Author: Leigh Geary
We've been given the great honour of being the best web site about Microsoft Smartphones, which was featured here at MSMobiles.com. Also at MSMobiles here is news which confirms o2's intention to release the Windows Mobile-powered Motorola MPx220. Th...
That bloody Lutzh bloke gets pretty much every Windows Mobile handset under the sun. Here he is again with yet another exclusive - the first ever video of the T-Mobile SDA handset, coming soon all over your ass on T-Mobile (naturally). "Coming soon a...
Courtesy of my German drinking buddy (Joe) at MobileJoe.de and the guys at Smartphone-web.com come these shots of the T-Mobile SDA Music! This has now been announced here by T-Mobile. This new handset is more geared towards the teen / home user and tu...
If you're a GPS / SatNav user then this GPSPassion.com article may be of interest to you... Quote... "Streets & Trips first appeared in September 1999 when Microsoft released it to take over from Expedia Trip Planner 98. Prior to the "2005" version it...
Paragon Software have dropped their prices by a whacking 30% on all their Windows Mobile software at http://smartphone-software.penreader.com/Their software includes SlovoEd, the multi-language dictionary and localiztion software like InterKey an...
The T-Mobile SDA (a tweaked version of the SPV C500 with different case and button configuration) is due to arrive shortly. The Phone Network has some mega-high quality pics of this handset here. You can clearly see the "T-Zones" button that we menti...
Unbelievably, over the weekend, the amount of people registered here at CoolSmartPhone.com hit an amazing 100 thousand. Good gawd.. I'm just blown away! CoolSmartPhone.com is two and a half years old now and I am still shocked daily at the size it's g...
The market leader in GPS is TomTom. As you may all be aware they have announced to launch on the smartphone platform. Mobilefun.co.uk has the package available for pre order. It's even cheaper than if you were to purchase the item from TomTom online...
The iMate range of handsets, all based on HTC devices, are now to expand to Australia and beyond. The iMate SP3, which was introduced into the UK first as the Orange SPV C500 (aka the HTC Typhoon), and the iMate SP3i (tweaked by T-Mobile and coming so...
Blimey - the things we get on the Smartphone eh ? :) Improve your love-making technique with the Art of Positions, by the guys at BinaryFish.com. You can download the trial version here (log in) for free and then upgrade to the full version for a few ...
Yes, we've mentioned this funky virtual keyboard before, but still no accessory dealer has sent us a free one... :) :) :) so we're gonna mention it again.. :) Nah, I'm only joking - I forgot to mention (thanks to Milo for the tip) that you can purch...
There were rumours that the T-Mobile SDA, which is a tweaked version of the Orange SPV C500, was NOT coming to the UK. However, it appears that (as we mentioned in this earlier article), T-Mobile are really behind this handset and have great plans to ...
It looks like ALK are to join the Smartphone navigation battle with their CoPilot software. This works in tandem with your bluetooth-enabled Windows Mobile phone and a bluetooth GPS receiver in your car. CoPilot Live for Smartphone also incorporates t...
Guillaume from GPSPassion.com has just emailed me - he's currently testing out TomTom Mobile which enables navigation on Windows Mobile phones. He says... "Just thought I’d let you know I’d put up a news item here at GPSPassion.com on the releas...
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The C500 is cropping up everywhere at the minute, so it's good to see that our friends at SmartPhoneAddOns.com are starting to sell various SPV C500 accesssories here. One that caught my eye was this Krussel case. Krussel have a good name in top-qual...
fusd.rss 1.2 released Changelog:1) Cache sytem reworked. If cache of RSS feed exist it not try to connect until you click refresh2) Back and Save button don't work3) Program name shows incorrectly in "Remove Programs"4) Select menu don't work in impor...
The Orange SPV C500 is made by HTC. HTC are unlike Motorola / Sagem etc in that they don't plaster their phones in HTC logos or even mention the original maker anywhere. This means that you'll start seeing the Orange SPV C500 in various guises around ...
Here's a pic of my SPV E200 "synch'ing" with Microsoft Media Player 10. This latest version of MS media player automatically detects any portable device plugged in to the PC (running XP) & allows drag & drop synchronisation with the PC. Full 'file m...
Remember how I said we had big news? Well - here it is, the T-Mobile SDA. What a great few weeks it's been for the Microsoft Smartphone! A tweaked version of the HTC Typhoon (the Orange SPV C500), known as the HTC Feeler appeared, as did the innovativ...
The UK has now got its first "Push To Talk" service, courtesy of Orange. Although at present it's only available on the Treo 600 handset, it's a great new service which will be rolled out to other handsets soon (no news on Windows Mobile ones though)....
Picture the scene, your work mate calls up and says "hey, can you text me Bobs phone number?". Sure, you think, so you go to your Contacts list on your Smartphone and THEN you realise that you can't just pick out "Bob" and forward his details on. You …
We've reached a little landmark today folks. This article is the 1000th news item we've posted... ... ish. I say "ish" 'cus there were quite a few other items posted on the old version of the site here (oooo - Frontpage-tastic!). This is the 1001st p...
There's some great news around today, including this PPCW.net article which confirms O2's intention to launch the Motorola MPx220 handset. We're also getting news that MPx220's are arriving in AT&T Wireless distribution centres and will be made avail...
Over at MSMobiles.com they're reporting on the Smartphone-web.com article which tells of the worldwide availablility of the Orange SPV C500 for development - it's going to cost about 253 quid, which is 374 Euro.Strangely Jacek @ MSMobiles claims in hi...
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Yes at last, there's gonna be some competition in the browser field for Windows Mobile phones. At present you have "PIE" - no, not cherry pie or apple pie - just plain PIE. PIE stands for Pocket Internet Explorer and it comes on every Windows Mobile p...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The latest version of @Sat Orbiter Locator+ is now available for Microsoft 2003 Smartphones Austin, Texas—August 25th, 2004. The latest version of SurvivorSoft’s flagship title, @Sat Orbiter Locator+, is now available for Mi...
Welcome to Mavec?Mavec is just a bit of multi-user fun for owners of Microsoft Smartphones (Windows Mobile 2003) and runs over GPRS. There are no objectives and no prizes and it's free to download. What is Mavec? Mavec is a virtual world which users c...
This time last week you may have been forgiven for thinking that there weren't that many models of Windows Mobile handsets out there. Just a week ago we only knew that the Orange SPV C500 was hitting a high-street near you pretty soon. The Motorola MP...
Hey everybody! Just got a Silicon Power 1 Gig SD card for use with my O2 Xphone, and guess what? It works like a charm - no problems, no hiccups, no nothing! Just wanted to share my findings. Maybe it will be useful for those with the same …
Blimey, it's all kicking off tonight - first, we hear about the HTC Feeler handset at 5.30PM, then we hear about the HTC Harrier handset shortly after. Now we've got confirmation about the HTC Harrier from the FCC here!
The HTC Vivida is yet another addition to the amazing HTC range. Yes, we've had the HTC Feeler just 30 minutes ago here and the Pocket PC HTC Harrier - now the HTC Vivida, which looks bloody fantastic (more info here at the FCC website) is catching th...
My my my, what do we have here then ? What ? Another new Windows Mobile handset from HTC ? The HTC Feeler ?!! (By the way, it's 5.30PM on Friday 27th, remember that you read it here directly after Smartphone-Web.com did their Exclusive report). The H...
I've been in PHP / MySQL hell over the past few days (it'll never catch on, I tell ya), so it's good that Tam Darcy emailed in to distract me. My spies are already telling me that there's a LOT more Orange C500 handsets about now and bigger …
Nick (crafty) emailed me today with a couple of top skins for your Windows Mobile phone. Unfortunately they only work with the Orange SPV C500 and the Orange SPV E200 because they use the Orange plugin, but they're definitely worth a looksie. Click th...
You may have read our earlier stories about AtomicLava - it's ruddy brilliant. We love it. It allows you to "blog" your life from your phone. This may sound bizarre, but it does offer a very quick way to take a picture on your Windows Smartphone, then...
Following on from this earlier story, I've finally got my arse into gear and completely fixed the CoolSmartPhone.com XML News Feed. You may remember me saying, "I'll get that fixed in a bit", way back in 2002. Well, now it is - and I've sorted it so i...
I must confess to not using Java much. Java games are OK, but the Windows Mobile phone can do much better than the Nokia Java games (which are advertised almost hourly on TV for 5 quid each). Anyways, I've added some Java games to the downloads sectio...
The Sun newspaper is a UK tabloid and it regularly brings us some hard-hitting stories such as Cleavage Week or some crazy people bringing up dolls as their own children. Today they've got a review of the Windows Mobile powered MiTAC Mio 8390 here. Al...
