More cheap MiniSD cards
James Kennedy has emailed in about these MiniSD cards from Offtek.co.uk. They're ruddy cheap - 57 quid for a 512Mb MiniSD card, 35 quid for 256Mb and 25 quid for 128Mb! Check them out here at Offtek.co.uk.
Category: General
Bumpy start for the MPx220
More bad news from the USA about the MPx220. The volume on the handset appears to be causing many users to return the phone and now some stores are beggining to cease selling them. It's another blow for the MPx220 handset, which is the successor to th...
MiTAC Mio 8390 DigiWalker
I've been lucky enough to get my hands on a MiTAC Mio 8390 handset for a short while. The Mio is on sale in Taiwan and elsewhere and is now being distributed in the UK by AGBGlobal.com. The Mio runs Windows Mobile 2003 on a very nippy Intel …
More reviews of the C500 and AudioVox SMT 5600
Essentially both the Orange SPV C500 (Europe) and the AudioVox SMT 5600 (USA) are the same handset and they're getting some excellent coverage across the web at the moment. However, I'm annoyed to see the silly "bad points" mentioned in some web revi...
New additions
I've just added a recent submissions page which will show you the latest 100 file additions. These are the very freshest downloads in our downloads section. This is designed to complement the existing Top 100 Downloads. Both of these will show you how...
MiniSD bargain
Martyn Hardacre has spotted this EBay auction which is selling a 512Mb MiniSD card for £55. It's branded as ATP and comes from a German Power-seller. I've purchased a digital camera from Germany recently over EBay and I can vouch for the quality of...
C500 Update now available!
Orange have just released an upgrade for SPV C500 users - and guess what? It fixes that gaming issue we mentioned in our review here (note, this has now been amended following this fix), so now there's absolutely NOTHING to stop you from buying one of...
Orange Push Email with Smartner
Silicon.com report today on the new Orange "push" email service, which drives emails down to handsets rather than emails being retrieved manually by users. Orange have chosen Smartner to do this with their "Duality" software and are keen to point out ...
Locate any mobile!
This is pretty good - a new "locate any mobile" service which costs just 5 quid a month and includes... - Locate service on up to 5 mobile phones - Cost per additional mobile - 50p per month - Includes 10 Location Requests per month - Includes 10 …
Motorola announce the MPx220 in Cingular and Best Buy stores, USA
Good to see that Motorola finally getting around to announcing the reatil availablility of their MPx220 handset (which we've already seen announced by Microsoft and AT&T earlier this week). Their press release can be read here or below.New Motorol...
MPx220 – Oh, THAT camera..
Looks like the camera issue with the MPx220 is still a major topic of conversation. We've now got PhoneMag.com showing actual pictures taken with this phone, which all appear to be blurry when zoom is used. Whilst some of this can be put down to the u...
AudioVox 5600 released on AT&T
Yup, the SPV C500 is travelling across the water to the new world. America will now get the Audiovox SMT5600 - for this is what it is known as over there - on AT&T Wireless. A full Press Release will be posted here soon, but AT&T Wireless themselves …
Orange 3G handsets coming 2005
Orange are to launch their range of 3G handsets in 2005, according to this PC Advisor article. Orange CEO Sanjiv Ahuja spoke at the Etre technology conference in Cannes... "There's a lot of hype in the industry around convergence but more often than...
Rumour – Vodafone MPx220?
Rumours reaching us here yet again about Vodafone. These rumours seem pretty consistant and have been rumbling in during the past few weeks. Now we're hearing it will be arriving with a nice Vodafone sticker by the end of October.. Will it ? Well, ma...
Motorola and AT&T say “the MPx220 is nearly here!”
Soon YOU can have the phone with ultimate connectivity. The Motorola MPx220 allows you to stay up-to-date with your email, calendar and contacts when you are on the move. Thank you for letting us know th...
MPx220 coming to o2 and AT&T – and maybe Vodafone too?!
UK network o2 will be bring the much-anticipated Motorola MPx220 Smartphone out very soon. In fact, they've got a PDF which includes it in the o2 "coming soon" section. Grab the PDF direct from Motorola by clicking here. Here in the UK this move mean...
Find a local pub :)
This story caught my eye. Mainly because I like lager.. and pubs.. :) I wouldn't normally recommend SMS cash-sucking systems, but this one sounds like a great idea.It uses the ITagg system to triangulate between transmitters to pinpoint your position ...
SD Cards even cheaper
Just spotted the Ebuyer.com have got really good deals on SD and MiniSD cards. Click here to see the MiniSD cards and click here for the SD card deals. MiniSD prices are currently £23.03 for 256Mb and SD cards are going for £15.99 for 256Mb.
New Smartphone magazine
Richard Tivey has emailed in about the new Smartphone magazine which has just hit the shelves. It covers all manner of smartphones, from the superior Windows Mobile-Powered handsets all the way down to the Nokia rubbish ;) Check out the cover of the ...
Massive MoDaCo Smartphone Event November 6th
Most of you will know about MoDaCo.com, it's the largest Smartphone forum on the planet. Every now and then they have Events which are designed to bring the community together. This time the event is going to be a bit different... - TWO arenas - one f...
MPx220 – November launch on AT&T? Or October?
The MPx220 .. it's been delayed right? Well, AT&T are getting the sales force into gear, so it looks like that infamous phrase, "it's right around the corner", might.. actually be true. Stefan Druijf emailed me from the US (where the phone will launch...
Add to MyYahoo!
I've added the capability of adding CoolSmartPhone.com to the new MyYahoo! section of Yahoo.com and Yahoo.co.uk. Simply put, the new improved MyYahoo! area is a collection of news feeds, images and information that you can tailor to suit you. So, if y...
Smart Keyboard for Smartphones
I've been testing this keyboard for Chainpus recently. I've seen that it's beginning to get mentioned on SmartPhoneAdvice.com and MoDaCo.com in both it's IR and Bluetooth specification. The keyboard itself is well designed and is suitable for a whole ...
Rumour Roundup
A list of rumours heard this weekend... T-Mobile UK say, "SDA? Nah, that's not gonna be released in the UK. Neither is the MDA range" AT&T Wireless in the States say, "We've got an SPV C500 ready to roll too, except we're gonna call it the Audiovox ...
Toys at Microsoft
The lads at Microsoft tend to get the latest devices before anyone else - mainly of course because they're the ones doing the "insides" of the phone. Ori Amiga shows off the Motorola MPx200 (ok, that's not quite new), the Motorola MPx220 and the T-Mo...
Yet another glowing C500 review
VNUNet.com have reviewed the Orange SPV C500. VNUNet.com take a more business-centric view of the C500 and therefore test it against company needs and wants. I have to disagree with some of it, as most tasks and criticisms could be solved by using Re...
3G put back a bit
Both Orange and Vodaphone appear to be holding off a massive sales push on 3G handsets. Both networks are in the midst of rolling out their 3G networks and getting them tested and fully working. Source - MobileToday.co.uk
MSMobiles review the T-Mobile SDA
Are you holding back buying a Windows Mobile phone because of your network? If you're a T-Mobile customer and don't wanna switch then the SDA is your solution. Based on the same internal guts of the SPV C500, the SDA instead has a joystick control and...
i600 Goes to Sprint
MSMobiles.com are reporting today that the Samsung SPH-i600 is now coming to the US Mobile network Sprint. Until now the only major networks in the US selling Windows Mobile phones were Verizon (Samsung i600) and AT&T Wireless (Motorola MPx200). Spri...
The Voq comes to Europe and North America
Voq Professional Phone™ available in Europe and North AmericaVoq Professional Phone available today across EuropeVoq distribution partners deliver the Voq phone to mobile professionals in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxemburg,...
Guy Kewney continues to change the truth
I've always respected Guy Kewney - he's well known in the Smartphone world, writing stories for several websites, newpapers, IT rags and newfeeds all around the web. However, there's still yet another Microsoft attack in his latest coverage of the Ora...
October set as UK launch for T-Mobile SDA?
According to those drunks ( only joking Paul ;) ) at MoDaCo.com the T-Mobile SDA is set to appear here in the UK next month. The T-Mobile handset has the same insides as the Orange SPV C500, but comes with a different outer shell, added T-Mobile butt...
Another C500 review
Infosync.no have now reviewed the C500 from Orange. They gave it 7 out of 10, which isn't too bad considering the amount of handsets they've reviewed previously. It got marked down on the thumbpad, camera quality and the fact that it has a miniSD card...
T-Mobile SDA – Professional Video available
DrinkDrinkDrinkDrink... Where the hell did THAT weekend go eh ? It's 10.30PM on Sunday, yet 5 minutes ago I was leaving work on Friday. What happened? Lager happened my friends - and lets NOT pretend it's big or clever to drink for 14 hours.. 'cus it'...
The SDA Manual and Quick Start Guide
Courtesy of MobileJoe.de come the T-Mobile SDA Quick Start Guide and the T-Mobile SDA Manual. You can find them both in our downloads section, after logging in, here. It's a very well written, descriptive manual with pretty much everything you'll need...
Text spam – the worst kind!
It would appear that the worst kind of spam, the spam that we HATE the most, is SMS-Spam. I'm sure you all know the kind. It doesn't matter how careful you think you're being, you seem to get it. Have you called up for a competition recently on …
No MS at the Orange Code Camp?
Over in France Orange are holding a Code Camp, where all types of mobile-coders (those dudes who make Java / non Java games and apps for your mobile phone) learn about what they can and can't do. You may have noticed that the dudes at MSMobileNews.com...
T-Mobile SDA – the real deal!
Here it is, in use, in it's box and ready to go. The T-Mobile SDA is shown at here at MobileJoe.de because Joe has got one! This T-Mobile handset is the "one without the music buttons" and is aimed at the business / smart user. It has email …
SIM Unlock the C500
We hate talking about it 'cus it damages the excellent deals you guys get on phones. Why? Well, the networks tie you into a contract because it takes them the contract length (usually a year) to get some money out of you to pay for the handset. The …
o2 goes with the MPx220
We've been given the great honour of being the best web site about Microsoft Smartphones, which was featured here at MSMobiles.com. Also at MSMobiles here is news which confirms o2's intention to release the Windows Mobile-powered Motorola MPx220. Th...