Author: Leigh Geary
The Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 may have just received an update but look, the Xperia X2 is now on the scene. Sporting a Windows Mobile flag, it seems to suggest that this is indeed a second WinMo-powered device with the XPanel interface. The pessimist in...
Hello, hello. What's this then? A big event in London hosted by HTC? Honestly, we have no idea what could or might be announced here but we'll be there on June 24th to let you know. Anyone care to guess? We know about the HTC Touch Pro2, Touch …
Our big survey has been running for over two weeks now and our initial plan was to let it run until the end of June. However, we've been bombarded with your responses and we now have more than enough to show just how you feel on Windows Mobile. …
Following the o2 XDA Joggler we now have another bit of o2 kit to look at. We're back to Windows Mobile and the o2 XDA Guide. Following our earlier pictures we now have some video snippets for you to enjoy. First up, the video unboxing, which you can …
If you're on the look-out for a HTC Snap then get ready, the peeps at devicewire.com have just told me that the unlocked version will be arriving in their warehouse on Wednesday, June 3rd. The Snap marks the return of the HTC messenger phone - a thin ...
Whilst we still try and get our hands on one, the guys at pocketnow.com have a quite substantial HTC Touch Pro2 review online which combines video, photos, comparisons and screenshots. It looks like they've highlighted a lot of the things we loved abo...
A new Sony Ericsson Xperia ROM has just appeared through the official X1 update system. The new update, R3A, apparently brings better touch response, a quicker media panel, better texting. brigher keyboard and more. Overall you should get much better ...
As promised our review of the o2 Joggler is now online. If you've not seen the earlier vids, this device is an intelligent digital photo frame which is billed as a replacement to the post-it notes on your fridge door. We love testing new kit like this...
Part 2 of our video tour around the o2 Joggler is now online. You may have seen the current advertisement for this and we'll have a full review online tomorrow. Today we take a look at the main selling point of this device - the alerting and calendar …
On June 11th in Milan a Samsung handset will be unveiled which will have Giorgio Armani branding and Microsoft under the hood. We've not really seen a fashion brand getting into the Windows Mobile space since Ted Baker went all pink and created the "N...
As promised we now have a video overview of the new o2 Joggler online. Available on YouTube and embedded below it's a 10 minute look at some of the major functions. The device is billed as a replacement to your fridge magnets - reminding you of import...
A few of you lovely people have emailed in to point at this Touch Pro 2 deal on mobilephonesdirect.co.uk. For a measly £39.15 per month you'll get the phone absolutely free and you'll bag 700 minutes, 250 texts, unlimited landline calls and unlimited...
Kinoma Play has, in our opinion, always been the best all-rounder when it comes to watching and listening to media on your device. It'll handle a range of formats with ease and we last time we looked it looked hotter than the sun, but somehow they've ...
Right, have a look in your pockets. Do you have £3 ? Great. Mine's a pint of Carlsberg please. Now, if you've still got some money in the other pocket then this USB Powerstick may be worth a look. Available at the reduced price of just £2.95 for …
Meet the o2 Joggler. Regular readers will know that sometimes we take a look at interesting new gadgets and gizmos, so we'll be reviewing this o2 fridge-door-replacement device very soon. Unveiled just a few days back it's actually an OpenPeak OpenFra...
Remember Skyfire? Yeah, that's the one - the browser that let's you watch YouTube, listen to Quicktime streams, the lot. Double-tap to zoom, search direct from the address bar and browse pretty much every site on the web without restrictions. Now it's...
Do you own a HTC Touch Diamond or Touch Pro? Are you finding it difficult to get a GPS lock on your device? Are you still lost, camped out in a field somewhere, just hoping that a passing helicopter will see the "SOS" sign you made out of …
Another LG handset has just popped up on the leaked AT&T sheets, this time the LG HQ. It's a messenger phone with the non-touch version of Windows Mobile on-board. The deets quote WinMo 6.1 and a 2 megapixel camera along with microSD expansion, QVGA (...
Following another leak from the AT&T roadmap there's news of the LG Monaco. According to the details it'll run Windows Mobile 7 and will appear in the Autumn. Specs include a Qualcomm QSD 8650 Snapdragon CPU - that's the 1Ghz speedster we've seen in t...
Today is my birthday, and there's more to celebrate thanks to the HTC Touch Pro2 arriving just minutes ago over at Devicewire.com. As usual it's first come first serve, with 50 of the blighters sitting in the warehouse as I type. For those of you won...
Whilst most other US networks are getting the new Touch Pro2 it's good to see AT&T picking up both of HTC's new WinMo handsets shortly too. They've got slightly different names, which we presume are internal codenames - the HTC Fortress (aka HTC Touch...
It's a big Bank Holiday weekend here in the UK, so if you get time don't forget to fill in our Coolsmartphone survey. There's only 7 questions to answer and we've already had hundreds of your responses already. If you've not done so yet, get your opin...
o2 have kindly dropped off a o2 XDA Guide for us to borrow so, ahead of the usual collosal review, here's some real photos of the device fresh out of the box. Look, it's still got that "don't sit on the phone with it in your back pocket" …
Looking to buy the new o2 XDA Guide? Head on over to techradar.com for a full review of this new handset including details of the CoPilot Live navigation software, screenshots of the HTC TouchFLO system and example camera shots. The XDA Guide is the o...
Most new Windows Mobile handsets now come with GPS capability. The system lets you navigate your way around our fair planet, geo-tag your photos or track your girlfriend when she goes to visit "the bloke about the curtains". What's perhaps not known a...
We love it when you guys nudge us about news stories. Today SilentBob has made a forum post about these rather sexy Touch HD cases. They have a slim fit hard cover with a reflective metallic finish. The case is also moulded to ensure that you have ful...
A couple of software updates for you XDA owners have just appeared. The first is for the XDA Zest and is a full firmware update. Browse to the my-xda.com page, choose "Software updates" from the menu and then select the appropriate update from the dro...
You may have read about HTC's current TV ads here in the UK. They're part of a 6 month sponsorship of the 9 o'clock movie on Film4 here in the UK. If you missed the ad last night you can watch it here or read on. The Touch …
The Touch Pro2 has been spotted in the USA branded with the Sprint network logos. SprintUsers.com user "bigchico68" got to play with it and snap some photos. There's a rumoured mid-June released date and further news that the HTC Snap will arrive in J...
Last month we heard that the MDA Compact V (aka Diamond2) would appear some time in May. Now further confirmation is appearing in magazines like Mobile News which shows a launch date of May 21st - this Thursday. The phone will be free on plans costing...
Back in February we took a look at MyPhone. The service is part of the Windows Mobile 6.5 offering but anyone can use it, yes even with 6.1 :) Simply put it's a way to backup and restore your phone information to a secure website. The whole thing …
We've already uncovered the o2 XDA Guide and the fact that it's coming soon. But, what we've now found out, is that it's actually coming very, very soon ideed and you may already be able to grab one. Several people have emailed us and o2 shop staff ha...
The HTC Iolite leaked earlier this year when expansys.com splashed it across their site. Now it's been given some o2 branding and has appeared on the my-xda.com site as the "XDA Guide". Guide. Geddit? GPS? Google Maps? :) CoPilot will be supplied with...
Another snippet of news has just popped out of last weeks Tech Ed conference after it was revealed that Windows Marketplace users can run purchased apps on up to five phones at the same time. This, according to Senior Product Planner Daniel Bouie, wou...
http://e.msteched.com/public/us/TTK24.wmv With Windows Mobile 6.5 now ready we're hoping to see it arrive on new handsets within the next few months. If you're interested in getting a WinMo 6.5 handset then this video gives a great run-down of the fe...
You will no doubt have spotted recent developments including the completion of Windows Mobile 6.5 and the decision to only include Marketplace in 6.5 and above. A massive shift in thinking has taken place across the mobile phone industry since the lau...
Recently a few big things happened in the Windows Mobile world. Number 1, information appeared on the net that future WinMo handsets could be sorted into Chassis. Chassis 1 is rumoured to be either at the heart of the much-rumoured "Pink" phone or fut...
Got a HP iPAQ Data Messenger or an iPAQ Voice Messenger from Vodafone UK? You do? There's some updates you should be aware of here for the Data Messenger and here for the Voice Messenger. The Voice Messenger has 8 updates and both of these are pretty ...
Yet more Windows Mobile kit is headed towards Vodafone. Following news of the Touch Pro2 arrival there's also a new Samsung QWERTY to arrive called the C6625v. Now, this news comes just a day after my lovely Windows Mobile work phone (T-Mobile Vario I...
Coolsmartphone really wouldn't be much without your input, which is why I was so glad to see stacks of your emails after returning from holiday. Johnny De'Silva has been on the hunt for news and, yet again, he's turned up trumps. We've heard already t...
