Category: General
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...
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...
The guys at SwiftScripts.co.uk have blessed us with the "website of the week" award. Their site, which houses lots of useful PHP, CGI and Perl scripts, gave us a stonking 8/10 for the service we provide. It's not all good news though, apparently we on...
The MoDaCo summer event kicks off this Saturday. If you're planning to attend then there's the usual food, raffle, pub quiz and beer plus goodie bag. Held at the Orange offices at The Point in London Paddington (shown right) between 12 noon and around...
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 recall I mentioned the problems we're having with Google. It turns out that it's not just us - there's posts from annoyed webmasters on forums across the web and I've found some huge problems with the results it's giving. Something is seriousl...
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 ...
I'm sitting out in the garden watching the England match right now. Vista has finally allowed me to write a few quick stories which we've missed out whilst I was on my honeymoon. First up a quick note about SmartPhoneHistory.com, a site made by Ashley...
I'm always a bit sceptical about free text messaging services. Usually your number gets sold to some random company or the person you're sending to gets spam texts shortly after. Sure, you could say, "You don't get something for nothing" but heck it's...
Orange UK announced their "Orange Mail" solution today across their Signature Device range. It's designed for companies that have their own email server and is a fully featured ‘push-email’ service combining real-time email delivery with the abili...
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...
UK 3G network "3" have announced that they are to carry the HTC Universal - AKA the Orange SPV M5000, o2 XDA Exec, T-Mobile MDA Pro etc. However, it doesn't look like 3 will put it under their brand and will sell it as the QTek 9000. Their …
Morning all! Yes I'm back from honeymoon and service will be restored shortly. Our wedding day was incredibly hot and everything went perfectly. Many thanks for all your kind words, we really couldn't have wished for a better day. The honeymoon was fa...
We're getting married tomorrow, so it's a complete mad house around here. This is probably going to be my last post until late June when we return. Many thanks to everyone who has sent in their best wishes, it's very much appreciated. We seem to have ...
I'm very happy to say that CoolSmartPhone.com is now available through Sky TV's new internet portal which you can access from any Sky box. To find us, simply follow these steps.... 1) Press the "Interactive" button on your remote and select "SkyKey...
A quick notice for members and visitors of CoolSmartPhone. This coming Saturday, June 10th 2006, I'll be getting married to my gorgeous girlfriend Emily. We've been together now for about 8 years and I've finally managed to drag her down the aisle. :)...
Paul at MoDaCo has pointed me at this post which details a way to make free cash. Yes, I know - normally people turn off right now due to the sheer amount of "free cash" offers piling into inboxes daily, however this is simply a reward for putting …
Here in the UK they're trialling TV-over-DAB. Currently DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) is becoming widespread with increased quality and choice, however a new L-Band spectrum should allow relatively cheap mobile TV and multimedia applications alongs...
I spoke about this MP3 player / SD card reader thingy a few days ago. I was intrigued as to what it was like, so I ordered one, played with it and there's a review online here. Oh, and if you're hungry for some storage capacity, how about …
With phones getting better and better cameras it's no great surprise to see this BBC news story into a study on mobile phone use. It found that 44% of people already use their phone as their main camera. It also points out some interesting facts on MP...
In 2004 network operator Orange launched it's "Code Camp" to help bring the developer community closer. Now, two years on Orange have grown into an internet provider, mobile network and business solutions supplier. The Camp has grown too - it's now kn...
Right - a quick bit of news for you file-hungry visitors. I've re-added a new and improved section to show the most recent submissions to the CoolSmartPhone downloads area and the top 100 downloads too. I say "improved" because you guys have been aski...
Orange today announced another collosal change in the way people get mobile, fixed-line and broadband services. Binning the "Wanadoo" brand they're now giving free high speed internet access to UK customers who, like me, spend at least £30 a month on...
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...
I stumbled across this device at Savastore.com whilst looking for an SD card reader recently. Not only is it an SD/MMC reader (or miniSD reader if you use an SD card adapter that usually comes with the miniSD cards), but it's also an MP3 player too. T...
A bad day today for Vodafone, who racked up the largest ever loss in British corporate history. A loss of bearly £14.9 billion ($27.9 billion) was incurred after the company wrote off £23.5 billion of the value of overseas businesses. They also plan...
We've already mentioned the Slingbox a few times. It's simply a widget that sits on your TV and lets you control and watch your TV, PVR and DVD recorder from any internet connection. You can use your Windows Mobile device to connect in via WiFi or 3G ...
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 …
OK, it's come to my attention that a few of you are having issues logging into us. What should happen is that the site will detect your previous log-in and welcome you by saying, "Hello (username)!" at the top (if you've chosen "remember me"). A few o...
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...
In AOL-land they love to use "keywords". For example, if you enter "grammy awards" you'll get the official Grammy Awards site if you're an AOL member and nothing else. Yubnub.org seeks to do something similar and, by using their site and entering a "c...
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 …
I spent part of last week with Orange and I've learned a surprising amount about what they do and some services I wasn't even aware of. First up was Orange Photography which is a fantastically easy way to set up an online gallery of pictures for eithe...
You may remember the TechFaith Wireless handsets we featured back in April. It now appears that TechFaith are tightening their ties with Microsoft by signing an agreement to work closely with sales, marketing and technology. Using the Windows Mobile a...
TV giants Sky are to trial the MediaFLO Technology from Qualcomm. They're going to be testing the FLOTM technology, which is a wireless multicasting technology allowing delivery of video services to mobile devices in the United Kingdom. This, along wi...
Three, the 3G network here in the UK, have announced that they're switching their 2G-failover partner to Orange. Customers of Three have previously switched back to an o2-operated service when out of 3G range, however Orange will now be taking on the ...
A huge creamy dollop of news today now I'm back in sunny England. First up is news of a HSPDA data card from T-Mobile. Yes, another acronym for you guys - HSPDA is basically 3G on steroids - more speed and a reduction in latency. You can read …
You may have noticed a distinct lack of news so far this week. I'm actually out in Florida with Orange - one of the world's leading mobile operators. They're holding the Orange Partner Camp as part of their Partner programme which provides a fast star...
