Author: Leigh Geary
For the geeky amongst us, you may be interested to know that the HTC Touch Diamond has now popped up at the FCC. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is a US agency charged with regulating communications in or originating in the USA. This docum...
We're hearing more news on Windows Mobile 6.1 for existing devices. According to some emails we've received, Orange will be rolling out a 6.1 update for the HTC TyTN II mid-May, so we should see it pop up sometime next week. Keep checking the TyTN II...
We've just received the Orange press release for the HTC Touch Diamond. Like the T-Mobile variant, it'll be arriving in July, so it's looking like HTC will be selling these in June - a few weeks before the networks. The Orange branding has been carefu...
Earlier in the week you may have seen our live coverage of the HTC event in London. During the day I posted live pictures, details and bullet-points from my Windows mobile phone. I wanted to cover the day without having stacks of extra equipment, so I...
OK, I'll keep this quick because I know you've probably got "Diamond Overload" by now :). If you didn't catch our live video feed from the event, HTC have now added a full video of the event so you can see and hear exactly how the phone was …
We've followed the slick "PointUI Home" application since it's launch on January 1st. Now version v1.51a is available, with a new look, bug fixes and extra customizable options. It looks like there may be a "paid for" version in the pipe-line as the p...
Yes, yes, we know you're probably sick of hearing about the HTC Touch Diamond by now, but we've at last managed to get the official T-Mobile press release about launch dates, pricing and more. The device has a "GPU" (graphics processing unit) to help ...
There's a helluva lot of news floating around right now about the "all-new" T-Mobile MDA Compact IV. It is, of course, the HTC Touch Diamond we've been covering the last few days. Despite our best efforts we've been unable to find a mention of it on t...
I'm still down here in London squeezing all the information possible out of HTC. The HTC Touch Diamond has lots of extra features which perhaps weren't seen earlier. The internet browser, Opera 9.5, has a "reflow" system to make paragraphs automatical...
We managed to get a hands-on with the HTC Touch Diamond this afternoon. One thing you probably will be needing for this handset is a wipe-clean cloth! :) You can see even more pictures on my flickr page. However, if you haven't already seen the offici...
Today HTC launched just one handset. Many people expected perhaps more, but this is one handset that HTC have put a huge amount of work into. The device looks sexy and it'll be launched on five networks in Europe. A launch date of June has been given ...
On Tuesday I will be bringing you total coverage of a massive announcement by HTC. HTC, as many of you know by now, make the majority of the Windows Mobile phones on sale. Leaks about a possible new handset - the HTC Diamond - have been flying around …
Data usage is a hot topic at the moment. Most networks have started to get wise to the fact that - if you want to sell a "mobile internet" handset you've got to give users a decent allowance. If you don't, people will simply be too cautious and …
Here in the UK it's a Bank Holiday weekend. This usually means that shops are besieged with bargain-hungry customers trying to get a good deal on the latest gear. UK customers shopping at devicewire.co.uk can benefit from free delivery on all orders p...
UK network o2 have finally reached their 3G licence condition of 80% population coverage. It's the last network to meet it's obligation, with the other four UK networks reaching and breaching the figure last year. Regulator Ofcom gave the network unti...
Are you a Vodafone UK customer? Are ya? Well, there's some great news if you are. Vodafone have just announced that pay monthly customers will no longer need to buy an additional internet bundle for £7.50. Plans will now automatically include interne...
Windows Mobile phones built by Samsung have always impressed me, so I love the fact that the Samsung i600 is now available for £99.95 from expansys.com. It's unlocked so you can use it on any network. The phone runs Windows Mobile 5.0 and only has a ...
Here's another cool interface for your touch-screen phone. It's called "Ultimate Launch and you can buy it for £7.95 or download a trial. It's a very powerful plugin for your "Today" screen and you can add as many tabs as you like. Switch between the...
If you read my blog you may have spotted this blog post from yesterday. I blogged about a guy who answered his mobile whilst in a toilet cubicle and started chatting to a colleague. I was a bit puzzled why someone would want to do this, however I …
We've mentioned it many times and, thankfully, the phone manufacturers are well aware of it - the standard Windows Mobile homescreen and interface is getting a bit long in the tooth now. Another phone manufacturer - GSmart has now announced "Smart Tou...
I bump into far too many people using the standard Microsoft "Today" screen on their devices, so it's great to see yet another GUI in development to replace the tired home screen. iSwish, currently under development by Flick Software, brings that iPho...
The Taipei Times has just posted a story on HTC, makers of most of the Windows Mobile phones on the market. It seems to confirm the HTC "Diamond" and it's referred to within the article, although not by HTC staff. HTC Financial Executive Cheng Hui-min...
The Palm Treo 500 is now available on o2. Previously available on Vodafone, o2 are selling the handset for a grand total of £0.00 in both their Personal and Business sections. The handset packs 3G connectivity, 2 megapixel camera, microSD expansion, ...
Following our story earlier which detailed Windows Mobile 6.1 on the Vodafone v1615, we've had word from Craig Rider that T-Mobile may be ready to do the same thing for their phones, and it may also include the T-Mobile Touch Plus (aka HTC Touch Dual)...
Yep, we've succumbed to several social networking sites recently. Perhaps the most useful from a mobile perspective is Twitter.com - this is pretty cool because you can update your status and tell all your mates where you are via a single text message...
Dave Griffiths and Tom Weeks have emailed in with more information on the excellent Sony Ericsson Xperia X1. Arne at TheUnwired.net has posted this tasty video of what to expect. There's fluid animation, a souped-up home screen and an album interface ...
After we followed news of the upcoming HTC handsets in leaked images and then documentation it was just a matter of joining the dots and working out that the HTC Touch Diamond / HTC Diamond will probably be the replacement for the popular HTC Touch. t...
The Orange SPV E650 that we reviewed some time back is still a big favourite. The branded HTC S710 is now available from Orange for £109.99. The phone, which has a spring-out QWERTY keyboard, WiFi, 2 megapixel camera, MicroSD card slot, stereo Bluet...
The Orange Shop seems to be having a spring clean. Apart from the Samsung i200 we mentioned earlier, Johnny De'Silva has spotted that a white HTC Touch has popped up in the "Pay As You Go" section of the Orange website. The handset, reviewed here, run...
Steve Hurcombe has just emailed in about Windows Mobile 6.1 He's got himself the rather tasty Vodafone 1615 (the Voda version of the HTC TyTN II) and he wanted to know if it'd be updated to 6.1. Now, here at Coolsmartphone Towers we've got so used to ...
Remember the Samsung i200 ? It was spotted earlier this year at the Mobile World Congress. Now it's popped up on the "Coming Soon" pages of Orange.co.uk Business site. The phone has a 2 megapixel camera, microSD card slot, Bluetooth and EDGE plus 3G ...
Those who know me well will know that I'm a tight-wad. Mr Frugal, that's me. If I go out for a pint for the lads I'm usually the one who suddenly has to tie his shoe lace on the way into the pub. :) So, to find some …
Here in Europe we've seen HTC stand up as a phone manufacturer - not just a company who makes phones for other people (like the Orange SPV range, T-Mobile MDA range etc). However, in the USA there's still a lot of rebranding going on so now HTC have …
Oppsey. It looks like Engadget have managed to grab more news on upcoming HTC kit. The HTC Diamond is showing as the replacement to the HTC Touch, whilst the HTC Raphael is the replacement for the HTC Mogul. Both units, even in these grainy leaked ima...
I'm lucky enough to be an MVP - it's an award from Microsoft which you can read more about here. Every year they send a little gift out, and this year it's these Bluetooth headphones. They've been languishing in a box for a number of weeks as I …
microSD cards. They're great. Whack one in your phone and you can get up to 8Gb (provided your phone is SDHC compatible) in seconds. Wait though, because there's another use for that slot (ahem) - you can put a microSD WiFi card in. WiFi cards have be...
OK, so we know that HTC are hosting a big event on May 6th - could some of these handsets be part of it? Well, apart from the P3470 (second handset in) we've never seen any of these before. The picture, taken from mobile-review.com (we've chopped the ...
This is Mologogo - free software for Windows Mobile phones that lets you see where you are and where you've been, share your location with friends, keep track of children, employees and vehicles plus you can share your location inside web applications...
Back in September we told you of the HP iPaq 900 handset. It's equipped with a 3 megapixel camera with flash, Marvell PXA 270 520Mhz CPU, QWERTY keyboard, Bluetooth 2.0, 128Mb RAM / 256Mb ROM and microSD (SDHC) slot. Luckily the manual (along with a l...
The guys at WMExperts have got their hands on a Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 during an interview with Martin Winkler, Director of Global Marketing for Sony Ericsson. The curvy handset scores well on build quality and design, plus the 800x480 screen is brig...
