Author: Leigh Geary
There's an interesting discussion kicking off in the o2 forums about a certain "XDA Flint". The device is definitely on the way, but there's a bit of confusion about what it is. An email from o2 states.. "The XDA Flint will be a take on the HTC Athena...
The Samsung i200 has been available on Orange for quite some time now. It's a classic Smartphone running Windows Mobile Standard (non-touch screen) and has a 2 megapixel camera, microSD expansion and HSDPA internet connectivity. Now it looks as if Vod...
Whilst I didn't manage to look at a real-life Xperia X1 during my trip to Birmingham, it is at least becoming more widely available. Matt Gough has spotted the X1 on mobiles.co.uk with immediate delivery whilst Johnny De'Silva has picked it up in the ...
Devicewire have just shuffled forward their arrival date for the HTC Touch HD. Yesterday it was expected to arrived on November 30th, but today it's now November 13th - just over two weeks away! Pricing is yet to be confirmed, but get your name down i...
Today I got dragged kicking and screaming popped into our second city to do a spot of early Christmas shopping. During our day in Birmingham I've seen about a dozen adverts for just one handset - the Samsung Omnia. It's everywhere. In the Bullring, ou...
Our earlier story on the HTC Touch HD has already sparked some interest. It's listed on page 34 of the Orange "Work" magazine and is coming soon. We're now hearing that it'll be on a 3 month exclusivity agreement with the Orange network, however it ma...
I've just been to Birmingham. During our shopping trip to Birmingham I've seen about a dozen adverts for the Samsung Omnia. It's everywhere. In the Bullring, on billboards across the M6 at Junction 9 and inside nearly every in-store phone catalogue. D...
Harv Singh has just spotted the HTC Touch HD in the coming soon section of the Orange Business magazine for October. There's rumours of an exclusivity agreement on Orange, although we're still hearing that the Touch HD will be on Vodafone too. The Tou...
Coolsmartphone and the news items you see online daily would be nothing without you lot. Tips, scans, photos, information and press releases keep the wheels churning here, so please let me know if you've got any Windows Mobile news we should be lookin...
This program costs $6.99 (£4.15) and will... err.. chime every hour. Well, that alone isn't worth the cash, but you can choose between a range of chimes or you can have the program speak the time to you. In addition, you can tell the program not to m...
It looks like O2 are going to be grading their customers with a new scheme called the "O2 Priority Club". If you've selected an O2 Priority Club Portfolio tariff and have been with the network 5 months then you can join. O2 are also putting you into a...
Remember the days when the Orange SPV seemed to be the only Microsoft phone around ? Well now you can re-live them, thanks to a huge splodge of reconditioned SPV handsets from Orange. The Orange SPV C500 is for sale for £19.99 whilst the C600 is ...
If you've got the HTC S621, HTC S620, HTC P4350, HTC P3300 or HTC Advantage then listen up. If you've not already done so, upgrade your handset to Windows Mobile 6 now, because HTC are about to remove the links. This HTC bulletin details the changes, ...
We did a quick competition a few days back to win a 2GB pen drive. It's a credit-card sized unit and they gave these away at the HTC Touch Diamond launch. I asked for some "interesting" photos and we'd choose the best. There were hundreds, and it was …
If you put your nose into the wind you can almost smell the X1. It's so near and yet so far. Sony Ericsson are now dangling the carrot right in front of us with a full user manual online. In the manual you get to see the panels …
Unlocking your device is usually pretty simple on touch-screen devices and not many of us use any kind of password encryption. Throttle Lock will help lock your device and give a certain level of security. It's in an early stage at the present but, u...
Just a few hours ago we ran a story about that whole Windows Mobile on the iPhone thing. It turns out that the site running the video was mearly a viral site and so we figured the video evidence was just some sort of mock-up application. However.. ove...
This is a 2GB HTC Touch Diamond memory card drive. These were given out during the huge HTC Touch Diamond launch and I've actually got one in my wallet. They come in very handy for transferring data around and they're thin enough to slot into your wal...
This story popped up around the web yesterday so we thought we'd take a look too. The video, which you can see below, shows an iPhone which can supposedly dual-boot into Windows Mobile. Norwegian iPhone developer Erik Kristiansen is responsible for th...
Hello new and existing o2 customers. Want the Sony Ericsson X1? Do you? Have a look what's coming soon on o2. Kishan Sthankiya spotted this in the o2 catalogue and sent it into us. If you, like us, have been waiting since the start of February to get …
Kishan Sthankiya sent us a few scans of the o2 catalogue so we're able to grab some interesting bits of information. Here's the XDA Zest once more. It's the Asus-built handset we spotted on their website last week. The specs reveal GPS, 3 megapixel ca...
Just yesterday we ran a story about the o2 XDA Serra popping up in o2 catalogues. It's the o2 flavour of the HTC Touch Pro and both Kishan Sthankiya and Andrew Keith sent in scans so we can all see the evidence. No prices are showing as yet, …
Lee Sainsbury popped into his local o2 shop this afternoon and had a looksie in their catalogue. The o2 XDA Serra (HTC Touch Pro) is listed as coming soon with a pictures and specs. Staff in store reckon it'll be out in the first week of November, wit...
The new Viigo Beta is now available to download. It's a free easy-to-use application which will keep you in touch with the world. There's a stack of features including mobile 5-day weather forecasts, sports news, stocks and finance information and all...
Rumours over at Engadget suggest a new LG phone running Windows Mobile is about to appear on AT&T. It's been a while since we saw an LG packing Windows Mobile, which is strange in a way because the KS20 was a gorgeous handset and I was surprised not …
This is the HTC T8290. It's just appeared over on nedge2k.com and looks like a thinner version of the Touch HD, but that's where the similarity ends. Sure, this device has GSM, WiFi and Bluetooth 2.0, but there's also WiMax too (read more about WiMax ...
Last year I took the HTC Touch Cruise around a local safari park as part of our review. It's a touch-screen device with a 400MHz processor, 3G / HSDPA, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0, GPS and dual cameras (3 megapixel at the back and a CMOS cam up front for …
If you head over to the HTC website and dodge around that big "G1" thing you'll find an update for the HTC Touch Dual at the bottom of this page. It's the Windows Mobile 6.1 upgrade and will bring you.. "improved usability, messaging and connectivity ...
The Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 has just popped up on the Carphone Warehouse website. You can buy the X1 on the o2 network and get the handset completely free on the £45 per month tariff. That'll get you 1200 minutes and unlimited texts.. woaha, I sound ...
Back in April we spotted some blurry shots of the T-Mobile Shadow II. Now more have appeared, courtesy of CellPhone Signal. It looks like the phone is getting ready for market at last and it seems to function a lot like the HTC Touch Dual. Rumour has ...
Teksoft has just released a new version of their Bluetooth mouse control system for Windows Mobile. It's now called BlueInput and lets you control your phone with a Bluetooth mouse. You can see it in action below. Bluetooth keyboards can also be attac...
If you read our HTC S740 review and are busy saving up, there's some good news from Devicewire. They've got the unlocked HTC S740 priced up at £339.99 (which is £289.35 without the VAT) and stock is expected in just a few weeks time on October 23rd....
o2 have just put the Windows Mobile 6.1 update online for the o2 XDA Orbit 2. The update brings better battery management, (slightly) improved Internet Explorer experience and a quick start help system. You'll need a valid IMEI to proceed, and as usua...
The Motorola Q 11 has been rumoured for a while now, but Motorola have now gone all official with details appearing on their site. Yes, a Windows Mobile phone from Motorola. It's been years since we saw such a thing here in the UK. The Q11 uses Window...
Got a Samsung Omnia ? Oh, you lucky sausage. Now you can upgrade it .. ummm.. if you're in France, Italy, Malasyia, Singapore or the Philippines. Uh-huh.. Where's the update for other countries? We're not sure. Keep an eye on this Samsung page though,...
A great review of the Sony Ericsson X1 is now available on jouwmobiel.com. What? You want more? Well, how about a comparison with the T-Mobile G1 huh? Now you're talking. Both articles include screenshots, up-close shots, videos and, by the looks of ...
Last night I nearly threw something at the TV when a Christmas commercial popped on the screen. Surely it's not that time of year just yet is it? Perhaps not, but Halloween is just a few weeks away and you can get some suitably scary ringtones for yo...
In February 2007 we mentioned an exciting new service called "Didiom". It's now developed into an all-in-one application which will let you steam music from your PC to your phone wirelessly. It's free and you can either use your own music collection o...
Following our earlier X1 story and the launch on Vodafone, it's now started to show up in advertisements next to o2 branding. The o2 forums are already buzzing about the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1, with October 13th mentioned as a possible launch date. T...
Addicted to the Johnny X videos ? Waiting for the new Xperia X1 to appear on Vodafone? Well, you might have to wait a little longer. Voda appear to have pushed back the release date to October 17th. This Vodafone post forum a member of staff doesn't ...
