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There's a rather interesting article in the Guardian newspaper today. It's all about the Bluetooth ID sent by your phone. According to the story, several scanners have been hidden in offices, campuses, streets and pubs around Bath. These scanners are ...
A few of you may have been having issues posting into our forum of late - especially new members. Usually I would blame this on my drunken PHP coding, however I'm been fairly sober during the last 6 months. Sorry about the problems, I'm going to blame...
If you read my blog then you'll probably realise that I can be a little nuts at times. Every now and then I like to do some weird things with my Windows Mobile. Last year I filmed a time-lapse video of my journey into work using a free …
Oh, Orange are on fire at the moment! In fact, you should probably sit down for this one. Following the confusing new "unlimited" data tariffs which showed "unlimited for two months" they now appear to be offering a free iPod Touch with phones that ar...
We've been following the all-new Orange data plans since we asked the guy in charge why they were so pants during the launch of the HTC Touch Diamond. The "unlimited" data allowances aren't really unlimited but it's a whole lot better than the 30Mb li...
The new Orange data plans are now online. Dolphin 35 will have 600 minutes of talk time with unlimited texts and unlimited data (up to 500Mb fair usage). Racoon 35 will offer 700 minutes of talk time with 100 texts, unlimited calls to landlines and un...
A few weeks back the guys from Bye Bye Standby emailed in to say, "Hey, check out our Online Controller, it'll let you control your electrical devices using your mobile phone". Well, who are we to say no? There's two parts to this solution - some clev...
Following our earlier story about the imminent arrival of the HTC Touch Diamond on Orange, we've had some interesting news. By now you'll all be aware of our battle with Orange and their data plans. Personal customers, like myself, get just a 30Mb lim...
Last week we spotted this SanDisk 8Gb microSD card for £18.98 delivered. Now there's one even cheaper over at play.com for just £17.99 delivered! If you think 8Gb is just too vast, try the 4Gb one for £9.99, again with free delivery. Don't forget t...
From what we're hearing it sounds like the HTC Touch Diamond has started appearing in network catalogues. It's popped up already in the Orange brochure, but strangely it's appeared in a Vodafone catalogue sporting a price of £230.... handset only. Y...
T-Mobile appears to have announced a new set of charges today. The prices, which will take effect on July 28th, are detailed here. It appears that T-Mobile have chosen to completely ignore an Ofcom ruling which states.. "Ofcom will require mobile and ...
The credit crunch is hitting everyone right now so saving money is a must. As for me, I'm still feeling the pinch after spending £11 to watch that Sex and the City movie (really, how many minutes did they spend writing and filming that eh?) Anyhow, o...
We cover nothing but Windows Mobile news here at Coolsmartphone.com, however there comes a time when you do have to look at the competition. Today, as expected, the 3G iPhone was launched. The new unit gets 480x320 screen, 3G / HSDPA (850/1900/2100Mhz...
This may be a little off topic, but I just wanted to post a message about some of our friends in cyber-space. Sites like PocketPCThoughts, MobilitySite.com and even my favourite comedy site - b3ta.com have been pulled off line following an explosion a...
The Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 is another hot handset due to arrive this summer, but we've not heard much about which UK networks will be releasing it... until now. Orange seem to have it listed on their partner pages and, although you have to login to s...
This is the Orange Liveradio. It'll give you the ability to listen to internet radio stations easily and has a "drag and drop" function to let you create favourite stations. Costing £99.99 it'll connect to your WiFi router and update itself on the fl...
As you'll all know by now, I'm currently on Orange. I'm one of the many customers who are paying a rather large amount of cash for data. Today I've been charged nearly £12 for using just 7Mb of data, which seems to come from the "Pay As You …
We've just received the Orange press release for the HTC Touch Diamond. Like the T-Mobile variant, it'll be arriving in July, so it's looking like HTC will be selling these in June - a few weeks before the networks. The Orange branding has been carefu...
Earlier in the week you may have seen our live coverage of the HTC event in London. During the day I posted live pictures, details and bullet-points from my Windows mobile phone. I wanted to cover the day without having stacks of extra equipment, so I...
Data usage is a hot topic at the moment. Most networks have started to get wise to the fact that - if you want to sell a "mobile internet" handset you've got to give users a decent allowance. If you don't, people will simply be too cautious and …
Here in the UK it's a Bank Holiday weekend. This usually means that shops are besieged with bargain-hungry customers trying to get a good deal on the latest gear. UK customers shopping at devicewire.co.uk can benefit from free delivery on all orders p...
UK network o2 have finally reached their 3G licence condition of 80% population coverage. It's the last network to meet it's obligation, with the other four UK networks reaching and breaching the figure last year. Regulator Ofcom gave the network unti...
Are you a Vodafone UK customer? Are ya? Well, there's some great news if you are. Vodafone have just announced that pay monthly customers will no longer need to buy an additional internet bundle for £7.50. Plans will now automatically include interne...
If you read my blog you may have spotted this blog post from yesterday. I blogged about a guy who answered his mobile whilst in a toilet cubicle and started chatting to a colleague. I was a bit puzzled why someone would want to do this, however I …
Following our story earlier which detailed Windows Mobile 6.1 on the Vodafone v1615, we've had word from Craig Rider that T-Mobile may be ready to do the same thing for their phones, and it may also include the T-Mobile Touch Plus (aka HTC Touch Dual)...
Steve Hurcombe has just emailed in about Windows Mobile 6.1 He's got himself the rather tasty Vodafone 1615 (the Voda version of the HTC TyTN II) and he wanted to know if it'd be updated to 6.1. Now, here at Coolsmartphone Towers we've got so used to ...
I'm lucky enough to be an MVP - it's an award from Microsoft which you can read more about here. Every year they send a little gift out, and this year it's these Bluetooth headphones. They've been languishing in a box for a number of weeks as I …
microSD cards. They're great. Whack one in your phone and you can get up to 8Gb (provided your phone is SDHC compatible) in seconds. Wait though, because there's another use for that slot (ahem) - you can put a microSD WiFi card in. WiFi cards have be...
Over at new site TmoNews they've got this shot of the new T-Mobile Shadow II. Following on from the excellent T-Mobile Shadow it looks a lot like the HTC Touch Cruise we reviewed earlier, although at present information is a bit thin on the ground. Wh...
I responded a little like the American Press reacted to Victoria Beckham when a press release from HKC dropped into my inbox. "Who?", said I, "Surely they mean HTC yeah?" Well no, actually the company is called HKC and this is their HKC 1000 series ha...
Thanks to some rather nifty work by the guys at xda-developers.com I've just managed to do something rather special with my HTC Touch Dual. What is it? Well, I've got Google Android working on it. Sure, it's a little hit-and-miss right now and it took...
OK, I've seen quite a bit of buzz about DashWire of late and, after trying it, I'll admit it's richly deserved. This, quite simply, is really, really, really good. Sure, it'll let you backup your phone (texts, photos, videos, voicemail, call logs, pho...
wauwee.com is a new service that'll let you quickly and easily upload and share photos to any social network. Visitors to your photo-widget can message you and respond in real-time to your posts. Sign up here for free and then simply browse to www.wau...
Fancy winning a signed football shirt and ball? Well, head on over here to get your name down. The winner gets a signed Middlesbrough Football Shirt and Ball which, even if you're not a fan of the Boro, will get you a mint on eBay ;) To enter, …
OK, now the other night I was up at 1AM feeding our new baby. I thought I'd just check the time (there's always a lot of checking so you know when the last feed was etc). It was Sunday March 30th at 1AM so the clocks should go …
Whilst our new baby boy sleeps, I'll be attempting to review three handsets. We've got the Glofiish X600 and X800 along with the brand new HTC P3470. These will all certainly be tested thoroughly, especially as I'm currently writing the articles at ve...
After a very long and stressful labour, our first baby was born yesterday at 11.08. He's a gorgeous baby boy, weighing in at 7lb 11oz and we're naming him Billy, after my Dad, who died last year. I'm so unbelievably proud of my wife, Emily, who starte...
You may remember our story on the TAD. It's an accessory that promises easier texting and protection for those long nails, plus you can use your touch-screen phone more precisely without whipping out that stylus. The kind guys at tad-accessories.com s...
Laptop Magazine have had a chat with the CEO of HTC - Peter Chou and, I must admit, it's a very refreshing article. He discusses many topics including the HTC Shift and the Android project, plus he seems to confirm that HTC are building the Sony Erics...
OK, so all your mates have gone out and bought an iPhone. It's great for showing off and the interface works well, but how can you compete? Well, you need a "don't ask who made it" phone called the "Daxian X999", which is also known as the "T32", …
