Author: Leigh Geary
As you know by now, Windows Mobile phones include Internet Explorer as default. It's at best passable, especially when compared to browsers like Opera 9.5 and NetFront, however - it's also worth remembering that Opera Mini is out there and works very ...
During the last few days you may have noticed some spam messages appearing in our forums. These usually advertise some mobile phones with a fake UK postal address. Many thanks to everyone who's spotted them and informed me - also to the excellent mods...
The Register is reporting today that the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 may be slightly delayed, despite showing up on Vodafone UK with an October launch date. However, we've just done a check on the official Sony Ericcson shop site and it looks like things ...
o2 customers are waiting patiently for the o2 XDA Ignito. It's the XDA flavour of the HTC Touch Diamond that we spotted about a month ago in o2 stores. Matthew Brailsford has just emailed us in because he's managed to get his order in for one, so we …
Right, here's the story. We ran a news item on August 16th saying that the Samsung Omnia i900 would be exclusive to Orange. We then changed it because it appeared on Voda. However, it's now becoming clear that the Samsung Omnia i900 is exclusive to Or...
Here's another new user interface for your touchscreen Windows Mobile. This is called yrgo and you can see it in action on the video below. It contains four full customizable desktops which uses finger gestures to help you navigate. Costing $10 (aroun...
Despite Windows Mobile now being more popular than ever we're sorry to report that Smartphone & Pocket PC Magazine will be suspending its publication. The magazine, which has been running for 11 years now, is headed up by Hal Goldstein, who states.......
Just as I'm starting to fall in love with the HTC Touch Pro, this comes along. I want this. I want it now. Gimme. This is the HTC S740 - a handset with a 4-row QWERTY sliding keyboard and a numeric front keypad. Want. The specs, direct from …
Our video blogs are like buses - you wait for ages and then three come along at once. Today I've been asked what the signal strength is like, so I put my Orange SIM card into a HTC Touch Dual to compare the two handsets. Also in this …
Yes, it's yet another two-handed video with slightly less wobble than you're used to ! :) Today we take a look at the HTC TouchFlo 3D system, which is the fluid GUI used in this device and the HTC Touch Diamond. We take a tour of the contacts, …
OK, I'm back. Here in the UK we've had an extended weekend thanks to a Bank Holiday so, although I've been busy recording the "Week With..." videos, I've only just uploaded them! Here's Day 2, where I take a look at the 5-row keyboard and the on scree...
About a week back we told you how the Samsung Omnia was on sale on Orange stores. Now it's popped up on the Orange website priced up at £49.99 on the £35 p/m contract. You know the deal by now. Win Mobile 6.1, 5 megapixel camera with LED …
Day one of our "Week with the HTC Touch Pro" is now online. In this first video I've covered the unboxing, plus a comparison with the HTC TyTN II and HTC Touch Dual. There's also a look at the box contents, keyboard and an overview of the phone …
Crickey! We're starting to love Vodafone more and more each day. We've already seen that the Omnia is on the way, plus the Touch Pro should be landing any day now. Now there's more good news... First up, the Samsung Omnia is now live on the Vodafone B...
Winmobile.se have just published a review of the ETEN v900 handset. It has a VGA screen, 3 megapixel camera, WiFi, GPS, Radio and is powered by a Samsung SC3 CPU running at 533Mhz. Better still it has inbuilt digital TV for catching the latest episode...
The HTC Touch Pro is the bigger, fatter brother to the HTC Touch Diamond. It's available now for £514.99 and comes complete with the TouchFLO 3D system you saw on the Diamond. The Touch Pro isn't as slim as the Diamond but the extra bulge gives you s...
The HTC Touch Diamond is one of our favourite handsets, however you'll no doubt be handling it carefully and polishing it with any bit of material you can lay your hands on. Luckily Boxwave have developed a great armoured case which fits perfectly ont...
It's been a little quiet recently here at Coolsmartphone. This is one of the reasons. I drive a lot and use the motorway every day. It is, without doubt, a very safe type of road, however with stop-start traffic there's always the odd shunt. Yesterday...
Following more leaks than ever, the Palm Treo Pro is now official. A Qualcomm MSM7201 400Mhz CPU powers Windows Mobile 6.1 Pro whilst inside there's tri-band UMTS / HSDPA and quad-band GSM and 802.11b/g WiFi connectivity. There's also a 320x320 TFT sc...
Virtual Spaghetti Software have just launched (and we mean just... like, 10 minutes ago) VsNotepad 2. It's an updated version of the incredibly flexible note-taking software for recording and organising your life. The new version brings customized no...
The guys at smartphoneTV have just announced a whole new look to their site with added extras. The new website lets you download hundreds of free videos for your mobile. Videos are being added daily and there's lots of great things to choose from. You...
Just after we spotted the Samsung Omnia i900 on Orange (with rumours of a short exclusive on the network), have a look what's just popped up on the Vodafone website. Yup, it's the Samsung Omnia i900. Whilst this is tucked away in the help section, it'...
Orange are pushing several packages and phones at the minute. They have the BlackBerry Bold exclusive to the network (the first 3G BlackBerry as far as we're aware) and we've just revealed that the Samsung Omnia i900 is now selling on Orange too. Howe...
The Samsung Omnia is starting to cause quite a stir across the internet. If the slick promo video on the official website isn't enough to interest you then check the specs. A 5 megapixel camera with auto focus and LED flash - yes, a 5 megapixel shoote...
This, if rumours are right, is a new Palm handset which accidentally got leaked here. It's the Palm Treo Pro and it quickly got removed from the treo website, but not before the guys at treocentral.com managed to snap some screenshots. Things we kno...
Snap2Face v1.0 has just been released. It's a free Facebook client for your Windows Mobile. Facebook access is now better and easier than ever, plus you get Outlook contacts integration (i.e. photo caller-ID) album slide show and much more. Snap2Face...
The guys at omio have managed to get their hands on a HTC Touch Pro and are busy putting it through a series of tests. Besides the usual unboxing video they've also added a text battle between the Touch Pro and an iPhone. Head on over to take …
You've probably noticed the Viigo RSS Reader button on the top-right of our site lately and hopefully you've downloaded it to keep updated with our news and other RSS feeds. Now version 3.0 is now available in Beta form for Windows Mobile users. It st...
Want a Samsung Omnia i900 ? Well, there's a number of ways to get one without having to fork out a huge wad of money. Sure, you can get yourself one for around £559.99 but, if you can bundle it into a contact you can bring the cost …
Vito Technology have just released a new version of Winterface. It comes with numerous improvements and bug-fixes - it is now started with a different on-screen gesture, you can now add any files on your Windows Mobile to the main screen, plus there's...
Got a HTC Touch Diamond from Vodafone? You have? Good. Envious about those those OS upgrades for handsets bought direct from HTC? Hey, don't worry. Vodafone have released the 1.93 upgrade for their customers right here.Wehay ! Well done Vodafone! Why ...
Official UK distributor devicewire is now selling the HTC Touch Pro for £514.99. This the official UK stock with a 2 year warranty - no grey imports here. The handset, which features the same juicy goodness found in the Diamond but with a better batt...
Following our earlier story on the XDA Ignito, Lee Sainsbury has been on the phone to o2 to ask when the o2-branded-Diamond will be available. According to their customer service reps it should be hitting shops on August 25th, however they've also sta...
Windows Mobile is our thing, but HTC have impressed us greatly over the years. They've moved forward with blistering pace and, thanks to fantastic people like Horace Luke, they have a user experience to match their exterior designs... But Windows Mobi...
It looks like the HTC Touch Pro should be available any day now. Scouring the internet Fola Bello has already found it as "available" on purelygadgets.co.uk for a whacking £521.95. Elsewhere expansys are showing it as available with a four day delive...
Jason Langridge has just posted about this SIMable unlocking solution. It's a small chip which fixes to your SIM card which should then let you use your SIM in locked phones. On certain handsets there's a degree of SIM-card-snipping and hole-punching,...
It's been a while now since we mentioned QR Codes. They're also called 2D barcodes and you may have seen them in our recent video. Now there's a new cool way to use them. If you're using FireFox as your browser, then listen up. If you've recently stum...
Fancy getting the latest cricket scores onto your mobile? If so, you just need to point your mobile to ci.plusmo.com. Download the CAB, run it, install and choose your location. It'll give you a ball by ball coverage of your favourite matches. This so...
If you bought a handset from HTC or one of their distributors (like devicewire.co.uk) then you'll be used to the HTC eClub and the login process by now. It involves logging in with the serial number from your phone ... at least, it did. Now HTC have a...
OK, I've had several emails following our HTC Touch Diamond ROM update story yesterday. I wanted to post a reply to this here, because I and other websites have raised recently with Microsoft - let's just say that it's a very sore point. The iPhone ...
