Author: Leigh Geary
See this? It's the Orange SPV C700. It's already appeared in Orange magazines and catalogues here in the UK however it's not quite ready as yet. To keep updated on when it will be available just sign up for our Orange SPV C700 update. We'll let you kn...
The guys at NewMobile.com recently had a chat with the guys at LG and had a look at some of their rather sexy new handsets. They all look rather sexy and polished however we were rather drawn to this snippet of info.. "Dirk Jan van Heteren mentioned t...
Bell Canada have now launched the Motorola Q on their CDMA network. Costing $449 without contract, or $249 on a 3 year contract with a $60 data plan or above. Actually I'd like to ask you guys a question. I'm fully aware of the reasons for it, but …
Jason at Smartphonethoughts.com is currently in Thailand for one of the Mobius conferences happening over the next week. The conference is a chance for webmasters of influential websites to exchange ideas, suggestions and to get a heads-up on the new ...
Well it looks like the summer is pretty much over here in the UK. All we've got to look forward to now is dark evenings, cold weather and yet more depressing episodes of "Eastenders". Still, with games like Chase HQ 2 Evo and GearStorm available for a...
This howardforums post has pictures of the Samsung SGH-i607 coming to Cingular very soon. It looks like Samsung has several variants of the SGH-i600 series which is also known as the "BlackJack". This one has yet another keyboard configuration by the ...
The all-new Smartphones Show is now online here. This latest video podcast includes a hands-on review of the Nokia N73 (that's some non-Windows Mobile thing or other) and the HTC MTeoR which will be arriving soon on Orange as the SPV C700. You can vie...
Fancy stimulating your brain ? Sure, you could do the crossword in high-brow newspapes like "The Times" but, let's face it, no-one ever completes that and besides you'd look crazy sat on the train trying to fold the thing. If you want a more compact, ...
You may well remember Sniper that we mentioned earlier. It's brought to us from the guys at GadgetApps.com and, if you do a bit more digging, there's more goodies to be found. Firstly SmartTweaker brings us 55 tweaks for your Smartphone to let you tune and speed-up your …
This is the hipi-220 Windows Mobile 5.0. Whilst it's not a handset you'll see appearing on a major network soon it represents the next "leap" in mobile communications. It's not just a regular "cell" phone but also a SIP VoIP phone too. Using SIP it ca...
The Leonard Maltin Movie Guide is now available for the Motorola Q and other Windows Mobile powered Smartphones. The software, which is also available for Pocket PC, will instantly transform your device into the most up-to-date, comprehensive and reli...
CamerAware 1.0 is now available here at MoDaCo.com. Put simply it'll tell you when you're near to a "safety camera" and it'll also let you upload your position for remote monitoring. You can download and try it now then get a licence for £19.99 which...
NewsGator Go! for Windows Mobile is now available and brings RSS feeds down to your phone easily. You can read and manage subscriptions directly from any device running Windows Mobile and feeds are automatically formatted for the device you're using. ...
Orange have launched a new campaign called “Mod Your Mobile”. It's fronted by Holly Willoughby (hubba hubba hubba) and is a reaction to the way young people today are adapting and personalising their mobile phones, unsurprisingly this trend starte...
Astraware.com yesterday celebrated "International Talk Like a Pirate Day" and raised a whole heap of money for Marie Curie Cancer Care. They decorated their entire office and dressed up like swashbuckling pirates as you can see in their gallery here. ...
I was lucky enough to grab hold of the Palm Treo 750v for a short while this afternoon. It's a heck of a lot smaller than I imagined and if I'm honest I would've loved to have had longer with it. Although I didn't get chance to meddle …
Dopod, who are about to get bought-out by HTC, have recently announced two new handsets in Australia. The Dopod 838Pro, shown left, is the same as the Orange SPV M3100 we reviewed whilst the Dopod 595 is the same as the up-coming Orange SPV C700 that ...
Another handset announced by the boys at o2 Germany is the o2 XDA Cosmo. Yup, it's our old friend the HTC Excalibur - soon to show up also on T-Mobile USA as the "Dash". It's got WiFi, Bluetooth, 1.3 Megapixel camera and of course that full QWERTY key...
About a month ago we mentioned that a well-known network was going to pick this device up, then last week we kinda spilt the beans a bit so it's no surprise that o2 Germany has today announced the device as the o2 XDA Orbit. The XDA Orbit will …
If you're in the USA and on Cingular this Frappr.co.uk page may be of assistance if you're looking for 3G coverage. We were emailed by Paul who said... "I wanted to submit this Frappr Cingular 3G availability map in hopes you could post it. Unfortuna...
Today I wanted to get MSN Messenger on the Orange SPV M3100. We've heard about the new messaging software on the way from Orange however it's still not here and I want to chat to friends with non-Windows phones who do have Messenger. (Grrr!). Yes, fo...
Sick of being the only person in the pub who can't send and receive stuff over Bluetooth properly ? Well yes, we are too. Whilst you can download free software like SmartExplorer to help you out, there's also cool apps like Sniper which you can downlo...
Hello, hello! Look what's in the September issue of the Orange catalogue. Yep, it's the hot new Orange SPV C700 3G-enabled Smartphone. Quoted as having a MiniSD card plus 128Mb internal memory and a 1.3 Megapixel camera it's on page 21 of the Orange "...
My old teacher used to tell me "You don't get something for nothing in this life". Pah, what did he know?! In fact, just to show how wrong he was we've got yet another free game for you! This time it's a Tetris clone (ahh come on, everyone …
Seen enough of the Palm Treo 750v yet ? No ? Well here's a bit more. The Windows Mobile-powered Treo will be out on Voda any day (pre-order it here) but NewMobile.nl already have one to play with. They've detailed their first impressions of the handse...
Whenever I hear about the new Microsoft Zune I instantly think of that damned Mazda commerical, however the Microsoft Zune (Zune Zune Zune!) has now touched down and there's a couple of videos of it in action below. The Zune is a new Microsoft-driven ...
Crickey, this is a bit good. Check out findsounds.com. You just bung in a word and it'll crawl the t'interweb to find an audio file to match. I've just tried it with the word "beer" and found stack of different beer sounds. To use just click this the...
This is the new ultra-portable Garmin Mobile 10. Coming in November it's ideally suited for Smartphone and Pocket PC devices and for those who want to navigate across rought terrain. The full package includes the GPS 10x plus a DVD with City Navigator...
Yesterday Cingular announced the 3125 - their branded version of the super-slim HTC Star Trek. Engadget (who seem to be camped out at the the CTIA Wireless IT and Entertainment show) have some shots of the Cingular 3125 as it'll appear in the shops. S...
No? You're joking! Not more Windows Mobile phones? Yes, it's true. Here's another one. This is the UTStarcom 6800 which, to be honest, looks like the HTC Hermes (ala the SPV M3100 etc). In fact we presumed it was just the US version of the Hermes, how...
After a rather embarassing drunken mistake last night (I'll tell you lot later) it's another morning of handsets, handsets and even more handsets. This is the HTC Libra, soon to be released as the UTStarcom 5800 and it's another Windows Mobile device ...
We've been sent more pictures of the i-Mate SPL and the i-Mate JAQ devices. Check them out below. You can now also get a full specs sheet here for the JAQ and here for the SPL. Both handsets will be available SIM-free from various sources soon. Link -...
More pictures and a preview of the o2 Stealth we mentioned yesterday have now appeared on the internet. Popping up on CNet Australia the news is that this will appear towards the end of this month down under with then perhaps a roll out across other t...
More than a year ago the Samsung i730 Pocket PC phone appeared complete with a slide-out keyboard. A successor has now appeared in the shape of the Samsung IP-830w. Equipped with Windows Mobile 5.2 (we're seeing more of the "5.2" is specs, we assume...
i-Mate, who are now opening their range to include non-HTC devices, have recently launched the i-Mate JAQ (QWERTY device) and i-Mate SPL (RAZR-esque Smartphone). Their press release makes it clear that they're on a mission to "hit" as many different t...
Although it's just a few short miles north of our rather hefty CoolSmartPhone server we're unfortunately not physically in Los Angeles for the CTIA Wireless IT and Entertainment show. Those who are - namely Engadget - are busy snapping the latest hand...
MobileGadgetNews are reporting that the Cingular 3125 slim flip-Smartphone is available today to business users calling their 611 number. You can, it seems, get the phone direct from their website here or here. The non-camera versions of the same devi...
Yesterday we mentioned the launch of the Palm Treo 750v on Vodafone. Paul Ockenden managed to get his grubby mitts on one of these and has taken some snaps for us. Whilst we may be dwelling on the lack of 3G video calling and WiFi Paul states.. "Palm …
You have to love the FCC. They spend all day testing the latest handsets making sure they don't fry your brain, then they go and plonk pictures on the internet for all to see. Fantastic work. This time it's a new Pocket PC phone with a slide-out numer...
If you've recently won the lottery or split from a very rich pop star then you could be in the market for a $300,000 (£161,000) Smartphone. Engadget now have some real shots of the Black Diamond Smartphone which runs Windows Mobile 5.0 with an Intel ...
