Category: General

In the USA Sprint are already selling the PPC 6700 handset. It's made by HTC and called the "Apache" and is the CDMA version of the HTC Wizard, which is sold in Europe as the T-Mobile MDA Vario, Orange SPV M3000 etc. Well, now there's more information...

Considering Europe is now in theory one big happy family it still shocks me how much we're charged for going abroad. For example, if I got in the car now and drove to the EuroTunnel I could be in Paris in a couple of hours. However, I'll get …

Crickey, I never spotted this. It looks like T-Mobile UK have started selling the new SDA II aswell! We, like many other websites, didn't know anything about this - mainly because T-Mobile UK never tell us. Come on guys! Speak! We don't bite! ;) If yo...

Thanks to Frits for pointing this o2 Atom information and at threegmobile.net. There's also stack of real pictures of the device which can be seen by clicking on the thumbnails. O2 showed off the Atom in Hong Kong during a new customer service centre ...

Stuff Magazine have just announced their Cool List for 2005 featuring the 10 most desirable gadgets known to man. The Stuff Cool List isn’t just a celebration of cutting-edge tech – it’s almost like a Gadget Oscars. At number 5 in these Oscars i...

Only a week since the last one! Wow, that's like - almost regular isn't it? In this Podcast I talk about our campaign to get the M3000 into the UK plus news on the release of the Orange C600, the Orange C500 update, the Motorola Q video and …

As you'll know already the Orange SPV M5000 is now available to purchase. Well, sort-of. At the moment it's in pretty limited numbers and available to larger stores only. Also, it appears that only new customers are able to get one at present. However...

Sebastian Mandrean has emailed in from sphone.se He's put the first full review of the new E-TEN M600, which should be sold in the USA by Torq (remember them? They also took the Eten M500 and branded it the Torq P100). At present the Sphone review is...

Yes, we're the first site to bring you news on the official launch of two new Orange handsets. Orange UK have just contacted us to announce the launch of the Orange SPV C600 Smartphone and the Orange SPV M3000 Pocket PC-style phone. Both are compatibl...

It looks like smartphones are outselling PDA's quite considerably. According to this Register story, which states that there's a massive fall in PDA sales with smartphone shipments up a massive 75%. However, we are talking all smartphones, not just W...

Mobile Gadget News have picked up on this video of the Motorola Q. Bonnie Cha from CNet.com shows off the handset at CTIA. You can see just how thin the "RAZR-like" handset is and how sharp the screen is too. We're hoping that this does well. Motorola...

I've been over to our friends at the CoolSmartPhone handset shop and bribed them with beer to give you guys even more deals on Windows Mobile phones. Luckily they like their beer and we've managed to bag you some excellent deals - this time it's the T...

Yes, there was a problem this morning. CoolSmartPhone.com went down around 10AM UK time when some fool decided to add a domain onto my server. Unfortunately, this fool was me, and I forgot to check that everything had completely correctly - simply clo...

Check it out. The Orange SPV C600 is now available right here at Orange Switzerland. MSMobiles have picked up the story, and look - there's even the Orange SPV M5000 too. Want to know more ? Heck, why not download the M5000 user manual or even the C60...

The Register reckon that Orange may pick up the Samsung SGH-i300 phone next year... "Orange also let on that it was currently looking at the two hard disk based phones – the Nokia N91 and the Samsung SGH-i300 and that Orange subscribers might be abl...

Engadget are reporting that the HTC Wizard and Tornado (a variant of the Orange SPV C600) are being prepped for US network Cingular. According to the story and data gleamed by the guys at HowardForums, it seems that the SPV C600's brother will be call...

Hefty Sunday newspapers and a "nice cuppa" are always part of life here in the UK on the day of rest. This Independent on Sunday article reviews the T-Mobile MDA Pro today and gives it a very positive 4.5 out of 5. The T-Mobile MDA Pro, as you …

We've stuffed a big supercharger into the server at the collosal CoolSmartPhone.com server farm in Dudley (not really). This will give greater BHP and more downloads per minute ..... Let's be honest - I'm trying to jazz up the fact that we've shoved ...

Neil Bird has just emailed me about BBC iMP. This is an application which is in development to offer UK viewers the chance to catch up on TV and radio programmes via their phones or PC's. Using peer to peer technology (like BitTorrent) it allows you t...

Smartphonethoughts have picked up on the FCC data of the T-Mobile SDA, which is set to appear on T-Mobile in the USA very soon. Over in Germany this particular handset is already out and about as the T-Mobile SDA II.. but wait.. what's that bloody rid...

It's not a Windows Mobile handset, but it's well worth mentioning this story. There's a mixed message today from various news sites about the Motorola iTunes handset - the ROKR. Whilst some stories say that it's "storming the sales charts", many other...

Some specs and launch info can be found in this T-Mobile PDF which contains information, pictures and specifications on the T-Mobile MDA Pro which will also apply pretty much to the SPV M5000 and o2 XDA Exec. Source - T-Mobile PDF

Looks like T-Mobile UK have stormed out of no-where and started selling the MDA Pro right now on their site. You can pick up the T-Mobile MDA Pro for just £149.99 with 200 voice minutes to any network plus 40MB of internet browsing for £16 a month (...

According to The Register 100 people are trialling WiMax for BT in both Belfast and Birmingham. BT, using Navini Networks wireless kit are testing how well the kit works and the experience of wireless broadband. In theory there's a 31 mile (50km) ran...

Something that Microsoft are really big on here in Seattle, and that's feedback. While I am here the Windows Mobile guys keep asking, "How do we make things better?" or "What can we add?" I've already told them stacks of things in previous years and a...

Just a quick note to say that I'm being flooded with emails saying that the Orange SPV has hit the Orange systems this week. We're also getting news that the M5000 is pretty much ready and both devices should be appearing within a couple of weeks. Bot...

Looks like our exclusive story on the Orange SPV C600 proved quite popular. A newspaper called "Spits" has picked it up and has republished the whole thing !Click here to see a clip of the story, which appeared recently in this local paper.

It would appear that the Nokia music phone the "N91" is to be delayed until 2006. The Nokia handset, shown here, has a 2 mega pixel camera, WiFi, Bluetooth, 3G and a 4Gb HD. It comes with a 3.5mm headphone jack and can play MP3, M4A, AAC, and …

Batteries.. we hate them. They don't stay charged at 100% all year around like we want them to. :) A recent survey by TNS showed that two-thirds or mobile phone and PDA users want a battery that lasts at least two days without charge. Due to the fact...

For those of you CoolSmartPhone visitors in the USA, here's some excellent news from Sprint. This is their Sprint PPC 6700. This has been called the HTC Wizard - and indeed looks like one, however this is the CDMA HTC Apache and is now available here ...

It looks like the race to launch the first HTC Universal by a network will be won be Orange with their SPV M5000, who today publish two press releases here and here. Although it's probably going to be a few more days before these hit the stores, Orang...

After a bit of a gap (I was doing stuff), here's the new Podcast from CoolSmartPhone.com. It's a biggy - around 42 minutes - and you can listen to it right now with the online pre-caster thingy at the very bottomg of every CoolSmartPhone page. Don't f...

It looks like the rise and rise of text messaging is severely impacting our future generation and their ability to communicate successfully. According to several news items yesterday, including the Daily Mail, this Telegraph article and the BBC, text-...

Oh! Check it out. Vodafone are selling Windows Mobile handsets in their Vodafone Business channel. They're offering the QTEK 2020i, the Qtek 8020 and the VPA Compact for business users right here at VodafoneBusiness.co.uk Source - Keni at Conchango Li...

We like free stuff here at CoolSmartphone.com, so I was very interested when I received a mail about AgentSMS.com. It's a worldwide "web-2-phone" system that lets you send free text messages to people. Yes, free. It pays for itself by adding a teeny-l...

Hello ! Right. I've got a confession to make. A few months ago I went on MoDaCo and said something like.. "What the chuff are all these new links with the underlines on? They've got tool-tips with adverts! It's a disgrace I tells ya! None of this! Pa...

We previously did some stories on the evolution of TV here and here. Well, now it's going to go another stage further with the implementation of IPTV - a new way of pushing TV down your broadband line. Sure, we've already got something like this, but ...

A good day today for Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis. They're bosses of Skype and first burst onto the scene coding Kazaa - the (still widely used) file sharing program which allows people to swap music and more. Although - hey - they're seeking to ...

Just read the story on the new Motorola iTunes phone over at Keni's Blog. Keni has an excellent blog and it's well worth a read, so take a click or two when you've got time. He raises some very good points.. "Why is that Microsoft can release an …

I mentioned yesterday about the new Sky TV widget called the Sky Gnome. It's a fantastic idea, and welcomed, but it's the stepping stone onto something bigger. Wherther you've noticed or not, the way we're watching TV is changing by each passing day. ...