Category: General

TuneCast – broadcast your Smartphone tunes to your car radio!

I spotted This Belkin Tunecast II Mobile Transmitter at Pocket PC Thoughts. It's $49.95 from the States - that's roughly £27. It may be worth your while considering buying from the US - it's amazing how strong the Pound is against the US Dollar at ...

MPx220 announced soon?

You know the story by now... if you don't, read this news item. I'm hoping, and this is just me being optimistic - I haven't heard any "special rumours" or anything! :) After reading this MSMobiles.com story, I'm going to place (quick furk in pockets...

SkypeOut

Ok, so you've heard of Skype yeah? This free software allows you to make phone calls across the internet for free to other Skype users. Brilliant, but it's always been an underground-app because you have to ensure that the other person is online and r...

Neonode N1 – at last?

Both The Register and EnGadget.com are reporting that the infamous N1 handset (pictured) is finally shipping... a .. test.. .. unit... for ..... errmm.....some.... pre-order........ customers..... Oh dear, poor Neonode. This teeny-weeny handset has b...

Throwing down the chuffing gaunlet..

Right. I've had enough. It's 5.30pm, and even though I've now completely sobered up I still think this is a good idea.The MPx220. Where the chuff is it ? Come on Moto, Orange, AT&T or whoever. We've got the leaked announcments, the leaflets and ev...

MPx – it’s here! Sort-of..

Over at Mobile Gadget News there's rumours of release dates for the MPx220 handset (while we're on this, I'm hearing that the MPx220 may make an appearance at around the same time as the C500 here in the UK still). Anyways, they've spotted that Mark M...

More C500 images

MSMobiles.com has news of a preview of the new Orange SPV C500 handset over here at PocketPC.ch. ALthough not in my native language it does carry some new pictures of the C500, including this shot of the mini-USB plug and the bluetooth in action. Ch...

MPx220 – more details oozing out of Moto

It's been rumoured, discussed, filmed and we've had leaked announcments. Now we've got a "MotoNext" leaflet with it splashed all over. The MPx220 will have a flash, a very hi-res (1.2 MegaPixel) camera, bluetooth, infra-red, polyphonic ringtones, java...

OCO1 ? The e777 ?

Many recent articles appeared to regurgitate old news about the TCL OCO1 Smartphone, as mentioned ealier this week. However, TCL Mobile said that these news items were just plain "wrong." Although the OCO1 Windows-Powered Smartphone is on the way, it ...

ZDNet look at the C500

The SPV C500 was featured on ZDNet.co.uk about a week ago, but I've only just got around to reading it. Apart from the basic specs, most of the detail is a bit wrong - including this amazing sentence... "The operating system is Windows Mobile 2003 Se...

C500 – 200Mhz!

Over in Tenerife, Paul from MoDaCo.com is busy getting drunk and topping up his tan. However - he's still managed to post about the SPV C500, which will be running at a very slick 200Mhz. The C500 will be on the Orange network next month with any luc...

OCO1 Announced?

TCL Corporation have, according to this Inquirer.net article, announced the launch of their first Windows Mobile 2003 Smartphone. Named the OCO1, it will include an integrated camera, a 262,000 colour display and another 4000 sub-display. It'll have 3...

Virus hits Smartphones?

WOah! Before you start washing your phone with soap and water, then treating it to an early night tucked up in bed - the virus seems to only be affecting Symbian Smartphones, and the virus itself is a bit crap too. ZDNet.co.uk have the story, and sta...

Massive Mobile Workforce

Vodaphone have conducted research which shows that eight out of ten British business people are armed with Mobile devices or laptops. In this Register article there's a clear sign that being able to work anywhere is an ever growing necessity for busi...

Upgrade to MPx200 for nowt!

Orange are now offering the fantastic MPx200 handset on UPGRADE for absolutely nothing. So, if you haven't got a Windows-Powered Smartphone, now is your chance to get one for nothing. Just give Orange a buzz or click here to upgrade for nothing.

Reviews Good and Bad

Some good and bad reviews around the net today. The i-Mate Smartphone 2 (it's a rebranded E200) is making its long-awaited debut in New Zealand and is met with quite a good review in the New Zealand Herald here, however the Samsung i600 got slated in ...

Official – The MPx220

Finally we have an early "official" announcement from Motorola about the MPx220. MSMobiles has the latest news release from Moto, which can be read here. We haven't seen anything from Moto themselves, but this is apparently direct from a release. It ...

Voq wins award

Sierra Wireless Voq Professional Phone™ wins Excellence in Product Innovation Award British Columbia Technology Industries Association gives the 2004 award for superior innovation to the Voq Professional Phone at annual industry gala Vancouver, B.C....

MPx200 vs. MPx220

Right, I've had 8 bottles of Grolsch now - it's all going a bit misty. However, I think I'd better mention that Mobile-Review have a review which includes a comparison of the MPx220 and the MPx200. Size-wise it's a tad taller than the MPx200 - but, f...

Neil discusses CoolSmartPhone

Ok, so that's not quite right. Neil Enns (Lead Program Manager, Mobile Devices at Microsoft) talks about what makes the Smartphone cool in this MS Channel 9 video.. Bagh - to think I gave him $20 to mention CoolSmartPhone in one of his videos. Damn!!!...

Vanilla MPx200 Build

Over at the new mpx200.cjb.net is an interesting 27Mb operating system image and auto-loader for the Motorola MPx200. mpx200.cjb.net quotes it as..... "Removing all signs of AT&T / Orange off of the phone and add features such as a great image viewer...

The MPx220 – an even closer look!

It looks like this Autumn is going to be filled with Windows Mobile handsets. The MPx100, the C500 and the MPx220, which can now be seen in this review here. There's pictures galore in the MobilMania.cz article, including original computer graphics an...

MPx220 – Video on line!

MoDaCo.com have managed to get their hands on this 11Mb video of the Motorola MPx220 in action. UPDATE - The animation is a rather large Macromedia Flash movie, which should run fine on any browser, however if you're having problems you can download...

Two ROM images

MSMobiles.com has picked up a story from PocketPC.ch regarding two new ROM upgrades for the various flavours of HTC Voyager (ala the E200) Mobistar, Belgium are providing an update here and so are Qtek over here. Remember it's sooooooooo not a good i...

C500 and MPx220 Released soon – C500 REAL PICS!

It looks more likely that both the SPV C500 and the Motorola MPx220 are to launch in July. These details have just been forwarded to me...  SPV C500Java Midp 2.0GPRS (Class 10)WapInfra RedPolyphonic RingtonesFM RadioMP3 Motorola MPX220GPRS (C...

OQO – No more Pocket PC?

It's not often - if ever - that I post news about stuff that's not related to the MS Smartphone, but after seeing that Gary at GadgetAddict.com has taken ownership of his OQO, I think it's well worth a mention. What is the OQO ? Well, it's a …

C500 – Confused photo?

We've mentioned this before after seeing it on MoDaCo.com, however - it may be worth noting that now we've got our grubby mitts on a full-sized picture too, we can see that it's running a Pocket PC version on Windows Mobile. Intentional ? Could just b...

WORLD EXCLUSIVE – REAL MPx220 pics!

I've just been forwarded this exclusive picture (top) of an actual MPx220 ! Check it out! :) (By the way, it's 12.08pm when I'm writing this boys and girls, I haven't started on the beer yet! It's real!) Below it is another picture, taken from SmartDe...

Text spammers fined

I'm sure we've all seen those friggin' irritating text messages that pop up on the phone. Y'know the type, "You've got a TCS answer phone message, dial XXXX to collect" - you call it, then there's some woman telling you you've won hundreds of thousand...

Mpx220 Rumour 2387

Apparently Orange are now beginning to test the Orange Motorola MPx220. Just talked to Orange about an upgrade to my SPV, I talked about an SPV E200 but then asked about the MPx220. They are testing it now ready for a launch. Now, do I want silver or …

MS researched in Europe

In Neil Enns third video for Channel 9, he admits that Microsoft did indeed do most of their research (before entering the mobile phone market) in Japanese and Europe. Why? Well, mainly because these areas are more advanced in mobile technology and if...

Mobile Phone Virus

I've lost count of the amount of times that this has been forwarded to me recently. It's rubbish, ignore it - for more info click here to visit Symantec.com.If you get any mails like this, please bin them and stop forwarding them!!! :) "ALL MOBILE PHO...

Camera phones illegal in US

Crazy it might sound, but yes - it appears to be going that way. The US have now approved the "Video Voyeurism Prevention Act", and since passing the Senate last year, it's now also gone through the House Judiciary Committee. It's well on it's way to ...

More MPx100 and Sagem myS-7 pics..

In amongst the hundreds of irritating "Wandadoo" adverts here at Mobinaute (the one that used to be Smartphony.org) are these piccies of the MPx100 and Sagem myS-7 handsets, shortly to appear on networks. Yes, yes, that's all good. But I do have to s...

Rumours, rumours…

More stuff I'm hearing today.. the MPx220 is apparently due in August on UK network o2 and in September on Orange... It looks like Motorola are gonna take the MS Smartphone to a whole new level this Autumn! :)

TV SD Recorder

An interesting story here on a device which records TV programs direct onto an SD card, which can then be slotted into a phone for playback anywhere. Mitsubishi Plastics makes the pyramid-shape recording device, which connects with a TV or VCR. An SD...

E200 Car Kit Ready to Go

Over at SmartPhoneAddOns.com the E200 fully fitted car kit is now in stock and ready to roll, so have a butchers if you don't wanna get caught by the cops! :) Suitable for the SPV E200, Qtek 8080, iMate2 and O2 X-phone, it needs professionally fitting...

VPN that Voq!

  Sierra Wireless Embeds Certicom's movianVPN Client in new Voq Professional Phone™New smart phone to provide business users with secure email capabilities while leveraging existing security infrastructureMISSISSAUGA, Ontario - May 11,...

Brits say "no" to MMS

It seems that MMS just isn't tickling the fancy of us brits. In a recent survey by NOP it appears that 80% of those surveyed want absolutely nothing to do with it. Orange are currently pushing hard with free trials for new products and services - th...

Preorder the MPx220

Barely a few days after pouring doubt on reports that the MPx220 is coming soon, it now seems that US-based SmartPhoneThoughts.com affiliate Tek'nToys is taking pre-orders for the MPx100 here and - more amazingly, the MPx220 here I'm confused, because...