Author: Leigh Geary
Yes, you read that right. Tomorrow, in New York City, Microsoft will apparently confirm an alliance with Nokia. CNET reports that it will be part of a plan to roll out the Office suite on Nokia handsets. This comes following agreements to use Microsof...
CoPilot Live v8 is now available on the iPhone, Android and also on Windows Mobile. It's a fully featured satellite navigation system in both portrait and landscape settings. Windows Mobile users can buy it and download directly for £25.99 for full ...
As a Windows Mobile user for several years I've always been interested in installing cool apps. Now, on the Android-powered HTC Hero, I've been diving into the Android Market app-store for great tools and utilities. The Hero, which has just been relea...
The server completed it's move last night and we're now in a brand new data centre with greatly enhanced network connectivity. If you were trying to get here between 0:30 and 1.45 GMT (1:30 - 2.45 BST) this morning then the site wouldn't have shown up...
"Finger Friendly" is a term that I'm almost tired of using now. What else do I call it? Thumb-tastic? Finger fun? Either way, following news of more enhanced 6.5 functionality there's now a video of it in action. Now, we've gotta say that there's been...
It looks like the slightly-modified HTC Touch Pro2 is about to take on America in a big way. The unit is already heading to the US in CDMA clothes on Telus and Verizon, but now Sprint and AT&T are getting it too, and with the much-needed 3.5mm audio …
We've got to announce some scheduled maintenance to the server today. Tonight, at some point between 22:00 BST and 05:00 BST our server will be turned off, unplugged, removed from the server rack and packaged up. The server will then be transported to...
Are you in charge of a workforce using WinMo devices? Concerned that they're actually being used for work and not other things? Check out SureLock. It'll let you disable to keypad, restrict users to only allowed applications and can disable autorun, A...
This isn't really ground-breaking news, but following weeks of hearing about HTC Sense it's important that we make something clear. The HTC Sense experience is just that - the experience. Part of that is the HTC TouchFLO system, but it's not the whole...
This is a Ford Fiesta from a number of years ago. It's obviously not the newly spied HTC Fiesta. Evidence of it has been spotted on this internal HTC link. It's showing a 240x320 screen from what we can make out and is also known as the HTC …
Windows Mobile has already been drenched in the Opera browsing goodness and now it looks like Android is getting it too. In an interview the CEO of Opera Software, Jon von Tetzchner stated... "Yes, we are working on an Android version" There's no new...
Pictures of the upcoming HTC Whitestone (Verizon Diamond 2), HTC Mega and Tachi have just popped up on wmexperts.com. The Whitestone, pictured here, uses a 528Mhz Qualcomm CPU and will run WinMo 6.1 (yes, that seems a little strange we know). It's got...
Now, I know I'm pimping the guys at Devicewire.com yet again, but they've loaned us some of the latest phones so we can get them reviewed for you recently. They've got quite a few deals on the latest kit currently, plus if you follow them on Twitter y...
On May 14th this year Microsoft stated that 6.5 was done. Look, here's the Tweet. However, it looks like some tweaks are still being done to the interface. Earlier stories revealed a more finger-friendly interface and now there's even more changes wit...
Motorola will soon be releasing their first Android-powered handset. It's called "Morrison" (no, not the shop) and there's now lots of charming drawings appearing on the interwebs. The design, as you can see, is a sliding QWERTY. Other than that the s...
Here's the white Galaxy GT-I7500 from Samsung. Powered by Android 1.5 Cupcake it's got quadband GSM / GPRS / EDGE and triband 3G / HSDPA / HSUPA. Other specs include WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth 2.0 EDR, 5 megapixel shooter, 3.5 mm audio jack and that fantast...
It's safe to say we love our phones. But, following Ofcom research, it's not just us. 862 people were questioned and 41% said they would rather cut out home improvements and holidays than their mobile phone. A massive 47% save rather pay for their mob...
Hello everyone. Welcome back :) Yesterday we had a problem. I'll not go into detail as it's far too dull and technical to desribe. We got a big warning sticker from Google and rightfully so. The addition of a nasty IFRAME by a hacker was my own fault …
At around 6.57 this morning a hack attempt was made on our server. We get a few of these and this one was removed by the system automatically at around 8AM. An IFRAME was added which basically tried to put software down your browser. Unfortunately dur...
HTC have posted an update to their Sync software for the HTC Hero. HTC Sync will let you sync your Outlook and Outlook Express details with your Hero quickly - including appointments and all your contacts. The software will also let you install third-...
A URL which we'll not mention (but is not too hard to stumble across) on the HTC website is now showing the HTC Hero as coming onto the Sprint network in the USA. The same HTC support pages also show the Touch Pro2 and Snap ready for Telus. …
Portuguese mobile network Optimus has just launched a free GPS navigation app for Windows Phones. Called amAze it's got turn-by-turn navigation, 15 different languages, satellite view, speed trap notices and weather forecasts too. I've just given it a...
The new HandMarket Apps store is now available for Windows Mobile. Following several weeks of beta testing you can now download the application store here for free. For the first two weeks there'll also be feature specials with up to 80% off some awar...
The Samsung Galaxy should, in theory, be appearing sometime this month on o2. It's an Android powered device with quad-band GSM, tri-band 3G, a 5 megapixel auto-focus camera plus flash, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1, GPS, AMOLED HVGA touch screen, 1500mAh batte...
Microsoft have confirmed that multi-touch will indeed be a feature of Windows Mobile 7 in this video with Electonista today. Not only that, but they'll be taking aim at the higher end of the market with top-notch specs on the first batch of WinMo 7 ph...
An LG GM750 has just appeared online and will launch with Windows Mobile 6.5. The device, also known as "Layla", will also have the LG S-Class interface you'll no doubt be seeing on TV advertisements currently. It's early days yet, so we don't know a...
Read our HTC Hero review? All ready to buy? Good. If you're interested in the unlocked one then we've got a £10 discount code for you to use at the checkout. Just enter "HEROCSP" and a tenner will automatically come off the final cost. You'll also ge...
It looks like Phonearena have got their grubby mitts on the retail-ready Samsung Omnia II. First impressions aren't too brilliant, with a rather cheap feel and a TouchWiz 2.0 interface which lingers a little when you're using it. The specs include the...
Following our announcement yesterday I just wanted to remind everyone about how you can keep updated with all the latest Coolsmartphone news. There's several ways you can do it. First up you can simply browse to Coolsmartphone.com or yo...
Coolsmartphone is 7 years old this year and during our time we've brought you all the latest Windows Mobile gossip, news and reviews. It all started in 2002 when I popped into an Orange shop and upgraded to an SPV Classic. Back then it was just called...
OK, this one has taken us some time. We managed to bag the HTC Hero back in June but we spent all the time we could answering your questions via our video blog but then, after getting some time with a second unit, we managed to finish off …
We're still putting our finishing touches to the HTC Hero review. Let's just say it's an epic review and leave it at that. If you're looking for a network-free and completely unlocked one there's now a limited supply up for grabs on devicewire.com. Th...
Robbie Bach is the President of the Entertainment and Devices at Microsoft. He spent yesterday addressing analysts at the annual Financial Analyst Meeting but didn't talk too much about Windows Mobile 7. Windows Mobile 6.5 is now slated for October an...
Following on from their excellent TV viewer there's now SPB Radio for $9.95 it's got more than 1500 radio stations built-in and ready for you to listen to. You can add your own, and search for more from every country and lots of different genres. Ther...
If you're a big fan of Twitter then you'll no doubt want to update your status on your Windows Phone too. To do this you can try one of several clients. Our personal faves are Pocketwit and Twikini, but there are more and you can check a selection …
Here in the UK we have a law that prevents using the actual handset whilst driving. Whilst it's ignored by quite a few and derided by many, it has helped. Bluetooth is pretty much universal here but still there's too many people texting and sometimes ...
Sheesh. It never rains but it poors. Motorola may have generated a net income of $26 million but they've still made huge losses in their phone division. Shipments have fell by nearly a half - from 28.1 million last year to just 14.8 million this year....
XDA-Developers once again have the very latest update from HTC with their new HTC TouchFLO 2D GUI. It's a QVGA control panel which now integrates the very same backdrop as the HTC Sense GUI we saw on the Android-powered HTC Hero. In our image here you...
It's been nearly 6 months since we first started seeing Microsoft re-branding a Windows Mobile phone as simply a "Windows Phone" and now The Inquirer has picked up on this old news too. Microsoft mentioned yet again, this time in a promotional event t...
I've had an email today asking for SIP dialer software on WinMo. It's a very good question and one I've stumbled across just recently is Vippie. It's usually provided by SIP / VoIP providers directly but you can download it seperately here and configu...
