Orange SPV C550 – Reviewed!

MySmartPhone.ch have managed to get their hands on the new Orange SPV C550 and have put a review online with hi-res pictures of the phone and screenshots of the software. The review confirms that the handset will be on sale mid-July and also mentions ...

How to PhotoBlog

Blimey, it's a bit warm. At about quarter to five last night it was still a blistering 30 degrees C here in Merry Ole England. While I was having a nice boozy barbeque last night (along with the rest of the UK by the smell of it), it …

Right! That’s the last time I miss Top Gear!

I can't remember the last time I sat down to watch some TV because I had nothing else to do. I always miss the good TV shows or I only catch part of it. So, I decided to find a way to work around this problem without having …

HP HW6515 Pocket PC Phone

Alexander from MySmartphone.no has this article on the new HP HW6515, which looks a tad like the BenQ P50. While I can't understand much of the article, it does have lots of pretty pictures in hi-resolution. The HP HW6515 comes with... - Integrated G...

Samsung SGH-i300 at CommunicAsia

Over at Phonemag.com is yet another story about yet another Windows Mobile-powered phone from Samsung. This time it's a SGH-i300 running the Smartphone version of Windows Mobile on the SGH-i300. The SGH-i300 comes with an inbuilt 3Gb hard drive and is...

DOS Attack

Early this morning CoolSmartPhone was subject to a rather heavy Denial Of Service attack at around 4AM which lasted for 3 hours. The origins of this appear to be an AOL IP address at 172.216.224.73 which hammered our servers with tonnes of requests to...

Wow! You can now log in and STAY logged in!

Cookies! Yeah! They're great! The chocolate-chip ones are my favourite, but alas we're not talking about the lovely cookies you get from the local Morrisons, oh no. We're talking about those web-cookies that store little tit-bits of information, such ...

BenQ P50 to debut next week

According to Slashphone, the BenQ P50 Pocket PC Phone will be out in Taiwan next week.Specs below..Mode  GSM Quadband 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900  OS  Microsoft Windows Mobile 2003 Pocket PC Phone Edition Second Edition  Dimensions&nbs...

Orange SPV M2000 Update

For those owning an Orange SPV M2000 there appears to be an OS Update for it. We can't find any mention of it on the Orange website, however the download itself is from http://www.orange.co.uk/download/m2000, so we're guessing it must be OK to install...

Goodbye Voq, we didn’t really know you..

Oh dear, the Sierra Wireless Voq is dead. The company announced the news today and we could almost see it coming if we're brutally honest. The handset was big and looked a bit like a prop from Star Trek. Aside from the design of it, Sierra Wireless ma...

I’m bigger than you are, suck my fat lollipop

Crazy Frog is number 1 again, the goverment want to charge us for every mile we drive or something and now apparently there's a recession on. Still, don't worry - you've always got that box in the corner of your room to access CoolSmartPhone.com! :) P...

Orange gossip..

Apparently the HTC Universal will be out on Orange later this year - late Autumn time probably. The "3G SPV" or C600 will be it's name.Also the M500 shown right should be out for business customers some time soon - possibly at the end of this week.Thi...

Fun In The Sun with Astraware!

Astraware have announced that their hot new "Fun In The Sun" promotion begins today! 14 days, 14 games, and big discounts to help you ease into Summer. Each day for 14 days from June 8th-21st a different great title will be featured with a big disco...

Un-happy slapping

I mentioned happy slapping some weeks back and how it had been picked up by the media. Known as "Happy Slapping", it is in fact just bullying at best, or mugging at worst. The Crazy Frog generation appear to have started this (yes, he's at number 1 ag...

Orange SPV C550 – Pictures and details

Well ok, it's not strictly a C550, it's a QTek 8200 - however the handset is the same. Alexander from MySmartPhone.no has the scoop with pictures and details galore. These shots finally put to rest some of the Orange SPV C550 rumours.. 1) No WiFi or ...

Skweezer – A new version and a chance to win!

We've mentioned the excellent Skweezer before but now there's an updated version available. For those that aren't aware, Skweezer is a great way to lower your GPRS bills by cramming down regular websites into a perfect small-screen version. The new up...

BenQ grabs Siemens Mobile

Keni texted me this morning following the news that BenQ are to buy Siemens Mobile. What does this mean for Siemens Windows Mobiles such as the SX66 ? Will BenQ be looking at making a Windows Mobile phone ? Have a read of Keni's blog for these and …

C550 Still on the way…

There's a lot of hoo-har about the C550 at the moment. Various websites are mentioning release days and shots of the Orange magazine. Although June dates are being mentioned, we're still expecting July 11th to be more realistic, and don't forget that ...