Tag: windows mobile

HTC HD2 / Leo coming to o2 October 12th?

It seems that the HTC Leo is becoming more popular by the day. Now there's even more juicy information - the Leo is apparently due to appear on o2 on October 12th. According to engadgetmobile.com... "A trusted tipster with a proven past just gave us t...

Twitter tab and more spotted in latest ROM

Got Windows Mobile ? Want to stay with it ? I don't blame you. However, you've probably experienced a small amount of envy when you see how well Twitter is integrated into the HTC Sense experience on the HTC Hero (well, if it worked). There's news fro...

The Project Pink Phones seen at last

We've been told several times that Microsoft Pink doesn't exist. We've also been told even more times that an Microsoft "own branded phone" doesn't exist. Well, the latter is partially true, there won't be a phone "built by" Microsoft but it may have ...

3G Test – Check your network connectivity

There's a great little utility here for doing network tests like ping, traceroute and upconfig on your Windows Mobile. It's completely free and also shows you ping trip times, DNS lookup times and more. There's a couple of ways to download it and it'l...

Yet more HTC Leo pics

The HTC Leo, Pro.Three, HTC Touch HD2. Call it what you will this is one very nice device indeed. XDA-Developers member "B3ler3fonte" has got some more shots of the device including a comparison shot of it sitting next to the HTC Hero. Although we've ...

Over 30 new Windows Mobiles before 2009 is out?

Over 30 new Windows Mobile 6.5 devices before the end of 2009? Yes, according to DigiTimes there'll be 30 devices from 15 different manufacturers. Benjamin Tan, Senior Director in the "GCR Mobile Team" at Microsoft China revealed the tit-bit of inform...

Gmail direct to your WinMo

Got Gmail ? Got Windows Mobile? Cool. There's some good news from Google. Now you can get your Gmail sent directly down to your phone via the push-email / Exchange protocol. It means that mail comes directly into your WinMo mail client. Try it out he...

Xperia X2 Unboxing Video

Arne from theunwired.net has managed to get one of those generic boxes we love messing with. Inside is the Sony Ericsson Xperia X2 - the new Windows Mobile device with 8.1 megapixel shooter, laptop-esque sliding QWERTY keys, WiFi, aGPS, 3.5mm headset ...

Pro.Three? HTC Leo? No, it’s the HD2

The Leo. We've added post after post here at coolsmartphone,com and although we already kinda knew it'd be the Touch HD successor there's now even more evidence courtesy of these pics from techblog.gr. Now sure, round the back there's some nice "HTC P...

Microsoft clarifies the Marketplace remote kill

With many competitors already doing great business from their application stores Microsoft have recently discussed the inner-workings of their own "Marketplace". The Microsoft app store will be on Windows Mobile 6.5 devices launching on October 6th an...

HTC Leo. Another video. Still pretty amazing

Another video of the HTC Leo - this time even longer - is now available online. Labelled with the new "HTC Pro Three" branding it certainly looks pretty slick. The Leo is quickly becoming the most saught-after WinMo in the land with a super-fast 1Ghz ...

Touch Diamond2 hotfixes

Owners of the unlocked HTC Touch Diamond2 can now download a hotfix to sort a small but annoying bug. The issue relates to the LED not showing "green" when the battery is fully charged. Grab the patch on the link below, and don't forget the Caller ID ...

Acer F1 handset to arrive on October 6th

The Acer F1 is a powerful beast. Powered by a 1Ghz Qualcomm 8250 CPU it's got a 3.8" WVGA screen, 5 megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash. All the other goodies are in there, including WiFi 802.11 b/g, Bluetooth 2.1 with EDR, aGPS, microSD exp...

Windows Mobile 7 to immerse you in social networks

With Windows Mobile 6.5 still not (quite) available there's yet more detail on the next version - Windows Mobile 7. According to Micorosoft job adverts there's a heavy shift towards integrating social networking into version 7. The ad states that.. "T...

Palm ends the love affair with Windows Mobile

Agh. More bullets for Windows Mobile. Today Jon Rubinstein, CEO at Palm, confirmed in a financial results conference call that Windows Mobile was no longer part of their future line-up. He stated that... "Due to importance of webOS to our overall stra...

Goodbye i-mate.

We'd heard the rumours but now it's becoming more official by the hour - i-mate is gone. The company, headed up by Jim Morrison, closed it's Dubai office today. Staff were told to take "compulsory two months unpaid leave" in an email last Wednesday, w...

HTC Leo shows off multi-touch

We carried news on the new HTC Leo earlier this week, but now a video has popped onto the interwebs showing it doing multitouch. This massive screen is capacitive too! Blimey! The new device may stretch the pockets of future owners but it looks like t...

Opera Mini 5 Beta available

Opera Mobile is already part of some new Windows Mobile devices from HTC, but if you would like to try Opera Mini - the free Java variant - then click onto m.opera.com/next to get the beta of Opera Mini 5. There's tabbed browsing, speed dial and passw...

HTC Leo – Touch HD successor – snapped

We've heard the rumours but now it's here - the HTC Leo. This is the device which is being prepped to succeed the HTC Touch HD and, as you can see, it's running WinMo - not Android as reported. The pictures at pda.pl confirm that this is running …

Yomomedia- Your content, everywhere.

Yomomedia is a new app for getting the internet onto your handset in an easily digestible way. It combines blogs, feeds, news, podcasts, audio and video onto your handset when you want it. It provides one-click subscriptions and the ability to "Discov...

A taste of what’s to come in Marketplace

The all-new Windows Marketplace will launch on October 6th for those lucky enough to own a new WinMo 6.5 handset. Information about what exactly will be in the Marketplace is (sort-of) coming to light via this facebook.com post from the Windows Mobile...

Samsung Apps store – doors now open

The Samsung Application Store is now open for business. Available for the Omnia i900 the interface is well thought-out with categories, descriptions and screenshots. There's a search function, "top apps" tab and direct installation via CAB files to yo...

Chassis concept confirmed by Microsoft

In just a few weeks we'll see WinMo 6.5 arrive and there'll be new handsets popping out at the same time. Unfortunately for Microsoft many are already looking towards WinMo 7. It's believed to be a total "ground up" rebuild of the OS, and although we'...

Touch Pro2 now available on Verizon

The HTC Touch Pro2 is now available on Verizon Wireless. The Touch Pro2 features the enhanced TouchFLO 3D system and all the great stuff we saw on the Diamond2 but with the addition of a sliding QWERTY keyboard. Other specs include a tilting 3.6" WVGA...

The HTC Lancaster. What happened then?

We've had a few mails asking about the Android-powered HTC Lancaster so we thought we'd answer them here. The Lancaster is a sliding-QWERTY device from HTC and, last we heard, it was going to launch on AT&T in August. Earlier rumours suggested that th...

Make your WinMo feel like Android

It's safe to say that a fair chunk of Windows Mobile users will probably be a bit miffed at the constant barage of Google Android news at the moment, so why not make your WinMo look like Android? We've covered various ways of doing this, but now there...

GpsSpot Updated – Geo-tagging and more

GPSSpot is one of those great little apps for finding your way back to a recorded GPS position. It'll find out where you parked your car and even which pub you ended up in last night. We've reported on this previously and the new version includes the ...

Qik video sharing app updated for WinMo

Qik is great, period. It's available for WinMo and Android and will let you stream live video to the web direct from your phone. Have a browse to qik.com and see people using it right now - broadcasting live across the net. A new version is now availa...

X2 to be the last WinMo device from SE?

Another day, another rumour, but this time from a well-respected journalist - Eldar Murtazin. His recent Tweet claims that the Sony Ericsson X2 will possibly be the last ever Windows Mobile phone from the company. There is, according to the post, anot...

LG GM750 Hits Vodafone website

The LG GM750 has just popped up on the Vodafone website. The device, powered by Windows Mobile 6.5, is showing as coming soon with an arrival date of October. The device has a 5 megapixel camera, GPS, WiFi, 3" screen and 3G / HSDPA connectivity. There...

o2 XDA Venn Overview video

We'll have a review of the o2 XDA Venn online shortly but, until then, we've got an unboxing video for you to enjoy. The XDA Venn is a classic Windows Mobile Smartphone, so no touch-screen but instead two keyboards to use - a sliding QWERTY from the s...

VsNotepad 2.7 Now available

VsNotepad lets you make notes and organise your life on the go. You can create workbooks and reminders easily and it's completely finger-friendly. You can browse your notes, set reminders and there's an auto load / save function along with a calculato...

Twitter clients galore – Twikini updated

Twitter client Twikini has just been updated to version 1.5. The bugs have been fixed, including images getting mangled when scrolling, tweets not opening properly and more. Improvements include tweet sharing and quality tweaks to comply with Windows ...

Another WinMo Twitter client – moTweet!

Twitter clients seem to be everywhere at the moment and Windows Mobile has just got another one to add to the list. moTweets is available in free (ad-supported) and paid-for ($3.99 / £2.44) versions. It's got all the Twitter stuff you'd expect plus d...

Sprint Touch Pro2 Unboxed

If you're in the USA and looking for a new phone then, if we're honest, the Sprint network is looking fairly good right now. The Android-powered Hero is coming on October 11th (get a review here) and the WinMo-powered HTC Touch Pro2 will be launching ...

Xperia X2 – Up-close and personal

The Xperia X2 has had plenty of coverage already but we're loving this vid from HDBlog. They've uploaded a very nice video of the X2 onto YouTube. This is a really in-depth 10-minute vid showing you incredible close-ups of the phone and interface in a...

More hands-on Xperia X2 vids

The Xperia X2 launched just yesterday and will be exclusive to Vodafone. The device has a 8.1 megapixel auto-focus camera with zoom, image stabilizer, geo-tagging and a light. There's also stereo speakers, stereo Bluetooth with equalizer, auto-rotate ...

Motorola still committed to WinMo after all?

When we ran a story some months back about Moto leaving Windows Mobile it was rumoured that WinMo would take a back seat in favour of OS's such as Android. Previously Chief Sanjay Jha had said that it considered Android superior this year and had may ...

Orange Touch HD Firmware Update

Got a Touch HD from Orange ? Listen up. Orange have just put an update only (version 1.59.61.2) which improves the HTC Touch HD as follows.. - Improved Opera browsing performance - GPS Update speed improved - On-screen slider feature for answering cal...

LG GM750 – The start of the LG WinMo assault

Vodafone have scored another exclusive with the launch of the upcoming LG GM750. This is a phone we spotted last month and features the LG S-Class user-interface. This is yet another phone launching on October 6th and, just like all the other WinMo 6....