Author: Leigh Geary
Shh.. don't tell anyone but we've heard that there's boxes of HTC Touch phones arriving in Orange stores all over the country. If you're lucky, and you go to the larger Orange Shops where they'll no doubt turn up first, you may be able to get your han...
Bonjour! The HTC Touch has now rolled up at Orange France, which hopefully means that it'll be making a trip across the channel and on to Orange UK very soon. The minimalistic device, which we reviewed first, has innovative technology allowing finger-...
The Windows Mobile 6 upgrade is now available to o2 XDA Trion users in Germany here. You'll need to enter your serial number for verification and, as always, it'll blip your settings and documents so backup first. HTC now appear to be controlling ROM ...
We're going to have to start paying Johnny De'Silva. He's come through again with another exclusive - the Samsung SGH-i620, and it's coming to Vodafone UK. The QWERTY device has a keyboard that neatly slides up behind the main screen and it's now list...
You may notice that we've been pimping the guys at devicewire recently. It's for the greater good - we get to borrow a device to review and you guys then get to decide whether you'd like to buy it or not. But wait, devicewire have sent us an …
DrEvil has emailed in regarding the HTC Touch (review here). He's just got off the phone to T-Mobile and, according to them, the slightly-renamed T-Mobile MDA Touch is now on their screens at £119.99 for a 18 month contract. Interestingly the lady sa...
I've just put the finishing touches to our review of the HTC P6300 Panda. It's big, it's bulky, it uses SD cards and it runs Windows Mobile 5.0. So why buy it ? Well, to be honest I was a little stumped at first, but despite my reservations …
Alright stop, let's be honest for a minute. There's a lot of things I'd still like to change about Windows Mobile. Screen switching still takes longer than it should and the standard home screen is as dull as can be. Following the launch of the iPhone...
If you're in the USA then there's no doubt many of your friends and colleagues will be busy showing off their new iPhone. Here in Europe we've avoided most of the hype so far but there's no doubt that queues will be forming outside Apple stores soon e...
There's news today that this, the Motorola Ming (yes, they really have called it that), will appear with Windows Mobile under the hood. The current Motorola specs seem contradict this, with "SyncML" being used to sync and the user manual showing no re...
I've neglected to mention a brilliant application called My Mobiler. It's a little bit like the old ActiveSync Remote Display from years back although this is easier to install and comes with more functionality. Not only will it let you view your mobi...
Right, that's it. I've had dozens of emails about Mobile YouTube and how great it is for mobile users. Many have asked why we haven't covered this, especially after we mentioned several ways to get YouTube vids on your phone. Well, the simple fact is ...
Following earlier reports that the HTC Kaiser (which we reviewed here) is about to hit Germany as the T-Mobile Vario III, Arne at the Unwired has now had a look at the actual T-Mobile branded unit. Munich played host to the press event where this M...
Every few months I mention this rather excellent website. It's crammed full of rather sexy homescreens / themes for your Smartphone (Windows Mobile Standard) to make your phone look all pretty and nice. In my book Kleinweder is still the best site for...
Our mate Mark Surry has dropped us a line about this iMate website. It's promoting the "Ultimate Edition" range of handsets that we've heard so much about but not yet seen. The specs are fantastic and shops like Expansys are showing them as "coming so...
Following our previous story Tim also has the HP iPAQ 500 Smartphone, which comes with WiFi and VoIP calling. It's got a 200Mhz TI OMAP 850 CPU, 64Mb RAM / 128Mb ROM and GSM/EDGE connectivity. You also get Bluetooth 1.2, a 1.3 megapixel camera and Mic...
Tim Carmichael has got his hands on a HTC Cavalier - the successor to the current HTC Excalibur (aka the o2 XDA Cosmo / T-Mobile Dash). Here it is as the Dopod c730 - but wait, it appears that a batch of these devices have wonky battery covers …
Here it is, our HTC Kaiser review. There's word that this device is set to become the TyTn II and as usual our review is bursting with ultra close-up photos, videos and details. Unlike what you may see elsewhere this is the complete, HTC branded devic...
Writing a review can take a while, so while you're waiting for our HTC P4550 / HTC Kaiser review to be published I've had an idea. Why not do a quick 6-minute video to show our first impressions? Well, here's the result. I've literally had the device ...
Here it is, the HTC Kaiser / HTC P4550. There's only one thing missing from this device, and that's the kitchen sink. It's got everything - a scroll wheel, 3G (oh, and HSPDA, EDGE and GPRS) , WiFi, video calling, GPS, 400Mhz CPU, 128Mb of RAM and 256M...
Being patient isn't one of my strong points, but when we were told back in April that HTC devices would be getting upgrades to Windows Mobile 6 I thought it wouldn't take too long. Palm, too, said in March that WM 6 would be coming to the 750v …
After a free GPS mapping navigation system for your Windows Mobile ? Give gpsVP a try. It's a great free utility for tracking and logging your location. Just grab the program, download the maps for your area and you're done. gpsVP records a track of ...
We covered Mobile Media Center earlier this year. At the time it helped you connect to your computer from anywhere in the world and view your pictures, movies or music. Now, after months of hard work, the MMC team have updated the software to Mobile M...
Meet the HTC Shift. This isn't a Windows Mobile device, it's actually a full Windows Vista-powered miniture laptop with phone-like features. Buy this and you get tri-band UMTS(3G)/HSPDA quad-band connectivity along with WiFi and Bluetooth. It also be...
A month ago we told you about the Orange SPV C200 and the fact that it was coming soon to Orange. Well, as promised, here it is at Orange France. The C200 is the Amoi-built E72 and is available for just 9€. This is a fairly entry-level device …
The guys in our apps and games shops currently have up to 50% off games like Raging Thunder (pictured), Blazar, Cavemen and more. There is a snag though, the sale is on for 48 hours and I actually forgot to post news of this yesterday - so you …
I have a question for you. Can you guess which of these handsets is brand new? Sorry, you're wrong, it is in fact both of them. Yes, both of them. Pictured is the green HTC Touch with its' innovative finger touch technology, diminutive size and Window...
The events here in the UK over the last few days have really shown some major changes in news gathering. Floods across the UK, bombs in London, cars packed with gas cylinders crashing into Glasgow airport and arrests on the M6. But were the pictures c...
Orange are licking their wounds following the results of a wide-ranging survey. Their customers are complaining about confusing changes, account management, customer services and more. Orange are trying to rectify things with an internal campaign call...
This afternoon I've been having a look at your posts in the rather splendid forum. To be honest it can be a little tricky to keep up with your replies, so I've implemented an RSS feed so you can get the 30 most recent posts and replies from …
We brought you the first ever review of the HTC Touch and now it's even bigger. We've now added videos and updated screenshots, plus a full look at that TouchFLO system in action. We were lucky enough to get not one, but two of these devices - one …
We love to cover Windows Mobile stuff here at Coolsmartphone and we've got several bits of hot news. Firstly, we've got to try and quell this insane hype about the iPhone. We just couldn't resist pointing out this video of the iPhone in action live on...
Hello baby. Look what's just appeared at devicewire.com! It's the HTC P4550, aka "Kaiser" and stock is arriving soon. For £467.99 you can get this handset SIM-free along with it's innovative tilt-up screen. The specifications are endless, and we'll l...
Next Wednesday is Independence Day in the USA and to celebrate Astraware have released a free application called "Fireworks". Available for all versions of Windows Mobile you get to see fireworks shooting over the screen and exploding in a colourful p...
Meet the HTC P6300. It's the HTC-branded device you've probably seen in o2 shops as the XDA Argon and will suit classic Pocket PC fans who enjoy poking the larger screens with their fat fingers ;) "Classic" is the operative word on this one, especiall...
Free game! Got your attention? Good :) Machines at War has now opened the open beta stage which means you can download it for free and give feedback to the developers. They're particularly interested in getting informtation from anyone playing it on t...
If you read my blog then you'll probably already be aware that I'm a huge fan of the lovely Gemma Atkinson. Now, surprisingly, I actually have a reason for posting a story about her in the front page. Yes, it may be a fairly tenuous reason, but it's …
I heard it on the radio this morning, it was featured in the paper I read at lunchtime and the internet is absolutely buzzing about it. What am I talking about? The iPhone. It may seem strange that we're talking about it too, but I've got to admit …
Official specs of the HTC Kaiser are now starting to come out of the Mobile & Embedded DevCon. The Kaiser will be known on the street as the HTC P4550 and on T-Mobile as the MDA Vario III. The specs are top-drawer with the obvious slide-out QWERTY key...
I've been having a look through our forum this morning. Usually if you guys are talking about stuff enough in the forum then I should ideally be covering it here. One post from DrEvil666 looked very interesting indeed. It says... "Spoke to T-Mobile t...
