Tag: windows mobile

Orange SPV C700 News

See this? It's the Orange SPV C700. It's already appeared in Orange magazines and catalogues here in the UK however it's not quite ready as yet. To keep updated on when it will be available just sign up for our Orange SPV C700 update. We'll let you kn...

Xbox Live on a Smartphone

Jason at Smartphonethoughts.com is currently in Thailand for one of the Mobius conferences happening over the next week. The conference is a chance for webmasters of influential websites to exchange ideas, suggestions and to get a heads-up on the new ...

Chase HQ 2 and GearStorm on your phone!

Well it looks like the summer is pretty much over here in the UK. All we've got to look forward to now is dark evenings, cold weather and yet more depressing episodes of "Eastenders". Still, with games like Chase HQ 2 Evo and GearStorm available for a...

Cingular stamps the Samsung SGH-i607

This howardforums post has pictures of the Samsung SGH-i607 coming to Cingular very soon. It looks like Samsung has several variants of the SGH-i600 series which is also known as the "BlackJack". This one has yet another keyboard configuration by the ...

Flex your mind with Advanced Brain Trainer

Fancy stimulating your brain ? Sure, you could do the crossword in high-brow newspapes like "The Times" but, let's face it, no-one ever completes that and besides you'd look crazy sat on the train trying to fold the thing. If you want a more compact, ...

Tweak your Smartphone

You may well remember Sniper that we mentioned earlier. It's brought to us from the guys at GadgetApps.com and, if you do a bit more digging, there's more goodies to be found. Firstly SmartTweaker brings us 55 tweaks for your Smartphone to let you tune and speed-up your …

Movie reviews and guides anywhere, anytime

The Leonard Maltin Movie Guide is now available for the Motorola Q and other Windows Mobile powered Smartphones. The software, which is also available for Pocket PC, will instantly transform your device into the most up-to-date, comprehensive and reli...

CamerAware v1.0 Now available

CamerAware 1.0 is now available here at MoDaCo.com. Put simply it'll tell you when you're near to a "safety camera" and it'll also let you upload your position for remote monitoring. You can download and try it now then get a licence for £19.99 which...

NewsGator Go! – News feeds anywhere

NewsGator Go! for Windows Mobile is now available and brings RSS feeds down to your phone easily. You can read and manage subscriptions directly from any device running Windows Mobile and feeds are automatically formatted for the device you're using. ...

Astraware set sail

Astraware.com yesterday celebrated "International Talk Like a Pirate Day" and raised a whole heap of money for Marie Curie Cancer Care. They decorated their entire office and dressed up like swashbuckling pirates as you can see in their gallery here. ...

Treo 750v – Yes, even more pictures

I was lucky enough to grab hold of the Palm Treo 750v for a short while this afternoon. It's a heck of a lot smaller than I imagined and if I'm honest I would've loved to have had longer with it. Although I didn't get chance to meddle …

XDA Cosmo Announced by o2 Germany

Another handset announced by the boys at o2 Germany is the o2 XDA Cosmo. Yup, it's our old friend the HTC Excalibur - soon to show up also on T-Mobile USA as the "Dash". It's got WiFi, Bluetooth, 1.3 Megapixel camera and of course that full QWERTY key...

XDA Orbit Announced by o2 Germany

About a month ago we mentioned that a well-known network was going to pick this device up, then last week we kinda spilt the beans a bit so it's no surprise that o2 Germany has today announced the device as the o2 XDA Orbit. The XDA Orbit will …

MSN Messenger on the Orange SPV M3100 etc

Today I wanted to get MSN Messenger on the Orange SPV M3100. We've heard about the new messaging software on the way from Orange however it's still not here and I want to chat to friends with non-Windows phones who do have Messenger. (Grrr!). Yes, fo...

Sniper – Bluetooth file manager and jacker

Sick of being the only person in the pub who can't send and receive stuff over Bluetooth properly ? Well yes, we are too. Whilst you can download free software like SmartExplorer to help you out, there's also cool apps like Sniper which you can downlo...

Orange SPV C700 appears in catalogues

Hello, hello! Look what's in the September issue of the Orange catalogue. Yep, it's the hot new Orange SPV C700 3G-enabled Smartphone. Quoted as having a MiniSD card plus 128Mb internal memory and a 1.3 Megapixel camera it's on page 21 of the Orange "...

Another free game for CoolSmartPhone readers!

My old teacher used to tell me "You don't get something for nothing in this life". Pah, what did he know?! In fact, just to show how wrong he was we've got yet another free game for you! This time it's a Tetris clone (ahh come on, everyone …

Zune, Zune, Zune

Whenever I hear about the new Microsoft Zune I instantly think of that damned Mazda commerical, however the Microsoft Zune (Zune Zune Zune!) has now touched down and there's a couple of videos of it in action below. The Zune is a new Microsoft-driven ...

HTC Libra – Hot new QWERTY that looks like a phone!

After a rather embarassing drunken mistake last night (I'll tell you lot later) it's another morning of handsets, handsets and even more handsets. This is the HTC Libra, soon to be released as the UTStarcom 5800 and it's another Windows Mobile device ...

i-Mate SPL and JAQ – Full pictures and specs

We've been sent more pictures of the i-Mate SPL and the i-Mate JAQ devices. Check them out below. You can now also get a full specs sheet here for the JAQ and here for the SPL. Both handsets will be available SIM-free from various sources soon. Link -...

o2 XDA Stealth – More pictures and specifications

More pictures and a preview of the o2 Stealth we mentioned yesterday have now appeared on the internet. Popping up on CNet Australia the news is that this will appear towards the end of this month down under with then perhaps a roll out across other t...

Sprint to launch Samsung IP-830W

More than a year ago the Samsung i730 Pocket PC phone appeared complete with a slide-out keyboard. A successor has now appeared in the shape of the Samsung IP-830w. Equipped with Windows Mobile 5.2 (we're seeing more of the "5.2" is specs, we assume...

i-Mate JAQ and SPL Pictured

i-Mate, who are now opening their range to include non-HTC devices, have recently launched the i-Mate JAQ (QWERTY device) and i-Mate SPL (RAZR-esque Smartphone). Their press release makes it clear that they're on a mission to "hit" as many different t...

Palm Treo 750v – First Impressions

Yesterday we mentioned the launch of the Palm Treo 750v on Vodafone. Paul Ockenden managed to get his grubby mitts on one of these and has taken some snaps for us. Whilst we may be dwelling on the lack of 3G video calling and WiFi Paul states.. "Palm …

o2 XDA Stealth shows up on the radar

You have to love the FCC. They spend all day testing the latest handsets making sure they don't fry your brain, then they go and plonk pictures on the internet for all to see. Fantastic work. This time it's a new Pocket PC phone with a slide-out numer...

Black Diamond Smartphone

If you've recently won the lottery or split from a very rich pop star then you could be in the market for a $300,000 (£161,000) Smartphone. Engadget now have some real shots of the Black Diamond Smartphone which runs Windows Mobile 5.0 with an Intel ...

Vodafone Announce Palm Treo 750v

As expected Vodafone Uk have announced the Palm Treo 750v - a device we first mentioned almost 2 months ago. The 3G device will run Windows Mobile 5.0 (Pocket PC) and has 128Mb memory with 60Mb flash, Bluetooth and all the regular Pocket PC software y...

o2 XDA Cosmo Review

It's had more names than Puff Daddy and now there's a review of it here. The HTC Excalibur, recently launched by the HTC commercial guys as the HTC S620 is to be known as the o2 XDA Cosmo and Arne at TheUnwired is lucky enough to have one …

HTC Announce four new handsets

HTC have just announced a stack of handsets in this press release. Although they're "new" regular Coolsmartphone visitors will be pretty familiar with these already. They've announced four new handsets and they've all got new HTC names too. First up i...

Map24 – Free map software for Windows Mobile

This is the free Map 24 Mobile software from Map24.com. It works on all Windows Mobile platforms and - after creating a free account and logging in - you can download, install and use the software really easily. The only thing it needs is a data conne...

Calling all Orange SPV M3100 owners !

Got an Orange SPV M3100 ? Could you guys try something for me ? I thought it was just me having this issue, but after scouring out feedback forum it appears that others have too. The issue appears to be when browsing certain sections of the Orange Wor...

OS Update for Orange SPV M5000 owners

Findlay has just emailed about an update for Orange SPV M5000 owners. The update, available here, is another revamp of the AKU2 firmware and shows ROM version 1.30.174 WWE, Radio version 1.13. The update to the radio has been possible previously throu...

Pre-order the Palm Treo 750v on Vodafone UK

The Palm Treo 750v, due to be announced by Voda next week, is now available to pre-order on Vodafone UK. With prices ranging from absolutely bob-all to £127.66 this Windows Mobile 5.0 QWERTY device is 3G compatible and has a 1.3 Megapixel camera. It'...

Samsung i600 at IFA

MSMobiles have news from the IFA entertainment show. This is the Samsung i600, yes i600. It's got 3G (HSPDA), EDGE, GPRS and runs Windows Mobile 5.0 for Smartphone with WiFi and a front facing camera. Wait a minute... Haven't we seen this before? Well...

HTC Artemis spotted as T-Mobile Compact III

More on that HTC Artemis today and it looks like T-Mobile will be picking it up. It'll be called the T-Mobile MDA Compact III and comes with GPS, 2 Megapixel camera, Bluetooth, IR and MiniUSB. It runs an TI OMAP 850 CPU with a 200Mhz CPU and gives …

BugMe! – Fantastic quick way to make and share notes

This is BugMe! for the Pocket PC. It's a post-it-note-type-application which lets you scribble on your Pocket PC screen and be reminded later. You can either draw directly into the note pad or import pictures, photographs or even take screenshots of a...

Revs Racing for the Smartphone

Meet Revs Racing from Mastersoft. It's a fast paced 80s racing game for Smartphones with hi-res QVGA screens (eg the Motorola Q, SPV C600). You can download a trial or buy it for a mere £5.22. Looking very Pacman-esque this packs plenty of beeps, bl...

Get your phone talking to you!

Tam emailed in (some time ago, sorry about that, I'm catching up on email again!) about this AT&T research site. We've actually mentioned this some years ago however Tam has taken it to another level.. "The above link will enable you type in text, he...

MDA Vario II hits T-Mobile website

Wehay! The T-Mobile MDA Vario II is now showing on the T-Mobile UK website. Just browse to their site, hit "Phones & Plans", then "Phones and Devices" then "Phones & Devices" from the left panel and choose the T-Mobile MDA Vario II from the appropriat...

Free RSS Reader for Pocket PC – NewsCopier

This is NewsCopier, an excellent free RSS reader for Pocket PC. You can enter RSS feed addresses, import from OPML files or choose from a list of well-known channels. The free application can be downloaded here in CAB format - just copy it to your Poc...