Category: General

News about the MS Smartphone has been a bit quiet this week. In fact, you could say that it was about as non-existant as those famous "weapons of mass destruction" (oh, political, political - I promise not to mention the glaring lack of evidence, but ...

2003 showed a huge growth in the amount of mobile phones sold. Market viewers IDC reckon that 533.4 million handsets were bought last year, which is an increase of 23.3 per cent from 2002. Smartphones, although not necessarily MS-based, had the stron...

MVP's are awarded recognition from Microsoft for "spreading the word" about Microsoft products, plus helping the community. I've been proud to be amongst this gang, and now it's expanding even further. You can see a list of the newbies here at MSMobil...

The Voq MS Smartphone, which was announced some time back in Canada by Sierra, has recently appeared on the FCC website. However, the dodgey 1980's style keyboard (it looked like part of an old getto-blaster) has now been ditched in favour of some cus...

For our German-speaking friends you may be aware of a top MS Smartphone fansite called MobileJoe.de. Well, Joe (the webmaster of MobileJoe) informed me about a week back about his rise to MVP status, and has recently told the world on his forum here (...

Well, I'm back and currently in the middle of downloading several thousand emails. To make things worse, about 99% of them are virused emails - which I presume is this "MyDoom" email virus that I've heard about. In fact, even since my last mail collec...

Well, here in Antigua the sun is blazing and the sea is warm.. but - I have to return sometime! Yes, I'm coming back to a very very snowy England tomorrow morning. :) I'm just gonna have a few more bottles of Carib, then it's time to hit …

msmobiles.com reports today on a story from mobile-review.com. There is doubt about the authenticity of this photo, although it's similar to the earlier one we saw. To be brutally honest we don't know. If it looks like this, then great, but it is earl...

Chris Pendlebury has emailed about the Orange Developers site. It's undergone a massive overhaul. Brilliant, good stuff.. But .. where .. where has the Over-The-Air Application Unlock gone ? Well, thanks to jonnybarf at Modaco for finding it again - it can now be found here. Ohh .. …

There's been a lot of talk about the Motorola MPx220. This will be the next handset (hopefully) from Motorola featuring the Windows Mobile / MS Smartphone operating system. After the phenomenal success of the Motorola MPx200, which is completely free ...

Could this be the new handset from ICT Technologies and EurophoneUSA? Well, we're not sure, but it sounds bloody good. Called the SG 4000, Joshua Shainberg (head honcho of ICT Technologies) says, "It shall be perfect for people who want more features ...

ChrisJM has emailed me about SmartPhoneStuff.co.uk, which has just been launched. You'll find news, reviews, downloads and... ermm.. everything you'll find here basically.. wait up ! They're in direct competition with me and I'm plugging them! What am...

Hey all just found the MPx200 plug-in camera on a website in the U.K and it is selling for a mere £61.95! Go here to check it out and other cool stuff : http://www.mobilefun.co.uk Thanks all Segie

Yet another chance to win, this time over at new-boys MSMobileNews.com, they've got a spanking new Motorola MPx200 up for grabs, amongst several other things too! (Like StarBlaster, Outlook Task Manager+, SmartPong, Crazy Bubbles, eWallet, ListPro, Ru...

I had an interesting email the other day. It was only a one line email. It said, "Hi, I just bought Sendo Z100 - one of the ten prototypes in the world, can i use on it qtek programs and games? Thanks." "EH?", says I, "Yes you can …

ORANGE LAUNCHES TALK NOW SERVICE·    first operator globally to launch international service of its kind·    group instant voice and messaging communication·    an easy way to see who is available in rea...

I find myself in a tricky situation here. As you will no doubt have seen on MoDaCo.com and MSMobileNews.com plus several other sites, a new apparently fully working SIM Unlocking utility for the 1.6 OS is available at SmartEase.net (English translatio...

As you know, rumours are always flinging around. We've already had the "C200", which actually turned out to be the E200 ..... and the MPx100 picture, which probably isn't the MPx100 after all. (It's the Motorola MS230 - you can see it here!) Now we h...

The recent update for Orange SPV and Orange SPV E100 handsets meant that a lot of data would be wiped from your phone. Although this was OK, we were all waiting for the backup utility to restore this info. Well, thanks to Patrice at huge French site ...

People often ask me just what Microsoft Smartphone I use on a day-to-day basis. Well, as you know I received an Orange SPV e200 from Orange recently, and all was good. Or at least it was until the joystick started playing up. :( I sent it back to …

The Mitac Mio 8390 will be available in TW around the end of this month. The offical annoucement said that the Mio 8390 was going to be launched at 8th of Jan. However, they now decide to delay the launching somehow till after Chinese New Year. Mayb...

You may have entered our recent competition to win an Orange SPV E200 handset, or one of four Orange SPV E100 hansets - courtesy of our good friends at Orange. If you didn't win, don't worry - you get another chance! This time, courtesy of the good pe...

SmartFone.net is reporting here that the Motorola MPx220 is on it's way and will appear in March this year. They also state that .. "the MPx200 model will have an upgrade to Smartphone 2003 released from Motorola." For those of you with a Motorola MP...

Poor MiTAC users - they get a rough ride at times! Sometimes we forget that there are MiTAC Mio handsets out there! :( Another extended MiTAC Mio ROM can now be found here at the massive German portal, mobilejoe.de. This is NOT a hacked version, but ...

Well, it's been a long time coming (we know, we know). We wanted to announce the winners on Christmas Day or around New Years, however we had to contact each winner in advance and arrange their prizes! My personal thanks to the many hundreds of you th...

Being an MVP I get access to juicy bits of info, news and upcoming events. We've also got funny handshakes and sometimes wear socks over our ears so we "know" who is a real MVP. Ahhh.. but now I'm yabbering.. Fellow MVP Alex Feinman pointed me in the...

Over at TreoCentral they've popped into one of Microsoft's Mobility User tours to have a look how the Treo compares to the Microsoft Smartphone. They appear to have got the wrong end of the stick though, and state that, "the first mainstream Windows ...

The AT&T model of the MPx200 appears to have been restricted to only two bands - 1800 and 1900.. No 900Mhz. However, in this MPx200.org story, there IS a solution which allows you to download a different version of the Operating System. It also appear...

After eating WAY too many mince pies and drinking too much, I'm still here to tell you about this msmobiles.com news item with a possible leaked photo of the new Motorola MPx100. This was mentioned here previously, as we're aware that Motorola are to ...

Well, that's it.. I'm back from my last (I hope) bit of Christmas shopping. Nothing is wrapped, no cards have been written ... but that's usual for me. :) All that remains ... apart from wrapping, writing cards and finding some sticky-tape, is to wish...

There's some sites that have been on-line since the early days of the MS Smartphone. msmobiles.com, MoDaCo.com and... us! :) But there was another - a fantastic French site called smartphony.org ...... Now... I'm a normal bloke .. certain things attra...

I'm gonna slightly abuse my position here and say a big congratulations to my cousin - who you may have read about previously here - for winning this year's regional rally championships. After travelling down to London to take part in the final race,...

I like the Smart network, they've put the MS Smartphone well and truely on the map in the Philippines ... however.. I've had several emails from customers of Smart saying that they should come here for support. This is excellent ! Wooo!!! :) Thanks gu...

So, Vodaphone has said that the MS Windows Mobile operating system is "not quite ready for prime time". In an interview with the FT, Vodafone CEO Arun Sarin said, "Hopefully they're working to solve some of the issues that we have and, in time, when...

MoDaCo.com appear to have solved the battery issue on the e200. Or have they ? Apparently if you remove the SD card from this handset, you will get almost 3 days battery life. I still beg to differ, as my e200 works great.. until Bluetooth is turned "...

More bits of info are coming out about the Motorola MPx220 - the next Motorola Smartphone. Remember to take this info with a "pinch of salt" - as you may remember the rumours about the E200 being named the "c200" etc. However, this MPx200.org story st...

Anyone want to play the top Xmas videos on their phone?   XMAS SONGS BoSelectas_ProperCrimbo.wmv TheCheekyGirls-CheekyChristmas.wmv TheDarkness-ChristmasTime.wmv TheIdols_HappyChristmas-WarIsOver.wmv Wham-LastChristmas.wmv &nb...

I wanna say a big thank-you for your support, your emails and your appreciation during 2003. As we head toward Christmas I wanna give my thanks to all of you, who keep coming back, keep emailing and keep me going! Now, this time of year means several ...

Corey over at the new SmartPhoneMinds.com has TWO Motorola MPx200 handsets to give away, courtesy of Motorola and Microsoft. If you want to find out more, just click here for more information!

I've just had an email from John Tubbrit. He asks a very simple question, and one that I haven't really solved myself. For all you Motorola MPx200 users - happy with your polished black handset - what do you do to protect it ? If you're a "real …