Tag: windows phone software
Keni Barwick has been a great contributor to Coolsmartphone over the years. A recent change in jobs has meant a whole new blog, and to launch the new home Keni has started to give away free applications at TheMobileGuy.net. The first application is a ...
HeroCraft have just launched their new title - Revival. It's a turn-based strategy game where you must direct battles on land and sea, maintain the economy and build towns. There's a huge world to explore with 7 planets, 27 continents and 13 missions...
We've covered the excellent FlashThemes Player a few times before, but now it's available for Smartphone too. Windows Mobile Standard users can now experience fully animated themes in both portrait and landscape modes, plus it won't drain the battery....
Hello, what's this? A secret new GUI leaked from a HTC insider? Yes, yet another mysterious blog has appeared and this time it's not all smoke and mirrors - there's a download link too! The software itself may, or may not work and there's no guarantee...
Earlier today we covered the all-new Skyfire browser. Around the web there's a lot of reaction to this software and, although it's not fully available for downlaod we've managed to get loads of screenshots and .. a video of it in action. Huzarr! Click...
Although currently only available in a US-based private beta test, new web browser "Skyfire" promises to deliver a desktop browsing experience to your Windows Mobile phone. Yes, yes, I know - you've heard it all before, and you may well be right. Ther...
Fizz Traveller has just been updated to version 3.0. The new version includes a graphical meeting planner, timers and stopwatches, dial codes and airport codes for cities worldwide plus you can now add events to your Outlook Calendar and even get live...
My current phone is the HTC Touch Dual from Orange. Yesterday I bumped into someone else who has one and they posed a very interesting question.. "It'll unlock when I open the slider, but when I close the slider it won't lock automatically. How do you...
A lot of people downloaded Google Mobile Maps recently after the new "GPS-less" location system was introduced. It works by grabbing information from local transmitters to get your location but many Orange users just couldn't make it work. The fix, fo...
The All-in-1 Mobile Video Converter does what it says on the tin. Converting any video format into a format used by your phone, this is an easy-to-use product that won't baffle you with technical details. Just choose your device from the list and sele...
OK, I give in :) The guys at CooTek have bombarded us with mails, so here's their new product - it's an update on their earlier product - TouchPal. The new version, TouchPal V2, includes the ability to switch to punctuatiuons and digits easily, mistyp...
This is mDigger. Although it looks like a standard RSS reader this has more - you get to choose from a predefined list of channels plus you can view full text articles and images from regular web pages. The free application, which you control through ...
Wehay! Newsgator have announced that their excellent RSS mail reader will now be completely free. Newsgator.com is already one of my favourite online readers and the Windows Mobile software links into this to show all your feeds, news and gossip when ...
No, I'm not sure why it's called that either, but hey - if you're looking for an enhanced alarm system for your Windows Mobile phone then this is well worth a play. SpoonAlarm 1.02 is free and lets you use your favourite MP3 as a wake-up tone plus …
Panoramic three-dimensional audio is now available for free thanks to airfagev.com. Forum member "smartamazing" has just posted this app to give SRS WOW XT technology on your Windows Mobile 6 device. The technology was developed specifically for prod...
It's always great to see swift fixes and updates being put into place for products, but we never thought version 1.01b of the excellent Pointui Home would be available just yet. Yup, there's bug-fixes and changes ahoy thanks your feedback and the dedi...
It's the first day of 2008, and it's the launch date for PointUI. This free user interface for touch-screen Windows Mobile handsets is staggeringly good. It's not just smooth navigation, it's the way everything fits together - preview windows, bookmar...
Michael Goodman emailed me last night about Opera Mini 4. I'd tried it previously but never really gave it a proper work-out. The new version, which is available either from OperaMini.com on your PC or mini.opera.com on your phone, runs on the Java cl...
2007 brought us the iPhone and, like it or not, it's raised the bar in terms of user interfaces. People want smooth, sexy, sliding interfaces that glide along without stumbling. 2008 should bring some pretty major changes, and it begins with Pointui H...
Many months ago the guys at Ateksoft sent us a copy of WebCamera Plus. It's a simply fantastic piece of software which turns your mobile phone into a mobile webcam. Now, with version 2, you get not just streaming video - but sound too! Available for $...
If you're a "Pay As You Go" customer you may find that you have a special code to dial to get your balance - it might be *#10# or *101# etc. This program will sit on your homescreen and check how much credit you have remaining. Available for …
Here's another contact manager designed for the stylus-hating user ;) Finger-Frienly Friends will let you poke your screen and quickly find contacts, text, email or call them using your finger. Plus, if you have in-built GPS you can send your position...
RSS reader Viigo has just been updated to version 3.3.35. It'll give you instant access to your favourite news, sports, weather and entertainment news plus any RSS feed you want. The new version fixes some bugs and adds features and functionality re...
Here's the new release of Elecont Weather. Right now there's an animated New Year theme and you can save 25%, bringing the cost down to just $10.95 (around £5.37). This app gets weather information for 51,000 locations along with full six-day foreca...
Create Ringtone Mobile is a Windows Mobile Pro (Pocket PC) application for touch-screen devices. This app will let you create and edit your own ringtone directly on your phone. Features include a melody bar-graph to divide the song, WAV/MP3 support,...
Yesterday Connected Tools announced version 2 of CT Scheduler. The software lets you schedule repetitive tasks and turns your phone into a fully automated assistant. It'll let you send texts, switch profile and change call forwarding automatically. Yo...
If, like me, you're constantly forgetting birthdays and anniversaries you've probably added dates into your phone calendar. Rivia Friendzee goes several steps further, adding and managing your relationships with friends and relatives. You can store th...
I was lucky enough to visit Las Vegas last year as part of our honeymoon. I decided to try my hand at Roulette, but didn't realise that I was sat at a $20 minimum table. The lady sat behind the table wasn't pleased when I eagerly spread my …
Smartphoneware have just annouced several new apps. Best RegEdit will let you fiddle around with your Windows Mobile registry, whilst Best Crypto protects your private files and photos to ensure that lost or stolen phones don't turn into a huge securi...
I've just stumbled across PocketCM and I'm surprised we've not covered it before. It's a finger-friendly contact app for touch-screen phones that'll let you glide through your contacts, call, edit, sort, filter and then show all the text conversations...
OK, so following the whole Cigular / Cingular business (when it should be AT&T), the Boy Genius has a video online showing Windows Mobile 6.1 in action. Sure, it still says "Cigular" towards the end of the video and there's confusion about whether thi...
The Boy Genius has been fishing around Windows Mobile 6.1 even more since his exposé just the other day. He's looking at the Windows Mobile Standard 6.1 version (i.e. no touch screen) and has now spotted some extra improvements. Internet Explorer h...
Here's a story I forgot to mention. Google Mobile Maps now includes a feature to locate your position - even without GPS. It works by using information from your local mobile tower to get your location within a 1000 metre radius. Whilst this isn't per...
Although I run a Windows Mobile website I'm never afraid to criticise the phones or the Operating System. There's a few major things I'd like to see improved, but one major problem is Internet Explorer. Sure, HTC have helped a great deal with their To...
The other day someone with a Windows Mobile Pro (Pocket PC) device asked me, "How do I get the text message sound to repeat?" I figured it was easy, you just go into Settings->Personal->Sounds and Notifications and then choose "Messaging - New Text Me...
The Boy Genius Report has blown the lid on the upcoming Windows Mobile 6.1. They've just taken delivery of a Motorola Q9 with WiFi and Windows Mobile 6.1 powers it! So what's new? Well there's a lot of gloss in the user interface with the ability to ...
Looking for a threaded SMS application? Try Extreme Text from Birdsoft. There's a free trial, then you can buy it for $14.95 (£7.23). Now available for both Windows Mobile Standard (Smartphone) and Windows Mobile Pro (Pocket PC), the popular threaded...
T-Mobile have now made several Windows Mobile 6 updates available on their site. If you've got a T-Mobile MDA Compact III, T-Mobile MDA Mail, T-Mobile MDA Vario II or an Ameo then head over to their UK update site, choose your phone and punch in your ...
I've been off work for a few days with what I'd call "Man Flu Extreme". Yesterday it developed into conjunctivitis too, so now I'm having trouble seeing the screen! Due to this I'm a little late picking up this story on Office Mobile 6.1. Paul Foster ...
VITO have just updated their RingtoneEditor software to version 1.2. It's really easy to use - just load up an MP3, then click play and choose the start and end of the ringtone. The new version brings compatibility for Samsung BlackJack and MotoQ user...
