Category: Handsets (General)
Earlier on we mentioned how the Orange SPV M600 had been made available to all customers on the Orange. However, shortly after it went "Out of stock" on the Orange.co.uk website... damn... Luckily we've managed to have a few words with our friends in ...
PhoneScoop.com report today that the Motorola Q has now passed the necessary tests at the FCC, making it ready to rock 'n roll. This comes after the Q was spotted lurking around the Verizon site. This FCC ruling should mean no further delays for the Q...
The guys at QUsers.com have managed to fish out this picture of the Motorola Q from a backstage area of the VerizonWireless.com site. They've also spotted the date on the phone - 10/11/2006, which some might say indicates an October release :) (Before...
Hmm.. I've had way too many emails about this. You may know about the Orange SPV M3000 and the fact that it's not getting launched in the UK. It's safe to say that were were a tad disappointed by this decision, but we're getting a heck of a …
Remember a while back we exclusively revealed that Vodafone were testing the new Vodafone v1240 and v1640? Well, we're revealing that they've actually hit the shops and you can buy them right now!If you check the Vodafone UK Business store you'll find...
Y'know the Mototorla Q? Well, this isn't it, but you'd be forgiven for thinking it was. Chinese manufacurer TechFaithWireless have been showing this off at CTIA and it's the second clone of a Mototorla handset that we've seen from them following the M...
Hey look ! It's the Motorola SLVR.. no, wait a minute.. It's actually a handset from TechFaithWireless. "Who?", I hear you cry. Well, these guys are from China and - like HTC - they design and build handsets for branding by networks and companies. Th...
This news item regarding the "April" release date of the Motorola Q raised a few eyebrows. There were in fact two different web pages at Motorola - one stated, "It's coming in April" and one said, "It's coming soon.. sometime... ish...". Well, the one...
Engadget Mobile have spotted this QUsers post linking to a promo page at Motorola for the much-anticipated Motorola Q handset. Now, this is where it gets a bit weird. There's this Motorola Q page that states it's "shipping soon" and then there's this ...
UPDATE - Since writing this article various CAB files have appeared which will automatically install Windows Live Messenger for you. Download these, copy them to your phone and then RUN the CAB file on your device to install. Try here, here, here or h...
This is the Mago Premium Smartphone. It was designed by the Maslovdesign Studio for Mago Mobile, who appear to have their site redirected to some news-provider for mobile devices. According to sources, this should be out mid-2006 but there's a €3000...
A little tip for those of you who have an Orange SPV C600 and would like to application unlock it. Now, normally you can just go through the Orange Developers site however it's not recognising my IMEI for some reason. I even downloaded their suggested...
The guys at NewMobile.com have just published this very interesting story detailing the Windows Mobile handsets shown at industry event CeBIT. They've got lots of very interesting detail which I've not seen elsewhere. The Qtek 8500 was on show, which ...
Remember the Tatung M1 we covered earlier? It's had FCC approval and was being shown just a month ago at 3GSM. Well it's been binned and they've instead moved the keyboard around a bit and called it the Tatung M1A. It'll get rebranded though as variou...
Last week we saw the Tatung M1 at 3GSM. Although it didn't cause waves like the i-Mate Smartflip did we still found it quite interesting that Tutung were entering the market. It's already had FCC approval, so it can be safely sold without melting your...
Following our earlier story we can now confirm that the T-Mobile MDA and SDA are available at T-Mobile USA. If you're in the United States just pop along to T-Mobile and say Gears from CoolSmartPhone sent you. Sure, they'll probably say, "Who?", but h...
This video review of the Torq P120 comes from Digital Lifestyle Magazine, plus there's a streaming version here at Slashphone. The Torq P120 is the US re-badge of the Eten M600 and comes with GPRS, Quad-band, Bluetooth, 1.3 Megapixel camera and WiFi c...
Here's the AnexTEK SP310 Windows Mobile handset. Wait a minute.. doesn't that look a lot like a BenQ P50? Why I think it is. The guys at PocketPCItalia spotted this at 3GSM. It's gonna have Windows Mobile 5.0 with push email and has a pretty funky spe...
There's a video of the Motorola Q - which is now officially not the thinnest QWERTY Smartphone on the planet (check this pic of it next to the Samsung i320 - the Q is on the right) - here at YouTube.com. But we want more! Come on Moto, …
There's not much about the the Tatung M1 at the Tatung website, even though it's being shown at 3GSM this week. However, I guess that's not all too surprising as there's little mention of their Portable Media Center devices either.If you're making a p...
This as you may know by now is the Motorola Q. We've heard quite a bit about this, plus it was being shown off at CES at various stands. Today at 3GSM Motorola have announced that there is to be a 3G version of the Motorola Q. This …
UPDATE - If you're in the USA and you like the look of the T-Mobile MDA Vario we reviewed then you'll be glad to know that you can pre-register at T-Mobile.com for news. Also, from today you can actually buy an SDA here at T-Mobile.com. If you're stil...
Fujitsu Siemens have today announced the Pocket LOOX T Series device at 3GSM. Their Press Release can be read below and you can get the full specs here or a 3D video here. The Pocket LOOX T830 comes with a 240x240 screen, 416 Mhz Intel PXA270 CPU, 128...
It looks like the Cingular 8125 we mentioned some months back has now launched in the USA. According to MobileMag it's currently... "...only offered to Cingular’s Business 2 Business partners, so for the average consumer, it is still just a bit out ...
This is the E-Ten G500. It's a Quad-band Windows Mobile 5.0 handset with a GPS SiRF Star III, MiniSD slot and a 400Mhz Samsung CPU. This is the first Pocket PC Phone from E-TEN to have fully integrated GPS capabilities. There's also a 1.3 Megapixel ca...
These two handsets are familiar to us already on many different networks, however we have it on very good authority that Vodafone are ready to release these in the UK. The HTC Universal (aka o2 XDA Exec / SPV M5000 etc) will be called the Vodafone v16...
Engadget are reporting that the T-Mobile SDA (HTC Tornado) and T-Mobile MDA (Vario - HTC Wizard) will be appearing in the USA early next month. Following our previous story the guys at Engadget say that the humpy SDA will come out on February 13th cos...
Nearly forgot this one. T-Mobile have announced that the USA will be getting the T-Mobile MDA (the Vario) and the SDA... with a hump (a hump, a hump, a lovely lady lump, check it out) added. If you're in America this is extremely good news. T-Mobile s...
Today around town we popped into the Orange and o2 shops to look at some possible upgrade handsets for Em. Despite my advice (as if she listens!), handsets like the Samsung D600 and the Motorola PEBL attracted her more than the Windows Mobile handsets...
The guys at Smartphonethoughts have just published this review of the Nextel i930 Smartphone by Motorola. It's an iDEN-based flip phone which first appeared way back in 2003 but never really became available until very recently. It's got no bluetooth,...
Following our earlier story about the Dualcor handset, the guys at Dualcor have agreed to send us one to review!! Wehay! .. oh... wait.. no.. Apparently I got that a tad wrong. Apparently their email says that they're sending some high quality pictur...
We've already seen some of the booths at CES in Las Vegas. The Microsoft and Motorola stands are looking prety nice, however Geekzone now have some hi quality photos of the device everyone is asking me about - the Motorola Q. Here it sits on a pink di...
This DualCor device has kicked up quite a bit of media interest of late. It's a whole new kind of device which combines Windows XP Tablet Edition and Windows Mobile 5.0 in one device. Equipped with not one but two processors (a 1.5 GHz and 400 MHz one...
This Verizon Press Release confirms our earlier story about the launch of the XV6700. It's the HTC Apache, which is pretty similar to the HTC Wizard (AKA MDA Vario etc) but with a chunky aerial on the top. According to the Press Release, which you ca...
Some lucky dude at Engadget has got his hands on the Sharp W-ZERO3 / WS003SH Pocket PC Phone. It looks a bit like a PSP and a darker-than-average screen. It's got a megapixel camera, a polished black finish and is bigger than the HTC Universal (M5000...
Engadget are reporting that the HTC Apache will be launched under the "Verizon XV6700" name on January 5th. You may remember that competitor Sprint launched the same thing as the PPC 6700 some months back. Although Verizon have a bit of catching-up to...
The Orange SPV C600 is now available if you're upgrading here. However, we've spotted a strange thing. A lot of people have noticed that Orange Backup has vanished on the C600. According to the mails we've received it's been removed because the persis...
This is the Gigabyte g-Smart Pocket PC Phone with built-in TV and radio (not digital though), a 2.1 mega pixel camera, Windows Mobile 5.0, a free 256Mb MiniSD card, Bluetooth, WiFi AND Push Email! Although currently only available in Taiwan, it is at ...
The Register are reporting the launch of the Mio A201 GPS-ready Pocket PC device. Although slightly larger it does have a flap and swivel GPS unit so that you can use the sat-nav display in any orientation you please. It also comes with the SiRFStar I...
So we've already mentioned that the Orange SPV C600 is on sale here in the UK, plus we've reviewed it too. Well, today you can now also get the American cousin of the SPV C600 in the shape of the Cingular 2125. The "bulgy version" is now on …
