Tag: windows mobile
Looks like TomTom have released a new version of their excellent TomTom Mobile, which we reviewed here earlier. The improvements are fantastic - TomTom Mobile 5 now has full compatibilty with the Orange SPV C500 (I presume they're selling it on MiniSD...
Damn this is good. Check out the killer 3D game, Flux Challenge from the guys at PDAMill, who brought us excellent Smartphone games such as Anthelion, the Gamebox series and the stunning Snails. You can pick up Flux Challenge for £5.26 ($9.95 | €7....
Right, so - you remember this InfoSyncWorld.com article from last week? This Windows Mobile Powered T-Mobile MDA IV offers GSM, GPRS, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi AND 3G - yes, 3G. It's apparently also to be badged under the Orange SPV range too. Some thought ...
In this MySan.de article it's revealed that BenQ will be shipping the Handango InHand intelligent download client on its P30 (Symbian Smartphone) and P50 (Windows Mobile for Pocket PC) smartphones. This announcement is one of many occuring today at 3G...
Looks like Microsoft is aiming to get even more phones running its' Windows Mobile OS. In this ZDNet.co.uk story, from the 3GSM World Congress event, it was annouced that Microsoft are to use the Peabody platform. More info below ... "3GSM: Microsof...
Download Trailer ClickGamer Exclusive!Episode 3 For WM Smartphone And Symbian 2020. Hoggar desert - A young archeologist searches for the existence of a metropolis built, according to myth and legend, by the ancient Egyptian...
We've seen a glut of new Windows Mobile Devices recently. News about the MPx220 coming to Vodafone, then there's the 3G T-Mobile MDA IV plus the M500 too! It's been a busy week. However, now MoDaCo have news on the next Pocket PC Phone from Orange, th...
Just to confuse me still further (well, that's not too hard to accomplish!), it looks like there's now an Orange SPV M500... which is.. ermm.. the T-Mobile MDA Compact errmm.. Yes, it's another fantastic HTC, and this time it's on the Dutch Orange web...
Y'know that TomTom Review I did ? Y'know how I said that you can use the excellent speed camera database at PocketGPSWorld.com to see when a speed camera is near? Well, they've gone one better now - adding in full spoken phrases for approaching speed ...
Here's some exclusive shots from a T-Mobile shop of the MDA Compact. These shots were taken on an SPV C500 and the RRP seems to be £169.99, but you can bring down that cost on certain tariffs.Plus we've got news of the T-Mobile SDA, which has started...
Mobile Stream have released a beautiful breakout-style game - Meteor - for MS Smartphone 2002/2003 You have to destroy bricks, saving your meteor from enemy missiles and getting as much power-ups as possible. Game features : 90 levels over 60 types o...
I see that MSMobiles have picked up on the new version of Homescreen Designer. This piece of software is without doubt the best way to design a funky homescreen for your phone. If you want to see it in action, just click here. The new version fixes so...
A tastic new game from Elements Interactive hits the streets today and you can buy or try it here. It's a classic arcade-esque side-scrolling space shoot-em-up and features a unique level every time you play, powerups, radar, multiple bosses, weapon ...
Lekus from MoDaCo.com posted this interesting news story about the excellent free movie player - Betaplayer. This excellent utility allows you to play AVI, MPEG and even squished down DVD movies! "I just noticed that a download for BetaPlayer 0.5 STAB...
A few weeks ago Engadget.com caused a right kerfuffle by publishing news on Windows Mobile 2005 (Magneto). The text itself wasn't too damaging, but the screenshots were, and Engadget received a nice letter from MS lawyers asking them to remove the art...
Flux Challenge is new from PDAMill. It's a very nice 3D racing game which has already graced the Pocket PC. Now the magnetic racing action comes to the Smartphone in this new beta version. Direct link for download can be found here. Any findings, bugs...
The Sagem MyS-7 is already around in France and now comes with an upgrade featuring the all-new Windows Media Player 10. This new version allows users to play music protected by Microsoft's DRM and brings increased usability. You can grab this upgrade...
An updated ROM for the iMate SP3 can be found here at clubimate.com It features... - The Tao Group Java Client is now included- With the wired headset, you can now reject an incoming call by pressing and holding the “answer” button for 2 second...
I'm currently working like a nutter to get the new CoolSmartPhone.com site online, however I'm definitely going to check out"Explode Arena SP". It's a fantastic 2D game featuring smooth blending and particle effects, plus it comes with addictive gamep...
MSMobiles.com have some shots here of the Samsung SCH-i730 Pocket PC phone. It'll have a slide-up QWERTY keyboard (by the way, I typed in "QWERTY" incorrectly about three times before getting it right.. how can that happen?!?!), and it'll run on CDMA ...
There's an update for QTek 8010 owners here at QTek.nu. According to the site... "This update is only for Swedish sold Qtek 8010 with software version 1.2.32.11. To check what version you have press Start>Settings>About, you find the information unde...
Unforunately this article has been removed following an email from Microsoft. CoolSmartPhone is unhappy at this decision, as many, many other websites around the planet have the details still on line. We feel like it is like shutting the gate after th...
So, what am I to do ? It would appear that Microsoft are to phase out the "Pocket PC" and "Smartphone" brands, and instead head into "Windows Mobile" territory. But what does this mean? Will I need to rename the site.. ? CoolWindowsMobilePhone.com ? S...
ActiveSync has always been the tool Smartphone users use for linking their phone to their PC. It synchronises your data, your contacts, your inbox and calendar plus much more. Microsoft have now released the next version of ActiveSync, predictably cal...
Tomas in Prague has emailed in about the infamous HTC Typhoon, which is now selling on Czech provider Eurotel here. It'll be known this time as the Eurotel Smartphone II, and it adds yet another alias to the probably the most successful Windows Powere...
We've already raved about Dr. Neil's SMS Sender and Tools previously, and now a new spangly version of the much-improved SMSUtils application is now available for download from www.smartphone.roodyn.com here. This version fixes a number of known issu...
Some people (who I must give full credit to for sending this in, but I don't have everyones' email to hand), including Richard Norris and others, have mentioned that they found it difficult to connect the TomTom GPS box to their C500. This is only the...
The SmartJacking application offers users the convenience of using Bluetooth-enabled Microsoft OS Smartphone to find new contacts, communicate over small distances, and share information related to their business. SmartJacking works as follows: your p...
In my recent TomTom Mobile Review I neglected to mention a rather excellent add-in feature which comes courtesy of the guys at PocketGPSWorld.com. This feature is basically to add in Speed Camera locations. Ber-loody excellent! Here in the UK we are p...
It´s great to see that both Atlantis Redux Episode 1 and 2 are now bundled together and available at at stupidly low price of £3.57 (or €5.18). This means you can now get both episodes and progress even further into this excellent story for the ...
OK, so it's not quite ready - I need to polish it off tomorrow (Friday 10th December) and I'll have it ready by about 9PM. However, I'm tired and I've been typing for hours on it! :) Click here for my review complete with pictures and an example …
Mozilla are now targetting the mobile phone market according to this ZDNet article. Their mini-browser, called Minimo (which is the slimmed-down Mozilla browser) is hoped to speed browsing up on mobile phones. Doug Turner, the project leader of Minim...
There's a lot of chatter about this Beta Macromedia Flash player for the Smartphone right now. It's got the guys at MoDaCo talking quite a bit and they're even developing add-ons to allow you to zoom in on the flash files, like the excellent Flashhack...
Fizz Traveller 2.0 - Smartphone - New ReleaseVoted Best “Designed for Windows Mobile™” Application 2004 Welcome to the award winning Fizz Traveller 2.0 Your feature packed travel mate. Some of the best weather forecasts ever seen on a Microsoft ...
Benn has emailed in with a very interesting and valid point. DVD to Smartphone, which we've raved about here already is on sale for a mere £12.99 ($24.99 / €18.82) in our shop here. However, the Orange software shop, run by Handango. are selling ...
CoolSmartPhone can exclusively announce that the author of SmartNotes (Mark Davison) is seeking a buyer to continue development of this application. The successful purchaser will get: - The full source code for the application (VB)- The full customer ...
That HTC built Typhoon gets around more than Jordan at the minute. It's already known as the Orange SPV C500, the Audiovox SMT 5600, the Dopod 565, iMate etc etc etc.. now, now it's got yet another badge on it and yet another name - this time in …
The price of Smartnotes, which is an excellent utility which enables you to create / edit notes on your PC, then access them via the Programs menu on your phone, has now dropped to just $10 - that's about £5.18. Check the link below for screen sho...
The Pocket PC Phone Orange SPV M2000 was officially launched today by Orange. It's built again by HTC (the "HTC Blue Angel") and is also known as MDA III, O2 XDA IIs and iMate PDA2K. It's got a slide-out keyboard and a while lot more. The full press …
If, like people I know, you smoke, but deep down you'd like to stop - then "My Last Cigarette" may help. It's (rather unsurprisingly) a piece of software to help you stop smoking for good. Plus, with smoking likely to be banned from many places, and t...
