Author: Leigh Geary
For those hard-core tweakers out there (and we do mean hard-core, as this will probably upset your network / carrier greatly), you can now get a custom HTC Hero ROM from MoDaCo. It's an updated version of the ROM (1.79.482.3) which makes it as quick a...
No, your eyes aren't playing tricks on you, that really is the HTC Hero Android OS running on a HTC Touch Dual. The ageing Dual first appeared a couple of years ago with Windows Mobile on board and, if I'm honest, I still like it. If you've still …
NextAction! has been available on the BlackBerry for some time and has been getting positive reviews all over the web. Now available for Windows Mobile it's a lightweight task management app designed around the "Getting Things Done" methodology. This ...
This is the Samsung I7500 Galaxy. Powered by Google Android it should be appearing on o2 UK sometime soon. However, the o2 Forums are buzzing with people trying to find out when it'll be available. We've learned to take "availability" dates with four ...
Something must be going right when both iPhone and now Blackberry tweakers are copying the HTC Hero interface! There's now a HTC Hero theme for a range of Blackberry handsets, including the 8900, 9000 and 9630. This one includes calendar and message p...
Got a Windows Mobile phone? Want to watch the latest X-Factor contestants murdering a famous song on the go? Grab myPlayer from SkyNetSoftware. It lets you access BBC iPlayer, ITV Player, Five OD and Hulu services straight from your phnoe. Featuring l...
Verizon are all set to launch the Samsung Omnia II. It's been snapped and filmed already, so you know what to do if you're looking to see what's under that shadow. If you're in the US, sign up to get notified when it's ready. The Omnia II, aka …
Motorola. Android. Put the two together. Bingo. September 10th should reveal something, possibly the Morrison, possibly more. Now, we know that two Android devices are coming from Moto, so it could be that this is the launch of one or both of those ph...
Got a new HTC Hero unlocked? Want to use it on Vodafone UK? Hold up there cowboy, here's something you should know. Widgets on the HTC Hero interface don't seem to play nice with the Vodafone network. Apparently it's all down to ports being blocked on...
News today that'll no doubt stir-up feelings with WinMo owners comes in the form of OneApp. It's designed to deliver access to apps such as Facebook, Windows Live Messenger, Twitter and others to feature phones. Oh and yes, those feature phones includ...
Iris has been part of the fairly healthy choice of WinMo browsers for a good while now, but it looks like that's to end. Research In Motion (RIM, the Blackberry guys) bought the company very recently and, following a message on their site, it looks li...
Morning. I'm typing this at 6.15AM. Don't ask, just don't ask. Skyfire, that free WinMo web browser that "does" Flash video and more has now been updated. Version 1.1 (OK, 1.1.0.13052 if we're being precise) has even faster page load times, improved r...
We've just added two new sections to our forum dedicated to software. Head to WinMo Apps or Android Apps, whatever your flavour, and tell us what software we should be checking out. I've kicked things off in the Android section with some essential sof...
Now, I'm probably talking to quite a small number of people here, but for those of you with a gleaming new HTC Hero and the all new Windows 7 then you might be having problems gettign the two to talk. A work-around has now been published which should …
This is the Acer Tempo M900. It runs WinMo 6.1 and it's got Acer's GUI interface (although we'd probably swap that for PointUI Home). It's a little bloated but there's a sliding QWERTY, auto-focus 5 megapixel shooter, 3-way jog-wheel, GPS, microSD car...
If we had our way (which we rarely do, otherwise all mobile phones would be free and your phone bill would never be more than £15 per month) then we'd never call something "Mega". Dude, that's cool. Yes. Dude, that's mega. No. Anyway, I digress...Her...
Here's another one of those Windows Mobile apps that takes the GPS location from your phone and sends it to friends and colleagues. This one has the option of sending your location as a Google Maps link, so a simple click is all that's needed to find ...
Just a couple of months ago Orange began to retail the Touch Pro2. It's a kick-ass WinMo handset with sliding QWERTY, 3.2 megapixel camera, WiFi, GPS and the latest TouchFLO 3D interface. However.. It's vanished. We're unable to find the device on the...
Windows Mobile 6.5 seems to be getting more tweaks than ever and, off the back of recent news it seems that these leaked builds form part of a new touch-tastic 6.5 Update to be released in February 2010. Build 23034 has now popped onto the t'interweb...
Leak time. This is the new Huawei Android handset with a hastily edited T-Mobile logo splatted on top. Known as the "T-Mobile Pulse" it's just popped up on this web shop on pre-order. It (apparently) has FM radio, a 3.2 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, 3G...
Regular readers will no doubt have read our HTC Hero review. The device has been fully blessed with the HTC software tweaks we've come to expect on Windows Mobile kit from HTC and now, using the codename "HERO200", it's heading it's way across the Atl...
Check it out - it's the new HTC Click in full video goodness. The Click is the cheap and cheerful Android device we mentioned a month ago and it's shown here without the funky HTC TouchFLO / Sense interface but with the Android "Donut" build 1.50.999....
We've been keeping an eye on the LG Watch Phone for a while now. It's available from selected Orange stores next Thursday but lucky Stephen Fry has already managed to get one (I do envy his life at times). If you've got £500 washing around in your ba...
The Samsung InstinctQ has popped up on the web in leaked shots over at phandroid.com. It's headed for the USA on the Sprint network and these shots clearly show a sliding QWERTY but, aside from optical pad, we don't know a far lot specs-wise. Meanwhi...
Back in the old days CradleAlarm used to be called enAlarmPPC. Verion 4.6 now includes a stack of functionality with multiple alarms and four different types to chose from - it takes the standard Windows Mobile alarm to the next level. There's alarm w...
4WinMobile have published a review of the o2 XDA Venn - the Pantech DUO C810 we spotted a couple of years back in the USA.This is a classic Smartphone with Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard (non-touch) powering the device. Under the hood there's a 528MHz Qu...
Paul from MoDaCo has been slowly torturing us this afternoon with juicy bits of info relating to the HTC Hero update. This, from what we've heard, should improve the speed and responsiveness of the Hero. Paul has managed to get the update (or a test b...
We're seeing plenty of last-tweaks to WinMo 6.5 ahead of it's appearance sometime in October. However, most attention is still on Windows Mobile 7, which promises to bring quite substantial changes across the platform. Digitimes has today stated that ...
Augmented Reality. The words used to wash over me like a cool breeze and I had no idea what people were on about. It's simple enough though - apps boasting this feature simply combine real-world and computer-generated data in real-time to create an in...
Ladies and Gentlemen. On the left, wearing the blue shorts, it's the very latest Windows Mobile TouchFLO 3D interface from HTC - version 2.6. On the right, in the red shorts, it's the Android-powered HTC Sense / HTC TouchFLO interface also from HTC. ...
Dell recently showed off their own Smartphone, although Dell staff were pointing out that this unit was a "proof of concept". It's true, they are dev eloping devices for China Mobile, but they're not named or pictured as yet. Dell are rumoured to be b...
We'll admit that this is a bit of hearsay right now, but it's a very interesting bit of hearsay. "Vonn", over at AndroidCommunity.com, says that he's received an email from HTC Customer Care HQ regarding a software update for the HTC Hero. According t...
Right, we've been soaking up the t'interwebs for 7 long years with all the latest Windows Mobile (and now Google Android) news and reviews. Today it's time for one of those "public awareness" messages. We don't do it very often and sure, nobody likes ...
Well here's a thing. Some dedicated iPhone fans have hacked about with their phones to produce this - the HTC TouchFLO / Sense interface on the popular Apple handset. There's a fair amount of work to get this working but we're guessing it shows just h...
OK, a few changes have been happening here at Coolsmartphone.com of late. Firstly, all news stories now also include details of the category they're filed in - look, this one is in "Website News". See? :) Secondly, we've got some additional newsfeeds ...
Twikini - the Twitter client for Windows Mobile - has now been updated to version 1.2. The app, which only costs $4.95 (around £2.98) to buy, is also available on a 14-day trial. It's quick, easy-to-user and integrates with Twitpic and Windows Media ...
Now, we think we missed this one. A HTC Touch Pro2 ROM upgrade has just been found on the HTC website. It's for vanilla HTC Touch Pro2 phones bought from the likes of devicewire.com. It fixes a couple of fixes, including a financial providers icon and...
Following the one million HTC Magic (Android) phones that have been sold it's good to see yet more evidence of Windows Mobile phones from HTC too. The HTC Leo and HTC Whitestone. The Leo looks to be getting a brilliant specs list with the Snapdragon 1...
Social Messaging client "Nimbuzz" has now been made available for Android. The Android version brings some unique features including a time-sensitive user interface, home-screen notifications, Skype and local social network support, smart buddy list, ...
Following the revelation that Microsoft and Nokiacould possibly be getting all kissy-kissy, it's now been made official. Both companies are to collaborate on the design, development and marketing of "productivity solutions" for .. Nokia phones. Office...
