Author: Leigh Geary
You've probably seen the orange RSS / XML buttons on many of your favourite news sites of late. These can be added to your browser, Outlook or newsreader to get the latest updates from sites that interest you. Now TopStory lets you add your feeds to y...
If you've already joined our M:Metrics scheme and received the £15 up-front and £5 per week then you'll probably be hungry for more free money. Well lucky you, because we've found another way to get some free cash! Mopay are a mobile phone recycling...
It looks like Vodafone could be going the same way as other networks in providing the HTC Vox (AKA the HTC s710 we reviewed recently). According to Keni Vodafone will be releasing it as the Vodafone v1415. Get more informartion over at Keni's Blog Lin...
Astraware are nearing the realase of some new games, but in the meantime they've got a special deal on game packs in their "Packs of Fun" promotion. You can save on the most popular value packs of games. There's 6 game packs to choose from and each on...
This is the 3rdiSecure Camera. It works with your mobile phone to alert you if an intruder enters your home or office. After receiving the camera you simply register with 3rdi for airtime use and access to your account. The 3rdiSecure Camera uses bot...
Most of you will have already heard of imei-check.co.uk - they're the people who specialise in unlocking your Windows Mobile phone. They've now recently added the Orange SPV E650 / HTC Vox to their list of supported handsets. If you want your handset ...
I'm getting some pretty interesting emails at the moment and they're all going to help shape the future of Windows Mobile. The best bit is that you guys get to point the way. Today an email came in today from a Vodafone service provider. They will be ...
Johnny De'Silva was wandering through his local Orange shop when he spotted this - the Samsung i600 handset. It's available for nothing on plans of £35 or more or just £19.99 on plans of £30 or more. Running Windows Mobile 5.0 there's triband conne...
Next up, newsmobile.it have pictures of the HTC Elf... well, they did have (they've mysteriously vanished), however you can still see them on Slashphone. The HTC Elf is to be sold as the HTC P3450 and looks a little like that egg that Mork used in "Mo...
HTC have shelled of $14.5 million to buy Dopod. Dopod have been selling HTC handsets for 5 years now under their brand and the move is a "gradual integration process" according to HTC Chief Peter Chou. Dopod have also just announced the launch of the ...
We're getting emails about the E650 and some problems installing stuff to it. Unfortunately we're still unable to get a loan device from Orange, so we're completely unable to help. Can you guys tell us more? According to the emails it's impossible to ...
The HTC s710 is the HTC "network free" version of the Orange SPV E650 which we've been unable to borrow from Orange. Luckily our new best mates at devicewire.com have loaned us one of these spanky phones to review. The result is this quite mammoth rev...
I've just been reading this article at SmartPhoneThoughts.com. It concerns a re-occurring question amongst Windows Mobile users ..... "Why can't I record phone calls?" The article covers the major points and the reasons why a call-recorder isn't inclu...
Another day and another free push email provider pops up. Consilient offer the "pushing" of your email - whether it be standard POP3, Yahoo!, Hotmail, GMail or AOL mail. You start off here by entering your phone number and your email address, then you...
We've been keeping an eye on t-mobile.com/wmupgrade in the hope of seeing the Windows Mobile 6 upgrade for the T-Mobile Dash. This afternoon it finally appeared, so visit this page to get the 45 MB download itself. Hurray! The usual warnings apply her...
Following the recent announcements about flat rate data plans there'll no doubt be more of you wanting to set up instant email. Emoze have been busy promoting their service of late and they're sponsoring the worlds first "Extreme Push Email Challenge"...
With FlashThemes Player 2007 every Pocket PC (Windows Mobile Pro) owner can now run animated themes on their Today Screen regardless of the device, screen layout or limited space available on the screen! FlashThemes 2007 supports any PocketPC device,...
We've got a stack of reviews coming your way over the next few days. First up we've got the Vodafone v1605 - it's a rebranded HTC Hermes 200 handset and we've got the usual mix of pictures, close-up photographs and screenshots for you to go through. I...
We reported last week on the new data plans coming to Orange - now it's official. If you're an Orange Pay Monthly customer you can now choose between daily browsing for £1, monthly and weekend browsing for £5, or monthly anytime browsing for £8. It...
The o2 XDA Argon is now showing as available here in the o2 Business store. Starting from absolutely nothing, it's exclusive to O2 and comes with WiFi, 2 megapixel camera and Windows Mobile 5 (Pocket PC) Coolsmartphone reader funkyfrog revealed last...
Mobile Spy is a new application to track usage on your Smartphone (Windows Mobile 6 Standard). Using a web-based account you're able to check the usage of any phone running the software. Incoming and outgoing calls are monitored along with SMS texts t...
LobsterTunes is a new kind of streaming MP3 player for Windows Mobile Pro (Pocket PC). It's a fully featured MP3 player with features such as shuffle, repeat and Electric Pocket's popular QuickMix function. However, there's a twist... LobsterTunes wil...
If you're after the Orange SPV E650 but don't want to be tied into a contract then the HTC s710 is the solution. UK stock is now available from devicewire.com, where you can purchase the handset SIM-free for £292.49 including VAT and free delivery. T...
Got an Orange SPV M3100 ? There's a ROM update available for this device which brings your device up to the AKU3 update. Whilst it's not the Windows Mobile 6.0 update you may be after, this Windows Mobile 5.0 version brings Internet Sharing including ...
Orange have launched a new simplified Pay As You Go range along with a Speak Easy plan for calling almost anyone, on any network, at any time for a flat rate of 15p a minute. The plans also include a new Reserve Tank overdraft facility which gives £2...
We've had a couple of emails today stating that the Samsung i600 is now available to buy. After a bit of checking it appears that, yes - the i600 is out! Even better news is the fact that it's free! We spotted it here in the Business Store. …
Meet the Vodafone v1605 and the Vodafone v1640. You've probably seen similar handsets already from Orange (SPV M3100 and M5000, T-Mobile (MDA Vario II) and o2 (XDA Exec), however we've got both phones out of the box ready for review. The v1640 comes w...
Our inbox is currently brimming with questions about the Orange SPV E650. Unfortunately we can't answer any of these as we still haven't managed to get a review unit, however there's plenty of people who've bought the device in this forum post so feel...
HowardForums.com have linked to a leaked version of the Windows Mobile 6 upgrade for the T-Mobile Dash. Many seem to agree that this is the "real deal", although with the amount of "cooked" ROM's around at the minute you can never really be sure. Our ...
Steve Litchfield has just mailed in about his latest edition of the Smartphones Show. In this show he's got a full hands-on head-to-head battle between the Windows Mobile HTC Advantage X7500 (shown here) and some Nokia E90 Communicator thingy. Check o...
A few years ago, when this site was just a toddler, we always promoted free software for Windows Mobile. We still do, however there's either less of it about or we're not being told about it. SmartToolkit is an excellent bit of free software that adds...
HTC will be sponsoring the Gumball 3000 rally this year. They'll be equipping every single car with a HTC-manufactured T-Mobile MDA Compact III with ALK CoPilot Live 7. If you've got a powerful and expensive car at your disposal then the rally begins ...
MoDaCo are reporting that UK phone network "3" are about to launch the Motorola Q9. If true, this will go alongside the QTek 9000 that was launched on the network late last year. The Q9 has a TI OMAP 2420 CPU (325Mhz) running Windows Mobile 6 with 3G …
About a year ago we told you about some free audio guides from iAudioguide.com. At the time there was just three cities to choose from, however they've been working hard and now have overe 30 MP3 guides to select. They're all free too, so you simply d...
The State Examinations Commission in Ireland have announced that writing standards among Irish schoolchildren have dropped severely. Mobile phones have been blamed for this with a report finding that the frequency of errors in grammar and punctuation ...
We've been getting a lot of feedback from new Orange SPV E650 users lately. After you've copied some MP3's across and taken some photos you'll probably be needing a bigger memory card. Our friends at MobyMemory have just the solution - MicroSD cards a...
You've probably seen this elsewhere, however I'm glad to be able to offer it to our readers too. M:Metrics is a way to get earn money - £15 for the first month of participation and then £5 every month after that. But wait, I know you'll quickly tell …
Next month a new version of the ever-popular Worms is to arrive. Worms 2007 will be launched in May and will be available for Windows Mobile too. There's the same addictive gameplay, humour and simple control mechanism but with new weapons and 3D back...
According to this Times article Orange will reveal some new tariffs later this week allowing unlimited access to the internet for a set fee. They, like many other networks, feel that the slow uptake of data and web use is mainly due to confusing prici...
Just a few days ago we were all probably having a chuckle after RIM lost the entire North American Blackberry network. Although it's easy to poke fun, there's no denying that many, many people still choose the Blackberry platform over Windows Mobile. ...
