Win an MPx200 Handset!

Corey over at the new SmartPhoneMinds.com has TWO Motorola MPx200 handsets to give away, courtesy of Motorola and Microsoft. If you want to find out more, just click here for more information!

Protect your Moto!

I've just had an email from John Tubbrit. He asks a very simple question, and one that I haven't really solved myself. For all you Motorola MPx200 users - happy with your polished black handset - what do you do to protect it ? If you're a "real …

Starblaster – bloody fantastic mate!

I've just been given this rather excellent game to review. This should be online later tomorrow. The delay is basically due to the fact that I'm addicted to it! :) Here's the advert.. "It is the distant future, and Earth has finally been destroyed. Th...

Motorola Smartphone Selection

It looks like the MPx series will include several models - check out this DigiTimes.com article by Chinmei Sung for info. Motorola is stepping up a gear in the MS Smartphone arena, and have commissioned several makers to build phones for their 2004 r...

E100 / E200 Caption Competition

I'm still going through the entries for this. I hope you can understand the delay! I have to read and review every single one of the several hundred entries, and we (both I and Orange) are busy deciding who should win. It's a very tricky task, as the …

The MPx220 – Yes, it is real and yes – it is coming!

Interesting! On page 29 of this T-Mobile Germany Motorola info sheet there's info about the much-rumoured Motorola MPx220. It states here that the phone is scheduled for a first half 2004 release, and will come equipped with the Bluetooth an...

Orange go tunnelling

Here in the UK, there aren't many places where you CAN'T get a mobile signal. Pretty much everywhere is covered - you can even cross the channel on a ferry and still get a signal. What about tunnels though ? Ahhh!!! You've had it... No network could ...

Born free! Software unlock the entire SPV range!

Blimey ! Over at MoDaCo.com they've used the E200 Application Unlock "tweak" and found out that it also works fine on the E100 and the original SPV too! What is Application Unlocking? Well, it basically allows you to run pretty much anything you want...

MyOrigo Motion Phone

MyOrigo is a small Finnish based company working on a next generation smartphone called the mydevice. While the mydevice features a lot of the usual smartphone features, the OS that makes the mydevice so special. MyOrigo has created some unique ways o...

I-mate update 1.50.8.6

I-mate has released an update to the update... This is the same update 1.50.8.6 but with MSN fix... Check the link...    

Orange network blip

As I can't make calls at the moment - although to some people I can, others I can't, and the Orange UK Customer Service line appears to be broken too... I guessed there was a bit of a problem with something. Apparently this is due to a HLR …

Good god! It’s here!

The much anticipated OS update to the Orange SPV / SPV E100 handset is now finally available. At present this will kill everything held in your IPSM directory though, so you may want to wait until Orange roll out their Backup and Restore tool next wee...

Every day is a school day

One of the good, and sometimes bad things about the Microsoft Smartphone is that you find hidden stuff that it can do every month or two. Take yesterday for example, when I found out for the first time how to change the sound file that's played when a...

New AT&T Resource

Some exciting news:  Microsoft and AT&T Wireless today announced a new resource that will empower US customers of the Motorola MPx200 with a 1-stop mobile-optimized site to get wireless data services, applications, ring tones and more. &...

E200 Review at last!

At long last I've finally posted the E200 Review online. This can be found here. It's taken a while because I wanted to give it a good "work out" before I actually reviewed it. :) Full E200 Review here

Get in the Christmas Spirit

Our good mate Rey Vegafria over at the magnificent Airfagev.com has now got a very healthy selection of skins and sounds for your Smartphone. We're nearing Christmas now, and this weekend I queued with thousands of people who were trying to get Christ...

New news site

Moving in a bit on msmobiles.com's turf is newbie msmobilenews.com - this site has been launched by some MoDaCo members you may well recognise and it's well worth a click. There's some excellent home screens, skins, news and a mobile version of the ...

MPx220 on the way?

Things are moving real quick recently. Gizmodo.com is now reporting that the much rumoured Motorola MPx220, which is due apparently February 2003, will support AT&T's new high-speed EDGE data network. The MPx220, an updated version of their MPx200 Sm...

A new way to remote control!

Steven Buehler has just emailed in about a new set of Power Toys from Microsoft, which have been quietly released. These include a much better Remote Control package as part of their Windows Mobile Developer Power Tools here.Just download the second p...

Busy week!

A bit of a busy week this week. With many competition entries to go through, lots of sh*t to do at work, plus stuff to sort out at home and many other bits this week has been a bit "full". :) Added to that I had to move …