Author: Leigh Geary
Keep everything crossed guys, because I think we're now back to full steam. For those of you who aren't aware, the webmaster, tech guy, coder, reporter and guy doing the server management is.. me. If anything goes wrong, like it did last week, I have ...
Sure, we've still got the odd server problem here at Coolsmartphone HQ but it'll never stop us bring you the latest news. Johnny De'Silva has spotted the o2 XDA Zest on the coming soon pages. The Zest is the Asus-built device we saw last month and pac...
Now that the "invisible" iframe causing the virus / badware / spyware problems has gone, I today moved onto removing how it got there in the first place. I've implemented a new security policy into our MySQL / Apache configuration and I'm currently te...
OK, a quick update on how things are going with the site. Google have no pretty much knocked us off the internet. Any search you do in Google that returns a Coolsmartphone page will have a horrible message under it saying, "This site may harm your com...
About 30 minutes ago Firefox blocked our site. If you click on the "Why was our site blocked" you'll find a nice Google page that says there's no problems. I've been asked to go into the Google Webmaster Tools an request a review of the site, however ...
HTC have just uploaded this Touch HD product tour. Although there's no true hands-on action, it gives you a taster of how you can watch movies, surf the web and communicate in high-definition widescreen quality. Read on to watch the video or click th...
Steve Ballmer, Chief Exec at Microsoft, has been making his feelings on Google and the Google Android platform known in this BBC news report. In the article Steve said that Microsoft would stay ahead of competitors like Blackberry, Google Android and ...
Today is October 1st, so it's surprising to see the HP Silver still alive and well in these sneak shots over at Engadget. We saw it at the very start of 2008 in a leaked Vodafone roadmap, but alas it never appeared in July as promised. There's GPS …
Hey, Mac users. Come close. Have you heard about SyncMate ? Version 1.4 has just been released and the free edition will let you organise your contacts, texts, calendar entries and more. You can also sync too, with your contacts and calendar details l...
We've been covering the new Xperia X1 from Sony Ericsson quite a bit recently. Following the photo special and the appearance on Vodafone we were certainly impressed with the rather massive advertising campaign and "Johnny X" films. The X1, as you may...
Our friends over at Devicewire currently have some "B-Grade" stuff on sale. Y'know the sort of thing, they've possibly been opened or returned but they're still in excellent condition and you can save some dosh. They've got a few HTC Touch Diamond ha...
This is a new game called Touchdown. It's been designed to make the most of the VGA screen on the HTC Touch Pro but should also work on the Diamond and possibly other VGA devices too. It's still in early development, so you'll need to download the dem...
I don't know about you, but I use my phone as an alarm every day. If you've got a Diamond or a Touch Pro then this is the business. A new app, by Koushik Dutta, will not only sound an alarm but it'll also turn off again when …
We've had a couple of interesting bits of news regarding upcoming handsets on Orange. First we're hearing that the HTC S740 should be turning up on the network towards the end of October. There's nothing on the coming soon pages just yet, but we'll ke...
Here it is at last - the HTC S740 review. We got a chance to video, photograph and fully test this handset last week. The resulting review is now online complete with example photos from the phone and screenshots of the interface. This is the first tr...
Check this out. It's part of my Orange phone bill for last month. I've changed my package and this particular phone doesn't get used a great deal. I pay around £30 per month, but this bill totalled over £55 so I looked deeper into it. Last ...
Well, the HTC S740 has sadly had to go back home, but we do have a review coming very soon and day 2 of our "Weekend With" is now online. This one is over at Google Video due to the length. I've crammed in as much as possible …
With HTC starting to make non-Windows Mobile phones, the iPhone dominating headlines and Google Android appearing today, the very last thing Microsoft need is a delay with Windows Mobile 7. Alas, this seems to be the case according to this CNET articl...
OK, you know the deal. Today the T-Mobile G1 will be announced. It's the Google phone, the Dream, the Android thing. Built by HTC it's already slipped onto the net in these T-Mobile product shots. We've already seen it several times, but this time it...
We're spending the weekend with the HTC S740. Here's day 1 of the video blog - a tour around the handset showing the two keyboards and the HTC Sliding Panels interface. We also have a look at the screen switching speed and the overall design of the de...
While I'm busy on eBay selling anything that isn't nailed down to afford one, the HTC Touch HD is appearing in yet more photo specials. Following the photos and video yesterday, there's now even more shots over on cnet.com. Close-ups? Check. Compari...
The Palm Treo Pro has just popped up on the Vodafone Business site. Prices range from nothing to £340.43 depending on contract. Running on a Qualcomm 400Mhz processor with 3G / HSDPA and WiFI it also packs GPS, Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR, a 2 megaixel ca...
A couple of quick HTC-related news bits for your Friday afternoon. Firstly, yet more pictures of the upcoming HTC Dream G1 from rizzn.com show the device, quite literally, out and about. It should be announced on T-Mobile US this coming Tuesday. Also,...
Back in early 2007 we ran a story about a free beta game called "Pocket Pool". Later in the year it went commerical and Is now know as Pool Rebel. Since then it's gone on to win the AT&T Game Development Contest for Windows Mobile at the CTIA. …
Some years back you couldn't move for themes, backdrops and homescreens. Everyone seemed to have their own personal theme but now, with the HTC TouchFLO technology, many are choosing to stick with that instead. PortableThemes.com has been setup for th...
Here it is, the HTC S740. First impressions? It's narrow, it's fast and the screen is vivid and clear. The S740 also appears to be called the "HTC Rose" in the settings screens and the firmware includes the HTC Album along with an RSS and PDF reader. ...
Last night Sony Ericsson hosted an event for a few hand-picked press people in London. The new Xperia X1, which got a sneak preview on Monday, got a full work-out during the posh launch at Tent London. We gave the handset, which we're following close...
We've just been handed the prices for those new HTC handsets. The HTC Touch HD will be selling for an RRP of £514.99, whilst the HTC Touch 3G is to sell for £319.99 without any navigation software or £349.99 with maps. The HTC Touch Viva will be up...
We've just had a couple of emails about the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 on Vodafone. We spotted that the handset had appeared on the Vodafone website about a month ago and you guys have been eagerly waiting for it to become available. Tonight the official...
Right, come close. Now, keep this under your hat. OK? Y'know those guys at Devicewire? Well, I've got a few bits of news. Did you know that they're now an HTC Authorised Ultimate Partner ? Yeah. How about the HTC Shift? They've just dropped the price ...
Following the up-close pictures of the HTC Touch HD, French site generation-phonehouse.fr now has a video of the HTC Touch HD. Head over to view it or click the read link below to watch it. It looks really smooth and, yet again, there's a direct compa...
Regular readers will hopefully be aware of our "Week With" video blogs. We've covered the HTC Touch Diamond and HTC Touch Pro. This time we've managed to get hold of the new HTC S740 that and we'll be doing it all over again. Unfortunately we don't ha...
Take a look ! We've found these shots over at generation-phonehouse.fr of the upcoming Touch HD. There's a huge dollop of photographic goodness to look at with a video promised shortly. This machine translated version should give you a little bit more...
The HTC-built Dream handset sporting the Google Android OS is set to be launched on the 23rd in New York. Word on the street is that sales will begin on October 20th with two colours to choose from - black, or white. T-Mobile will be carrying it and …
Want the HTC Touch Diamond but fancy it in a different shade? According to tele-online.dk a white version is available if you hunt around enough. It's stil got all the juicy specs of the original, there's just a different shade of paint. Link - tele-o...
OK, so today three handsets slipped out of the HTC website. The press releases for all three phones are now on the HTC website with .. tomorrows date on. You can read the press release for the HTC Touch 3G and Viva here with the Touch HD release …
Over at the HTC website there's another handset lurking too. It's that Viva handset we mentioned before (aka the Opal). Nieuwemobiel.nl have managed to get shots from the HTC Touch Viva pages on HTC.com. Although we couldn't find the "offical" front-...
Following our story from literally seconds ago we can now confirm that the HTC Touch 3G is now live and official. Inside you've got a Qualcomm MSM7225 CPU running at 528 MHz with Windows Mobile 6.1 Pro and 256MB ROM with 192MB RAM. It's only 102mm X 5...
Hello, hello. What's this ? While we were getting details of the HTC Touch HD we clicked Product Tour and got this - the HTC Touch 3G. There's a different link here, it's www.htc.com/www/product.aspx?id=64806, so this is a seperate product which is be...
Woaha! Look what's just turned up on the HTC website! Yes, everything we've heard is true - ever since the first mention of it last month. 5 megapixel camera, 3.5mm audio jack, 800x480 3.8" screen, WiFi, aGPS, 3G / HSDPA, Bluetooth 2.0, microSD, 512MB...
