Tag: windows mobile
Do you want to feel a nice warm glow all over you whilst trying to get the latest Smartphone ? Well now you can thanks to a bunch of eBay auctions designed to raise money for Children in Need. Our friends at o2.co.uk and Samsung are flogging the …
We're getting into the Christmas spirit here at CoolSmartPhone. I've got the biggest possible Christmas tree to fit in the house, plus I got a bit drunk and fell over at the office party (not totally my fault) and then had to walk miles to get home. S...
Many thanks to everyone emailing in to inform us that the Orange SPV C600 is now available to buy on the Orange Shop. The price? FREE! Yep, on selected packages you can get this Windows Mobile 5.0 handset for absolutely nothing! Don't forget that we'r...
Engadget have some info and HowardForums have lots of pictures of a "new" device from HP. The HTC Feeler - seen out as the new T-Mobile SDA / iMate SP3i amongst other names - is to be badged as the "iPAQ SmartPhone rw4500". This device should have the...
You may have read a bit of news from webmasters who were invited to the Mobius thing in the USA about Photon. Photon is the code-name for the next version of Windows Mobile. Although I wasn't there, I've already had a look at "what it might look like"...
Hey guys. Remember how I said, "The Orange SPV C600 review will be online by Monday". Well, I never said it would necessarily be last Monday did I ? :) You can now find the full review, with up-close photos, screen shots, animated GIFs, example camera...
This Verizon page is now online showing the Treo 700w. Although not yet available, you can sign up to know when it is. Treo, you may remember, dipped their toes into the Windows Mobile platform and this 700w is the result. MSMobiles are reporting that...
Now, there was me thinking T-Mobile were joking when they said, "Hey, you'll love what we've got coming next - it's a Pink MDA Compact II!!" Aha.. no, it really is bright pink. Aimed directly at female and pink-pound customers this Windows Mobile 5.0 ...
Our software partners at Clickgamer have announced a mobile game programming competition called the "Cutting EDGE Coding Competition 2006" using the recently launched EDGE mobile game engine. Everyone, whether you be an individual programmer or full ...
Thanks to many people who responded to our earlier story regarding the Samsung i300. Well, it's now back and live on the o2 Shop (click "Samsung" from the handset lists). Nice one! We haven't had chance to play with this handset yet - do you have one?...
At last it's here ! Well, nearly. The Orange SPV C600 is now on the Orange shop as "Coming Soon" so hopefully we should see it just before Christmas. Many thanks to those of you who emailed me in about this (Eden Dwek, Matt Gough, Andy Lamb, Roger …
Where's the Samsung i300 gone ? The Samsung i300 should now be out on o2 after it got pushed back a few times. It's been promoted quite heavily too, however it looked like December was finally the i300's month. Unfortunately though, after appearing on...
Got an M5000, o2 XDA Exec or another Windows Mobile "Pocket PC" style handset? Got TomTom Navigator but found it doesn't work? Well, now TomTom Navigator 5.20 is here. You can upgrade to this version, which is written for Windows Mobile 5.0 devices, a...
Gordon Mclean has emailed in... "Thought you might like to know that Shozu have updated their support to include the C500 and C550 (and others). Get it here for free here! ShoZu is a FREE cool app that makes uploading images from your camera-phone to ...
As I've been busy beavering away on Orange SPV M5000 and o2 XDA Exec reviews I neglected to mention the iMate SP5m review over at SmartPhoneThoughts. If you're after a Windows Smartphone with a mega-pixel camera, hi-res screen, Windows Mobile 5.0, WiF...
I've noticed a few other websites knocking up reviews for handsets recently and I thought, "Hmm.. how can we go one better?" Then I came up with the answer. Instead of just reviewing the Orange SPV M5000 or the o2 XDA Exec, how about we review both of...
If you were to look at my inbox you'd see around 5000 emails asking...."How do I send files over Bluetooth with my Smartphone?"My answer is always the same. Go to Binarys.com and download SmartExplorer. If you want a file explorer for your Smartphone ...
Cocoto Kart Racer is a little gem for Super Mario Kart fans. Selling here for just £5.77 ($9.95 / €8.44), it should keep your fingers busy for hours. Features include.... * 5 different worlds – Abyss, Volcano, Atlantis, Jungle and Paradise * 12 c...
The Orange SPV C600 has now appeared in the business section of the Orange UK website. Once you've clicked here you can check the Specifications Sheet, download the User Guide, have a look at the accessories, features and overview of the phone. The C...
Come on o2! The UK network have smashed onto the Windows Mobile scene of late with their XDA SP and XDA Exec. Now they've gone one better and launched the o2 XDA Mini onto the o2 UK website. It's selling for £99.99 on Pay Monthly and is the …
Mark has emailed in to tell us of this "What Laptop" article detailing the new Orange SPV C600. Whilst it doesn't offer up much in the way of a release date it does give a price of £170 depending on contract. Links - What Laptop article - WhatLaptop...
ActiveSync 4.1 is the latest sync software release for Windows Mobile 5.0 devices. It's essential that you download this if you're lucky enough to have a Windows Mobile 5.0 device like the o2 XDA Exec, T-Mobile MDA Vario, Orange SPV M5000 or the SPV C...
Pocketland.net have given us some deals on their software. They've only given these deals to CoolSmartPhone.com so you won't see them anywhere else. You can get 30% off SmartMovie and Pocket Stars for both the Smartphone and Pocket PC, plus 30% of Sky...
Pocketland.net have given us some deals on their software. They've only given these deals to CoolSmartPhone.com so you won't see them anywhere else. You can get 30% off SmartMovie and Pocket Stars for both the Smartphone and Pocket PC, plus 30% off Sk...
One of the good things about running this site is the amount of feedback and help I get from you guys. Mark Armstrong has taken it upon himself to write this review of his Orange SPV M5000 handset. I'm working on my own review right now, but Mark …
SplashBlog lets you instantly publish photos from your camera phone to an online photo blog / gallery to share with others. However, up until recently it hasn't been possible to use on Windows Smartphones. Well, now it is and you can get it right here...
Yay! At last TomTom have now announced support for the Orange SPV C550 and the soon-to-be-released C600. At last people with the new higher resolution (QVGA) screens can get excellent TomTom navigation too. The official support list now covers the I...
Good prices on hot new Smartphones and Windows Mobile powered stuff, that's what we like. We've poked, prodded and tickled our CoolSmartPhone shop staff into submission and they're dished up some excellent deals for our loyal readers. Check them out b...
The results are in. We asked you exactly 2 weeks ago whether you'd like to buy the Orange SPV M3000. Orange launched it, but didn't announce a UK release! Booo!! We wanted to know whether you would buy one if it was available. Well, we had a massive …
The MDA Vario is the T-Mobile version of the HTC Wizard. Orange have one too, however they decided not to launch it in the UK. We even started a campaign, you can see the poll on the top-right of the front page to see how many people are …
Yes, it certainly appears that way. Paul Woodhouse has emailed in to say... "Thought you might want to know that I've just called o2 and the guy confirmed to me that they will be releasing the HTC Wizard as the 'O2 XDA Mini S' in the UK and …
We continually go on about how chuffing brilliant AtomicLava is. To put it briefly, this software sits on your Smartphone and allows you to take photos, add a comment, then publish it on t'interblob straight away. This is great when you're on holiday ...
Craig has sent in a scan of the November Orange magazine. It features the Orange SPV C600 (hurray!!!) so that means it should be out in the shops any time now really. Check out the full scan here. Apologies in advance for the lack of email response re...
Astraware have today annouced the release of "My Little Tank". I'll try not to mention the obvious "cockney rhyming slang".. thank god they didn't call it "Tommy Tank", that's all I can say! Can you imagine your wife finding you hunched over your phon...
We told you we'd have more on the Qtek G100 and indeed we do. Full specs have now been posted here at qtek.nu. According to the website... "The new Qtek G100 is the first device in the Qtek range to focus on personal navigation. This non-GSM device fe...
The Orange M5000 is now available on the Orange Shop. It's selling for £299.99 for new customers however it's still showing as "Out Of Stock" on Orange Upgrades. This is the Orange version of the HTC Universal, already seen on o2 as the o2 XDA Exec ...
Thanks to my endless charm, wit and ..err.. modesty I've managed to secure a dirty weekend with the T-Mobile Vario. I've got just 48 hours to test this kit, which came with the CoPilot Live (6) software and a Bluetooth GPS device. First impressions? W...
Hello hello, look what's just appeared here at the qtek website. It's the GPS-enabled Qtek G100 and its presence on the site can only mean that a full launch is just around the corner. Details that we know so far are Windows Mobile 5.0, WiFi and in-b...
Well, if Orange won't launch the SPV M3000 in the UK then it leaves the door wide open for another UK network to launch their version of the same handset. Step forward T-Mobile, who have now officially annouced the launch of the T-Mobile MDA Vario. Wi...
Samsung have announced an alliance with BMW to integrate their SGH-i300 Windows Mobile phone into the infamous iDrive interface on the BMW 5 Series. The SGH-i300 will connect to the iDrive system via A2DP Bluetooth, and will allow the user to listen t...
