Category: General
Smartphony are reporting that Orange France are to pick up the Samsung i600. We've already carried this story last month and we've got suspicions that other Orange territories will be selling it too. The i600 runs a TI OMAP 1710 CPU running Windows M...
You're probably all looking forward to a long Easter weekend, so I'll make this quick. Coolsmartphone relies on various things - mostly it's beer, review units (come on T-Mobile and o2!) and huge wads of money to pay for the server. However, you guys ...
Well, I'll confess that we've had some weird stuff sent to us to review but these almost take the biscuit. "Skins" are disposable covers that look a lot like ...err... condoms. :) I'm pretty sure that the manufacturers are aware of this though, especi...
Plantronics have just announced their new Pulsar 260 Stereo Bluetooth headset at CTIA Wireless 2007. You wear it around your neck like a pendant or you can clip it to your pocket or shoulder strap. The 260 not only handles hands-free calls but it'll a...
Imagine, if you will, an LG Chocolate and HTC QWERTY fall into a blender. What would you get ? Well, you'd get the Qool. There appears to be two new devices - both Windows Mobile handsets - the Qool Glider and the Qool Icon. This slideshow gives you …
With the continued success of Windows Mobile phones we're sometimes unable to keep track of every single model out there. Tom recently emailed us with a link to this eBay auction. The item for sale is an apparently rare Pocket PC phone running Windows...
We've already heard quite a bit about Lenovo but now they've shown off their Lenovo ET600 - a brushed-metal Pocket PC with a .... Google button, which is another knock for Windows Mobile Live and Live Search - obviously Microsoft would prefer a "Live"...
This is the AT&T SMT5700. It's been picked up by Engadget and it looks to be turning up in the USA sometime soon. The Amoi-built QWERTY brings back the SMT badge which went into hiding for a while when Cingular and AT&T merged. The specs are yet to …
Remember this story from last week? We told you about the Apple iPhone interface that had been created for the Pocket PC. It looked excellent and emulated the iPhone well. A little too well in fact, and Apple instructed their lawyers to hunt down any ...
You may remember us mentioning Sky Remote Record - it's a way to set your Sky+ PVR (Personal Video Recorder) from your phone. Many phones are compatible with the system and have software that lets you browse channels and record your favourite shows. U...
A few weeks back Cor Pootjes sent me an email about his site. It's stacked full of streaming audio and video links for your Windows Mobile handset. Whilst there's some links from the Netherlands you'll also find a lot of international stations too. Pi...
A few weeks back the guys at SlingMedia lent us a Slingbox and said... "Hey, would you like to review it? Try the SlingPlayer software on your Windows Mobile phone too." ..so we did, and boy it's good. This has to be one of the best gadgets we've …
I get many emails asking how to browse Flash capable sites on a Windows Mobile device. Firstly you'll need to install Flash, which you do by downloading this CAB file, dragging it onto your device and installing it. You'll then be able to browse sites...
New Windows Mobile handsets are now appearing with stereo Bluetooth functionality, also known as "A2DP". This technology allows stereo audio streaming over a Bluetooth connection, which is great when you're out and about with your wireless headphones....
Here's the LG handset that's been discussed quite a bit after popping up at 3GSM. A lot of people reckon it's the LG "Prada" handset, however it's got definite style difference and this PDA handset is running Windows Mobile Pro. This device seems to b...
Regular visitors may remember that we tried to move to a new server a few weeks ago with disastrous consequences. I decided to do the change a day before jetting off on holiday, and my rather "speedy" method of moving the data caused the site to crash...
Orange UK have today launched HSPDA - aka "3G on steroids" - and it will eventually cover over 90% of the UK outdoor population. Orange 3G+ will be rolled out beginning with key commercial areas in London and various airports, followed by the top five...
Lenovo.com have been big in the laptop world for a long while. At 3GSM they've hit the floor with these two handsets - one a Pocket PC (although surely that should say "Windows Mobile Pro" or something?) and the other a pretty nice looking Smartphone....
Giga-byte have announced a couple of new Windows Mobile Phones at 3GSM. Firstly, the GSmart t600 - a DVB-T, DVB-H, DAB and T-DMB enabled device running on 3.5G/3G networks. It'll support TV recording and will support a VGA screen to enjoy your favouri...
GoPhone.com.tw have got several articles on the new Dopod U1000. This device already has many names and you may have heard it called the HTC Athena / HTC x7500 / T-Mobile Ameo. It's got a 624Mhz Intel Bulverde CPU, although it seems to be restricted a...
Motorola has announced that the Moto Q is going global. Two handsets are coming - the MOTO Q q9 and MOTO Q gsm. The MOTO Q q9 brings a more powerful specification with Windows Mobile 6, 256Mb of memory and it should be arriving in Q2 of this …
I've just been watching this video comparing an o2 XDA Orbit with the new iPhone from Apple. Whilst the Windows Mobile handset effectively beats the iPhone on features, it worries me that many of the Windows Mobile programs shown aren't part of the or...
If you text a lot or you've got a teenager in the family who does, why not check out this rather excellent deal on Orange Pay As You Go. If you're really quick and fill in this form you can get up to 1000 messages per month and …
Anonymous emails often come may way. A lot of them make claims about new handsets, and I've sat on this one for a couple of days now trying to decide whether to run a story about it. Today though I tried to add ourselves to Google News and …
According to news today it looks like 2007 could see double the amount of GPS enabled equipment being sold compared to last year. During the first nine months of 2006 around 12 million GPS devices were sold, but research firm Canalys reckons 28 millio...
Every now and then we like to bring you a slightly off-topic post which may interest you. Today I spotted this news item about old satellites being re-used for new in-car entertainment systems in Europe.Cast your mind back a few years. Remember when S...
Back in August last year we told you that the HTC Trinity and the HTC Artemis both definitely had GPS on board. Then we found out that the Trinity might not, but then we were told it definitely would have GPS on-board. Confused? Well, we then heard ab...
Keni has once again emailed following my recent rant at the Vodafone UK Press Team whilst trying to get news of the Vodafone v1210 / VDA IV. It turns out that he's got several contacts within Vodafone and they've confirmed to him that this handset sho...
You may remember our our earlier story on a Vodafone handset called the v1210 being released in Portugal. It's now also available in Germany here as the VDA IV. We were first to tell you of this handset along with its 3G capabilities which make it an ...
This is the Vodafone v1210 Smartphone. It's now available on Vodafone Portugal. It comes with 3G capability, 240X320 pixel screen, Bluetooth, MiniSD slot and the usual push email stuff. This is a nice looking Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone with zippy 3...
Here it is, the new Vista phone from Microsoft... Oh.. wait.. Sorry, it's the Apple iPhone. ;) It'll come with just one hardware button, which we presume is the power, and a multi-touch screen. It runs on OS X and there's WiFi 802.11b/g, iTunes syncin...
Meet the izenMobile KSMT, known also as the Glofiish M700. This is possibly the first real shot of the device on the web (larger image and other shots below) and, along with the izenMobile KRMA, they are shortly to be available from the San Diego-base...
Whilst it might not be totally useful in our current dark and wet weather here in the UK, this mini Solar Bluetooth GPS receiver might be just the ticket for those who are fed up with having to recharge their receiver constantly. Selling for around $8...
Sprint are to release the Motorola Q (or "Moto Q") later this month in Sprint business sales channels and online at Spint.com with a full availability across Sprint stores and other online channels in mid-February. The slim, sexy Moto Q not only gives...
After consuming mountains of food over Christmas and New Year you're probably now looking for a way to get fit. Sure, you could sit at home and watch those "keep fit videos" your wife found in your drawer, or you could go outside into the big wide wor...
We get LOTS of emails daily which recommend websites. Usually we bin them, especially those wanting to extend bits of your anatomy, however PPCVidz.com looks pretty cool. It contains both streaming and downloadable videos which have been specifically ...
A story in The Guardian suggests that Orange are working with Google on a "Google Phone" allowing web searching and browsing on the move. The multi billion dollar partnership would also involve HTC, who are already well known to Orange for making devi...
You've heard of "Pimp My Ride", well - how about trying "Pimp My Mobile". Rey Flores certainly has, he's added some serious styling to his phones thanks to the rather excellent Kei Stylist. His Windows Mobile handsets have been given the "bling" treat...
The guys at software shop Pocketland.net have a rather interesting new product on their books - it's a Marziphone! Yup, it's mobile and edible ! This is better than any Chocolate phone - 100 grams of pure marzipan from Lübeck marzipan maker J.G. Nied...
I get lots of emails here at CoolSmartPhone. I'm quite glad they're not "real" at times because the postman would have a bad back and I'd probably be swimming in junkmail. Anyhow, I'm saying this because I forgot to mention the competition currently u...
