Category: Handsets (General)
Engadget have a few snippets on the new Windows Mobile handsets coming from Cingular USA. First is the Cingular 8525 which we know here in Europe as the Orange SPV M3100 / T-Mobile MDA Vario II etc etc. It's missing a face-pointing camera but it shoul...
The Cingular 3125 is a fantastic Smartphone. Slim, sexy, smooth and powerful, it's the hot new flip-phone from Cingular USA. If you're in the USA you can take advantage of this hot offer and get the 3125 for only $49.99 after rebates. It comes equi...
The HTC Excalibur has already shown up as the o2 XDA Cosmo in Germany. It's also going to appear on T-Mobile too and indeed we spotted it sporting T-Mobile colours some time back however Engadget have now firmed up details on what will be the T-Mobile...
The guys at NewMobile.com recently had a chat with the guys at LG and had a look at some of their rather sexy new handsets. They all look rather sexy and polished however we were rather drawn to this snippet of info.. "Dirk Jan van Heteren mentioned t...
Bell Canada have now launched the Motorola Q on their CDMA network. Costing $449 without contract, or $249 on a 3 year contract with a $60 data plan or above. Actually I'd like to ask you guys a question. I'm fully aware of the reasons for it, but …
This is the hipi-220 Windows Mobile 5.0. Whilst it's not a handset you'll see appearing on a major network soon it represents the next "leap" in mobile communications. It's not just a regular "cell" phone but also a SIP VoIP phone too. Using SIP it ca...
Dopod, who are about to get bought-out by HTC, have recently announced two new handsets in Australia. The Dopod 838Pro, shown left, is the same as the Orange SPV M3100 we reviewed whilst the Dopod 595 is the same as the up-coming Orange SPV C700 that ...
Seen enough of the Palm Treo 750v yet ? No ? Well here's a bit more. The Windows Mobile-powered Treo will be out on Voda any day (pre-order it here) but NewMobile.nl already have one to play with. They've detailed their first impressions of the handse...
Yesterday Cingular announced the 3125 - their branded version of the super-slim HTC Star Trek. Engadget (who seem to be camped out at the the CTIA Wireless IT and Entertainment show) have some shots of the Cingular 3125 as it'll appear in the shops. S...
No? You're joking! Not more Windows Mobile phones? Yes, it's true. Here's another one. This is the UTStarcom 6800 which, to be honest, looks like the HTC Hermes (ala the SPV M3100 etc). In fact we presumed it was just the US version of the Hermes, how...
Although it's just a few short miles north of our rather hefty CoolSmartPhone server we're unfortunately not physically in Los Angeles for the CTIA Wireless IT and Entertainment show. Those who are - namely Engadget - are busy snapping the latest hand...
MobileGadgetNews are reporting that the Cingular 3125 slim flip-Smartphone is available today to business users calling their 611 number. You can, it seems, get the phone direct from their website here or here. The non-camera versions of the same devi...
The ORsIO n725 has been pictured and detailed over at msmobilenews.com. It runs Windows Mobile 5 on an Intel Belverde 524Mhz CPU and has a 2 megapixel camera with flash built in. The ORsIO also has WiFi, FM radio, IR and 192Mb Flash with 64MB SDRAM an...
I was having a read of this MoDaCo post about the new Vodafone v1210 this morning and I thought, "Hmm.. We should do a post on that, but - if we're the biggest, baddest Windows Mobile site around we'll need a picture of it". Just a few minutes …
Here's another o2 handset in testing. This time it's the o2 Mars and it looks a lot like the HTC Hermes. Packing a 520Mhz Intel CPU, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS (3G) with 64RAM, 128ROM, WiFi, Bluetooth, MiniSD and a slide-out QWERTY keyboard the only thing it se...
o2 seem to be on a mission to take over the solar system with this sneak peek on one of their new handsets. This is a new Smartphone, yes - a Smartphone - called the o2 Jupiter. Little is known about it at the moment, however it looks …
MoDaCo have news of the Orange SPV F600. You may remember we spotted this last month - it's the Orange branded version of the iMate Smartflip / HTC Star Trek phone with slim looks and stylish design. In fact, it's got everything that should appeal to ...
Back in April we showed you a QWERTY device from TechFaithWireless which certainly showed promise. Well now it's back in the form of the UBiQUiO 501 on Expansys preorder. It's a Windows Mobile 5.0 powered Pocket PC with a 2 megapixel cam, WiFi, stere...
I've been watching news of the i-Mate JAQ handset surface over the last few days. The device isn't built buy HTC (like the SPV's on Orange, MDA's on T-Mobile etc), rather by a company called Inventec. This device got approved by the FCC back in Februa...
It looks like the HTC Hermes is going to cross the Atlantic to Cingular as the 8525. Seen here in the UK as the Orange SPV M3100, T-Mobile MDA Vario II and Vodafone v1605, XDA-Developers have news that it will land without it's face-mounted camera but...
4WinMobile have a review of the Vodafone VPA Compact III (HTC Hermes). I'm not quite sure how they've got hold of this, or how everyone commenting seems to have one too, as I've been unable to get any info from Vodafone about this 1605 - the Vodafone ...
The handset we saw in February is now known as the "Lobster 700 TV" and has started to appear in catalogues. You may have heard it called the "BT Movio" or the "HTC Trilogy". This will fit nicely into the new range of Virgin Lobsters including the 485...
Following on from the story last year showing work desks to be dirtier than toilet seats, it's now emerged that your mobile phone is too. You mobile also has more germs and bacteria than the bottom of your shoe or a door handle and there's tens of tho...
Remember how we mentioned the i-Teq X-Bond phone a few days back. It has a TV receiver built into it which lets you watch terrestrial PAL / Secam channels and radio too. Mobile-review.com have got themselves one of these, although it's just called a "...
I've just spotted this PC Pro article which looks at smartphones from a business perspective. This group test included a wide range of handsets but over half were Windows Mobile devices. It's an interesting read, although it starts off badly with.. "...
The Mobile Life 2006 survey is out today with some interesting insights into todays mobile world. The survey, by the Carphone Warehouse in association with The London School of Economics, examines how mobile phones have changed the way we live. 16,500...
OK, you gotta check this thing out, it's called an i-Teq X-Bond (shaken, not stirred) and it's coming to the Batelco network in Bahrain. It's apparently the first Windows Powered PDA with TV to enter the Middle East market. Selling exclusively from Ba...
I can't really remember if I've featured this before but it's well worth a look if you're after a proper 1980's style mobile phone. Retrobrick.com is a fantastic website if you're a fan of those big hefty mobiles from the A-Team and Knightrider days w...
Japanese company Willcom have unveiled another Windows Mobile handset manufactured by Sharp. The WS007SH, which can be seen in 3D here, comes in black and iPoddy white and runs Windows Mobile 5.0 for Pocket PC. According to this machine translated pag...
You may remember we mentioned a company called TechFaithWireless before. They're busy making some pre-production handsets to show the various networks and distribution channels just what they can do. This Smartphone-web.com article shows just some of ...
According to Engadget Mobile Cingular are poised to launch several Windows Mobile handsets over the coming months. We pretty much expected the HP iPaq6920/25 however the HTC StarTrek is a surprise, apparently arriving before the HTC Hermes if this cha...
OK, we've been saying, "soon, next week, any day now" for long enough. It's finally here, you can buy one today in the USA on Verizon simply by clicking here. Further details on this new Smartphone can be found on this webpage, which also contains th...
It looks like PC Mag are one of the first to have a review of the new Motorola Q which is coming to Verizon USA in the next couple of days. They've got plenty of shots of the device and the reviewer seems pretty impressed with it. Delivering …
Hey hey! Look what I've got! :) Well, sort-of. :) I actually had chance to have a play with one of these this afternoon and I managed to get my first impressions of the device. It's certainly come a long way since the very early unit I saw …
MobilityToday.com attended a reviewers event yesterday for the new Motorola Q, coming next week on Verizon in the USA. They got shots of the Verizon-packed Motorola Q along with its' optional Bluetooth headphones which look very slick indeed. Link - M...
Yes, yes. I know - you've already heard this a million times, however it's now set in stone. The Motorola Q will definitely launch on May 31st. Motorola and Verizon Wireless have confirmed the date in this press release which states.. "Moto Q is excl...
It's here! Well almost.. Honest, no, really, it is. The Motorola Q, which we spotted almost a year ago, should be out next week on Verizon Wireless in the USA. This teaser site has just popped up with a cool video of the device along with its Verizon …
Dopod have launched the S300 which we've seen as the HTC Star Trek previously. Dopod showed off the device with all the usual flair, displaying the obvious ultra-flat style and cool design. Powered by Windows Mobile 5.0 (for Smartphone) it has a 1.3-m...
So, you guys out there now have the push-email updates right? Orange SPV M5000, C600 - check. O2 XDA Mini S and Exec, check. Hmm - what about T-Mobile ? Ermmm.. Well, after I received a few emails asking that very question I did a bit of digging. …
It looks like a fight is about to start between the Samsung SGH-i320 QWERTY handset and the Motorola Q QWERTY. Literally days after the long-delayed Moto Q got approved for use by the Federal Communications Commision (FCC) and the SGH i320 does too! ...
