Category: General
A list of rumours heard this weekend... T-Mobile UK say, "SDA? Nah, that's not gonna be released in the UK. Neither is the MDA range" AT&T Wireless in the States say, "We've got an SPV C500 ready to roll too, except we're gonna call it the Audiovox ...
The lads at Microsoft tend to get the latest devices before anyone else - mainly of course because they're the ones doing the "insides" of the phone. Ori Amiga shows off the Motorola MPx200 (ok, that's not quite new), the Motorola MPx220 and the T-Mo...
VNUNet.com have reviewed the Orange SPV C500. VNUNet.com take a more business-centric view of the C500 and therefore test it against company needs and wants. I have to disagree with some of it, as most tasks and criticisms could be solved by using Re...
Both Orange and Vodaphone appear to be holding off a massive sales push on 3G handsets. Both networks are in the midst of rolling out their 3G networks and getting them tested and fully working. Source - MobileToday.co.uk
Are you holding back buying a Windows Mobile phone because of your network? If you're a T-Mobile customer and don't wanna switch then the SDA is your solution. Based on the same internal guts of the SPV C500, the SDA instead has a joystick control and...
MSMobiles.com are reporting today that the Samsung SPH-i600 is now coming to the US Mobile network Sprint. Until now the only major networks in the US selling Windows Mobile phones were Verizon (Samsung i600) and AT&T Wireless (Motorola MPx200). Spri...
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I've always respected Guy Kewney - he's well known in the Smartphone world, writing stories for several websites, newpapers, IT rags and newfeeds all around the web. However, there's still yet another Microsoft attack in his latest coverage of the Ora...
According to those drunks ( only joking Paul ;) ) at MoDaCo.com the T-Mobile SDA is set to appear here in the UK next month. The T-Mobile handset has the same insides as the Orange SPV C500, but comes with a different outer shell, added T-Mobile butt...
Infosync.no have now reviewed the C500 from Orange. They gave it 7 out of 10, which isn't too bad considering the amount of handsets they've reviewed previously. It got marked down on the thumbpad, camera quality and the fact that it has a miniSD card...
DrinkDrinkDrinkDrink... Where the hell did THAT weekend go eh ? It's 10.30PM on Sunday, yet 5 minutes ago I was leaving work on Friday. What happened? Lager happened my friends - and lets NOT pretend it's big or clever to drink for 14 hours.. 'cus it'...
Courtesy of MobileJoe.de come the T-Mobile SDA Quick Start Guide and the T-Mobile SDA Manual. You can find them both in our downloads section, after logging in, here. It's a very well written, descriptive manual with pretty much everything you'll need...
It would appear that the worst kind of spam, the spam that we HATE the most, is SMS-Spam. I'm sure you all know the kind. It doesn't matter how careful you think you're being, you seem to get it. Have you called up for a competition recently on …
Over in France Orange are holding a Code Camp, where all types of mobile-coders (those dudes who make Java / non Java games and apps for your mobile phone) learn about what they can and can't do. You may have noticed that the dudes at MSMobileNews.com...
Here it is, in use, in it's box and ready to go. The T-Mobile SDA is shown at here at MobileJoe.de because Joe has got one! This T-Mobile handset is the "one without the music buttons" and is aimed at the business / smart user. It has email …
We hate talking about it 'cus it damages the excellent deals you guys get on phones. Why? Well, the networks tie you into a contract because it takes them the contract length (usually a year) to get some money out of you to pay for the handset. The …
We've been given the great honour of being the best web site about Microsoft Smartphones, which was featured here at MSMobiles.com. Also at MSMobiles here is news which confirms o2's intention to release the Windows Mobile-powered Motorola MPx220. Th...
That bloody Lutzh bloke gets pretty much every Windows Mobile handset under the sun. Here he is again with yet another exclusive - the first ever video of the T-Mobile SDA handset, coming soon all over your ass on T-Mobile (naturally). "Coming soon a...
Courtesy of my German drinking buddy (Joe) at MobileJoe.de and the guys at Smartphone-web.com come these shots of the T-Mobile SDA Music! This has now been announced here by T-Mobile. This new handset is more geared towards the teen / home user and tu...
The T-Mobile SDA (a tweaked version of the SPV C500 with different case and button configuration) is due to arrive shortly. The Phone Network has some mega-high quality pics of this handset here. You can clearly see the "T-Zones" button that we menti...
Unbelievably, over the weekend, the amount of people registered here at CoolSmartPhone.com hit an amazing 100 thousand. Good gawd.. I'm just blown away! CoolSmartPhone.com is two and a half years old now and I am still shocked daily at the size it's g...
Yes, we've mentioned this funky virtual keyboard before, but still no accessory dealer has sent us a free one... :) :) :) so we're gonna mention it again.. :) Nah, I'm only joking - I forgot to mention (thanks to Milo for the tip) that you can purch...
There were rumours that the T-Mobile SDA, which is a tweaked version of the Orange SPV C500, was NOT coming to the UK. However, it appears that (as we mentioned in this earlier article), T-Mobile are really behind this handset and have great plans to ...
The C500 is cropping up everywhere at the minute, so it's good to see that our friends at SmartPhoneAddOns.com are starting to sell various SPV C500 accesssories here. One that caught my eye was this Krussel case. Krussel have a good name in top-qual...
Remember how I said we had big news? Well - here it is, the T-Mobile SDA. What a great few weeks it's been for the Microsoft Smartphone! A tweaked version of the HTC Typhoon (the Orange SPV C500), known as the HTC Feeler appeared, as did the innovativ...
The UK has now got its first "Push To Talk" service, courtesy of Orange. Although at present it's only available on the Treo 600 handset, it's a great new service which will be rolled out to other handsets soon (no news on Windows Mobile ones though)....
We've reached a little landmark today folks. This article is the 1000th news item we've posted... ... ish. I say "ish" 'cus there were quite a few other items posted on the old version of the site here (oooo - Frontpage-tastic!). This is the 1001st p...
There's some great news around today, including this PPCW.net article which confirms O2's intention to launch the Motorola MPx220 handset. We're also getting news that MPx220's are arriving in AT&T Wireless distribution centres and will be made avail...
Over at MSMobiles.com they're reporting on the Smartphone-web.com article which tells of the worldwide availablility of the Orange SPV C500 for development - it's going to cost about 253 quid, which is 374 Euro.Strangely Jacek @ MSMobiles claims in hi...
This time last week you may have been forgiven for thinking that there weren't that many models of Windows Mobile handsets out there. Just a week ago we only knew that the Orange SPV C500 was hitting a high-street near you pretty soon. The Motorola MP...
Hey everybody! Just got a Silicon Power 1 Gig SD card for use with my O2 Xphone, and guess what? It works like a charm - no problems, no hiccups, no nothing! Just wanted to share my findings. Maybe it will be useful for those with the same …
I've been in PHP / MySQL hell over the past few days (it'll never catch on, I tell ya), so it's good that Tam Darcy emailed in to distract me. My spies are already telling me that there's a LOT more Orange C500 handsets about now and bigger …
Following on from this earlier story, I've finally got my arse into gear and completely fixed the CoolSmartPhone.com XML News Feed. You may remember me saying, "I'll get that fixed in a bit", way back in 2002. Well, now it is - and I've sorted it so i...
The Sun newspaper is a UK tabloid and it regularly brings us some hard-hitting stories such as Cleavage Week or some crazy people bringing up dolls as their own children. Today they've got a review of the Windows Mobile powered MiTAC Mio 8390 here. Al...
Contrary to reports at MSMobiles.com The MPx220 is not being dismissed as a possible handset by Orange. You can read this MoDaCo.com thread about the whole deal. This was reported earlier (that it had been dropped by Orange) on other websites.
You may have heard about the TCL e777 - well, Phonemag and Mr MSMobiles.com have spotted that TCL's upcoming e777 Windows Mobile Smartphone is now being shown around in China. It's got a rotating megapixel camera but alas no bluetooth. It's a dual-ban...
Back in November 2002, when I started this site - I promised that I'd get the news feed working. However, I never did. Yes, it's taken me almost 2 years to get around to fixing this ! :) The XML feed can be viewed in an RSS Reader …
There's a hunt on across the UK for the Orange SPV C500. It appears that the best place to get them at the moment is in Orange Direct Shops, which you'll find on any high street. To find your local shop and bag an Orange SPV C500, just …
Mitesh Patel emailed in about the infamous hi-tech keyboard that projects a full QWERTY keyboard on any flat surface. It's nice, and we'd like to see if this would work on the Smartphone with appropriate drivers.. :) It's been much talked about for a ...
According to this Digitimes article, the MPx220 is still on its way. In Tokyo the new range of Motorola Smartphones were shown to reporters. It included a couple of Linux based smartphones (the A768i and A780) and one Windows-based one.. the Motorola ...
