Category: General

v1520 Coming soon to Vodafone

The Vodafone v1520 is now listed as coming soon on the Vodafone website. The new handset is built by Asus and has integrated GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, MicroSD and a 2 megapixel camera. We're also hearing that the v1520 is pushed along by a Intel XScale PX...

HTC Touch comes to Canada

We reviewed the HTC Touch some time back and loved it, so it's great to see more and more networks picking it up around the globe. Now customers in Canada can grab this handset $199.99 provided you sign up to a whacking 3-year contract. You can also g...

Win yourself a HTC S730!

A few weeks back we started our fundraising drive to buy a new server. The good news is that we're now nearly at our target. After the £100 donation we're now on a mission to reach that target - plus any extra cash will go straight into paying …

Many thanks to you all..

Many thanks once again for your messages of sympathy and comments in the forum. It really means a lot to me and my family. The burial took place yesterday and, thanks to your donations over the last few days, I've added an extra £100 to the Air Ambul...

Something I never wanted to post

After many years running this site and several thousand emails and posts from you guys I feel the need to tell you what's been happening in my personal life lately. Just a few months ago we found out that Emily was pregnant. This news came a week befo...

Verizon launch two Windows Mobiles

During the first few years this site existed, our friends in America didn't really see much in the way of Windows Mobile phones. Now though, it's all changing. New handsets are now appearing fairly regularly and it's our turn to look on in envy as the...

Server donation prize update

First up I've got to thank everyone who's contributed towards the cost of our new server. All your donations are very much appreciated and we've even had some of you stumping up £50 each! All of this money will go towards our new, more powerful Europ...

T-Mobile UK Make browsing even cheaper

Following on from o2's recently announced "unlimited" plans (which confused us so much we didn't run the story), T-Mobile have reduced the price of their already excellent Web'n'Walk plans. The Web’n’walk Plus package (3GB monthly allowance) has b...

SanDisk 6Gb SDHC MicroSD – Reviewed

I'll admit - I haven't yet had time to add to our HTC Touch Dual review. The reason? Well, yesterday our postman decided to stop his strike and deliver something - that something being this 6Gb SDHC MicroSD card. Yes, you heard that right - 6Gb of sto...

Pantech Duo about to hit stores

Last month we spotted the Pantech C810 and marvelled over the double-sliding keypad and keyboards. Now it's here in the flesh for us all to see, courtesy of engadgetmobile. As expected it's running Windows Mobile 6.0 Standard, so there'll be no touch-...

Charge and sync anywhere with the Dockey

Meet the Dockey, it's a micro portable charger to power and sync your mobile. Most Windows Mobile handsets use a miniUSB port and you'll no doubt have a cable with your phone, however this uses a patented swivel connector to fit in to the tightest USB...

Coolsmartphone fundraiser

We're currently hosting our server in the USA and pay a high (around £160) monthly rental for it. Following the removal of many adverts I've decided to cut costs by buying a server outright and doing "co-location" hosting here in the UK. Basically th...

T-Mobile Shadow revealed

The Boy Genius Report has bagged some shots of the T-Mobile Shadow. This is the HTC Juno aka HTC Phoebus aka the HTC Kii we saw earlier and comes with a 200MHz CPU with 256Mb ROM and 128Mb RAM. A 2 megapixel camera can be found around the …

E610 Coming soon to Orange

Looks like Orange will be picking up an Amoi 6711 and branding it the SPV E610. This handset has been around for a while and we saw it as the AT&T SMT5700 back in .. err... March. It's got the standard specs list with a 2 megapixel shooter, …

A message from coolsmartphone.com

I had an email today. It came from someone who has been visiting this site for nearly four years. Whilst I'm not going to mention names, I will mention what the email said.. "Well eventually you have managed to squeeze so many adverts and revenue lin...

Dopod C750 surfaces

Meet the Dopod C750. It comes with a whacking 640x480 display and looks a heck of a lot like the HTC Juno we saw ealier. It appears to be running Windows Mobile Standard (Smartphone) and has a Blackberry-esque keyboard. Other specs are a little hard ...

Want a classy Windows Mobile? Get this!

Right. A question for you. Do you have some money stashed away somewhere ? You do? Good. Meet the Gresso Avantgarde collection. It runs Windows Mobile Standard and, for a mere £4899, you can own one of these ultra-posh phones. Made from African Black...

Why Bluetooth, camera phones and beer don’t mix

Here's how lager and Bluetooth can drop you into a whole world of problems. This guy decided, after several beers, to ... errmm... cause some damage to a Lamborghini Murcielago parked in the street. Filmed on various phones by his mates, the resulting...

Vodafone 920 – More details and specs

OK, so we heard earlier that Vodafone sneaked in a rather fine looking Windows Mobile Smartphone into their Christmas line-up called the Vodafone 920. It didn't get mentioned much, so we simply had to contact Vodafone and get some more information. We...

Vodafone announce their Christmas line-up

Well, it sounds like summer is officially over. Why? Well, we've just been reading what handsets Vodafone will be launching this Christmas... yes, Christmas. There's a couple of interesting points in this story. Firstly is the fact that Vodafone quote...

Blackjack Competition – The winner is..

We ran a huge competition recently to win a brand new Samsung Blackjack. I spent a good while going through the entries and then passed them across to my wife to look at. Strangely enough, without even knowing, we both chose this shot from forum membe...

That new Palm Smartphone – it smells like Windows Mobile

Right, just to bring you up to speed with the story so far, Palm put this site online to promote a new phone arriving here in Europe. Everyone thought it was the Palm Centro (800p), which runs the Palm operating system. However, we crossed everything ...

Pantech C810 available via Amazon.com

Say hello to the Pantech C810 dual sliding Windows Mobile. Nice huh? Numeric keypad one way, QWERTY the other. It's just popped up on Amazon.com for $179.99, although whether it should be there or not is another matter because it sure ain't on the AT&...

Eten X800 in the flesh

Daniel has emailed in to let us know about this winmobile.se article covering the Eten X800. Running Windows Mobile 6 Pro it has a Samsung SC3 2442 500Mhz (woaha!) CPU, 3G connectivity and dual cameras. The Eten X800 also has a collosal resolution of ...

The Palm Foleo is dead, long live the Palm Foleo

Palm have cancelled their Foleo product "in its current configuration". The Foleo mobile companion had a full-size keyboard and a large screen to edit documents with changes being sync'd to your smartphone and vice versa. Announced just a few months ...

Blackjack giveaway – the winners are.. coming soon.. ;)

Thanks to everyone who took part in our Samsung Blackjack giveaway competition. There's stacks of entries to sort through and we're currently spending time to judge each one in turn. We will announce the winner on Friday, so stay tuned ! In the meanti...

Netvibes.com goes mobile

I'm a huge fan of Netvibes.com. Put simply it's a webpage you control - adding, dragging and organising your favourite news feeds on one central page. I use it daily and I've got all the blogs, news sites, comedy pages, technology feeds and phone-rela...

LG KS20 – Up close images (Update)

The nice people at LG have sent us some up-close-and-personal shots of the upcoming LG KS20 following it's recent announcement. Due to land in October there's a 2 megapixel camera at the rear with a VGA at the front for your video calls. This Prada-es...

VoxTone – Get your personalised ringtone recorded

Amongst this mornings' press releases is the launch of VoxTone. To be honest we gets stacks of emails about new ringtone services and this one stood out due to the rather interesting idea behind it. The site basically lets you record your own individ...

DoCoMo Launch two innovative Windows Mobiles

OK, remember that HTC Touch II (aka Nike) we mentioned several weeks ago ? Well, here it is in the flesh. As usual there's several different names for the device. In this case Japanese operator DoCoMo are launching it as the HT1100. TouchFLO will be ...

LG Takes the wraps off the LG-KS20

Press releases, we get a lot of them. Usually they rattle on for several pages and tell you all about how the handset in question will totally change your life. This one, however, has a picture of two girls and a simple description of the phone. Nice ...

T-Mobile Vario III Pictured

OK, earlier we followed the launch of the HTC TyTN handset here in the UK. You're bound to see this on various networks with different names and branding. HTC are, of course, the people who build and sell the phones. You'll be able to buy them from HT...

iPhone networks revealed – will you be jumping ship?

Although we're true Windows Mobile fans, there's no avoiding the iPhone hype. It's coming to us here in Europe this Autumn and, finally, the networks carrying the device have been revealed. The Financial Times newspaper is now reporting that not one, ...

Orange attempt to sort their customer service

It looks like Orange are realising a little too late about some of their current problems. They're investing £100m into improving their customer service. An Orange executive admits that their current systems are "not fit for purpose" and have added 1...

Another reason I love doing this site – Let your phone fly!

Sometimes I look around this site and think, "I love this. I really, really do". It's not an egotistical thing - I just love the community aspect and the interesting ideas and news that you guys find. We always try and "give back" with free money, cha...

Forum problems – sorted!

Sometime yesterday afternoon our forum stopped accepting posts. It also meant that you couldn't register either, which is also bad. The reason is far too boring and technical to mention, however it was fixed last night with some of my trademark "mash ...

Rumour Alert – iPhone-esque Emgeton Mini One

Ladies and gentlemen, let me present the Emgeton Mini One Phone. What's that you say? It looks like an iPhone? Nah, never. Don't know what you're talking about. :) This device has appeared on the "What's New" section of emgeton.com and, should they ma...

Splashblog closes

Splashblog, a great favourite of mine and an incredibly useful tool, is to be closed. Splashblog let you post pictures direct from your phone to your own personal webpage - you could also have a web feed of the photos as shown in my blog. Originally t...

Coolsmartphone competition – Win a Blackjack!

Here's your chance to win a brand new Samsung Blackjack i607 thanks to the guys at cellular-blowout.com. It's unlocked and can retail at up to $599.99 or £300 ! This device runs Windows Mobile 5.0 (Smartphone) and has quad-band capability, GPRS, EDGE...