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Oh what's this over on the Vodafone coming soon pages? Not one, not two, but three hot new phones we've been covering. First is the HTC Tattoo is coming to Voda exclusively in black next month. It's the Android device for the masses and has a 3.2 mega...
American readers will soon be getting the HTC Whitestone in the shape of the "HTC Imagio" on October 6th for Verizon customers. The device, which features Windows Mobile 6.5 running on a 528Mhz CPU and a 5 megapixel auto-focus camera, will be one of t...
As you may know, we started this site some 7 years ago. To begin with we were covering the classic "Smartphones" - those Microsoft-powered non-touch devices like the Orange SPV E200 and so on. We branched out to "Pocket PC's" and, just recently, we've...
Having problems with you Twitter client on Windows Mobile or Android? Well, don't fret - you're not the only one. It appears that quite a few people are getting messages such as "Unknown response from server" or "Communications error" in Twitter clien...
The LG Watch Phone started selling a short while back and queues of people waited to get the first ones from Orange. Every now and then we have a look at cool gadgets, so this techradar.com review lets us know if it's worth buying. The verdict? Well, ...
Are you a T-Mobile customer? Are you going to the USA or Canada soon? Well, watch out. T-Mobile have just increased their roaming charges and, in some cases, it's quite a big increase. Switzerland, for example, has increased from 55p per minute to £1...
Rumours of a possible merger between Orange and T-Mobile have been stirring up since this Guardian story appeared on Sunday. Bids of £3.5bn to buy T-Mobile were received from Vodafone and o2 but rejected. Both bids were low because o2 and Voda would ...
Back in September 2007 we spotted a cool-looking device called the Pantech C810. It was destined for a US launch on AT&T and the device had 3G / HSDPA connectivity, a 2 megapixel cam, GPS, 528Mhz CPU and Windows Mobile 6 as the OS (non-touch). It look...
T-Mobile have announced the launch of their third Android handset in the form of this, the T-Mobile Pulse. It's a device we saw rendered just a week ago and has a 3.2 megapixel auto-focus cam, WiFi, GPS and a big 3.5" HVGA touchscreen whilst still mai...
Starting a new contract is often a confusing affair. Finding the right phone, the right coverage and the right price is sometimes can take time. With more and more business done online we decided to take a look at what happens if you're not happy with...
We've been tracking the launch of the LG Watch Phone for the last few weeks. Today marked the first sales of the device and queues formed outside the Bond Street Orange store this morning as the watch phone arrived. John from Harogate travelled to get...
No, your eyes aren't playing tricks on you, that really is the HTC Hero Android OS running on a HTC Touch Dual. The ageing Dual first appeared a couple of years ago with Windows Mobile on board and, if I'm honest, I still like it. If you've still …
News today that'll no doubt stir-up feelings with WinMo owners comes in the form of OneApp. It's designed to deliver access to apps such as Facebook, Windows Live Messenger, Twitter and others to feature phones. Oh and yes, those feature phones includ...
We've just added two new sections to our forum dedicated to software. Head to WinMo Apps or Android Apps, whatever your flavour, and tell us what software we should be checking out. I've kicked things off in the Android section with some essential sof...
This is the Acer Tempo M900. It runs WinMo 6.1 and it's got Acer's GUI interface (although we'd probably swap that for PointUI Home). It's a little bloated but there's a sliding QWERTY, auto-focus 5 megapixel shooter, 3-way jog-wheel, GPS, microSD car...
Leak time. This is the new Huawei Android handset with a hastily edited T-Mobile logo splatted on top. Known as the "T-Mobile Pulse" it's just popped up on this web shop on pre-order. It (apparently) has FM radio, a 3.2 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, 3G...
We've been keeping an eye on the LG Watch Phone for a while now. It's available from selected Orange stores next Thursday but lucky Stephen Fry has already managed to get one (I do envy his life at times). If you've got £500 washing around in your ba...
4WinMobile have published a review of the o2 XDA Venn - the Pantech DUO C810 we spotted a couple of years back in the USA.This is a classic Smartphone with Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard (non-touch) powering the device. Under the hood there's a 528MHz Qu...
Dell recently showed off their own Smartphone, although Dell staff were pointing out that this unit was a "proof of concept". It's true, they are dev eloping devices for China Mobile, but they're not named or pictured as yet. Dell are rumoured to be b...
Right, we've been soaking up the t'interwebs for 7 long years with all the latest Windows Mobile (and now Google Android) news and reviews. Today it's time for one of those "public awareness" messages. We don't do it very often and sure, nobody likes ...
OK, a few changes have been happening here at Coolsmartphone.com of late. Firstly, all news stories now also include details of the category they're filed in - look, this one is in "Website News". See? :) Secondly, we've got some additional newsfeeds ...
The server completed it's move last night and we're now in a brand new data centre with greatly enhanced network connectivity. If you were trying to get here between 0:30 and 1.45 GMT (1:30 - 2.45 BST) this morning then the site wouldn't have shown up...
We've got to announce some scheduled maintenance to the server today. Tonight, at some point between 22:00 BST and 05:00 BST our server will be turned off, unplugged, removed from the server rack and packaged up. The server will then be transported to...
Now, I know I'm pimping the guys at Devicewire.com yet again, but they've loaned us some of the latest phones so we can get them reviewed for you recently. They've got quite a few deals on the latest kit currently, plus if you follow them on Twitter y...
Motorola will soon be releasing their first Android-powered handset. It's called "Morrison" (no, not the shop) and there's now lots of charming drawings appearing on the interwebs. The design, as you can see, is a sliding QWERTY. Other than that the s...
It's safe to say we love our phones. But, following Ofcom research, it's not just us. 862 people were questioned and 41% said they would rather cut out home improvements and holidays than their mobile phone. A massive 47% save rather pay for their mob...
Hello everyone. Welcome back :) Yesterday we had a problem. I'll not go into detail as it's far too dull and technical to desribe. We got a big warning sticker from Google and rightfully so. The addition of a nasty IFRAME by a hacker was my own fault …
At around 6.57 this morning a hack attempt was made on our server. We get a few of these and this one was removed by the system automatically at around 8AM. An IFRAME was added which basically tried to put software down your browser. Unfortunately dur...
Following our announcement yesterday I just wanted to remind everyone about how you can keep updated with all the latest Coolsmartphone news. There's several ways you can do it. First up you can simply browse to Coolsmartphone.com or yo...
Coolsmartphone is 7 years old this year and during our time we've brought you all the latest Windows Mobile gossip, news and reviews. It all started in 2002 when I popped into an Orange shop and upgraded to an SPV Classic. Back then it was just called...
Sheesh. It never rains but it poors. Motorola may have generated a net income of $26 million but they've still made huge losses in their phone division. Shipments have fell by nearly a half - from 28.1 million last year to just 14.8 million this year....
Main nan Conor Maples has been testing out the latest Orange kit yet again. This time it's the LG watch phone we mentioned earlier. Sure, it's not strictly WinMo or Google Android, but we think this is a pretty cool piece of kit nonetheless. In the vi...
Rumours, rumours, rumours. Gotta love them, or - if you're Microsoft - hate them. Following recent HTC announcements that they're "fully committed to Windows Mobile" there's now rumours via Digitimes that next year half of HTC kit will be powered by t...
If people decide to leave Windows Mobile it'll usually be for one handset - the iPhone. Until recently the iPhone 3G has only really been available on o2 here in the UK, but now there's news that both T-Mobile and Orange could be retailing the device ...
The FCC is always a great place to find out about upcoming phones and today the LG GW600 has popped up in a lovely shade of red. We've always loved the look of WinMo-powered LG's, especially the KS20, but there's never really been much sight of them h...
This is the new o2 XDA Venn. It's just popped up on the o2 XDA website. It comes equipped with two keyboards - a sliding QWERTY from the side and a numeric keyboard from the bottom. Showing as an o2 exclusive we think it may be the Pantech …
We have another video of the Toshiba TG01 online. This time it's an up-close look at the software included on the handsets and some of the options available to you. We also do some browsing and picture viewing with the zoom function. You should be ab...
We've managed to get hold of a brand new Toshiba TG01 for the next few days. We'll be doing a full review on this new 1Ghz speedster but, as usual, we've got the unboxing video for you to enjoy below. The Toshiba hasn't got a miniUSB connector or …
Just yesterday Orange announced this - the all-new Toshiba TG01. It's the first Toshiba we've ever looked at and our initial opinions centred around the collosal 4.1" screen. The phone lacks the Opera browser (although you can install it) and doesn't ...
We spotted the Toshiba TG01 on the Orange site a few days back but it vanished shortly after. Today it's official, with a big press release from Orange arriving in our inbox. The full specs include the CorePlayer for fast and pain-free movie playing, ...
