Author: Leigh Geary
Thanks to Tom Weeks for spotting this Engagdet story. They've got the HTC Vox (SPV E650) alongside it's slightly-boxier American brother, the HTC S720. The S720 brings EVDO - the standard used by CDMA networks in many countries including the USA. Have...
You've no doubt already seen the HTC X7500 and X7501 from HTC. T-Mobile have already started selling the X7500 as the Ameo already. Now, imagine that same design but with Windows Vista Business on-board. The HTC Shift will be shown at the Microsoft bo...
What do you get if you add Windows Mobile 6 to the HTC Advantage X7500 ? Well, you get the... err.. HTC Advantage X7501. The specs list is similarly long and buldging - GPS, 3 megapixel camera, TV-Out, WiFi, Bluetooth, quad-band 3G / HSDPA / 624Mhz CP...
Lee Woodman has just emailed in to us. He's waiting for the o2 XDA Zinc to pop up on the o2 website. We've already heard about dummy models hitting o2 shops, however it's disappeared from the "Coming Soon" section of the o2 website and we can't find i...
We've been having a look around the web of late trying to find a review of the Orange SPV M700. We couldn't find one. Well, not anything we would call a "review". So, to correct that we've published our full appraisal of this device - including, as us...
With the continued success of Windows Mobile phones we're sometimes unable to keep track of every single model out there. Tom recently emailed us with a link to this eBay auction. The item for sale is an apparently rare Pocket PC phone running Windows...
If you've got an HTC P4350, T-Mobile Vario II or Orange SPV M3100 then you'll no doubt be thinking, "Damn, I wish my screen would flip up like those gull-wing doors in that Back to The Future film". Well, your prayers have been answered with the HTC K...
We've already heard quite a bit about Lenovo but now they've shown off their Lenovo ET600 - a brushed-metal Pocket PC with a .... Google button, which is another knock for Windows Mobile Live and Live Search - obviously Microsoft would prefer a "Live"...
The T-Mobile Ameo, as you'll know, is now available to buy. But what are your thoughts on it? Well, Des Dismore has one he's sent in his comments plus lots of excellent high-quality shots of the device and comparison photos. He says of the device... ...
Emoze are doing another showdown with Blackberry. This time it's at the CTIA Wireless event in Orlando. They'll be having a traditional wild west "high noon" shoot-out to see who can get their emails, calendar and contacts quicker, easier and more sec...
The guys at Adisasta do quite a range of software - from WinMobile Magnifier, WinMobile Torrent and Download Accelerators to name just a few products. Now they've just announced WinMobile Zip v.3 which not only zips files but also adds support for ISO...
We ran a story last week about Mobile Media Center. It caused a surprising amount of comments with some being a tad negative. The developers were concerned by this, and Jiangyuan Ma has contacted us about the posts. He's added an online survey to get ...
We get lots of juicy rumours here at CoolSmartPhone. One that caught our eye recently came from a pretty reliable source who stated that the Samsung SGH-i600 could well be turning up on Orange pretty soon. The handset will apparently be arriving in Ap...
Here's one of the first "official" shots of the Orange SPV E650, which - according to sources - should touch down next month here in the UK. This innovative new phone comes with a standard numeric keypad coupled with an auto-sliding QWERTY keyboard ...
The T-Mobile website has just been updated with the T-Mobile Ameo. Ranging from £119.99 all the way up to a whopping £429.99 it's probably the largest and most equipped device that T-Mobile sell. Expect a 3 megapixel camera, that detachable keyboa...
We've had an interesting little utility added to our download area recently. It's called Mobile Media Center and it installs on your PC. Just grab it, choose your phone (I selected "Pocket PC / Unlisted make"), then run it. It'll sit on your PC and - ...
Today marks the start of CeBIT in Hannover. Running until March 21st it's one of the largest digital events and you can expect to see lots of IT companies launching products over the next few days. Amongst the first is E-Ten who have announced their E...
I've been heading up this site for nearly 5 years now and I'm still surprised about some of the excellent stuff we're stumbling on. Mundu IM is just one of those products, and I'm shocked that we've only just found it. v4 is now available - it's an …
Back at the start of February we sniffed out news that the HTC Vox would appear as the E650 on Orange. It's since popped up in a few places but now we're hearing more from Orange Customer Service staff here in the UK. Simon Roberts sent us a …
Texting. For some it's easy - their fingers are like a blur on the keypad and they'll compose a message in seconds. Sure, it may only say "U wanna do the pub 2nite m8?", but somehow these gifted people can type the message easily - even whilst driving...
Here at CoolSmartPhone we love free stuff. CallHistoryExport is a fine example of good, free, useful software. With this you can export your call log to a text file. Within this log will be all your call records including call direction (incoming, out...
T-Mobile have announced the launch and immediate availablility of the MDA Mail. We've been sniffing around this since the Excalibur popped up sporting T-Mobile colours last August. The same handset then showed up in the USA as the T-Mobile Dash a coup...
This is the AT&T SMT5700. It's been picked up by Engadget and it looks to be turning up in the USA sometime soon. The Amoi-built QWERTY brings back the SMT badge which went into hiding for a while when Cingular and AT&T merged. The specs are yet to …
Last night when we told you how the o2 XDA Graphite was about to land in o2 shops. Well, just as we predicted it's now available to buy from the o2 Business Shop with 3G, WiFi, 2 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, Intel XScale PXA 270 CPU (416Mhz) running o...
You all know of HTC - they manufacture the majority of the Windows Mobile handsets on the market and they're rebadged by networks and shops. They've just annouced a deal to include Yahoo! services, including Yahoo! Go for Mobile 2.0 and Yahoo! Mail pr...
WebCamera Plus version 1.05 by Ateksoft has now been released with new features including wider compatibility, more language packs, autostart and the ability to capture and control from any desktop capture application. This software turns your phone c...
Remember that o2 Graphite Smartphone we mentioned? Well, word is that dummy models of this phone have started appearing in o2 shops. The handset, which has already been featured on the seeo2.com website has WiFi, Bluetooth, triband GPRS, MicroSD card ...
msmobiles.com have a review of the new T-Mobile Ameo online with video, pictures and a look at the VGA output on a massive LCD screen. Lutz Haedrich has the details, which shows the innovative VueFLO in action - allowing the user to merely tilt the de...
Orneta have long been producing software for Windows Mobile - Explorer Mobile, Notepad Mobile, PDF Reader Mobile and more. Today they've announced a new version of their paint software - Paint Mobile 2007. With this you will soon be editing and creat...
This is the HTC S310 - aka the Orange SPV C100 / HTC Oxygen. If you want one without a contract then we'd recommend blokesstuff.com where they're bashing them out at just £179.99 - the cheapest price I've seen across the web. This phone has a TI Omap...
Paragon Software have released their new apllication - Handy Converter. It's a currency and unit calculation and converter for the Smartphone (Windows Mobile Standard). It features a quick and easy conversion of currency in 57 world currencies with d...
Remember a month ago when we told you about the upcoming Orange SPV E600? Well, here it is on Orange Business along with a specification list too. Seen previously as the T-Mobile Dash and MDA Mail the Orange version has similar specs - WiFi 802.11 b...
WebEx has launched PCNow 3.0 which gives phone-to-PC access plus PC-to-PC access. With this software you can securely access your PC across an internet connection. It's pretty cheap to - from just £6.35 per month for two PCs it's less than half the p...
jB5 is a new browser from the guys at Jataayu. Open a free account and download it here for nothing. It's a slick and nimble browser which works extremely well on the Smartphone (Windows Mobile Standard) interface.As usual here at CoolSmartPhone we do...
Remember this story from last week? We told you about the Apple iPhone interface that had been created for the Pocket PC. It looked excellent and emulated the iPhone well. A little too well in fact, and Apple instructed their lawyers to hunt down any ...
Yet more eye candy for your Monday morning, this time in the form of the HTC P6500 Sirius and HTC S420 Erato flip phone. Both phones have, like the S730, appeared on PDAdb.net recently with specs. The HTC 6500 (Sirius) on the left comes with Windows M...
PDAdb.net have picked up on the follow-up to the HTC S710 - the S730. Although the S710 is only just appearing in shops, with a Orange launch soon, we're now getting word of it's successor. The HTC s730 comes with a new CPU - from a TI 200Mhz …
You may remember us mentioning Sky Remote Record - it's a way to set your Sky+ PVR (Personal Video Recorder) from your phone. Many phones are compatible with the system and have software that lets you browse channels and record your favourite shows. U...
Teksoft Bluemusic have released the latest version of their software. Version 2 now includes the ability to disable ringtones while Bluemusic is on, resume your Bluetooth Audio Playback straight after a phone call plus much more. Bluemusic also com...
Orange have just officially announced their new baby - the SPV M700. Finally those GPS rumours have been nailed - yes, it does absolutely, positively, definitely has GPS built-in. :) Running on Windows Mobile® 5.0 it follows the recent launch of the ...
