Author: Leigh Geary
Slashphone have themselves a Dopod 828, which is pretty much identical to the forthcoming Orange M500. Running Windows Mobile 2003 SE this mini Pocket PC phone has an Intel XScale PXA272 416MHz CPU, 64MB ROM / 128MB SDRAM, a 1.3 Megapixel camera, an S...
At last, the fouth CoolSmartPhoneCast with added jingles is now online. You can download this to your phone and listen to whenever you feel. It's the mobile audio version of CoolSmartPhone and you can get the latest installment here. Don't forget that...
This, according to Mobiles-actus.com, is the Orange SPV C600. As far as I can see, it's the T-Mobile SDA Music in a silver colour with an Orange badge on. Confused? Well, it looks like the image has been fudged. I doubt that this will be the C600 at …
MySmartPhone.ch have managed to get their hands on the new Orange SPV C550 and have put a review online with hi-res pictures of the phone and screenshots of the software. The review confirms that the handset will be on sale mid-July and also mentions ...
Blimey, it's a bit warm. At about quarter to five last night it was still a blistering 30 degrees C here in Merry Ole England. While I was having a nice boozy barbeque last night (along with the rest of the UK by the smell of it), it …
I can't remember the last time I sat down to watch some TV because I had nothing else to do. I always miss the good TV shows or I only catch part of it. So, I decided to find a way to work around this problem without having …
Alexander from MySmartphone.no has this article on the new HP HW6515, which looks a tad like the BenQ P50. While I can't understand much of the article, it does have lots of pretty pictures in hi-resolution. The HP HW6515 comes with... - Integrated G...
Over at Phonemag.com is yet another story about yet another Windows Mobile-powered phone from Samsung. This time it's a SGH-i300 running the Smartphone version of Windows Mobile on the SGH-i300. The SGH-i300 comes with an inbuilt 3Gb hard drive and is...
Slashphone.com have more pictures from the Samsung booth and CommunicAsia. Here you can see the Samsung SGH-i750 which instead of a slide-out keyboard like the SGH-i730 or the SPH-M7000 has a.. slide out... numeric keypad. Yes, those Smartphone / Poc...
Phonemag are at CommunicAsia (big trade show thing) and have a feature on the SPH-M7000 Pocket PC Phone from Samsung. Although we don't think it'll appear in this country, it's another interesting design which successfully integrates a full QWERTY-st...
Early this morning CoolSmartPhone was subject to a rather heavy Denial Of Service attack at around 4AM which lasted for 3 hours. The origins of this appear to be an AOL IP address at 172.216.224.73 which hammered our servers with tonnes of requests to...
Cookies! Yeah! They're great! The chocolate-chip ones are my favourite, but alas we're not talking about the lovely cookies you get from the local Morrisons, oh no. We're talking about those web-cookies that store little tit-bits of information, such ...
According to Slashphone, the BenQ P50 Pocket PC Phone will be out in Taiwan next week.Specs below..Mode GSM Quadband 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 OS Microsoft Windows Mobile 2003 Pocket PC Phone Edition Second Edition Dimensions&nbs...
For those owning an Orange SPV M2000 there appears to be an OS Update for it. We can't find any mention of it on the Orange website, however the download itself is from http://www.orange.co.uk/download/m2000, so we're guessing it must be OK to install...
Oh dear, the Sierra Wireless Voq is dead. The company announced the news today and we could almost see it coming if we're brutally honest. The handset was big and looked a bit like a prop from Star Trek. Aside from the design of it, Sierra Wireless ma...
Crazy Frog is number 1 again, the goverment want to charge us for every mile we drive or something and now apparently there's a recession on. Still, don't worry - you've always got that box in the corner of your room to access CoolSmartPhone.com! :) P...
Apparently the HTC Universal will be out on Orange later this year - late Autumn time probably. The "3G SPV" or C600 will be it's name.Also the M500 shown right should be out for business customers some time soon - possibly at the end of this week.Thi...
Astraware have announced that their hot new "Fun In The Sun" promotion begins today! 14 days, 14 games, and big discounts to help you ease into Summer. Each day for 14 days from June 8th-21st a different great title will be featured with a big disco...
I mentioned happy slapping some weeks back and how it had been picked up by the media. Known as "Happy Slapping", it is in fact just bullying at best, or mugging at worst. The Crazy Frog generation appear to have started this (yes, he's at number 1 ag...
Well ok, it's not strictly a C550, it's a QTek 8200 - however the handset is the same. Alexander from MySmartPhone.no has the scoop with pictures and details galore. These shots finally put to rest some of the Orange SPV C550 rumours.. 1) No WiFi or ...
We've mentioned the excellent Skweezer before but now there's an updated version available. For those that aren't aware, Skweezer is a great way to lower your GPRS bills by cramming down regular websites into a perfect small-screen version. The new up...
Keni texted me this morning following the news that BenQ are to buy Siemens Mobile. What does this mean for Siemens Windows Mobiles such as the SX66 ? Will BenQ be looking at making a Windows Mobile phone ? Have a read of Keni's blog for these and …
There's a lot of hoo-har about the C550 at the moment. Various websites are mentioning release days and shots of the Orange magazine. Although June dates are being mentioned, we're still expecting July 11th to be more realistic, and don't forget that ...
I've been checking out these videos on wmvhd.com and it's pretty damned excellent to see high-definition TV on your PC. If you've got a fairly pokey PC then you NEED to flex your broadband and download some of some of these vids. This is the next big ...
According to Reuters.co.uk, Orange are to launch its high-speed EDGE mobile service for consumers on June 9. This comes neatly after the Orange TV announcement too. EDGE will let people get on t'internet and email - plus access TV / Video on demand t...
I'm always striving to make CoolSmartPhone bigger and better, but I need your help. My immediate plans for this site at present involve a cookie login system, which will allow you to log in without having to type in your damned details each time. Howe...
From Pocket PC Italy comes this picture of the HTC Wizard. It's a new device from the guys who've brought us the Audiovox SMT 5600, the Orange SPV C500, M2000 etc etc. This new design includes a new side-ways slide out QWERTY keypad (the M2000 we revi...
Following our earlier story here it would appear that TomTom have increased the price of the excellent TomTom5 for the Windows Smartphone. Originally we were informed via their website that it'd cost €249, but now it appears to have gone up to €29...
3D Volcano Island for Smartphone 1.0: Discount 30% off! Now only $6.95!Escape the everyday for an enchanted tropical adventure. This frantic action game starts when our hero is mysteriously swept away from his vacation cruise and finds himself on a ha...
Lingvosoft.com have just told me about another fantastic deal exclusively for CoolSmartPhone readers! You can now get a whacking great 30% off all dictionary software - last time it was only 25% off :) To receive this discount, simply enter your gi...
The latest gossip is that the Orange SPV C550 (pictured) will be launched on Orange on July 11th 2005. Yes, I know.. we said May.. that's what we heard, however, now we're hearing different :) Hey, it's always fun with release dates! :) Oh, and there'...
Over at MoDaCo there's a very early version of some SIM unlocking software for Orange SPV C500 handsets (only!). Coded by Zone-MR and available for application-unlocked handsets this appears to be a new, free way to get your Orange SPV C500 working on...
French Orange SPV C500's were updated on April 19th 2005. Windows Media Player 10 was included, as were a few other fixes such as the "bleeping" noise when you insert a symbol into a text message. Although the update wasn't major, we're left wondering...
MSMobiles have picked up on a TV Show called The Money Programme that was shown on BBC2 Friday. In the show a group of elderly people were given the chance to use Skype and call their friends for free across the planet. The programme found that the AL...
14 Free 3GP videos available now: Army(BritishTroopsInIraq)_Is-this-the-way-to-Armadillo.3gp (free) Britney_Baby-One-More-Time.3gp (free) Britney_Spears_-_Toxic.3gp (free) Bryan_Adams-Everything_I_Do.3gp&nb...
I've just added a couple of reviews today - both very good products and well worth splashing some cash on. The first review is the Flexiskin case from Boxwave. It freaked me out a tad when I first got it, but it's the first phone case I've ever …
At last, the news you've been waiting for, the new TomTom Mobile 5 is now available to buy as a complete package here! You may remember our review of the earlier version, in which we praised this GPS navigation solution. The new version 5 brings us ...
Today marks the launch of Orange TV - the UK’s first TV-on-the-mobile service. It operates on the Orange 3G network and brings news, sport and entertainment programmes onto your phone. 9 channels will be available including ITN News, CNN, Cartoon Ne...
If you're a fan of TV Show "24" then it may be worth checking out this story from mysmartphone.no. The Orange SPV M2000 / QTek 9090 / AudioVox 6600 / VPA III / Siemens SX66 is actually shown in the episode as a Sprint PPC 660, available here …
The guys at MobyMemory.com have just emailed in to say that they've gone a bit mad and dropped their prices even lower than normal. Check out the price of a 1Gb miniSD ! It's now only £82.99 ! 1GB mini-SD - £82.99 512MB mini-SD - £35.99 256MB mini...
