Category: Reviews

Palm Treo 500

Over the years I've worked on this site there's been a lot of changes. Smartphones were once quite prolific, and when I say "Smartphone" I mean those Windows phones WITHOUT a touch screen. The Palm 500 is such a phone and, for someone who is now prob...

HTC Touch Diamond – Coolsmartphone Special Report

Here's our special report on the HTC Touch Diamond. We managed to get a demo unit for over a week and, in addition to the report below, we filmed a daily video diary of it in action. However, since writing the report below and filming these vids, we'...

Bye Bye Standby

If there's one thing we "do" it's Windows Mobile phone reviews. Every now and then though we love to review other cool stuff. One such product is Bye Bye Standby. It comes in two parts, although the first part will work on its own. Put simply ...

GSmart MS800 and MW700

Hang on, we've been here before haven't we ? Yep, the iMate Ultimate 6150 and 8150 were designed with a similar idea. Keep the handsets looking the same but twiddle with the specs. On the right we have the grey unit, aka the GSmart MS800. This has 3...

Sandisk 6Gb SDHC MicroSD and mini readers

Today one of these things pop through my door. At the time of writing it's the first ever 6Gb MicrosSD card and it's available exclusively from our mates at mobymemory.com for around £35. 6Gb. Just think! It was only a few years ago that 6Gb hard dr...

iMate Ultimate 8150 and Ultimate 6150

Please note - We managed to get the iMate Ultimate 8150 and iMate Ultimate 6150 handsets recently. Both of these phones are gold in colour and are early production builds. Although we've taken up-close shots of these phones, we've now received the ...

HTC Shift

  Before I start I must make something clear. This is not a phone. Sure, you can probably make calls on it if you really want to, but the SIM card slotting into this baby is mainly for your internet connection. We must also clear up a few …

HTC S730

               Specs and details HTC S730 Qualcomm® MSM 7200, 400MHz CPU Microsoft Windows Mobile 6 Standard (non touch-screen) 256Mb ROM, 64Mb RAM Quad-band GSM/ GPRS / EDGE plus 3G ...

HTC Touch Cruise

Known previously as the HTC Polaris this is now known as the HTC Touch Cruise. It's the replacement for the HTC Artemis - y'know, that phone we here as the T-Mobile Compact III. The Tom Cruise... sorry, I keep doing that. The Touch Cruise no...

HTC Advantage X7500

The whole concept of this device is .. interesting. For someone to sit down one day and go "hey, I think we should have a phone that looks like a laptop, but it's not a UMPC, it's a Pocket PC with a really big screen". Indeed, this devi...

i-Mate JAMA 101

When I receive a review handset I usually open the box and scribble down my "first thoughts". On the bit of paper here I've written, "dinky" and "robust" and "rubbery feel". Even now, several days after ope...

Asus P526

We recently had chance to sneak a look at the Asus P526. Although there wasn't enough time to look at the internals and do a full review, we did manage to bag some excellent photos of the device and get a good overview. Although this may look like …

The TAD

  This is the TAD. I was sent a few of these to review and, once they popped out of the envelope, a lot of my colleagues thought they were .. something else. I'll not say exactly what, suffice to say that it rhymes with rock king. The …

HTC P3470

OK, let's get some bits out the way. You'll hear a lot of people mentioning "Entry Level" when they discuss this GPS-enabled device. Sure, it's not got all the bells and whistles of the HTC Touch Cruise. There's no WiFi, no 3G and you'll get a...

E-TEN Glofiish X600

  The design of the X600 is, I must confess, pretty swish. The deep red strip around the edge of the handset and the black finish gives it a classy feel. It's a very nice looking handset with a black brushed aluminium around the screen and ...

HTC P6500

This is a device you're definitely not going to lose in a coat pocket. The HTC P6500 isn't the smallest of devices by any stretch of the imagination. It looks like the Pocket PC's of old and weighs nearly a quarter of a kilogram, yet there's a...

HTC TyTN II / Kaiser / HTC P4550 Review

I mentioned in my HTC Touch review that HTC seem to be pushing the envelope with their handsets at the moment. It's fair to say that HTC are adding features and functionality quicker than even Microsoft themselves. Now, with the TyTN II, HTC has throw...

HTC P6300 Panda Review

So. This is the HTC P6300 then. If I'm to look into my bag of more supportive comments I'd probably find the words "well built" and "rugged". I may also find phrases like "traditional style" and "classic sized screen". If, however, I was to look i...

HTC Touch Dual

OK, so here it is - the HTC Touch Dual. We're lucky enough to have this handset way before it's release and long before other websites. It's the evolution of the original HTC Touch we reviewed earlier. It's a little longer and a little thinner tha...

Slingbox and SlingPlayer Mobile Review

This, my friends, is the Slingbox. The guys at Sling Media let me borrow one for a week and now, three weeks later, I've still got it. If the truth be known I can't bring myself to give it back. I figure that if I keep quiet, they might …

Orange SPV M700 Review

The M700 will undoubtably be the eventual successor to the Orange SPV M600 we reviewed previously. This time there's a Samsung 2442 CPU installed - that's the CPU powering the Orange SPV M3100 - running at a brisk 400Mhz. You also get 3G connecti...

Skins Mobile Phone Protectors Review

Occasionally I get some weird stuff to review. Possibly the strangest item we've looked at is the Sumo Bean Bag, however this comes a close second. Dirt and grime, it gets into your phone, so most people get a phone cover. Some, like me, don't use a p...

Vodafone v1605 / VPA Compact III Review

This is the Vodafone v1605 - a small but feature-rich handset. Push email, 2 megapixel camera, fantastic connectivity, video calling, Bluetooth 2.0, 400Mhz processor and a host of shortcut buttons. Running Windows Mob...

HTC S710 Review

Give this phone to people and you'll get good comments. People will polish the keys and mention the bright screen, but rarely will they notice the added bonus to this normal-looking phone. What is it? Well, I'll show you... A spring-loaded QWERT...

HTC Touch P3450 Review

We were lucky enough to get this device before the launch. However, I've got a confession to make. When the box arrived, I opened it up with all the excitement and haste of a child at Christmas and inadvertently tossed the HTC P3450 / HTC Touch to...

Orange SPV E650 Review

             So, the Orange SPV E650. Just an Orange version of the HTC S710 we reviewed, surely? Well, yes and no. Firstly, the keyboard is a different colour, we have the obligatory Orang...

Virgin Mobile Lobster 700TV Review

The Virgin Lobster 700TV is the first Windows Mobile device from Virgin UK and is probably one of the first Windows Smartphones aimed at the "youth" and "fun" market rather than the "Business" and "Executive" market. The emphasis here is not on work...

Vodafone Palm Treo 750v Review

The Vodafone Palm Treo 750v is a strange beast. Palm have always been known for their Palm handsets using Palm operating systems. They're successful but just recently Palm have started making Palm handsets with Windows Mobile inside...

T-Mobile Vario II Review

           Specs Connectivity - GSM, GPRS, 3G, WiFi, HSPDA. Quad-band, SMS, MMS, Video calling Talk time - Up to 5 hours Stand by - up to 10 days Weight - 176g Dimensions - 21.95(w) x 112.5(h) x...

T-Mobile MDA Compact III Review

The Compact III isn't your average Pocket PC phone. If you buy one people may still "think" it's a normal PDA but wait - it's far more than that. First up there's the control mechanism. When I first heard that it came with a trackball I ...

HTC P4350 Review

Built by HTC and originally named the Herald this is the HTC P4350. It's slimmer than other similar devices, such as the Orange SPV M3100 or T-Mobile Vario II and now the QWERTY sliding keyboard slides out from the opposite side. It'll be appear...

Orange SPV M3100 (3G) Review

The Orange SPV M3100 is the bigger more powerful brother of the Orange SPV M3000 us Brits lusted over so much a while back. It's previous incarnation never appeared on our shores and many people defected to T-Mobile for their version of the M3000 ...

Sumolounge Omni Beanbag Review

The guys at sumolounge.com sent us an email a few weeks back. "Would you like to review our product?", they said. Well sure, of course we could. But what was it? Well, a quick check of their site led me to the girl above. "Ho ho! ...

T-Mobile MDA Vario Review

The T-Mobile MDA Vario is built by HTC under the name "Wizard". This is the model that Orange decided NOT to launch in the UK after announcing their variant - "SPV M3000". T-Mobile are launching this in the UK. In fact, so are o2 as the XDA Mini …

Orange SPV M5000 Review

What’s in the box? Well I picked up my M5000 this morning and sat in the car park of the depot going through the box. This is what you get..• The Phone (of course) • USB cable• Mains cable• Battery• Spare Stylus

Orange SPV M5000 (3G) Review

The Orange SPV M5000 is big. In fact, it's a tad bigger than my SPV M2000 however the M5000 decides to get even bigger when you open it up. Is big beautiful ? What will we see this as ? A phone ? A mini-laptop ? Let's see....From …

o2 XDA Exec (3G) Review

The o2 XDA Exec is big. In fact, it's a tad bigger than my SPV M2000 however the Exec decides to get even bigger when you open it up. Is big beautiful ? What will we see this as ? A phone ? A mini-laptop ? Let's see....From …

Orange SPV C600 Review

In November 2002 Orange launched the original SPV. At the same time a small page cropped up devoted to it. This single page grew into a site called CoolSmartPhone.com. As we've moved on, so have Orange and the SPV range. Orange brought us the first Wi...

Smartphone Music Dock

Who needs an iPod eh ? Well it appears that millions of people do. I walked past the huge Apple shop in Birmingham the other day and it was heaving looking at iPods and accessories. A popular accessory for the iPod is this thing.. If you've got a …