Author: Leigh Geary
Another app from JGUI has just been launched called "Safe My Windows Phone". It'll help to protect your mobile phone by locking it after receiving a text message. You can also hard-reset your device to the factory default settings by text. The program...
In recent years the browser market has been filling up with competitors to the in-built Internet Explorer on Windows Mobile. Most of the opposition have been busy beating IE over the head for usability and rendering speed, especially the Opera browse...
Those lucky beggers at mobilechoice managed to get a hands-on with the HTC Touch Diamond2 at the Mobile World Congress last month. Unlike most videos we've seen this is a sedate, smooth and clear video which shows the handset along with the new TouchF...
Remote Touch has just been upgraded to version 1.1. The app will let you remotely control your computer from your handset. Changes include a colour scroll mode, multiple server profiles, bug fixes and a loading screen. You can also now save up to 5 di...
A few months ago a pipe burst somewhere and a whole load of upcoming HTC handsets appeared. One of them was the HTC Maple, which a lot of people have been waiting for. Remember the HTC S620 (Excalibur) ? Yep, many do and many have been waiting for …
Well, despite my beloved bank charging me nearly £600 for being beyond my overdraft this month (thanks LloydsTSB for not helping at all), I've managed to do an overview of the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1. It's a very good bit of kit indeed and we'll be g...
Windows Mobile 6.5. You've probably heard a lot about it already and it should be appearing later on this year. There's already surprise that Windows Mobile 7 will be arriving next year and we've not really seen much of the promised Windows Marketplac...
HTC Touch Diamond users can download an updated ROM for their device. Available here it fixes a number of bugs including the camera preview screen going black, video recording issues, audio playback, MMS receiving and sound issues on the Music tab wit...
Strangely announced just after the Mobile World Congress is this new trackball-packing Asus P835 touch-screen device. The P835 will double as a WiFi hotspot - sharing the high-speed (up to HSPA) mobile data connection over WiFi with up to 10 devices s...
I've been fiddling about with the location-tracking feature in Google Mobile Maps over the last few days. Keeping track of your mates is pretty cool provided they click "Keep sending to Latitude" when closing the app. I've added the Google Latitude fe...
Following news of Windows 3.1 appearing on a Nokia N95 we decided to try it ourselves. Unfortunately we didn't have a Nokia to hand (shame) but someone came to our rescue with a Nokia E51. After a bit of faffing around we managed to get it to the …
Our forum gets spammed to hell with DVD conversion tools. DVD to Pocket PC by Makayama is a proper good though and now supports 800x480 (WVGA) screens in version 6. If you've got a collection of DVD's and a HTC Touch Pro2, Sony Experia or Toshiba TG01...
Winterface - we've seen it before and it's a great interface for your phone. It's been updated before but now version 1.3 brings a new bright skin, bug fixes, the ability to hide or show the Windows Mobile bar / Start button and Opera Mobile favourite...
Just a quickie - Expansys are selling Pay As You Go SIM cards for the "3" network here in the UK. They cost just £9.99 and come with a whopping £30 of credit loaded on. Once you've used the credit you'll be on the Flat 12 tariff and …
OK, I'm going to let my dirty little secret out now. Judging by the amount of emails I get asking me the same question, you may think I've got a wide selection of Windows Mobile phones to choose from. Images of cupboards gently popping out from walls ...
Got one of these? A recent update may have passed you by. Check your Sony Ericsson Update Service for further details of the update, which appears to contain fixes and speed improvements for your Xperia X1 handset. News of this update seems to have a...
Right, I'm going to slightly abuse my position here, but I'd like to get a rough idea how bad this problem is. To your right you'll see the HTC TouchFLO 3D Music tab. Simply copy your music to your SD card and you'll get a nice album photo …
There's a wide range of browsers to choose from for the Windows out there. Opera, Skyfire and the new Mozilla effort called Fennec (available for the Touch Pro) are just a few highlights. The Iris Browser, which we spotted a year ago has now been upda...
Yesterday we took a look at the first pictures of the T-Mobile MDA Compact V (Diamond2). Since then we've had official confirmation from T-Mobile of the Compact V, plus there's confirmation on the Vario V which will indeed be the Touch Pro2. Below you...
The GSM association has sat down and agreed that having several different chargers is a nightmare for the consumer. Mobile phones today generally have many different plugs and adapters to charge mobile phones. The decision means that firms like Nokia,...
Right, the HTC Touch Diamond2. It's like the original Touch Diamond but this time there's an uprated 5 megapixel camera, high-res 3.2 inch 480x800 WVGA screen, zoom bar, longer life battery and external storage in the shape of a microSD card. T-Mobile...
We've already spotted the Toshiba TG01 but today it's doing the rounds at the Mobile World Congress. The TG01 does indeed have the super-fast 1Ghz Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU and comes with GSM quad-band connectivity GPRS / EDGE / 3G and HSDPA. GPS is on ...
Hey dear coolsmartphone reader. Are you feeling run-down after the barage of news from the Mobile World Congress (MWC) ? How about £10 off a brand new HTC Touch HD huh? How about free delivery too? Sound good? We've already reviewed the HD and we wer...
This is the GSmart MS820 we had a sniff of earlier this week. It's another handset from Giga-Byte and packs GPRS / EDGE / HSDPA connectivity with GPS and a big 1300mAh battery. WiFi is on board, as is Bluetooth 2.0 and a 5 megapixel camera. Yep, that'...
Meet the GSmart S1200. This puppy runs a 528Mhz Qualcomm 7200A CPU and is 105.5x52x11.4mm in size. It'll connect you with GPRS, EDGE and HSDPA / HSUPA with WiFi and Bluetooth 2.0. There's a microSD slot for extra storage, 1010mAh battery and a special...
A true Windows Mobile Smartphone has just been spotted at Mobile World Congress. It runs the non-touch version, Standard 6.1, and is a QWERTY messaging device with a 2 megapixel camera around the back. Inside you'll find tri-band GPRS, EDGE / 3G, HSDP...
Forget SkyBox, Microsoft is now live with My Phone. It is, to put it simple, a mobile web service which will store your phones' data to a protected site. All your important stuff - pictures, text messages, contacts, calendar, tasks, videos, music and ...
Following an almost luke-warm reception to the Windows Mobile 6.5 launch, Windows Marketplace also got it's time. This is the Microsoft answer to the iPhone App Store (come on, let's be honest) and Andy Lees showed it off. It promises not to limit wha...
We got to see Microsoft Recite recently. It's ideal for those of you who, like me, may forget a thing or two. It works by recording your voice. Press "Remember" and say something like, "Bills birthday is February 20th. Get a stripper, he loves the lad...
Want to know what to expect from today? Have a look at this Microsoft Teaser video and you'll feel just like you're in Barcelona yourself. While I'm here, today the Omnia HD was announced. It's got full HD (720p) recording and playback, GPS, TV-Out, ...
Well, you've already seen Windows Mobile pictured, mentioned and even shown in full video action on the HTC Touch HD just the other day. Now it's launched and fully legit. So what have we got? For the classic Smartphone (y'know, non-touch screen) ther...
Remember that LG handset from earlier on? Here's the details - meet the LG Eigen / GM-730. This is an all-new handset with quad-band GSM, EDGE and 3G. At the back you'll find a whacking 5 megapixel camera whilst up-front there's a 240x400 WQVGA screen...
Want to see the recently announced HTC Touch Pro2 in action? Head on over to theunwired. They have a hands-on with this new kit and you can see the TouchFLO 3D system in action along with the tilting / sliding screen mechanism and QWERTY keyboard. The...
Andy Lees and Steve Ballmer took to the stage in Barcelona yesterday to formally announce Windows Mobile 6.5, My Mobile and Windows Marketplace. HTC CEO Peter Chou was also present after outing 6.5 early.You can watch the announcement again in the vid...
On May 6th 2008 HTC announced the original HTC Touch Diamond which a collosal press event in London. Today, just a few months later, the HTC Touch Diamond2 is here. As expected it's the HTC Topaz we spotted in the leak last month and is powered by Win...
In June the HTC Touch Pro was launched. It had all the goodness of the original HTC Touch Diamond, but with a sliding QWERTY keyboard, external memory and TV-Out. HTC have today announced the all-new HTC Touch Pro2. It packs a new longer-lasting 1500m...
Arne at theunwired.net has been strolling around the Mobile World Congress and has just spotted this handset on the Microsoft stand. It appears to be a new LG handset called "Eigen" and is powered, of course, by Windows Mobile. No further details just...
Well, it looks like earlier rumours could indeed be true. Pictures coming out of the backstage preperations for Mobile World Congress clearly show a new advertising slogan for Windows Mobile which simply states, "I love my Windows phone". The image sh...
Hey, remember Skyfire? Yeah, the browser for your phone that'll do YouTube and more. Well, check out version 0.9 Beta. It's out today and now you can fully integrate your favourite social networking sites. Check out this screenshot of the main page - ...
Next week it's the GSMA Mobile World Congress. From here on in you'll see it called "MWC" for short and you may remember it known as 3GSM World Congress. It's the biggest exhibition for the mobile industry and we're expecting to see some rather major ...
