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Motorola has announced that the Moto Q is going global. Two handsets are coming - the MOTO Q q9 and MOTO Q gsm. The MOTO Q q9 brings a more powerful specification with Windows Mobile 6, 256Mb of memory and it should be arriving in Q2 of this …
I've just been watching this video comparing an o2 XDA Orbit with the new iPhone from Apple. Whilst the Windows Mobile handset effectively beats the iPhone on features, it worries me that many of the Windows Mobile programs shown aren't part of the or...
If you text a lot or you've got a teenager in the family who does, why not check out this rather excellent deal on Orange Pay As You Go. If you're really quick and fill in this form you can get up to 1000 messages per month and …
Anonymous emails often come may way. A lot of them make claims about new handsets, and I've sat on this one for a couple of days now trying to decide whether to run a story about it. Today though I tried to add ourselves to Google News and …
According to news today it looks like 2007 could see double the amount of GPS enabled equipment being sold compared to last year. During the first nine months of 2006 around 12 million GPS devices were sold, but research firm Canalys reckons 28 millio...
Every now and then we like to bring you a slightly off-topic post which may interest you. Today I spotted this news item about old satellites being re-used for new in-car entertainment systems in Europe.Cast your mind back a few years. Remember when S...
Back in August last year we told you that the HTC Trinity and the HTC Artemis both definitely had GPS on board. Then we found out that the Trinity might not, but then we were told it definitely would have GPS on-board. Confused? Well, we then heard ab...
Keni has once again emailed following my recent rant at the Vodafone UK Press Team whilst trying to get news of the Vodafone v1210 / VDA IV. It turns out that he's got several contacts within Vodafone and they've confirmed to him that this handset sho...
You may remember our our earlier story on a Vodafone handset called the v1210 being released in Portugal. It's now also available in Germany here as the VDA IV. We were first to tell you of this handset along with its 3G capabilities which make it an ...
This is the Vodafone v1210 Smartphone. It's now available on Vodafone Portugal. It comes with 3G capability, 240X320 pixel screen, Bluetooth, MiniSD slot and the usual push email stuff. This is a nice looking Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone with zippy 3...
Here it is, the new Vista phone from Microsoft... Oh.. wait.. Sorry, it's the Apple iPhone. ;) It'll come with just one hardware button, which we presume is the power, and a multi-touch screen. It runs on OS X and there's WiFi 802.11b/g, iTunes syncin...
Meet the izenMobile KSMT, known also as the Glofiish M700. This is possibly the first real shot of the device on the web (larger image and other shots below) and, along with the izenMobile KRMA, they are shortly to be available from the San Diego-base...
Whilst it might not be totally useful in our current dark and wet weather here in the UK, this mini Solar Bluetooth GPS receiver might be just the ticket for those who are fed up with having to recharge their receiver constantly. Selling for around $8...
Sprint are to release the Motorola Q (or "Moto Q") later this month in Sprint business sales channels and online at Spint.com with a full availability across Sprint stores and other online channels in mid-February. The slim, sexy Moto Q not only gives...
After consuming mountains of food over Christmas and New Year you're probably now looking for a way to get fit. Sure, you could sit at home and watch those "keep fit videos" your wife found in your drawer, or you could go outside into the big wide wor...
We get LOTS of emails daily which recommend websites. Usually we bin them, especially those wanting to extend bits of your anatomy, however PPCVidz.com looks pretty cool. It contains both streaming and downloadable videos which have been specifically ...
A story in The Guardian suggests that Orange are working with Google on a "Google Phone" allowing web searching and browsing on the move. The multi billion dollar partnership would also involve HTC, who are already well known to Orange for making devi...
You've heard of "Pimp My Ride", well - how about trying "Pimp My Mobile". Rey Flores certainly has, he's added some serious styling to his phones thanks to the rather excellent Kei Stylist. His Windows Mobile handsets have been given the "bling" treat...
The guys at software shop Pocketland.net have a rather interesting new product on their books - it's a Marziphone! Yup, it's mobile and edible ! This is better than any Chocolate phone - 100 grams of pure marzipan from Lübeck marzipan maker J.G. Nied...
I get lots of emails here at CoolSmartPhone. I'm quite glad they're not "real" at times because the postman would have a bad back and I'd probably be swimming in junkmail. Anyhow, I'm saying this because I forgot to mention the competition currently u...
Last week we started getting all festive and ran a competition in association with ClickGamer to give away one of three Audio X FM Transmitters. These natty devices let you broadcast your mobile MP3's onto any FM radio so you can bop along as you driv...
I love Firebox.com - it's a great place for getting Christmas gifts. Right now they have these rather cool glasses that show your favourite film on miniture TFT screens. It's apparently like watching a 50" screen from a distance of 8.5ft and it comes ...
When we first mentioned TinyTube.net - a mobile version of YouTube - we loved it. We were slightly worried though. TinyTube.net takes YouTube videos and converts them into a mobile-viewable format. But what would YouTube.com think of their service? Wi...
Here in the UK we've got a fairly unique setup with TV and radio. There's a huge amount of commercial TV and radio stations but, if you have a TV or radio you have to buy a TV / Radio licence. The money from this goes to fund …
You're looking at the new o2 XDA Apollo. It's made by Quanta Computer and has just received approval from the FCC. Shown in both black and white it comes with stereo speakers and a familiar mini Pocket PC design. The Apollo comes with a 2 Megapixel ca...
Americans are at last getting a decent range of Windows mobile phones. The Cingular 8525 is now available across the USA. We've already reviewed the UK versions such as the Orange SPV M3100 and the T-Mobile MDA Vario II and we were pretty impressed. Y...
If you've got a mobile which is crammed full of MP3's you'll no doubt want to listen them on the move. The excellent Audia X Transmitter will let you do this by broadcasting the output of your device onto an FM frequency of your choice. A few people …
The Cingular Blackjack i607 is now available over in the USA. If you're looking to purchase this device then we've got some excellent deals - how about getting it for a mere $49.99?! Interested? Just click here and enter your zip code for availabilit...
You may remember our review of the Audia X Radio Transmitter. Plug it into your phone and it'll broadcast your MP3's to your car radio. It's a cheap and effective way of listening to the music collection on your phone whilst driving. However, after we...
I've just stumbled across a pretty useful site for any of you looking to convert video clips. Usually, if you've recorded a video on your phone it'll be in 3GP format or similar. Converting this to AVI or MOV etc can be tricky and may involve lots of …
TinyTube.net continues to get better and better. They've now made it even easier to find, send and watch your fave YouTube videos on your mobile. Take, for example, this YouTube video. Notice the URL - it's http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCLYGoM1GrU. ...
Orange Romania have launched the SIM+ card alongside this - the Orange SPV C100 handset. The Windows Mobile 5.0 powered Smartphone has a 1.3 Megapixel camera, MicroSD slot, GPRS/EDGE, Bluetooth, IR and a lower-than-normal 176x220 resolution screen. Th...
I have several "industry" newspapers and magazines delivered weekly for both my work and website activities. One article that caught my interest recently is this Mobility Today interview with T-Mobile manager Jay Saw. The whole mobile picture is shift...
Remember that T-Mobile MDA Compact III we mentioned a couple of days back? Well, it vanished from their site shortly after we ran that story. Worry not though, because it's back. Have any of you managed to get one? If so, let us know in the feedback f...
How fast is your texting? Quick? Well, I doubt it'll compare with Ang Chuang Yang, a student from Singapore. He managed to type a 160 character message reading.. "The razor-toothed piranhas of the genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus are the most feroci...
YouTube. Let's face it, you've all heard of it. Unless you've been living under a rock on the moon then you'll no doubt have watched a video on YouTube at some point. It's great, but when you want to watch your favourite video on your phone, the wheel...
Some questions get asked a lot here at CoolSmartphone. One in particular gets asked almost every day, "How do I use two SIM cards in one phone". You may have seen some batteries for handsets made by Nokia which include a second slot for adding that ex...
Some Motorola Q news now - meet the Motorola Q Norman. Yes. Norman. Possibly the stangest name for a phone ever, this is a restyled Motorola Q with a new keyboard with larger, flatter keys plus some new shortcut buttons. But wait.. the front of the ha...
Pantech have just signed a deal with Orange to supply 3G handsets in France. Although this, the U4000, is not a Windows Mobile handset, it does mean that Pantech will now become an official supplier of handsets to Orange. Regular readers may remember ...
The Cingular 8525 has been officially announced today. It's to become the first UMTS/HSPDA-enabled Pocket PC phone in the USA and will operate on Cingulars' BroadbandConnect network giving average download speeds between 400-700Kbps. Powered by Window...
