Author: Leigh Geary
Just to confuse me still further (well, that's not too hard to accomplish!), it looks like there's now an Orange SPV M500... which is.. ermm.. the T-Mobile MDA Compact errmm.. Yes, it's another fantastic HTC, and this time it's on the Dutch Orange web...
During the past couple of weeks I've tried in vain to contact the UK Press Office of T-Mobile. I haven't heard a squeek out of them at all, but today I did get this picture from a completely different source. The handset in question is the T-Mobile SD...
Hey! Do you want something cool in your inbox every week ? Do you want the latest Smartphone goss ? The latest downloads and lovely stuff for your SPV / SMT5600 / MPx200 etc etc ? Well now you can 'cus we're .. (me, I mean me.. it's …
Y'know that TomTom Review I did ? Y'know how I said that you can use the excellent speed camera database at PocketGPSWorld.com to see when a speed camera is near? Well, they've gone one better now - adding in full spoken phrases for approaching speed ...
Today, DAT Group plc and Dangaard Telecom announced they would form a new company, Tabella LP, to develop and market a new mobile email solution. The service has been specifically designed to match the market demand for managed mobile messaging soluti...
Friedrich has emailed in regarding my earlier story on the TIM network picking up the MPx220. It would appear that I got a few bits wrong. Mainly, I had trouble translating stuff because the site is actually in Portuguese, not Spanish.. DOAH. Anyway,...
I'm not sure whether this has been covered yet, so I'm going to do a quick story about it. It was announced last week that telecoms network TIM will be carrying the Motorola MPx220 phone. More information direct from TIM can be found here. TIM is a Br...
Online Petition for SPV C500 users with screen dust ingress There is now an online petition for people who'd like decisive action on the persistent problem many SPV C500 owners are experiencing: dust getting in and covering areas of the LCD screen. I...
Here's some exclusive shots from a T-Mobile shop of the MDA Compact. These shots were taken on an SPV C500 and the RRP seems to be £169.99, but you can bring down that cost on certain tariffs.Plus we've got news of the T-Mobile SDA, which has started...
Yes, another news item on the MPx220. :) Although here in Europe the MPx220 is yet to make its mark, it's interesting to see what's coming. The 220 has a megapixel camera, bluetooth and is Motorolas' second clamshell Windows Mobile phone after the ver...
I've had quite a few emails since this news item about the MPx220 went online. You guys wanted some more info about my Motorola MPx220, like what version of the OS it's running and where it came from. You also wanted to know when it was coming out …
Marc Wintle has been emailing me for a few days now about a new service from BonusPrint which prints your Smartphone photos or puts them into an online gallery. I've been a little slow to pick up on it and it's now been mentioned elsewhere (see this M...
Another addition today is the improvement and re-working of the syndicated feeds coming in from other Smartphone websites. You can find these here and they now all have very clever little sub-menus too. Updated also is your photo blog, where you can i...
Mobile Stream have released a beautiful breakout-style game - Meteor - for MS Smartphone 2002/2003 You have to destroy bricks, saving your meteor from enemy missiles and getting as much power-ups as possible. Game features : 90 levels over 60 types o...
After spectacularly falling off the non-drinking wagon last night, I did some of my infamous late night completely drunk PHP coding. The end result, as I look at it the next morning, seems quite good. It basically means that you can now quick link to ...
Well, in a word. No. We've heard about the camera issues it had, plus the low volume on calls. However, I've got one right here with the very latest OS Version and I wanted to put a few things right before finishing off a full review. Firstly, the …
A few hours ago I posted this story about the CoolSmartPhone server being shut down by our hosting company. Well, it would appear that it was all one big ... umm.. well, we're not sure what happened. I'm sat here just trying to figure out what the duc...
For reasons best known to themselves, the company hosting this site believe that I have been using my server for "an eBay scamming scheme". I have just received an email saying that my account will be closed and the server will be removed immediately....
I see that MSMobiles have picked up on the new version of Homescreen Designer. This piece of software is without doubt the best way to design a funky homescreen for your phone. If you want to see it in action, just click here. The new version fixes so...
A tastic new game from Elements Interactive hits the streets today and you can buy or try it here. It's a classic arcade-esque side-scrolling space shoot-em-up and features a unique level every time you play, powerups, radar, multiple bosses, weapon ...
Quick update, we've now moved again! We're now located in California and have an even bigger server this time, with room to play with both bandwidth-wise and storage-wise. If you're reading this and are having trouble logging in, it may be worth tryin...
Just when you think you've got a funky phone, along comes someone with an even better one. Step forward XCute Mobile Corp, who've produced this digital movie camera / 3 mega-pixel digital still-camera / DVD player (with TV-out!) / MP3 / phone combo ! ...
Looks like Vodaphone have grabbed themselves 5.4m more customers in the last quarter of 2004. However, the actual spending of their user-base is down and the "ARPU figure" (ARPU stands for "average revenue per user" fell. Hmmmm.. sounds like they coul...
Lekus from MoDaCo.com posted this interesting news story about the excellent free movie player - Betaplayer. This excellent utility allows you to play AVI, MPEG and even squished down DVD movies! "I just noticed that a download for BetaPlayer 0.5 STAB...
Stop the world, I want to get off. Yes, not content with annoying everyone with 30 adverts per hour featuring "the crazy frog ringtone" on most Music TV channels, it would appear that they've now remixed it and plan to release it on CD. Chris Moyles p...
CoolSmartPhone member Wez (hi Wez), emailed in about a great deal he's spotted on MiniSD cards here at MobyMemory.com. At the moment they're only £119.99 for a whole GIG! Each card comes with a 5 year manufacturers warranty and 14-day money-back guar...
The new version of SmartPhoneTV.com that has just been launched. SmartPhoneTV.com can officially claim that they are now the worlds largest video site for mobile phones. They now cater in wmv, mpg and 3gp videos (which the newer windows smartphones pl...
Youssof emailed in with info on the proposed release date of the MPx220 on Vodaphone in the UK. Hopefully we may even see the MPx ... "I got this message from Vodafone and thought u might like to see it. I sent them a question concerning the MPX's …
A few weeks ago Engadget.com caused a right kerfuffle by publishing news on Windows Mobile 2005 (Magneto). The text itself wasn't too damaging, but the screenshots were, and Engadget received a nice letter from MS lawyers asking them to remove the art...
For those of you who don't know, there's an incredibly useful website on the net called The Wayback Machine. It works by allowing you to browse old versions of websites which have been either cached or saved on a couple hundred modified servers situat...
After blinging it up today, I couldn't help but notice a very sexy homescreen which features the photo plugin I mentioned a few days back. This time kl1wdr has switched the picture directory on his homescreen to "Storage Card/My Documents/My Photos" s...
I've been tweaking around with the XML feeds here at CoolSmartPhone. To get the full range of XML feeds that are now available, just click here. I've had a few emails regarding the previous feed, which included my blog. People don't tend to want to in...
Flux Challenge is new from PDAMill. It's a very nice 3D racing game which has already graced the Pocket PC. Now the magnetic racing action comes to the Smartphone in this new beta version. Direct link for download can be found here. Any findings, bugs...
The Sagem MyS-7 is already around in France and now comes with an upgrade featuring the all-new Windows Media Player 10. This new version allows users to play music protected by Microsoft's DRM and brings increased usability. You can grab this upgrade...
An updated ROM for the iMate SP3 can be found here at clubimate.com It features... - The Tao Group Java Client is now included- With the wired headset, you can now reject an incoming call by pressing and holding the “answer” button for 2 second...
If you're reading this then it means that we've successfully shifted to our new hosted server in the USA. My attempt at upgrading the site to a new version of it's Content Management System had to be aborted as it just couldn't take the load. This is ...
I'm currently working like a nutter to get the new CoolSmartPhone.com site online, however I'm definitely going to check out"Explode Arena SP". It's a fantastic 2D game featuring smooth blending and particle effects, plus it comes with addictive gamep...
Well hello, what's this? Yes, yet another innovative plugin for your smartphones' homescreen. This time, it's free, and allows your phone to display photos taken with your inbuilt camera. Called PhotoPlug, the plugin scans your '\storage\my documents'...
Cingular talk here about their continuing commitment to Windows Mobile devices in 2005 and firmly put the Motorola MPx220 and Audiovox SMT5600 in their 2005 portfolio. Details from this d-silence.com article include details of the existing phones on C...
Unless I'm going mad, I'm certain that GIF plugins (which allow animations on the homescreen of your phone) have been tried before, but they always had one major drawback - they'd suck your battery life. However, the guys at PhoneThemes.com have naile...
