Author: Leigh Geary
Bye Bye PalmOS, yes it looks like Palm has finally dropped it in favour of webOS. Thankfully it's not just webOS - Windows Mobile still figures strongly in the Palm future and Palm's CEO Ed Colligan stated that the Centro would be the last device to u...
Loving the HTC S740? Yeah? Us too. If you want one unlocked then this is the offer for you. For £294.99 you'll get it delivered free along with a free HTC lanyard and a free HTC trolley coin to save you fishing around for one when you're in …
Next week it's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. This is the platform being used by many handset manufacturers to launch their new kit. Giga-Byte Communications have already pinged us about their new GSmart devices and they'll be getting a full anno...
Guess what's just popped up ? Yep, it's the free version of PointUI Home 2. It's had quite an overhaul and looks just stunning. There's various CAB files available to download depending on the handset you have - just grab the beta here. There's loads ...
So, it's great to see PocketGear promoting their App Store for Windows Mobile on their site. However, once you download the CAB file and install it you'll find that it's merely a shortcut which opens up Internet Explorer on your phone and points it to...
Head on over to PPCSG for some rather cool TouchFLO 3D themes for your HTC Diamond / Touch Pro. The entire selection is available to browse and download from mobile-sg.com including this one here called "Coffee Lover". They're simple enough to install...
TouchFLO can be a Marmite product for some - you either love it or hate it. For those who are undecided or who just want to quickly switch between the standard "Today" screen and the TouchFLO system, TouchFLO Detacher is the app for you. The app is f...
On Monday Google launched their "Google Sync" service for Windows Mobile. It's basically a free contact and calendar sync service pushed over the air for your Windows Mobile. At last, free push-email done simply and easily. Ah... no.. wait. There's no...
The Wall Street Journal is reporting today on an online application store by Microsoft. The story states that... "The offerings will include an online bazaar for distributing software to cellular phones that run Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating s...
As you may know we've been tracking the development of Android and getting it working on Windows Mobile handsets. The HTC Diamond is on display here with the latest build on film. Check it out here or read on to see it in action. Get more info on …
Rumours of a proposed name-change are building thanks to this Digitimes article. The new 6.5 OS should be getting it's official announcement during the Mobile World Congress shortly and now "market sources" are telling Digitimes that .. "Going forwar...
Alex Fehners has just emailed in to tell us about his new software. Now, I've got to take time out to give this guy some respect. He's taken time out to compose a very descriptive email, he's priced his software extremely well and he's spent a lot of...
Most of you will have already downloaded the free Google Maps application and will be enjoying either the brilliant satellite imagery, driving directions, mapping, GPS usage or the innovative "My Location" system which uses the network transmitters to...
Here in the UK there'll be several confused people after news of SkyBox appeared on the web. No, it's nothing to do with Sky TV or their Sky Box, it's actually a system to sync information between your mobile phone and the web and it's from the people...
The Toshiba TG01 popped up the other day with it's ultra-fast 1Ghz Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU. However, HTC are also due to launch handsets featuring this CPU. According to digitimes.com HTC will be rolling out Snapdragon-powered units in the second quar...
Remember that scene in Crocodile Dundee where he says, "That's not a knife, this is a knife"? Well, I tend to think that of our reviews. Call that a review? Nah mate, this is a review. This time it's the o2 XDA Zest and it's built by Asus. …
Certain things catch our eye when an email lands in the inbox. The word "free" is always a winner and AIM Productions have given us a mail saying just that. Easy SMS is a new app which gives a different interface into your texting world. Big fonts, ea...
Woah, check out this thin Toshiba handset over at trustedreviews.com. Named the TG01 it's a mere 9.9mm thick and there's aGPS, 3g/HSDPA and WiFi on board. The screen is a 800x480 WVGA and a G-sensor which act like an accelerometer but will detect mov...
Shh.. we're hearing on the grapevine that Orange have a new data bundle. It's £5 per month and you get unlimited mobile internet browsing anytime. Want to know more? Well, according to our sources it's available for customers who choose to have this ...
o2 customers with the XDA Serra (aka HTC Touch Pro) can now download a patch to fix a GPS issue with the handset. The updatem which is available here, shouldn't need a full OS wipe so it should be good to directly install. Do let us know if …
We've covered the launch of Netbooks and Laptops on Orange before but now we're hearing of a wider selection about to arrive on the network. The Eee PC 901 (currently free on the £25p/m 24 month plan with 3GB data per month) is already available, but...
This is the Optoma Pico Pocket Projector. Yes, it costs £249.99 including VAT but you can forget those laptop and projector nightmares - this will plug into your TV-out (like on the Touch Pro) and display your presentations any time, any place. It'll...
The future of mobile phones is always a hard thing to forsee. However, the guys at IA Technolody appear to have their idea. Now, bear with us here because you'll have no dount heard this before, but they claim to have created the worlds most completel...
Yes, we know you've heard it before and there's probably a lot of other sites out there (do tell us if you've seen a good one) but the guys at www.selloldphone.co.uk have pinged us about their service. You know the deal by now, the guys dish out cash …
Today I'm excited to announce the launch of a new venture - iPhoneBANG! This new website is the result of several emails and forum posts from people who have decided to choose the iPhone. People wanted a place like coolsmartphone.com, but for their iP...
We've been following the T-Mobile MDA Vario IV for some time now. It's the T-Mobile variant of the HTC Touch Pro we reviewed some time back and now, finally, it's appeared properly on the T-Mobile UK site. It's available for consumer and business cust...
We've mentioned the excellent iPlayer a few times here at Coolsmartphone.com. If you've got yourself a HTC Touch Diamond then this is the app you'll need. It'll let you browse and stream content from the BBC iPlayer service plus you can download progr...
After submitting a rather huge document back in 2008 it looks like Apple have now had multi-touch patentented. The document mention Steve Jobs by name and covers the dtection of "one or more finger contacts with the touch screen display, applying one ...
We mentioned this in an earlier story and we've taken a look at the Exeda mobiles before, but it certainly warrants another story. This is perhaps the first time we've seen what is reported to be Windows Mobile 6.5 on a manufacturers website. With a...
If you're lucky enough to have a Samsung i780 you can now upgrade it to Windows Mobile 6.1 using the Samsung Mobile website. Their FAQ states the benefits of upgrading as... "There are new functionalities with the latest OS on this version." Meh? The ...
Apologies for the outage yesterday guys. I took the decision to re-format my laptop at home following a rather nasty virus / malware attack. Murphy’s Law dictates that, when I go out for the day and leave my mobile at home and my laptop formatting i...
Well, it was hardly a secret was it ? The HTC Iolite is now officially splashed all over the HTC website. As we suspected it's the replacement / update for the original HTC Touch Cruise, so they've branded as the.. err... HTC Touch Cruise '09. The ne...
Windows Mobile 6.5. We've been talking about it for some time and we're expecting a launch announcement in just a few days. Now we can see it in action on .... a really old PDA. Anyone remember the XDA II / SPV M2000 ? I'll bet Microsoft weren't …
Ever since we first saw Pointui Home we were massively impressed. It appeared just over a year ago and things have exploded since then. It's a completely new GUI for your Windows Mobile and their all-new site has just popped online. It's promising ......
What's this ? A new Android handset from HTC ? Ah.. it's that Saphire we saw a few days back. It looks rather posh in iPhone white and comes with a 3.2 megapixel camera. There's not much else we can gleam from the engadget story other than the …
More on that HTC Iolite we mentioned some days back from theunwired. There's yet more pictures to pour over, plus news that it'll arrive on o2 Germany as the "XDA Guide" to replace the XDA Orbit 2. Powered by a Qualcomm MSM 7225 CPU running at 528 MHz...
Quiet huh? Well, it's Mobile World Congress in a few weeks so a lot of companies are holding off announcements until then. This, of course, means that the rumour mill has already started spinning along with lots of "announcements of planned announceme...
Hey, got a HTC Touch Diamond direct from HTC? Come close. HTC have just released an update which includes several improvements and fixes. The fixes include ... 1. When you launch the Camera while the system is working on other programs, the preview s...
Viva ! Yep, it might have a funky HTC name, but T-Mobile Germany have decided to brand the Viva as the ... err.. T-Mobile MDA Basic. A 2 megapixel camera, the TouchFLO 2D system, WiFi and a 2 megapixel camera isn't to be sniffed at though, so we're …
Windows Mobile is what we're all about here at Coolsmartphone, but we still sometimes look at other OS's and think, "I wouldn't mind having a dabble with that". Here CompuLab have fixed the "grass is greener" thoughts with the "Exeda" - a dual-boot de...
