Tag: windows phone software

Here's some info about ActiveSync 4.0 from MS themselves. There is a fix, you'll need to get it yourself though. Hummpphhh... Microsoft wants to alert you to an issue regarding ActiveSync 4.0 and the immediate steps the company is taking to resolve ...

Remember the free Orneta Checkers game ? Well, we promised we'd keep you updated, so here's the deal. After our mention Orneta were completely overwhelmed with the response. Over 1000 copies were distributed in the first 8 hours! Orneta didn't expect ...

Following this news story about the free Checkers games from Orneta, we've had emails from Paul Trimmer, Dean Keithley and many others who've noticed that the Promotion Code used to get the product for free has been used too many times. Ahh, it seems ...

Orneta have announced that Orneta Checkers 1.5 is now free for a limited time. Personally, I'd like to call it "Draughts", 'cus that's what I knows it as. There's three skill levels on offer and it's a great a simple and easy way to enjoy a relaxing ...

Remember gStart ? It's the start-menu replacement that'll make your program options look like this. Well it's now in version 1.1 and it'll definitely work with the C550 now. Huzza! You can now fool your mates and tell them you've got a Windows Mobile ...

Madbeetle is now out for both the Pocket PC and Smartphone here. It's a brain-blending platform game where you have to learn to avoid traps and pick up things like bombs to blast yor way past others. There's awesome 16 bit sound and music, plus it'll ...

Street Duel:Underground Racing, which we mentioned earlier here, is now available in the CoolSmartPhone software shop here for both Smartphone and Pocket PC. This game simply looks stunning on any device and has excellent gameplay too. It's already wo...

More info on the Orange SPV C500 update we mentioned yesterday. Well, we've got info on what exactly has changed from the earlier 4.2.1.1 software update. The news is that no it shouldn't mess up TomTom installations and the reason for the change was ...

Street Duel:Underground Racing, the highly acclaimed 3D driving game and Pocket PC Awards Winner 2004, is now available for Smartphone. Based on the dark street racing subculture, the game involves racing over rooftops, performing spectacular jumps, a...

We've previously mentioned the Orange SPV C500 update to 4.2.1.1 here. However, it appears that Orange have a version called 4.2.1.2 now available for download here. I've had a few emails about this - has anyone tried this 4.2.1.2 version? Does it d...

We like TomTom. We do. Sure, they've appeared on the consumer show Watchdog and we maybe didn't give them such a glowing review recently, however we still like them because the product itself is pretty damned good. But.. and it's a big but.. Why, why...

Available GPRS Traffic Counter SPE 3.1 is now 30% off - now $10.48 (£5.91) The ALL-locations GPRS Traffic Counter 3.1 Smartphone Edition is a very smart tool that enables you to keep track of your costs when using GPRS with a Smartphone. With GPRS y...

Climb the trivia ladder by answering questions from the machine! Try the challenging world-top game Trivia Machine now on your Smartphone. The game brings you all the fun of a game show and the challenge of more than 7,000 trivia questions in nine ca...

Photo Explorer (Smartphone) 1.15 Save 30%! The most powerful & highest-quality album management software for Pocket PC is available now for Smartphone too!!! Photo Explorer is the best choice for high-quality pictures display, album management &am...

We've got a special offer on right now in our software shop on all Omega One products. The sale is on until October 23rd, so make sure that you don't miss out on these excellent deals! 33% Off - Battery Pack Pro for Smartphone! 33% Off - 1-Calc …

There's a Dutch update for Orange SPV C500 users here at Orange.nl (direct link). There is an information page, however you'll need to log into the Dutch Orange site with an SMS to register. The link above appears to work without needing to log in how...

The ultimate FREE public transport guide for your Smartphone has now got even better. QVGA (C550) comptibility has now been added, allowing pretty much anyone a fantastic way to get around quickly and easily with public transport. Here's a shot of me...

Astraware, a Microsoft(R) Certified Partner Company, is excited to announce that several of their games have now been updated to support devices running Windows Mobile(TM) 5.0. This allows existing customers to download 5.0 updates which have been ful...

Got a fiver ? Fancy a help-file reader ? Have a look at this. CHM Reader is the first and best CHM doc reader for the Smartphne. It'll help you view files in the most common help format - Microsoft Compiled HTML. It's quick, it'll show the contents …

The Astraware guys have gone all nautical for International Talk Like a Pirate Day. They've dressed up as pirates for the day and have also decked the office with palm trees and parrots. Plus, to celebrate, they've knocked down the price on a couple o...

So, you have your Windows Smartphone, you love browsing on the web in the pub and getting the latest football scores etc. But what you don't like so much are the GPRS costs. How do you keep a lid on them ? Well, thanks to Smartphone GPRS Monitor …

I meant to do a write-up on this yesterday, however, here is gStart. It's a free Windows Mobile 5.0-esque start menu which is currently in Beta release form over at airfagev.com. It doesn't work too well on QVGA screens (like the Orange SPV C550), ho...

Want to send and receive stuff over Bluetooth ? Get Smart Explorer. End of discussion. Just get it, get it now. This is the daddy of all file-explorers for your Smartphone and deserves to be installed on every Windows Smartphone. It's shareware and it...

It's been a busy week here at CoolSmartphone towers, so after I've recorded another Podcast I'm going to go and buy me some games. Right now there's some excellent new games to buy like Banjo Kazooie, Mr Pants, SabreWulf and Zoo Tycoon 2. They've alre...

Friday again ? Already ? Right, time for a bit of fun. I wrote an article a few years ago about Doom - y'know, the pioneering 3D Shoot-em-up. Back then getting Doom running on your Smartphone was a tricky prospect at times. Now however it's easier and...

I'm a busy flippin' bunny today. You should see the sweat pouring out of me as I beaver away on these news stories. One story I've been meaning to post something about is Microsofts' Virtual Earth. It's been available to browse on your PC for a bit (I...

The internet never really ceases to amaze me. The guys over at PDA 24/7 did an interview the other day with John Phillips, who's the head of Business Development for Astraware. It's a very good interview and well worth checking out. John even manages ...

Astraware have just sent me this press release. It's good to see that there's some Smartphone people sending in entries too! Even if they are of ..err.. cows.. :)--------------It's week 4 of our Play Anywhere and Win contest and the fourth set of entr...

Following our earlier story, there's a great review by AWarner of Midtown Madness 3 over here at MoDaCo.com. He says of the game.."Initially I found the controls took time to get used to, but with a bit of practise the basic movement with the controll...

This is flippin marvellous. I've even played it on the toilet this morning. Super-slick 3D game Midtown Madness 3 is now available from our shop here and has a natty auto-accelerate option so you don't need to hold down the joystick on your Smartphone...

ALL-backup 1.3 by Ordina ALL-locations is now available here for just $13.95! That's about £7.75 - that's a saving of 30%! A Smartphone can crash in such a way, that you need to hard reset it. The Smartphone goes back to 'factory settings', which m...

I've finally put my TomTom Mobile 5 (for Smartphone) review online today. I've taken a while to do it mainly because I was waiting for it to be fully available. Since May 19th the TomTom Mobile 5 kit has only been available directly from the TomTom.co...

It's week 2 of Astraware's Play Anywhere and Win contest and the second set of entries are now up on the website ready for you to vote. Don't forget, even if you don't want to submit a photo for the contest you can still have a chance of …

Super Slyder works on any Windows Mobiles device. Without a shadow of a doubt I have to admit that Super Slyder has to be one of the most annoyingly addictive games I’ve ever played. It’s one of those “Oh, I can beat this easily” games which r...

OK, remember BetaPlayer? It's a brilliant video viewer for watching DivX, XviD, MPEG4, MPEG1, M-JPEG and WMV formats on your phone (if you didn't understand all that, don't worry - basically it lets you view pretty much any video file). Using various ...

You may remember me waxing lyrical about the excellent Super Slyder last week. Well, now it's been released here at Astraware for $19.95 (about £11.02). You can have a read of the full Press Release here with some lovely comments from yours truely ;)...

RMRDiet is a powerful three-in-one program to help you manage your Diet, Weight, and Exercise programme. Using your personal details and activity level, the program calculates the optimum energy requirements to meet your desired weight loss target. By...

Astraware currently have a "Play Anywhere" contest which shows just how easy it is to play their games. To win, all you need to do is submit a photo of yourself or a friend here playing an Astraware game in a famous or unusual location. Simply take a...

Just a quick note to state that top Astraware title Super Slyder is not out today and has not yet been released. You may have seen other news sources stating this, however this is not true and it is not yet available. Keep it locked into CoolSmartPhon...

Keni from Conchango.com has written a rather interesting post about free app "Call Assistant" from Ruttensoft.com. This software will sit in the background and auto-send a text message when you receive a call. This is particularly useful if you're in ...