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Transport for London (TfL) has successfully implemented a new solution from AMT-SYBEX and T-Mobile to improve travel conditions and enforce traffic regulations more effectively on London’s Red Routes. The 580km stretch of red routes have to be kept ...
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 …
You guys can already reply to news stories from this screen or create your own posts in our feedback forum. Now we've added the facility for you guys to reply to our articles too, so you can give us additional information on stories and reviews we've ...
Our download section is crammed full with useful stuff, but please don't forget to upload too! We're looking for WAV or MP3 format ringtones (around 30 seconds), SMS tones, email and alarm tones plus backdrops and videos. To submit you just need to cl...
I've been with Orange for quite a long time and my talk-plan is no longer available. However, I feel I need to change as the 200 minutes and 200 texts I get monthly don't seem much for the £40-£80 I pay. I wanted to do a quick poll …
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...
How would you like to win a huge $500 worth of software for your Windows Mobile device ? You would!? Well, with the help of our friends at Clickgamer you can bag yourself loads of apps and games just by texting a short number. Sure, it'll cost £1.50 …
Mad4MobilePhones have just conducted a survey to find the top 50 mobile phone websites. They began doing their research after China Mobile overtook Vodafone as the biggest mobile phone company in the world last week and there's the obvious variety of ...
No sooner is the handset out and yes, there's an unlocker for it. This time it's the HTC Hermes, aka the Orange SPV M3100, T-Mobile Vario II, Vodafone v1605, etc etc. So, who's responsible for network unlocking this device? Yup, it's imei-check.co.uk ...
You may have noticed a lack of "Fun Time Friday" material today. The reason? Well, I've been keeping my eye on something. To be honest it's distracted me enough to miss the regular Friday video we post. What is it? Well, at around 11.40pm this evening...
Ever had your phone stolen? Did it make you want to scream out loud? Well, soon you will be able to get your phone to do it for you ... from the very pocket of the light fingered dirtbag who stole it from you! According to this story …
Skweezer, which we've raved about previously, have yet again been nominated for a Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine Best Software Award. After becoming a finalist last year they're obviously hoping to beat the NetFront browser this year. Skweezer is a f...
I've been an Orange customer for years, however I must confess that I've not used Orange World much. The last time I used it was to buy one of those "calling tunes" that play to people who ring you. Last night however I was stuck in traffic and, …
Keeping this site updated means I have to visit a lot of tech sites around the globe to keep up with the latest gossip. Yesterdays terror plot seems to have filtered into gadget sites, with many webmasters annoyed at having to pack away their precious...
I've been fiddling around with the feedback forum and added in a new attachment system. This will allow you to add files and pictures to your posts quickly and easily. It's not intended to be a replacement to the downloads system but it will let you u...
Remember those podcast things we used to do ? Well yes, they're back! After what I'm going to call a "summer break" the podcasts have returned to Coolsmartphone.com. A lot has happened since our last podcast on April 27th, but somehow I've managed to ...
Here it is, the Neuros MPEG 4 Recorder. There's a full review of this handy gadget online now and I must confess it's pretty cool. The Neuros MPEG4 Recorder 2 PLUS comes with an SD/MMC/MS slot in addition to the CF and an improved remote-control. Neur...
I'll let you guys into a little secret. Here in the UK there's quite a few mobile phone networks. You've got Orange, T-Mobile, Vodafone, o2, Three and then you've got the likes of Virgin, Fresh etc. I get a bit of contact from T-Mobile, plus Three and...
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 ...
US Mobile network Sprint is to become the second carrier to pick up the Motorola Q handset following its' launch on Verizon. This should be a welcome addition to Sprint, who don't currently offer a lot in the way of Windows Mobile handsets - I could o...
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...
If you're looking for a one-stop news site suitable for your mobile screen then try News4Mobile.com. It's a mobile portal featuring charts of mobile websites listed into categories. You can also use tage or do a search for news plus there's a ranking ...
The Register have an interesting story on some data plan changes at Orange. Following the fantastic unlimited plans by T-Mobile Orange are going to bring in a top price on the Dolphin, Canary, Raccoon and Panther packages to include unlimited calls, t...
Management speak is sometimes confusing. Imagine your boss coming in one day and saying, "Hi guys, we're having a re-alignment of our service strategy". This is what happened in the Orange Call Centre at Peterlee recently. Translated this basically me...
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.. "...
AGH! Right, I've had enough of this. Today has been completely wasted due to spammers. At work I've had a server attacked by a hacker who was trying to bounce requests elsewhere for those fake ebay / paypal login screens, I've come home and had about ...
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...
The guys at Blinkx.com have launched a new site today. SelfcastTV.com allows quick sharing and downloading of mobile videos via MMS. You register then - provided you're in the UK - you just upload your video via MMS and they appear online. The PR guys...
HTC, the company behind the manufacture of the majority of Windows Mobile handsets, have recently started selling their handsets directly via HTC.com. Now they've branched out to making accessories too. These two headsets have just popped onto their s...
Want to keep up with the latest Windows Mobile news and goings-on here at CoolSmartPhone ? Well you may have already heard about these nifty "RSS feeds" which automatically push the latest news down to your favourite news reader or web reader (like Wi...
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...
OK, OK! I've had a whole heap of emails saying, "Your search thing doesn't work on the downloads section". After several hours of drinking and keyboard-bashing I've finally sorted it out but we're always after more stuff to search through so get uploa...
Whilst not really Windows Mobile news this needs covering as it signals a massive change in the way you connect to the internet. UK TV giants Sky are today launching free broadband for all 8 million Sky TV customers. All customers, regardless of packa...
The T-Mobile updates we mentioned at the start of this month have now been officially announced by the guys at T-Mobile. You can use these updates to get instant-email to all of the T-Mobile MDA devices and benefit from the "remote wipe" facility plus...
