Category: General
As a Smartphone tweaker, I'm always browsing around all the sites in the links section to check the "vibe" and see what the latest news is. The latest from MS Mobiles intrigues me. I see quite a bit of MS Smartphone bashing in my everyday life to...
MiTAC have revealed that the Mio 8380 (seen in detail here) is to be released in Europe in September. Stated here on MiTAC's website is the Q3 release date, although it doesn't mention what network it will be available on or which parts of Europe it w...
Pictures of the next MiTAC Mio - the 8390, are appearing around the web. This is MiTAC's second Smartphone after the 8380 and will probably be as locked as the 8380, which makes development as use of this particular handset quite tricky. At present th...
A new service from BlueHereNow allows anyone with a camera phone, digital camera, laptop or PDA to send in photos that are related to local news events. This is an excellent idea and has already been seen in the UK recently when people sent pictures o...
I've now made it easier than ever before to include coolsmartphone.com news into your website. Simply click on the link that reads "Use our News Feed" (or click here if you want) to include the latest news and information into your website.Any problem...
Crappy, expensive, annoying "bleep bleep bleepy bleep" ringtones are set to beat the sales of CD singles, it was reported today. Ringtones are now more profitable to record companies than singles! Ringtones already fleece mobile-phone users to the tu...
Despite intense media advertising, incredibly cheap price plans and attempting to reduce the cost of handsets, Hutchinson is stuggling to shift their 3G handsets on their "3" network. City analysts estimate the company has probably signed up less tha...
In the UK it now appears that soon half a million kids will have mobile phones. This is according to research by mobileYouth. At the moment 400,000 children in the UK have a mobile, and often have them bought by parents who are concerned for their s...
A recent survey by msn.co.uk has shown that newer technologies including text-messages and instant-messenger services are changing the way we speak.It found that far less people begin a text with "Hello" and instead use more informal greetings like "H...
The new CoolSmartPhoneShop.com is now online and ready for action ! Check it out by clicking on the link to the left, or browse directly by clicking here. Naz from smartphones.org.uk will be running and updating the shop, as I'm busy doing the usual a...
Although the E100 (Tanager) has appeared on orange.co.uk and several other Orange sites, it was absent from the international orange.com website until very recently. Now you can check out this page at orange.com to see where you can buy your E100 and ...
Well, it has exceeded any expectations I could have dreamt of. Now we've blown past 15,000 members on coolsmartphone.com! :) While I still have some checking to do (there's some duplicate email addresses etc), this is a huge boost for the MS Smartpho...
Have you received an email from me recently that says..."I would like to inform you about important information regarding your email address"With a Zip attachment ? DO NOT open it - this is a virus, and can come from ANY email address. It wasn't sent ...
Using an calling card on spv to work with Orange!! My old T68i had a calling card feature in which you could presend a 0800 freephone number before sending the tones of a number in your telephone book. This is so that you can call numbers very cheaply...
The Mitac Mio, which we have raved about quite a bit here, is now available to buy on.... Orange! Surprised? Well... yes, we were to. In fact, you can get this phone just by clicking here! The catch ? Well, it's not Europe - or the USA - …
The review of the SPV E100, which was published a few weeks back in Web User magazine (UK based mag) is now up on their website. It gives the SPV E100 a well deserved 4 stars across the board, apart from features - where it gets 5 stars. …
Intel appears to be hitting a bit of a problem with their XScale chips, in that they're sucking battery power. Intel have released an "optimisation kit" to help deal with these issues. This should improve battery performance quite a bit. Gaming especi...
A full review for the splendid Jabra Bluetooth headset is now available here in our reviews section, so take a look and see what you think.Although the Smartphones of today do not have Bluetooth built-in, this is a great way around the problem and all...
Enrico from Pocket PC Italia has just emailed in his video of the new clam-shell Smartphone from Mitac. View it by clicking here. This is in addition to the earlier video from mobilejoe.de and shows off the phone well. Check it out.
The Register reports here that sales of Mobile Phones are on the increase again. Plus, it shows that additions like cameras are helping to pull in more punters and get their existing phones upgraded. The IDC research report also says, "After remarkabl...
Just a few short months ago I bodged together a single web page and called it "My SPV Stuff". It had a few tricks 'n tips for the original Orange SPV, which I'd bought from a shopping centre a few days before. Little did I know that some …
I'm constantly amazed by how popular this site is, and I try my hardest to make sure you lot enjoy it. I spend a lot of time updating, writing articles, uploading stuff and replying to around 30 emails and questions a day. The site itself has to be …
I need a favour! I'm not teriffic at the graphics side of things, and could do with one logo doing for .. something. If anyone can assist, can you email me and I'll explain more ? It should only take a few seconds to do. :)
Verizon, Telefónica and France Telecom (owner of Orange) have announced good profits. Verizon, who are Americas largest phone company, announced a net profit of $338m - up from the $2.1bn LOSS last year. France Telecom also announced profits, after...
A fantastic new way of shopping is coming out of Japan. Mobile phone users are soon to be shopping by snapping a photo of a special bar code which will sit alongside a product. Mediastick, the firm behind the idea, will licence their special MediaSti...
A new light-projected keyboard is being worked on by Californian company Canesta. Their chipsets will allow a beam of light to project a fully functional keyboard onto a flat surface! NEC and an un-named American manufacturer are already working on h...
Here's the full translation (thanks to Ian Charlton) of the email sent to smartphony.org from the Smartphone project at Orange France... An e-mail to Smartphony.org from the Head of the Smartphone Project, Orange France I’ve just received an ...
Today sees the closure of two great Smartphone websites, which have been around since the early days and have helped to build and develop the Smartphone community. Firstly, the excellent French site SPVNews.com is to close, which has had Cyberb0b at...
Hello, what's this ? A Linux Smartphone ? The Filewalker will have 5 languages included (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish) and is to be powered by a Texas Instruments' Omap 5910 Dual Core processor with 150 MHz, 64 Mo of RAM (low-p...
This new black version of the Flexis FX100 keyboard is now selling on orangesp.com.. These keyboards have been selling quickly, so make sure you get your name down for one.See orangesp.com or click here for our review.
After leaving mmO2 in 2001, BT appears to be getting back into mobile, with a little help from T-Mobile. BT is the UK's largest telco and will team up with T-Mobile to offer mobile services to businesses and consumers, which will see BT attempting t...
At 14.55 BST today something very special happened... The 13,000th person joined Coolsmartphone.com! To be honest, I'm amazed! This version of the site (the new spangly one) has only been running for 2 months :) The recent surge of registrations is du...
I've been away, so I'm a little behind - you may have heard of this already, but hey.. Sendo have decided to drop their much talked-about lawsuit regarding the Smartphone. More details can be found here (ZDNet) and over here (cnet.com) This is, of c...
Launching Q4 this year is the MS Smartphone from o2. At present though, they have no name for it. However, you can help, simnply by clicking onto the Myo2Smartphone.com website and giving them your suggestion. They are looking for a name with a "Zing...
Here I am... just about. :) Night flights REALLY mess your head up. I've had about 2 hours kip in the past 2 days, so I'm a bit bleary at the moment! :) Plus I am stuck on a slow dial-up connection, so no mail checks yet! :( …
The E100 has now been launched in France too. Smartphony.org reports on this, stating that it will sell for 299 €. This price, however, can be reduced by mailing back a voucher for a 40 € reduction, bring the final price to 259 €. This is about ...
As previously mentioned, I'm hopping on a plane later today, so I'm gonna be completely off-line until next Friday (July 25th). FAQ's, emails, submissions etc will be checked on my return, but don't forget to spread the word about this site. :) I've h...
I'm off on holiday again tomorrow evening, so I won't be able to authorise news stories / articles / downloads until I come back at the end of next week. If there's anything urgent, and I do mean urgent enough to get me out of a nice pool …
I've just added three new reviews, for the Flexis FX100 keyboard, the OrangeSP.com Sync&Charge cable and the Battery Extender. Do take a few minutes to check them out if you're thinking of getting one. Both can be found here in the reviews section. D...
MoDaCo will be organising a meet for Smartphone fanatics in sunny Birmingham, UK. Known as the 'MoDaCo Summer Event 2003', it will be taking place on August 30th 2003, in association with Orange! I live near Birmingham (or "Brum" / "BurrrmiNUM" / "U...
