Tag: gui
As we’re a UK based site, we’ll try to get over the spelling of the word “Color” and move on (we’re still having trouble with Honor). This, then, is the new ColorOS 11. It’s just been launched and it’s one of the first to run on stable Android …
What I loved most about the old BBC iPlayer Radio app was the GUI. The design of the interface was straightforward, easy-to-understand and worked well. Whether you were sat still or going for a jog – you had a natural and simple interface that did exactly what you …
Since May 14th 2018, seven US States have entered the sports betting market. For such a long time, Las Vegas has been inextricably linked to gaming, but after the US Supreme Court overturned the 1992 Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act, there’s about to be a big rise …
Morning all. So, I had a lovely intro to this third day with the Mi 8 Pro. You can see our story so far here. This morning though, I woke up to find that the Mi 8 Pro had received an update, and the GUI looked remarkably different. …
A few of you have already asked, “Where’s Day 5 with the Honor 8X?!” Well, I had a weekend and I had a rest. It was a strange experience and something I might try again. However, I did get chance to catch up with email, and a couple …
I had a think about this bit. I figured I could put a huge stack of images in and maybe write a load of text about how it all works… or, I could just do a video. It’s what the kids are doing now isn’t it eh? Perhaps …
Yesterday I found a haul of classic smartphones including the SPV E100, E200 and M2000. Not only that, but I dug out the SPV C500 and C600 too. That C600 was, at the time, quite something – it came with an OMAP850 CPU running at 195Mhz and had …
I don’t know about you, but the one thing I want more than anything is a playful interface. I mean, an interface alone is great, but let’s make it a playful one eh? Let’s make it fun. Let’s make it lively, cheerful, impish and a little bit frisky …
When Windows Phone 7 was announced it seemed to signal the end of HTC's involvement with the GUI. The Windows Phone 7 interface, from what we understood at the time, was to be familiar and identical throughout all Windows Phones. Things still seem to ...
Head on over to PPCSG for some rather cool TouchFLO 3D themes for your HTC Diamond / Touch Pro. The entire selection is available to browse and download from mobile-sg.com including this one here called "Coffee Lover". They're simple enough to install...
So, I'm back in the UK and I've just plugged my Windows Mobile handset into my PC. I've got lots of videos that I'd like to copy across to my machine and view. They're all in MP4 format, it's just a matter of loading up Quicktime and.... ..ahh... …
Earlier in the week we took a look at the new Skyfire browser and it's Flash capabilities. A lot of interest centred around the BBC iPlayer, which at last became sort-of-functional in Skyfire and has long been a "want" of most Windows Mobile users. No...
Regular readers will know of the Pointui Home system by now. It's still available here with a direct download here. Now Bell Canada customers will find a custom build of Point UI in the HTC Touch Diamond available from their network. This is grouped a...
Last night I nearly threw something at the TV when a Christmas commercial popped on the screen. Surely it's not that time of year just yet is it? Perhaps not, but Halloween is just a few weeks away and you can get some suitably scary ringtones for yo...
Some years back you couldn't move for themes, backdrops and homescreens. Everyone seemed to have their own personal theme but now, with the HTC TouchFLO technology, many are choosing to stick with that instead. PortableThemes.com has been setup for th...
Just a few days ago I slapped my phone onto the back of a toy train and recorded the journey. Amazingly it's already received nearly 1,500 views so I thought I'd have a go at something else. This time, instead of recording my journey to work I left …
Last month I got well and truly stuck with what seemed like a simple request. Just how do you get the text message sound to repeat? Sure, there's a "Repeat" option on Windows Mobile Professional, but you'll find that it's permanently greyed out and t...
So you've got your shiny new Windows Mobile phone. The first thing you'll probably want to do is customise your phone with ringtones, a new colour scheme and a personalised backdrop. Ringtones are particularly tricky, because you'll quickly find yours...
Christmas is right around the corner and Microsoft are celebrating with free ringtones and wallpapers for Windows Mobile. Tameside Eye has emailed in after spotting the range of special seasonal ringtones and backdrops. There's stacks to choose from, ...
Every few months I mention this rather excellent website. It's crammed full of rather sexy homescreens / themes for your Smartphone (Windows Mobile Standard) to make your phone look all pretty and nice. In my book Kleinweder is still the best site for...
Just when you think the internet is nothing but porn, adverts and bingo websites, along comes solid gold like TV Themes Tunes Online. It seems to be in the UK too, so you've not only got American TV shows but classic themes from over here aswell! Find...
Years back, when this site was crawling around in nappies, we had lots of links to sites specialising in ringtones, backdrops, home-screen and videos. It's good to see a resurgence of these lately, especially SmartPhoneCinema.co.uk, which has a wide s...
If you've got your Windows Mobile to hand don't forget to check our mobile site at mobile.coolsmartphone.com. It's filled with information and fun which has been specifically designed with mobile compatibility in mind. You'll find this news feed plus ...
About a year ago we told you about some free audio guides from iAudioguide.com. At the time there was just three cities to choose from, however they've been working hard and now have overe 30 MP3 guides to select. They're all free too, so you simply d...
Remember us mentioning TinyTube ? We covered it last year - it was a neat way to view / convert YouTube videos so that you can watch on your Windows Mobile phone. Many of you will already know that browsing to YouTube and trying to view a video …
We originally named this site "CoolSmartphone" because we wanted to do everything possible to make your Windows Mobile device even "cooler" than it already is. We've always hunted down people who design themes and backgrounds and feature them in the "...
You may remember that our friends at MoDaCo got into a bit of trouble with Apple recently after "unauthorized dissemination of copyrighted material", which basically meant that they were linking to a site offering a very realistic-looking Apple iPhone...
Petter Haugerud at DrukenDonut.com has just put bags of ringtones onto his site. "I've got a lot of free MP3 ringtones on my homepage", he says, "They work fine on Smartphones & Pocket PC". So if you're hungry for ringtones (who isn't, eh?) then pop a...
Crickey, this is a bit good. Check out findsounds.com. You just bung in a word and it'll crawl the t'interweb to find an audio file to match. I've just tried it with the word "beer" and found stack of different beer sounds. To use just click this the...
We all know how much you love ringtones, so it's great to see that Microsoft are dishing out loads of additional ones at the Windows Mobile site. Just sign up for their newsletter and get a selection of rave, motown, blues and house tunes for your Win...
jdskins.com are currently holding a homescreen challenge contest. This is the second such contest and it's up to you guys to help decide the winner. To ensure fairness you do have to register on their website then there's six to choose from here. Don'...
A lot of you have been emailing me regarding the superb kleinweder website which offers exquisitely designed homescreens for your Smartphone. There was news earlier this week regarding a notice that Kleinweder had received from Microsoft advising him ...
I've just had a quick look at a site called Pod2Mob.com. In fact, I gave it a try on Thursday night when I got stuck in a traffic jam for over an hour. All I did was browse to the mobile version of the site on my phone …
Right now there's probably a certain percentage of you lot saying, "Star Fleet! I remember that!" and a certain percentage saying, "What the chuff is that?" Well, this weekend I fell across a site called RetroJunk.com. It's a fantastic website where y...
Yet more top homescreen designs from Kleinweder. Yes, I know, we mention his work every other month but you have to admit, it's corking stuff. :) The latest screens for Windows Mobile 5 handsets feature some animated scroll-over effects too like this ...
If you've got TomTom or CoPilot installed on your Smartphone or PocketPC you may be aware that a range of voices are available to download. From John Cleese to Darth Vadar, you can have them telling you which is the best way to your destination. Now h...
Another excellent homescreen website for you today. This time it's JDSKins.com who've also now added a seperate section for QVGA screens like the C550 / C600 etc. Click here to browse and then get yourself a cool homescreen or a complete theme like th...
If you've received a nice spanky new Windows Mobile Smartphone for Christmas then you should definitely make sure that Kleinweder.ch is on your favourites list. Yes, I know I keep plugging the Kleinweder.ch website, but his homescreens are unbelievabl...
Free Xmas mpg/wmv videos! Yet more great stuf from the guys at SmartPhoneVideoPlus.com Band Aid 20 - Do They Know It's Christmas.mpg Bing-Crosby_White-Christmas.mpg BoSelectas_ProperCrimbo.wmv Cheeky-Girl...
My wishes have come true! Only a week after the first Gemma Atkinson skin we now have another one! Ooooooo yes! The girl who's now also been featured by Goldie Looking Chain has made a second appearance at CoolSmartPhone! Wad McGraw has sent in this f...
