Vodafone Announce Palm Treo 750v

As expected Vodafone Uk have announced the Palm Treo 750v - a device we first mentioned almost 2 months ago. The 3G device will run Windows Mobile 5.0 (Pocket PC) and has 128Mb memory with 60Mb flash, Bluetooth and all the regular Pocket PC software y...

How to solve a slow news day

A quiet news day is just the sort of excuse we need to mention a funny audio file recently submitted to our downloads section. In this phone recording someone threatens to sue Argos - the purveyor of online and catalogue shopping. The caller complains...

o2 XDA Cosmo Review

It's had more names than Puff Daddy and now there's a review of it here. The HTC Excalibur, recently launched by the HTC commercial guys as the HTC S620 is to be known as the o2 XDA Cosmo and Arne at TheUnwired is lucky enough to have one …

Virgin Mobile TV is announced .. and it looks hot!

Watch out UK, Pamela Anderson is going to advertise a Virgin product (you're having a laugh right?) ;). Yes, Vigin Mobile TV is here. Launched today and due to run on the Lobster 700 handset their new service will carry BBC One, ITV1, Channel 4 and E4...

HTC Announce four new handsets

HTC have just announced a stack of handsets in this press release. Although they're "new" regular Coolsmartphone visitors will be pretty familiar with these already. They've announced four new handsets and they've all got new HTC names too. First up i...

Map24 – Free map software for Windows Mobile

This is the free Map 24 Mobile software from Map24.com. It works on all Windows Mobile platforms and - after creating a free account and logging in - you can download, install and use the software really easily. The only thing it needs is a data conne...

Calling all Orange SPV M3100 owners !

Got an Orange SPV M3100 ? Could you guys try something for me ? I thought it was just me having this issue, but after scouring out feedback forum it appears that others have too. The issue appears to be when browsing certain sections of the Orange Wor...

Orange respond to customer service comments

You may remember me asking for questions to give to Orange UK. We had a huge response. We had another bucket-load of posts about the Orange customer service story too and it got quite heated. I've got to give Orange credit though because they've actua...

Getting rid of nuisance sales calls

Right I've had it. I've just had the third spam call this week and it's only Wednesday. You know the ones I'm on about.. "Hi, I'm calling from your provider to offer you a special deal on a new Nokia something-or-other." You can't get rid of them. It …

T-Mobile and AMT-SYBEX help keep London moving

Transport for London (TfL) has successfully implemented a new solution from AMT-SYBEX and T-Mobile to improve travel conditions and enforce traffic regulations more effectively on London’s Red Routes. The 580km stretch of red routes have to be kept ...

OS Update for Orange SPV M5000 owners

Findlay has just emailed about an update for Orange SPV M5000 owners. The update, available here, is another revamp of the AKU2 firmware and shows ROM version 1.30.174 WWE, Radio version 1.13. The update to the radio has been possible previously throu...

Pre-order the Palm Treo 750v on Vodafone UK

The Palm Treo 750v, due to be announced by Voda next week, is now available to pre-order on Vodafone UK. With prices ranging from absolutely bob-all to £127.66 this Windows Mobile 5.0 QWERTY device is 3G compatible and has a 1.3 Megapixel camera. It'...

Samsung i600 at IFA

MSMobiles have news from the IFA entertainment show. This is the Samsung i600, yes i600. It's got 3G (HSPDA), EDGE, GPRS and runs Windows Mobile 5.0 for Smartphone with WiFi and a front facing camera. Wait a minute... Haven't we seen this before? Well...

o2 Mars – Sneak shots hit the web

Here's another o2 handset in testing. This time it's the o2 Mars and it looks a lot like the HTC Hermes. Packing a 520Mhz Intel CPU, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS (3G) with 64RAM, 128ROM, WiFi, Bluetooth, MiniSD and a slide-out QWERTY keyboard the only thing it se...

o2 Jupiter Smartphone – Sneak shots hit the web

o2 seem to be on a mission to take over the solar system with this sneak peek on one of their new handsets. This is a new Smartphone, yes - a Smartphone - called the o2 Jupiter. Little is known about it at the moment, however it looks …

Coolsmartphone tweaks

You guys can already reply to news stories from this screen or create your own posts in our feedback forum. Now we've added the facility for you guys to reply to our articles too, so you can give us additional information on stories and reviews we've ...

HTC Artemis spotted as T-Mobile Compact III

More on that HTC Artemis today and it looks like T-Mobile will be picking it up. It'll be called the T-Mobile MDA Compact III and comes with GPS, 2 Megapixel camera, Bluetooth, IR and MiniUSB. It runs an TI OMAP 850 CPU with a 200Mhz CPU and gives …

BugMe! – Fantastic quick way to make and share notes

This is BugMe! for the Pocket PC. It's a post-it-note-type-application which lets you scribble on your Pocket PC screen and be reminded later. You can either draw directly into the note pad or import pictures, photographs or even take screenshots of a...

Revs Racing for the Smartphone

Meet Revs Racing from Mastersoft. It's a fast paced 80s racing game for Smartphones with hi-res QVGA screens (eg the Motorola Q, SPV C600). You can download a trial or buy it for a mere £5.22. Looking very Pacman-esque this packs plenty of beeps, bl...

Get your phone talking to you!

Tam emailed in (some time ago, sorry about that, I'm catching up on email again!) about this AT&T research site. We've actually mentioned this some years ago however Tam has taken it to another level.. "The above link will enable you type in text, he...