Astraware announces Windows Mobile 5.0 Compatibility

Astraware, a Microsoft(R) Certified Partner Company, is excited to announce that several of their games have now been updated to support devices running Windows Mobile(TM) 5.0. This allows existing customers to download 5.0 updates which have been ful...

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CHM Reader

Got a fiver ? Fancy a help-file reader ? Have a look at this. CHM Reader is the first and best CHM doc reader for the Smartphne. It'll help you view files in the most common help format - Microsoft Compiled HTML. It's quick, it'll show the contents …

o2 XDA Exec hits the o2.co.uk website

The o2 XDA Exec is now showing as "coming soon" on the o2 website. To have a look, click here to get to the site, then choose "Mobile Phones" and then "3G Phones". Unfortunately the o2 website doesn't like direct links for some reason. No exact releas...

Orange SPV C600 – Direct from Orange Magazine!

Well, it's already been on Orange websites in France, and now there's this scan, direct from an Orange magazine. According to sources, the C600 should be available somewhere around mid-October. Orange magazines are now starting to carry information ab...

Talk like a pirate day?!

The Astraware guys have gone all nautical for International Talk Like a Pirate Day. They've dressed up as pirates for the day and have also decked the office with palm trees and parrots. Plus, to celebrate, they've knocked down the price on a couple o...

World Exclusive – Orange SPV C600 Preview

Morning people ! Well, guess what I've got in my sweaty mitts? Yes, it's a full preview of the Orange SPV C600. It's a worldwide exclusive and it's right here for you guys. It's got Windows Mobile 5.0 and we reckon will be the first Smartphone to hit …

Txt msg words get in2 exams m8

It looks like the rise and rise of text messaging is severely impacting our future generation and their ability to communicate successfully. According to several news items yesterday, including the Daily Mail, this Telegraph article and the BBC, text-...

GPRS Traffic Monitor – Now C550 Enabled!

So, you have your Windows Smartphone, you love browsing on the web in the pub and getting the latest football scores etc. But what you don't like so much are the GPRS costs. How do you keep a lid on them ? Well, thanks to Smartphone GPRS Monitor …

Vodafone Business does Windows Mobile

Oh! Check it out. Vodafone are selling Windows Mobile handsets in their Vodafone Business channel. They're offering the QTEK 2020i, the Qtek 8020 and the VPA Compact for business users right here at VodafoneBusiness.co.uk Source - Keni at Conchango Li...

Free text messaging system

We like free stuff here at CoolSmartphone.com, so I was very interested when I received a mail about AgentSMS.com. It's a worldwide "web-2-phone" system that lets you send free text messages to people. Yes, free. It pays for itself by adding a teeny-l...

Adverts? On CoolSmarPhone! Never I tells thee! Umm…

Hello ! Right. I've got a confession to make. A few months ago I went on MoDaCo and said something like.. "What the chuff are all these new links with the underlines on? They've got tool-tips with adverts! It's a disgrace I tells ya! None of this! Pa...

TV is changing – part 3

We previously did some stories on the evolution of TV here and here. Well, now it's going to go another stage further with the implementation of IPTV - a new way of pushing TV down your broadband line. Sure, we've already got something like this, but ...

Samsung i300 – Exclusive to o2, plus more to come!

We've had a chat with the nice people at o2 today and they've slipped a few press releases our way. First of all we have news on the XDA SP, which was advertised previously as the "XPhone II". It's a sweet looking Smartphone with similar specs to the …

o2 XDA Exec – Press Release

O2 INTRODUCES NEW-LOOK Xda Exec – the Ultimate Mobile PDAO2 ADDS FIRST 3G HANDHELD DEVICE TO POPULAR Xda PORTFOLIO   O2 announces the launch of the O2 Xda Exec, the first integrated PDA and mobile phone device to feature 3G, offering a complete...

o2 XDA SP – Press Release

SLIM DOWN FOR THE NEW YEARO2 launches super slim business device – the O2 Xda sp If you want to keep on top of your workload but not get weighed down by technology, this Christmas treat yourself to the O2 Xda sp – the perfect device for busy …

gStart – Customize your Start Menu!

I meant to do a write-up on this yesterday, however, here is gStart. It's a free Windows Mobile 5.0-esque start menu which is currently in Beta release form over at airfagev.com. It doesn't work too well on QVGA screens (like the Orange SPV C550), ho...

Ebay buys Skype

A good day today for Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis. They're bosses of Skype and first burst onto the scene coding Kazaa - the (still widely used) file sharing program which allows people to swap music and more. Although - hey - they're seeking to ...

Smart Explorer v2.1 now available

Want to send and receive stuff over Bluetooth ? Get Smart Explorer. End of discussion. Just get it, get it now. This is the daddy of all file-explorers for your Smartphone and deserves to be installed on every Windows Smartphone. It's shareware and it...

Orange SPV C600 – First real-life picture

Antal van Wijk from www.newmobile.nl has done it again with these exclusive shots of a real, yes real, Orange SPV C600. Antal can't reveal his sources but says it'll appear pretty soon! He says that the rumours ARE true - this device has no built-in W...