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No sooner is the handset out and yes, there's an unlocker for it. This time it's the HTC Hermes, aka the Orange SPV M3100, T-Mobile Vario II, Vodafone v1605, etc etc. So, who's responsible for network unlocking this device? Yup, it's imei-check.co.uk ...
You may have noticed a lack of "Fun Time Friday" material today. The reason? Well, I've been keeping my eye on something. To be honest it's distracted me enough to miss the regular Friday video we post. What is it? Well, at around 11.40pm this evening...
Ever had your phone stolen? Did it make you want to scream out loud? Well, soon you will be able to get your phone to do it for you ... from the very pocket of the light fingered dirtbag who stole it from you! According to this story …
Skweezer, which we've raved about previously, have yet again been nominated for a Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine Best Software Award. After becoming a finalist last year they're obviously hoping to beat the NetFront browser this year. Skweezer is a f...
I've been an Orange customer for years, however I must confess that I've not used Orange World much. The last time I used it was to buy one of those "calling tunes" that play to people who ring you. Last night however I was stuck in traffic and, …
Keeping this site updated means I have to visit a lot of tech sites around the globe to keep up with the latest gossip. Yesterdays terror plot seems to have filtered into gadget sites, with many webmasters annoyed at having to pack away their precious...
I've been fiddling around with the feedback forum and added in a new attachment system. This will allow you to add files and pictures to your posts quickly and easily. It's not intended to be a replacement to the downloads system but it will let you u...
Remember those podcast things we used to do ? Well yes, they're back! After what I'm going to call a "summer break" the podcasts have returned to Coolsmartphone.com. A lot has happened since our last podcast on April 27th, but somehow I've managed to ...
Here it is, the Neuros MPEG 4 Recorder. There's a full review of this handy gadget online now and I must confess it's pretty cool. The Neuros MPEG4 Recorder 2 PLUS comes with an SD/MMC/MS slot in addition to the CF and an improved remote-control. Neur...
I'll let you guys into a little secret. Here in the UK there's quite a few mobile phone networks. You've got Orange, T-Mobile, Vodafone, o2, Three and then you've got the likes of Virgin, Fresh etc. I get a bit of contact from T-Mobile, plus Three and...
4WinMobile have a review of the Vodafone VPA Compact III (HTC Hermes). I'm not quite sure how they've got hold of this, or how everyone commenting seems to have one too, as I've been unable to get any info from Vodafone about this 1605 - the Vodafone ...
US Mobile network Sprint is to become the second carrier to pick up the Motorola Q handset following its' launch on Verizon. This should be a welcome addition to Sprint, who don't currently offer a lot in the way of Windows Mobile handsets - I could o...
The handset we saw in February is now known as the "Lobster 700 TV" and has started to appear in catalogues. You may have heard it called the "BT Movio" or the "HTC Trilogy". This will fit nicely into the new range of Virgin Lobsters including the 485...
Following on from the story last year showing work desks to be dirtier than toilet seats, it's now emerged that your mobile phone is too. You mobile also has more germs and bacteria than the bottom of your shoe or a door handle and there's tens of tho...
If you're looking for a one-stop news site suitable for your mobile screen then try News4Mobile.com. It's a mobile portal featuring charts of mobile websites listed into categories. You can also use tage or do a search for news plus there's a ranking ...
The Register have an interesting story on some data plan changes at Orange. Following the fantastic unlimited plans by T-Mobile Orange are going to bring in a top price on the Dolphin, Canary, Raccoon and Panther packages to include unlimited calls, t...
Management speak is sometimes confusing. Imagine your boss coming in one day and saying, "Hi guys, we're having a re-alignment of our service strategy". This is what happened in the Orange Call Centre at Peterlee recently. Translated this basically me...
Remember how we mentioned the i-Teq X-Bond phone a few days back. It has a TV receiver built into it which lets you watch terrestrial PAL / Secam channels and radio too. Mobile-review.com have got themselves one of these, although it's just called a "...
I've just spotted this PC Pro article which looks at smartphones from a business perspective. This group test included a wide range of handsets but over half were Windows Mobile devices. It's an interesting read, although it starts off badly with.. "...
AGH! Right, I've had enough of this. Today has been completely wasted due to spammers. At work I've had a server attacked by a hacker who was trying to bounce requests elsewhere for those fake ebay / paypal login screens, I've come home and had about ...
The Mobile Life 2006 survey is out today with some interesting insights into todays mobile world. The survey, by the Carphone Warehouse in association with The London School of Economics, examines how mobile phones have changed the way we live. 16,500...
The guys at Blinkx.com have launched a new site today. SelfcastTV.com allows quick sharing and downloading of mobile videos via MMS. You register then - provided you're in the UK - you just upload your video via MMS and they appear online. The PR guys...
HTC, the company behind the manufacture of the majority of Windows Mobile handsets, have recently started selling their handsets directly via HTC.com. Now they've branched out to making accessories too. These two headsets have just popped onto their s...
Want to keep up with the latest Windows Mobile news and goings-on here at CoolSmartPhone ? Well you may have already heard about these nifty "RSS feeds" which automatically push the latest news down to your favourite news reader or web reader (like Wi...
OK, you gotta check this thing out, it's called an i-Teq X-Bond (shaken, not stirred) and it's coming to the Batelco network in Bahrain. It's apparently the first Windows Powered PDA with TV to enter the Middle East market. Selling exclusively from Ba...
OK, OK! I've had a whole heap of emails saying, "Your search thing doesn't work on the downloads section". After several hours of drinking and keyboard-bashing I've finally sorted it out but we're always after more stuff to search through so get uploa...
Whilst not really Windows Mobile news this needs covering as it signals a massive change in the way you connect to the internet. UK TV giants Sky are today launching free broadband for all 8 million Sky TV customers. All customers, regardless of packa...
The T-Mobile updates we mentioned at the start of this month have now been officially announced by the guys at T-Mobile. You can use these updates to get instant-email to all of the T-Mobile MDA devices and benefit from the "remote wipe" facility plus...
I can't really remember if I've featured this before but it's well worth a look if you're after a proper 1980's style mobile phone. Retrobrick.com is a fantastic website if you're a fan of those big hefty mobiles from the A-Team and Knightrider days w...
The guys at SwiftScripts.co.uk have blessed us with the "website of the week" award. Their site, which houses lots of useful PHP, CGI and Perl scripts, gave us a stonking 8/10 for the service we provide. It's not all good news though, apparently we on...
The MoDaCo summer event kicks off this Saturday. If you're planning to attend then there's the usual food, raffle, pub quiz and beer plus goodie bag. Held at the Orange offices at The Point in London Paddington (shown right) between 12 noon and around...
Japanese company Willcom have unveiled another Windows Mobile handset manufactured by Sharp. The WS007SH, which can be seen in 3D here, comes in black and iPoddy white and runs Windows Mobile 5.0 for Pocket PC. According to this machine translated pag...
You may recall I mentioned the problems we're having with Google. It turns out that it's not just us - there's posts from annoyed webmasters on forums across the web and I've found some huge problems with the results it's giving. Something is seriousl...
You may remember we mentioned a company called TechFaithWireless before. They're busy making some pre-production handsets to show the various networks and distribution channels just what they can do. This Smartphone-web.com article shows just some of ...
I'm sitting out in the garden watching the England match right now. Vista has finally allowed me to write a few quick stories which we've missed out whilst I was on my honeymoon. First up a quick note about SmartPhoneHistory.com, a site made by Ashley...
I'm always a bit sceptical about free text messaging services. Usually your number gets sold to some random company or the person you're sending to gets spam texts shortly after. Sure, you could say, "You don't get something for nothing" but heck it's...
Orange UK announced their "Orange Mail" solution today across their Signature Device range. It's designed for companies that have their own email server and is a fully featured ‘push-email’ service combining real-time email delivery with the abili...
According to Engadget Mobile Cingular are poised to launch several Windows Mobile handsets over the coming months. We pretty much expected the HP iPaq6920/25 however the HTC StarTrek is a surprise, apparently arriving before the HTC Hermes if this cha...
UK 3G network "3" have announced that they are to carry the HTC Universal - AKA the Orange SPV M5000, o2 XDA Exec, T-Mobile MDA Pro etc. However, it doesn't look like 3 will put it under their brand and will sell it as the QTek 9000. Their …
Morning all! Yes I'm back from honeymoon and service will be restored shortly. Our wedding day was incredibly hot and everything went perfectly. Many thanks for all your kind words, we really couldn't have wished for a better day. The honeymoon was fa...
