for any network. Whilst we don't agree with doing this (it harms the revenue gained by networks normally used to subsidise handsets), we do have a problem with peopl...

We've already run a major story about the loss of the MPx200 on the Orange network. However, although news about the same thing happening in the States (MSMobiles.com) may be slightly exaggerated, it's still sad to see this phone slipping off the rada...

Don't worry, I haven't gone crazy! It's just that the ROM update for the SPV E200 is NOW available for French users! It boasts IMPROVED battery life, BETTER Bluetooth functionality and IMPROVED sound quality (?) are included as part of the update. Thi...

Well, it was only a matter of time ! Check out NovoMobile.com for information on downloading Smartphone Turbo - which will overclock your Mitac Smartphone. Can it be done on the SPV range or Moto ?

US TV station ABC News has recently reviewed the MPx200. They appear to like it, although they do say "Potential customers may also frown when they find that the U.S. version of the MPx200 lacks the camera found on the European version." Has it ? I ...