Author: Leigh Geary
As a Smartphone tweaker, I'm always browsing around all the sites in the links section to check the "vibe" and see what the latest news is. The latest from MS Mobiles intrigues me. I see quite a bit of MS Smartphone bashing in my everyday life to...
Modaco.com moderators are currently testing the latest update from Orange for their SPV range. This new update appears to be very similar to the QTek 7070 update here in that it fixes the SMS counter fully, some battery-life improvements etc. It's not...
MiTAC have revealed that the Mio 8380 (seen in detail here) is to be released in Europe in September. Stated here on MiTAC's website is the Q3 release date, although it doesn't mention what network it will be available on or which parts of Europe it w...
Pictures of the next MiTAC Mio - the 8390, are appearing around the web. This is MiTAC's second Smartphone after the 8380 and will probably be as locked as the 8380, which makes development as use of this particular handset quite tricky. At present th...
After the initial murmours about the SPV 2, and recent reports that Orange France are prepared to mention a bit more about it, it now appears that Orange have removed the link to the SPV2 news / info page and are attempting to cover up all knowledge o...
The mighty Celsol is back with a new skin called "Splashback" and can be downloaded here - this allows you to put any background you fancy behind a fully animated skin. Have a look at it now and give it a bash! :)
check4mail Ver. 1.0 for Microsoft Smartphone 2002 devices."Stay in touch with your email accounts!"check4mail automatically connects to the internet and checks your email accounts if there are new messages for you. So you are informed if new messages ...
A new service from BlueHereNow allows anyone with a camera phone, digital camera, laptop or PDA to send in photos that are related to local news events. This is an excellent idea and has already been seen in the UK recently when people sent pictures o...
I've now made it easier than ever before to include coolsmartphone.com news into your website. Simply click on the link that reads "Use our News Feed" (or click here if you want) to include the latest news and information into your website.Any problem...
Crappy, expensive, annoying "bleep bleep bleepy bleep" ringtones are set to beat the sales of CD singles, it was reported today. Ringtones are now more profitable to record companies than singles! Ringtones already fleece mobile-phone users to the tu...
Despite intense media advertising, incredibly cheap price plans and attempting to reduce the cost of handsets, Hutchinson is stuggling to shift their 3G handsets on their "3" network. City analysts estimate the company has probably signed up less tha...
In the UK it now appears that soon half a million kids will have mobile phones. This is according to research by mobileYouth. At the moment 400,000 children in the UK have a mobile, and often have them bought by parents who are concerned for their s...
Yup, sounds crazy doesn't it ? But you can... just check out orneta.com and download Paint4Smartphone! Before you know it you could be coming up with something like this !It includes... - Creating / editing / saving of images in formats: BMP, JPG- Si...
Just spotted over at the excellent smartphony.org is buzznet.com. This site is similar to Phlog.net in that it allows you to send in pictures from your smartphone so that people can see them on-line.All you do is create an account and a "keyword"...
For those of you with the Qtek Smartphone (the Tanager model), you can now update to OS version 1.5 by clicking here. This update does pretty much the same as the other 1.5 updates - a fix to the SMS character count, updated diag etc. It also include...
Neil Emms and Ori Amiga - both Lead Program Managers for Microsoft Mobile Devices Product Group have recorded a special show for MSDN TV which shows you a bit more on Visual Studio .NET 2003 and a next generation Smartpho...
A recent survey by msn.co.uk has shown that newer technologies including text-messages and instant-messenger services are changing the way we speak.It found that far less people begin a text with "Hello" and instead use more informal greetings like "H...
The new CoolSmartPhoneShop.com is now online and ready for action ! Check it out by clicking on the link to the left, or browse directly by clicking here. Naz from smartphones.org.uk will be running and updating the shop, as I'm busy doing the usual a...
Although the E100 (Tanager) has appeared on orange.co.uk and several other Orange sites, it was absent from the international orange.com website until very recently. Now you can check out this page at orange.com to see where you can buy your E100 and ...
Well, it has exceeded any expectations I could have dreamt of. Now we've blown past 15,000 members on coolsmartphone.com! :) While I still have some checking to do (there's some duplicate email addresses etc), this is a huge boost for the MS Smartpho...
Have you received an email from me recently that says..."I would like to inform you about important information regarding your email address"With a Zip attachment ? DO NOT open it - this is a virus, and can come from ANY email address. It wasn't sent ...
The fornightly magazine Computer Weekly (UK Magazine) have reviewed the Orange SPV E100. Although I haven't read it myself (and their website doesn't have an on-line copy) Catherine Simpson has emailed in to say that Computer Active (Issue 143) has r...
Hello from IA Style,Our Smartphone applications are winning over critics. We were just named Developer of the Year at the Handango Partner Summit. One of our applications, IA SIM Manager, also won an award for the Best Productivity application. We are...
While Europe and Asia happily play around with MS-based Smartphones, there's a little place called America that is yet to see them. Whilst the Smartphone has popped its head up on everlinkwireless.com (the Red e SC1100), the USA hasn't really seen a S...
Using an calling card on spv to work with Orange!! My old T68i had a calling card feature in which you could presend a 0800 freephone number before sending the tones of a number in your telephone book. This is so that you can call numbers very cheaply...
Just seen this across on msmobiles.com and thought I'd mention it too. It's a wicked little utility to measure the ambient temperature. Just download it by clicking here - then you can see just how hot it is. Given the sweaty summer we're having here ...
The Mitac Mio, which we have raved about quite a bit here, is now available to buy on.... Orange! Surprised? Well... yes, we were to. In fact, you can get this phone just by clicking here! The catch ? Well, it's not Europe - or the USA - …
The review of the SPV E100, which was published a few weeks back in Web User magazine (UK based mag) is now up on their website. It gives the SPV E100 a well deserved 4 stars across the board, apart from features - where it gets 5 stars. …
Intel appears to be hitting a bit of a problem with their XScale chips, in that they're sucking battery power. Intel have released an "optimisation kit" to help deal with these issues. This should improve battery performance quite a bit. Gaming especi...
A full review for the splendid Jabra Bluetooth headset is now available here in our reviews section, so take a look and see what you think.Although the Smartphones of today do not have Bluetooth built-in, this is a great way around the problem and all...
Hmmm - I really don't know what to make of this. Southtele.com appear to be displaying the original Orange SPV (the HTC Canary) with improved specs and .. Windows Smartphone 2003 on board.More on this as it comes in. Source - msmobiles.com and click h...
Enrico from Pocket PC Italia has just emailed in his video of the new clam-shell Smartphone from Mitac. View it by clicking here. This is in addition to the earlier video from mobilejoe.de and shows off the phone well. Check it out.
I've just added a link that was emailed to me for a new Skins website. I feel it needs a mention on the front-page here because the quality of the work is just amazing. Check out kleinweder.ch here. Click "Smartphone" then choose a category - some ski...
The splendid SendSMS software we reported on last week has now been updated to V1.1. This impressive software allows you to send an SMS (Text) Message directly through you phone just by typing it on your PC.Although it requires the Microsoft .NET Fram...
The Register reports here that sales of Mobile Phones are on the increase again. Plus, it shows that additions like cameras are helping to pull in more punters and get their existing phones upgraded. The IDC research report also says, "After remarkabl...
Just a few short months ago I bodged together a single web page and called it "My SPV Stuff". It had a few tricks 'n tips for the original Orange SPV, which I'd bought from a shopping centre a few days before. Little did I know that some …
I'm constantly amazed by how popular this site is, and I try my hardest to make sure you lot enjoy it. I spend a lot of time updating, writing articles, uploading stuff and replying to around 30 emails and questions a day. The site itself has to be …
I need a favour! I'm not teriffic at the graphics side of things, and could do with one logo doing for .. something. If anyone can assist, can you email me and I'll explain more ? It should only take a few seconds to do. :)
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After quite a long power cut last night, followed by a stream of fire-engines flying past the house (ok, not "flying" as in really flying, but you get the drift)... I couldn't get email, but today this arrived ... The Mitac Mio in action! It's a 9 Meg...
