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Get Screenshots with Pocket SnapIt

I focused for some time on creating a new free program for .NET Compact Framework devices. This program is intended for taking screenshots. It's name is Pocket SnapIt and its source is also available. Features -* Full-screen screenshots or screenshot...

SmartHiker – Free navigation tool for hikers

Most GPS navigation software is for drivers who don't want to get lost. Smarthiker however is a Global Positioning System (GPS) application for the Microsoft Smartphone which is especially designed for walkers, hikers and mountineers. This software u...

Another review of the Motorola MPx, but…

Yet another glowing review of the Motorola MPx here at mb.com.ph, however we're still not seeing much of the mighty Motorola in the shops where Windows Mobile is concerned. Motorola and Windows Mobile have had a tough ride recently. After the success ...

The C550 Cometh!

Next month should be pretty damned huge for the Windows Smartphone world. The Orange SPV C550 is due to hit the shelves in a big way, and now we've received word that The Carphone Warehouse are already plugging it with pre-order information, details o...

Something is coming soon!

I've just added a quick article on using Windows Media Player 10 to syncronise your music. It's available here, so take a look. This kinda leads me onto something I wanna share with you all that we've been working on for a few weeks now.. There's been...

Sync Solution for Mac Owners – The Missing Sync

I always get mails from people saying, "How do I sync with my iMac?" and usually I say, "Buy a PC mate" .. Nah.. not really. I'm only kidding. :) We already have the excellent MissingSync for Pocket PC, but now it looks like there'll soon be MissingSy...

DAT Group PLC acquires Synchronica GMBH

DAT Group PLC have just announced the acquisition of Synchronica GMBH and will add the Synchronica OMA compliant DS/DM and FOTA servers to compliment DAT’s existing DMP platform which supports WindowsMobile, Symbian and Palm devices. This is obvi...

Exclusive – Orange SPV C550 will have Robbie Williams content

According to my sources, the Orange SPV C550 should be appearing next month (May 2005) and has already been coined the "SPV Robbie" by some retailers. Why the SPV Robbie? Well, the Orange SPV C550 will include stacks of Robbie Williams content on (we ...

iMate SP3i Reviewed

The iMate SP3i is a fantastic Windows Smartphone, and if you can't get a Smartphone in your home country it's well worth a look. In fact, our USA visitors can get a great deal on an iMate SP3i in our USA Gadget Shop here for a mere $291.95 …

Companies – Try out the Orange SPV C500 today!

If you're responsible for testing and evaluating new kit for your company, then you may want to have a look at the latest deal from Orange and Microsoft. You can actually try out up to 3 of the excellent Orange SPV C500 handsets per organisation with ...

New handsets on the cards

Whilst checking for news items I came across some interesting news items from MSMobiles.com. At CeBIT this year there were three companies - Pantech, LG and Tatung - suggesting that they had Windows Mobile phones in development. You can see the associ...

SMT5600 Comes To Canada

Great to see the tiny Audiovox SMT 5600 (AKA the SPV C500 etc) now hitting Canada. Rogers Wireless have now annouced the handset here on their site. The handset costs $299.99 if you don't mind being shackled into a 3 year term, however it is a wicked ...

Crazy Daisy (Oh, if it were only Daisy Duke!)

My good mates at Astraware have announced another one of their highly addicitive games on the Windows Smartphone while I was away. Crazy Daisy (available here) is needs you to spin the flowers so that you match the coloured petals and watch them pop. ...

Orange Code Camp comes to the USA

After the success of the last Orange Code Camp in France last year, Orange are doing it all over again - this time in Florida USA. More details on the event can be found here, where you can also register for the event and learn more about coding …

More on the Samsung SGH-i300 – Specs sheet

This Samsung.com promo is a great way to learn more about the upcoming Samsung SGH-i300. Samsung are suitably proud of this handset and have pulled out all the stops to publicise it. Huge mock ups at CeBIT, fantastic flash movies and .. wooo! Very nic...

T-Mobile SDA II ready to reserve on the T-Mobile site!

Blimey! One moment T-Mobile are announcing the SDA II at CeBIT and then it appears on the T-Mobile Germany website ready to reserve with a June release date. T-Mobile HQ have yet again shown that they're ready to push forward with their very latest ha...

Samsung SGH-i300 Preview

Samsung this week announced their new Windows Mobile phone - the SGH-i300 at CeBIT. This is another very music-centred handset and includes a 3Gb HD and a 1.3 Megapixel camera. You can see lots of pictures here at PPCW.net but now you can also see som...

T-Mobile SDA II and SDA II Music announced at CeBIT

MSMobiles have news on this press release from T-Mobile about the T-Mobile SDA II and T-Mobile SDA II Music. Things are moving quickly for the Windows Smartphone by the looks of it - the T-Mobile SDA (1?) has only just arrived here in the UK. These ne...

Orange G2 Review

Bluetooth headsets are a must for pretty much everyone now - especially drivers as it's illegal to hold and use and mobile whilst driving. Bluetooth headsets, like the Jabra headset I reviewed a couple of years back are now quite widespread. Russ Cas...

T-Mobile SDA – A First Look

I've just put a first-look review of the T-Mobile SDA online here, which was written by CoolSmartPhone member Ian Moore. As you may know, T-Mobile weren't willing to let me review an SDA handset (and I can't afford to buy another phone!), so I've aske...

T-Mobile bundles CoPilot with SDA and MDA Compact

CoPilot® Live is basically door-to-door navigation via satellite from the guys at ALK Technologies. From today it'll be available as a bundle with the T-Mobile MDA Compact and SDA! The CoPilot® Live satellite navigation system transforms both the T...

Handsets to arrive in 2005

The 3G SPV that we've featured here should be out later this year. Umm.. I think. See, to be honest I'm not sure because I've had a sneaky look at the device road-map for Orange in 2005 and it mentions that... "A Windows Mobile-based 3G phone will al...

No SDA Music for the UK?

I've chatted to Joe from MobileJoe.de in the past and he's always been very complimentary about T-Mobile Germany and the support they've given him. T-Mobile were always keen to show the latest Windows Mobile Phones and get as many developers and custo...

Exclusive first – Orange SPV C550

I had an email about an hour ago from an anonymous source with this picture attached. Now, being the trained journalist I am (!), I've decided to post this picture without checking anything out first. I've decided to do this just in case this all work...

New software from EdgeQ

I've just added a couple of nice applications from EdgeQ to our downloads section. The first free beta is called TrafficEdge and gives you up-to-the-minute traffic info for parts of the USA. It even includes traffic camera images so you can steer clea...

Newgen D2000W with QVGA and Wi-Fi!

MoDaCo have picked up this iDNES.cz story showing the new Newgen D2000W. If you don't want to translate, try visiting the NewGenTel.com site itself here and have a butchers. It's a slide-design and looks very nice indeed. It comes with a very quick In...

Build and deploy to Microsoft mobile devices

There's a presentation and live demo on how to build and deploy applications on Microsoft mobile devices at Kingston University, Kingston Upon Thames in Surrey. It takes place on February 22nd 2005 and is a completely free open lecture. Places are lim...

More pixels baby!

MSMobiles.com have got themselves a sneak peek at the very early stages of a Samsung Smartphone. In the pictures here you can see the "demo board" - this is basically the insides of a phone, but not quite squashed up enough to fit into a case just yet...

New homescreens from Kleinweder.ch

Here's two new homescreen skins from kl1wd. The first, called BlueSky and features the MSN butterfly. The second, strangely called IamRunningOutOfNames and features the Windows Mobile logo. Get both of these by clicking the links below.... - BlueSky...

Animated homescreens from MadBeetle

So, we reported already on the PhoneThemes.com story, we showed you how animated homescreens were indeed possible. However, they've not released their work fully as yet. Step forward Madbeetle, who've generated their own homescreen plug-in for the Win...

Exchange Server 2003 offer on Orange SPV C500

Looks like Microsoft and Orange are teaming up to offer those interested in Exchange Server 2003 up to 3 Orange SPV C500's on a trial-basis for a month. Details on this offer can be found at the bottom of this Microsoft.com page. Here's some highlight...

TomTom Mobile 5

Looks like TomTom have released a new version of their excellent TomTom Mobile, which we reviewed here earlier. The improvements are fantastic - TomTom Mobile 5 now has full compatibilty with the Orange SPV C500 (I presume they're selling it on MiniSD...

HTC Universal / T-Mobile MDA IV / 3G SPV

Right, so - you remember this InfoSyncWorld.com article from last week? This Windows Mobile Powered T-Mobile MDA IV offers GSM, GPRS, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi AND 3G - yes, 3G. It's apparently also to be badged under the Orange SPV range too. Some thought ...

MS Go for mass-market

Looks like Microsoft is aiming to get even more phones running its' Windows Mobile OS. In this ZDNet.co.uk story, from the 3GSM World Congress event, it was annouced that Microsoft are to use the Peabody platform. More info below ... "3GSM: Microsof...

SPV M2500 Coming too!

We've seen a glut of new Windows Mobile Devices recently. News about the MPx220 coming to Vodafone, then there's the 3G T-Mobile MDA IV plus the M500 too! It's been a busy week. However, now MoDaCo have news on the next Pocket PC Phone from Orange, th...

SPV M500

Just to confuse me still further (well, that's not too hard to accomplish!), it looks like there's now an Orange SPV M500... which is.. ermm.. the T-Mobile MDA Compact errmm.. Yes, it's another fantastic HTC, and this time it's on the Dutch Orange web...

DAT and Dangaard Telecom launch mobile email service for MPx

Today, DAT Group plc and Dangaard Telecom announced they would form a new company, Tabella LP, to develop and market a new mobile email solution. The service has been specifically designed to match the market demand for managed mobile messaging soluti...

Motorola MPx220 – New OS and more info

Yes, another news item on the MPx220. :) Although here in Europe the MPx220 is yet to make its mark, it's interesting to see what's coming. The 220 has a megapixel camera, bluetooth and is Motorolas' second clamshell Windows Mobile phone after the ver...

Cute DV1 – Wow!

Just when you think you've got a funky phone, along comes someone with an even better one. Step forward XCute Mobile Corp, who've produced this digital movie camera / 3 mega-pixel digital still-camera / DVD player (with TV-out!) / MP3 / phone combo ! ...

Voda gets more customers, but….

Looks like Vodaphone have grabbed themselves 5.4m more customers in the last quarter of 2004. However, the actual spending of their user-base is down and the "ARPU figure" (ARPU stands for "average revenue per user" fell. Hmmmm.. sounds like they coul...