Author: Leigh Geary
Ora, not content with dropping the price of their SPV / SPV E100 Full Car Kits to just £99.99 or slashing the cost of their SPV / SPV E100 Safe2Talk Car Kits to a measly £39.99, are NOW working a funky Business Leather Case. The case will fit …
A move by mobile networks to try and block the reduction of charges was thrown out by a judge today - and he made it worse by announcing his decision in cool "text language"! Read more here (Sky News)
The SPV E100 is about to start shipping in Denmark for kr. 3299. It has a dark blue - almost black trim and the letters "SPV" across the top of the keypad. Want to see a mega-close-up of the SPV E100 that you can buy soon? Click here!! …
The usually Microsoft-hating "Register" is actually defending the Microsoft Smartphone in an article by Drew Cullen. The article covers the recent announcement of Motorola "Orange Branded" phones - which will include specific Orange menus, case mods and Orange Applications (such as Backup / Restore).A recent news story from …
Although it was meant to be announced yesterday (it was mentioned during the Orange presentation, but to say "announced" would be a bit of an overstatement), the Orange SPV E100 has been announced to retailers in a recent Orange bulletin.We're not sup...
One thing that stuck out in the Orange slides is - The SPV is important to the ongoing success of Orange. VERY important. It was unfortunate then that this event was not used to announce the SPV E100, it would've been a great time to do it - …
Here's a few snippets from various papers and publications around the world following todays' Orange Presentation.... Orange gets freedom to roam vnunet.com Market Wary as Orange Promises Growth, Teams Up Yahoo! Orange profits up&nb...
IA Utility Pack V1.2 has a new application, and two other tools - IA File Manager and IA Task Manager - have been enhanced. * IA System Info The latest utility in the IA Utility Pack, IA System Info displays system information in a Smartphone, such ...
Orange, the first network to introduce the Smartphone, are to make some radical changes to their management team. Mobile phone giant Orange is to join a European alliance formed by T-Mobile, Telefonica Moviles and Telecom Italia Mobile. Orange will al...
The mighty modaco.com has the scoop on the release date for the Tanager - to be known as the SPV E100 on Orange. We knew it was sometime in July, and several people have told me that it is being communicated to Mobile Phone shops across the UK, …
Yes it's out - but only for Orange SPV users in Switzerland. DON'T use this if you're anywhere else, 'cus you'll screw up your settings. Don't come crying to me... :) Download for Switzerland users here.
Buy it here, now. It is the Tanager - reviewed here, and you can purchase it right now just by clicking this button.
Check out these lovely shots of the Mitac Mio 8380, to be known as the CECT Mio 8380 when it is released. This phone looks very nice, and this review from PCOnline.com.cn makes it look even nicer! Check out the review here.Check out our preview here.
After asking Carrier Devices about their Arabic I-Mate Smartphone. I got the following reply : Dear Sir , Following your recent enquiry I've spoken with Carrier Devices public relations about the Smartphone, and they've forwarded me this reply. If ...
Orange, still seen as the "coolest" network here in the UK, have decided to use Orange-branded tents with solar-panels stitched into the sides to help attract people to the network. Each tent will then provide enough power to charge your mobile phone....
One of the biggest grumbles about the first Smartphone (the Orange SPV) is the battery life. Luckily, our friends over at PDA Add-ons come to the rescue with this extra battery back. All you need to do is plonk 4 AA-sized batteries into it, then plug...
Links, the excellent golf game, has been available for about a month now, but I have only just got round to trying it. Wow! Give it try or buy it from smartphone.net now - this is fantastic. It features a top quality graphics engine for stunningly rea...
It's more eagerly awaited than a Harry Potter book and mobile shops across the UK are gearing up to start selling the SPV E100. The launch is now confirmed for July 7th 2003 (modaco.com) and Orange are keen to keep a safe price-gap between the tw...
Yes, you will soon be able to simply talk into your phone and have it dial the person you want. Whilst this isn't new and has been done on other mobiles previously, the feature was left out of the Smartphone. However, Fonix VoiceDial will soon enable ...
The Eleksen keyboard, reviewed here needs a few drivers to work. If you need them, and you can't get them from the Orange Update thing on your SPV, check this out, because they're now available to everyone, not just Orange customers.The keyboard is on...
Although the USA is still awaiting a wider release of the MS Smartphone, T-Mobile today announed the BlackBerry 6210. T-Mobile are selling it as "One of the most affordable and simplest ways to manage e-mail and make wireless voice calls from a single...
According to "a source" Microsoft will debut Pocket PC 2003(code-named Ozone) on 23rd of June. Full details here (ZDNet).MS has failed to comment on this, but there are stacks of people waiting to get their sweaty palms on it.
I received this from Orange: Dear Ghufran Thank you for your mail regarding the new SPV phone trial. I would like to advise that a number of Orange customers have received an email which claims to be from Orange inviting them to participate in a tr...
Oh dear. It appears that my earlier guess was correct. Not only are Sendo pi**ed off at MS / Orange for releasing the Orange SPV (HTC Canary), which apparently infringes on the Sendo PCB design, but now - after checking the virtually identical SPV E10...
Handsprings new Treo - which is powered by the ARM processor - is being shown on their website. Although the Treo 600 is not an MS Smartphone, it at least pays to see what the competition is up to.The new Treo has a fully-integrated QWERTY keyboard, b...
Cambridge-based chip designer ARM is to increase the speed of mobile phones (like the Smartphone, which has an ARM CPU) with their new Thumb 2. Thumb 2 is an update on the company's original Thumb instructions, a set of commands inside the ARM archite...
Just received this email this morning from Orange. Very confusing! Dear Sam Thank you for your mail. I have checked with the appropriate department and have been unable to confirm whether there are any plans to release an SPV2. For the latest info...
I didn't think it would happen, but this excellent game has got me hooked. It's a simple matter of clicking on three or more blocks of the same colour that are connecting. Yet I can't seem to put it down! I was at number 10 on the High …
T-Mobile has launched an always-on email for Symbian devices in the UK. T-Mobile launched the wireless email service, called Instant E-mail, in the UK last week. Symmetry Express supports any handset based on Symbian OS 6.1 or 7.0, which includes smar...
IA Style now let you create your OWN templates! Best of all - the software that lets you do it is... free to download here!!What? You don't have IA's Caller ID software ? What are you playing at? Get it here now!
ONLY $9.99 (about £5.93) Candy CatchupA game you just can NOT put down! Candy Catchup is simplicity itself. When you click three or more connected candies of the same color, they explode. As the level increases...
As mentioned earlier on coolsmartphone.com, Orange have now flatly denied that there is any "trial" of the SPV, and they've put to bed rumours of any other handset coming out - the SPV E100 will be out next month.How this email came about is a bit of ...
Annemarie Duffy, Mobility Marketing Manager, Mobile Devices division at MS, is showing off the HTC Tanager model to the press. She mentions in this article (which I must admit is a couple of months old) that Bluetooth is definitely be on the road map,...
Very curious. It appears that the Orange SPV trial was / is all a fake. After the news story was spotted on newswireless.net, we reported on it Saturday. Julian Hope, the man purported to be behind the trial, is on holiday at present. In his absence, ...
I've now updated the PREVIEW of MiTACs Mio 8380 in the new Previews section with some extra info plus a downloadable PDF and specifications. Be sure to check it out! More piccies and info can be found here on MiTACs website.The upload system is now so...
The number of complaints regarding Spam text-messages received by mobile watchdog ICSTIS has increased dramatically. ICSTIS - the UK regulator for all premium rate telecoms services - said complaints increased by 43 per cent in 2002 to 11,572. A hug...
The classic Space Invaders has been ported to the Smartphone! Check it out at Smartphony.org or grab it from the downloads section here.
PPCW.net have come up with an innovative way to prevent your screen from being ruined by dents and scratches. Just check this link out for more info.
The long-awaited Mio 8380 made a fantastic debut yesterday in Taipei. MiTAC spokesperson Justine Liu said, "We are targeting heavy PC users, they will find the Mio easy to use since it is using a Microsoft operating system - a familiar user interface....
PocketTV Classic and PocketTV Enterprise Edition for Smartphone have been released. PocketTV Enterprise Edition have both been released for Smartphone. PocketTV lets you play any MPEG-1 video file (extension .mpg or .mpeg) on your Smartphone. W...
