Author: Leigh Geary
More pictures have appeared of the claimshell designed Chi Mei Smartphone, which takes the name of "Beethoven". These can be seen on the smartphone2002.info website, which have been taken from the official FFC report. If you want the manual, plus test...
Verizon, Telefónica and France Telecom (owner of Orange) have announced good profits. Verizon, who are Americas largest phone company, announced a net profit of $338m - up from the $2.1bn LOSS last year. France Telecom also announced profits, after...
A fantastic new way of shopping is coming out of Japan. Mobile phone users are soon to be shopping by snapping a photo of a special bar code which will sit alongside a product. Mediastick, the firm behind the idea, will licence their special MediaSti...
A new light-projected keyboard is being worked on by Californian company Canesta. Their chipsets will allow a beam of light to project a fully functional keyboard onto a flat surface! NEC and an un-named American manufacturer are already working on h...
Here's the full translation (thanks to Ian Charlton) of the email sent to smartphony.org from the Smartphone project at Orange France... An e-mail to Smartphony.org from the Head of the Smartphone Project, Orange France I’ve just received an ...
Looks like an early August launch for these cards ! These things look great and surfing/syncing whilst strolling around home without those GPRS charges is all good news. However I cannot find any compatability listings for the Smartphone OS, I presum...
Texas Instruments and STMicroelectronics have decided to form an alliance to fend off market dominance from Microsoft and Intel in the mobile phone arena. The two chip manufacturers said that they had "formed an alliance to spur development of a wider...
Today sees the closure of two great Smartphone websites, which have been around since the early days and have helped to build and develop the Smartphone community. Firstly, the excellent French site SPVNews.com is to close, which has had Cyberb0b at...
Hello, what's this ? A Linux Smartphone ? The Filewalker will have 5 languages included (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish) and is to be powered by a Texas Instruments' Omap 5910 Dual Core processor with 150 MHz, 64 Mo of RAM (low-p...
This new black version of the Flexis FX100 keyboard is now selling on orangesp.com.. These keyboards have been selling quickly, so make sure you get your name down for one.See orangesp.com or click here for our review.
Previously we ran a story stating that Fonix Voice Dial fails to work. It should be noted that this was when running the "Compact" version - which is NOT designed for the Smartphone. Please don't let this put you off purchasing the product, as there ...
After leaving mmO2 in 2001, BT appears to be getting back into mobile, with a little help from T-Mobile. BT is the UK's largest telco and will team up with T-Mobile to offer mobile services to businesses and consumers, which will see BT attempting t...
A new smartphones category has now been added to pdatopsoft.com - PDA software downloads resource. Customers and developers are welcome!
At 14.55 BST today something very special happened... The 13,000th person joined Coolsmartphone.com! To be honest, I'm amazed! This version of the site (the new spangly one) has only been running for 2 months :) The recent surge of registrations is du...
I've been away, so I'm a little behind - you may have heard of this already, but hey.. Sendo have decided to drop their much talked-about lawsuit regarding the Smartphone. More details can be found here (ZDNet) and over here (cnet.com) This is, of c...
The analogue clock plug-in is now available for purchase. You can get it from smartphone.net now. We have already used and abused a similar plug in several months back to display analogue clocks, which can be seen and used
Cerience Announces FREE RepliGo Software for your PDA, Smart Phone and Windows The most powerful document solution for your mobile device just got even better! Read a summary of this exciting offer below or visit www.cerience.com to get the whole sto...
Hello from IA Style, IA Album for Smartphone has been upgraded to be 100% compatible with the Orange SPV e100, the new model of SPV, and its new plug-in digital camera. We also have a new 15-day trial version available for download. And if you alrea...
Launching Q4 this year is the MS Smartphone from o2. At present though, they have no name for it. However, you can help, simnply by clicking onto the Myo2Smartphone.com website and giving them your suggestion. They are looking for a name with a "Zing...
This one has been wanted for a while now, and here it is! I've tested this out and it works brilliantly!You will need to install Microsoft .NET Framework (23Meg download from MS) to run this software, but this is mainly because it uses some Microsoft ...
Pocket PC Magazine nominated no less than sixteen AIM titles for the 2003 Pocket PC Awards, of which 6 Pocket PC titles and 10 Smartphone titles. The Third Annual Pocket PC Magazine Best Product Awards will...
If you are a regular traveller, you should check out new software from Fizz Software. Coming soon for a $9.99 for the Smartphone, this really is a brilliant, must have piece of software. Whether you travel alone or with others, make room for one more...
Here I am... just about. :) Night flights REALLY mess your head up. I've had about 2 hours kip in the past 2 days, so I'm a bit bleary at the moment! :) Plus I am stuck on a slow dial-up connection, so no mail checks yet! :( …
The SPV E100 spells an end to the SPV as of 22.07.03. Orange shops have been split into two due to the lunach af the new SPV. Almost half have been told to pull all remaining SPV of the shelves and pass on there remaining stock. This of …
(Submitted by Arty)Just seen on Smart Phones online -- bluetooth headsets for SPV & SPV E100 now available, i have ordered one , see what it is like. Smartphones.org.ukGears says...Nice one Arty, keep us informed on what you think of it! :)
I know the SPV is multi-talented, but really! Watching the latest episode of Spooks, the TV series about MI5 when one of the characters walks into a room, draws the curtains, pulls out his SPV and uses it to scan the room for surveillance bugs! Nice ...
The E100 has now been launched in France too. Smartphony.org reports on this, stating that it will sell for 299 €. This price, however, can be reduced by mailing back a voucher for a 40 € reduction, bring the final price to 259 €. This is about ...
As previously mentioned, I'm hopping on a plane later today, so I'm gonna be completely off-line until next Friday (July 25th). FAQ's, emails, submissions etc will be checked on my return, but don't forget to spread the word about this site. :) I've h...
At last, it seems you can sync your MS Smartphone with an Apple! I've updated the FAQ section to reflect this, as you can now try this software from MarkSpace.com to link your Mac. If anyone give this a try or buys, gimme a shout and tell me …
So what is the first thing you are going to do with the SPV E100 / Smart Amazing Phone ? Hmmm.. Take it to bits ?? Nahh.. You'd have to be crazy to do that .. but hey, the guys over at Smartphonefrance.info have ! Click here for …
I'm off on holiday again tomorrow evening, so I won't be able to authorise news stories / articles / downloads until I come back at the end of next week. If there's anything urgent, and I do mean urgent enough to get me out of a nice pool …
God DAMN those MoDaCo.com dudes, they're bloody good y'know. MoDaCo.com is now getting so big that they have their own Smartphone SKIN too!!! No, no.. CoolSmartPhone.com doesn't have one.. obviously we're not good enough (sob!) .... Yes, that was a bi...
I've just added three new reviews, for the Flexis FX100 keyboard, the OrangeSP.com Sync&Charge cable and the Battery Extender. Do take a few minutes to check them out if you're thinking of getting one. Both can be found here in the reviews section. D...
MadBeetle.com have announced 4 games and a utility for Smartphone users. Visit their site to get... Blocks - Tetris type game Switch - Othello/Reversi SmartPong - Bricks game ClearIT - Blocks game ..and..World Clock - This gives you the time (and...
MoDaCo will be organising a meet for Smartphone fanatics in sunny Birmingham, UK. Known as the 'MoDaCo Summer Event 2003', it will be taking place on August 30th 2003, in association with Orange! I live near Birmingham (or "Brum" / "BurrrmiNUM" / "U...
Mobile manufacturer NEC have decided that video streaming across a 3G network is OK, but having TV on your phone would be even better. This is great, except it's not exactly what the 3G networks would like. Who is going to bother downloading short com...
The SPV was shown again on ITV1 last night (UK TV Station), on the "Tonight" programme.When ? Well, Mortgage Mogul Ray yet again flashed his SPV as punters searched around for the best value mortgage. If Ray is a visitor to this site, give me an email...
It appears that chucking your mobile phone is some kind of weird new pastime. In fact the Eastern Europeans are way ahead of us with a record of 57 metres. Lots of different styles and techniques are taken into consideration when judging the event too...
After a lovely fight with PHP, I have now tweaked the gallery script to display 8 backdrops at a time. It will also automatically pick up and display ANY backdrops that you upload or contribute, so take a gander. New Backdrop Gallery Here! (Accessibl...
It appears that the rate of progress from the Chinese producers of mobile phones "must not be underestimated" Source and more info - Silicon.com
