Category: General

MPx200 and E200 from AVR

Whether these are preorders or actually available is unknown, but you can check out various packages and prices over at AVR Mobiles Check out the deals on the Motorola MPx200 here and the Orange SPV E200 here. If I were to use my current talk plan (Y...

MPx200 How-tos

There's some good "how to" documents from Motorola here - no doubt there'll be more of these to come from Motorola, so keep your eyes open. :) Click here to get the latest MPx200 Modem How-To Guide and the MPx200 Modem Driver (Smartfon.inf). This wil...

MoDaCo Innovation Prize

Paul over at the massive MoDaCo.com sends this...Full Details: http://smartphone.modaco.com/viewtopic.php?t=94755 "We are very excited to annouce the MoDaCo Prize for Innovation 2003. An anonymous benefactor has donated £500 as a prize for the indi...

Amazon.com selling the Motorola MPx200 again in the USA

Amazon.com were earlier this week selling the Motorola MPx200 MS Smartphone. They then pulled the product from their catalogue, but now it's back - and, after mailing in a rebate form, you can get it for only $149.99 ! Bargain? Yes, definitely. Get o...

More quality E200 pics

The Orange SPV E200, expected "soon" has been a little camera-shy up until now. We've seen some drawings, mock-ups, early versions and some other pictures. These, from the excellent French site smartphony.org are absolutely fantastic pictures of the S...

CNN video of E200

Just spotted over at MoDaCo.com is this excellent CNN Report showing off the SPV E200 and the Motorola MPx200 Windows Mobile phones. The Motorola is out today on the AT&T network in the USA and it should be popping up on Orange here in Europe before l...

Orange on the buses

Our friends at Orange (we like them, they give SPV E200s and E100s away in massive competitions) are now tackling the public transport problem in the UK. Is there nothing they can't do?! Orange are already helping the UK's public services with crime-...

The Windows Mobile Powered Motorola MPx200 hits the USA..

Living in America (huh!) The Smartphone comes to the new world at last! :) Although yesterday we reported that Amazon.com were selling the Motorola MPx200 (this offer, spotted by MSMobiles.com retailing for $149.99 has been removed) we can now announc...

Review of the MPx200

A very detailed review of the Windows Mobile Motorola MPx200 handset can be found here at Pocket PC Minds. This review is based on the AT&T Wireless model, which is exactly the same - but reading between the lines, it appears that this one may be out ...

MPx200 featured in PCW

Motorola's swish new Windows Mobile Smartphone has been given some good coverage in Personal Computer World Magazine. This article (here right, scanned by Bob from the excellent SmartPhoneCinema.co.uk) says that the Motorola is the second Smartphone.....

Virus mania..

Running a site of this size unfortunately does have the odd bad point - spam and viruses being the major ones. Swen, probably the most (un)popular virus at the moment, has been filling up my inbox for months now. In fact, if I didn't have broadband I'...

Win another phone!

Blimey! We're already giving away an SPV E200 and four E100's in our wicked competition (with thanks to Orange UK) .. and now check this out! Yup! PhoneScoop.com is giving away a spanking new Motorola MPx200 MS Smartphone. How do you win?! Well, you ...

MPx200 – Unlocked in USA

Well - this is gonna rock the boat a bit! According to this msmobiles.com article, the Motorola MPx200 Smartphone will be on sale on AT&T in an unlocked state - whilst on Orange, it'll be locked. We can almost predict what's going to happen - Orange ...

KleinWeder.ch – More wicked skins..

We like skins - they jazz up the Smartphone and make it look well sexy. One fave site of mine is www.kleinweder.ch, which has just been redesigned by webmaster and design guru Philipp. Although I don't speak the language, I can understand "Download:"....

ARM’s New Chips

Silicon.com reports today on plans by ARM (who produce the technology behind a lot of MS Smartphones) to produce a new CPU for mobiles. The CPU would need less power but would also contain antihacking and antivirus features too. Phones are increasing...

Orange CEO – Drive! Drive!

Orange CEO Sol Trujillo today urged the industry to fully exploit the potential of mobile telephony. To do this, he raised 4 key points - let's call them the four "I's"... Interoperability, Intuition, Interests and Intimacy. Trujillo said: “I am a...

30,000 Members!

Strewth! 30,000 people - and as I speak, there's 310 people on-line.. I'm still pretty fazed by all this y'know. :) I'm waiting for the Motorola MPx200 and the Orange SPV E200 .. these two phones are really going to change things. The Motorola MPx200,...

PalmSource CEO – "I’m scared"

In this silicon.com article, silicon.com caught up with PalmSource CEO David Nagel at ITU Telecom 2003. PalmSource produce a large number of applications for the Palm. However, as silicon.com says - he feels like the underdog, and went on the attack ...

The Mio – Is it a Hairbrush?

Whilst watching the usual evening TV here in the UK an advert popped on the screen that caught my eye. It was selling the latest crappy compilation CD, based on the fact that all the songs were ones you could sing along to. In fact, songs you've proba...

Our biggest competiton – EVER!

To celebrate the birthday of the Orange SPV and CoolSmartPhone.com, Orange UK have allowed us to GIVE AWAY some absolutely FANTASTIC prizes. At the moment we're all waiting for the Orange SPV E200 the Orange MPx200 to appear. We're hanging around out...

E200 – MEGA quality images

Do you wanna know what the E200 looks like? REALLY close up? Well, if you're a real bandwidth junky you can click here for an absolutely HUUUUGGGEEE hi-quality close-up. Below is a picture of Pieter Knook, Microsoft's Senior Vice President. He's show...

Petition for flat rate GPRS

Paul over at MoDaCo.com has started a petition which he'd like you all to participate in. He is campaigning for proper-sized McDonalds burgers. Not those stupid flat ones you get. Have you tried them? The advert makes them look massive, then when you...

More MPx200 Piccies

These pics just in, hot off the press....According to our source, the Motorola runs MS Smartphone 2002 v3 (build 13238). The keys have less depth than the HTC Canary but they have a nice "click". This handset had a 32Mb SD/MMC card, but it's not known...

Bill Champs the Smartphone

As seen by this photo, taken by MSMobiles whilst Bill Gates was giving his presentation, it's clear that the Microsoft Smartphone gives a higher return to the network operator. Whilst this means bigger bills for us lot, it does also mean that the high...

Trying to look good..

Every morning I come to work in a bit of a haze and try to look important by reading some IT newspaper or other. I sit around, reading these papers, verging on the "lazy", but also looking as if I'm doing my job at the same time. People …

ITU World Telecom 2003

MSMobiles.com are reporting live from Geneva, Switzerland. They're armed with a laptop and a digital camera and are bringing the latest gossip from ITU World Telecom 2003. (See my earlier story for maps and where the various companies are). Jacek has...

What do I have?

I've noticed over the months, as the Smartphone Handsets have appeared on different networks and different types have launched, that I can no longer refer to them as "the Orange SPV" or "the E100" without confusing people. To that end, I've put a pag...

E200 – November release

Although we're expecting the E200 to begin "shipping" to Mobile stores next week, we're seeing the odd article (like this TechNewsWorld.com story) which give dates of "next month". Other articles which state "November" are ....This PMN articleThis PD...

Big me up!

If you're at a loose end, then feel free to do me a favour and fill this Alexa.com thing in. This will help to give the site an even bigger following and will add comments to this page. Thanks again.

Motorola MPx200 – Coming in two weeks to the USA!!?

Jesse has just emailed me about this Eweek article in which they rattle on about Microsoft's Office 2003 - however, they do mention the Motorola MPx200 and when it will launch in the USA. "Our job is to make sure that our portable mobile devices fit ...

Mobius 2003

As you know, I couldn't make it to Mobius 2003 (it's a sorta get together for webmasters of mobile websites like this), but a lot of people did. They got some freebies (Damn, damn! Wish I'd gone now!) Anyways... some interesting info has already appea...

New trailers for your phone

After lots of work, the following HOT NEW MOVIE TRAILERS are now available at: http://www.smartphonevideo.com    Trailer-KillBill.wmv  Trailer-KillBill.mpg (PocketTV format)     Trailer-Matrix-Revolutions.wmv  Traile...

Boom! Exploding Nokia III

Yet another Nokia handset (yes, I say, "yet another" like it's happened hundreds of times, but in reality, this is the third time. I think I'll start writing for a tabloid) ... has exploded, this time in a womans pocket. The poor lady had the shock w...

Neonode N1 on Voda?

Oooohh.. the hang-over is kicking in now... Ermm.. the Neonode N1, which looks DAMNED fine is pictured here at MobileBurn with some details here. Strangely, the phone shown has the Virgin Mobile livery on it, so that could indicate a possible partner...

Motorola MPx200 on Orange shop site

Blimey.. another busy day.. I wish I hadn't had so many lagers last night now.. :) Anyways. The Orange Shop is now listing the Motorola MPx200 here. If you want the full low-down, just click here for all the details. Again, though - in the features li...

Exploding trousers!

I'm sure we've all had the odd embarrassing exploding trouser moment, especially after a big curry or chinese meal. However, this time it's not the bodily functions which are causing the explosion - and it's not just a bad smell that's being produced....

Bluetooth Smart Kit

Following a recent competition by Orange Magazine "O", it was annouced by Daimler Chrysler (maker of the "Smart" car) that a run of 100 Orange smart city-coupé cars will be made. Now, I'm a little hung over right now to be honest. The screen is vErR...

LG – Pocket PC Phone

Yahoo.com reports here about the new LG MS Smartphone. Ah - but it's not.. It's a Pocket PC Phone. And it looks as if the lines between "Pocket PC, Phone Edition" and "Smartphone" are blurring heavily with this handset. The handset also offers camcor...

Sierra Voq Smartphone – Further details

Here is the new Voq Smartphone from Sierra Wireless of Canada. It's got a full QWERTY keyboard, which folds out of the main Star-Trekesque handset. You can check out the 3D demo and more info by clicking here to visit the voq.com site. The Voq phones...

The buyers are in the starting positions…

We've received information about the release dates for the Orange SPV E200 and the Motorola MPx200. These are expected delivery dates, so whilst they can't be judged as 100% accurate, they're a good indicator. Orange SPV E200 - Expected 13th/14th Oct...