Orange TV Launches

Today marks the launch of Orange TV - the UK’s first TV-on-the-mobile service. It operates on the Orange 3G network and brings news, sport and entertainment programmes onto your phone. 9 channels will be available including ITN News, CNN, Cartoon Ne...

SPV M2000 gets featured in TV Show "24"

If you're a fan of TV Show "24" then it may be worth checking out this story from mysmartphone.no. The Orange SPV M2000 / QTek 9090 / AudioVox 6600 / VPA III / Siemens SX66 is actually shown in the episode as a Sprint PPC 660, available here …

Memory cards for your phone just got even cheaper

The guys at MobyMemory.com have just emailed in to say that they've gone a bit mad and dropped their prices even lower than normal. Check out the price of a 1Gb miniSD ! It's now only £82.99 ! 1GB mini-SD - £82.99 512MB mini-SD - £35.99 256MB mini...

That bloody frog! (Part II – by Martin)

That annoying thing, commonly known as the crazy frog.  That sound was on a website, www.studentfreestuff.co.uk long before som muppet decided it sounded like a crazy frog, and a very lucrative frog too.  If anyone is prepared to pay up to

Follow-up for developers – LocateMe!

You may remember some months back we mentioned an event at Kingston Uni telling you how to build and deploy applications on Microsoft mobile devices. Well, Keni - who chaired the event - has now followed this up by blogging some blogging some code cal...

C500 gets another award, HP Smartphone gossip and THAT Frog!

Good to see that the Orange SPV C500 and the iMate JAM are in the top 5 best smartphones in Total Mobile Magazine this month. Also, it would appear that our our earlier story regarding the HP Smartphone could indeed be true. We've had an anonymous ema...

Armour Case for the iMate JAM!

Check this out - it's a new Armor Case (that's "Armour" for those speaking proper English) :) :) for the i-Mate JAM! BoxWave's Armor Case is a form-fitting metal case made of aluminium that is designed to protect your i-Mate JAM from everyday wear a...

UPDATE – Meanwhile, out in Iraq…

I've just spotted this news story about British troops from the Royal Dragoon Guards in Iraq. To keep moral high they produced a spoof version of the video for Amarillo, recently re-released by Peter Kay and Tony Christie. They called it, "Is this the...

Samsung i730 News

Rumours still surround the Pocket PC Samsung i730 Phone, coming soon from Verizon Wireless. Shown here running Windows Mobile 2003SE it's capable of high speed surfing and mail collection through the EVDO (3G). Dates for release of this handset, which...

AudioVox 6600 now available in Canada

Well hello - what's this ? Why it's the AudioVox 6600 of course!? Now available from Telus Mobility Canada here. Yes, it's that HTC-build Pocket PC phone again, already seen on Orange as the M2000 (review here) and Vodafone as the VPA III. This handse...

A cradle for your C500 / Audiovox SMT 5600 / SDA

Ian Moore has just emailed me in about this i-mate SP3i USB Cradle. In theory this should work with the T-Mobile SDA and, we think, the Orange SPV C500 too. Here's a picture of the bottom of the iMate SP3i - the handset this cradle was made for... …

Vodafone VPAIII coming to the UK this week?

We're hearing that the VPA III, also known as the SPV M2000 on Orange, is to appear this week. The VPAIII was mentioned several months ago, but we've not seen it in the UK. It's pretty much identical to the Orange SPV M2000 which we reviewed here, so …

CoolSmartPhoneCast 3 now online

The third ever "PodCast" is now available for download by clicking here. I still haven't managed to include your feedback as yet - mainly because I've had a real arse of a week and haven't had chance. Have a listen anyway, 'cus it's ruddy brilliant. O...

Samsung i300 news. Ooo! A laydee!!!

Jason over at Smartphonethoughts seems to have his priorities mixed up. ;) In this story about the Samsung i300 phone he's included some publicity shots of this lovely lady holding the phone while bent over a table (leave it, leave it!) The camera-guy...

Orange responds to Windows Mobile 5.0 questions

Orange has revealed their Windows Mobile 5.0 plans in this Microsoft.com press release. It seems that they'll probably be introducing them in new devices, and you won't be able to upgrade your existing phone to this new OS. Florian Seiche, Director of...

HP Smartphone planned

Smartphonethoughts.com are reporting here that a HP Smartphone is on the cards. The news comes via another post discussing the delay of a HP Pocket PC, but tucked into the story is the following... "In the meantime, two other devices will likely launc...

Videos that aren’t acceptable

I've been watching the Tonight show on ITV1 tonight. The show, plus news reports today, have launched an invesigation into "happy slapping" - this is an alarming new teenage craze which involves using a mobile phone to film violent attacks on innocent...

TapzMania – Bug Killer released

Hands up who remembers the old Spectrum classic game called "Pssst" ? Come on.. you must remember ? It was big in the 80's? No? Well, anyways.. Here's an update to this concept - called "TapzMania - Bug Killer" - now in 3D !When I first saw this …

ActiveSync 4.0 online

The direct link to ActiveSync 4.0 is now available at Microsoft.com here. You shouldn't really need this version unless you're using a Windows Mobile 5.0 device though. CoolSmartPhone member Lee found it and says... "It's marked as a developer previ...

Updated – Audia X FM Transmitter with the Orange SPV C500

You may remember my news story about the Audia X review I did. Well, today my little adaptor plug turned up, so I've been able to test this Audia X FM Transmitter with my Orange SPV C500. To read the new updated review, now with extra pictures and …