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Nah, I'm not previewing it (like I'd be THAT lucky!), but we have an article from WorldOfPPC.com here. It's all in German, so there's a Babelfish translation here for you. The review and some other reports state that the MPx220 will be available in T...
My bruv asked me what phone was best to upgrade to - naturally I said the E200, as he wants one NOW and doesn't want to wait. However, he's been to around 10 mobile phone shops and couldn't get one. In fact, in order to upgrade for free …
Ohh the Motorola MPx220.. We're being toyed with. Everyone seems to have it apart from us.. boo hoo! :) This time, there's yet another video of the MPx220, this time with Lutzh in a cap doing a weird web-cam fondling session... uuuuggghhhh... we feel ...
First up, I gotta say thanks to the ... 18 people who've contributed (see this earlier story) to the up-keep of the site. It means a LOT, and I hope that a couple more of you good peeps could do the same :)Anyway, enough of my grovelling.. The …
I thought I'd mention this handset. It runs on the Smartphone OS, but with it's own front-end. It's a little like the Neonode in the sense that it isn't running Windows Mobile 2003, it's just based on the the back-end workings of it. The handset look...
I'm back in England and at the moment I'm testing out the recently re-launched Fosters Export. Now, as you know, there's lots of rumours about the new handsets coming out soon which run the Windows Mobile operating system which is found in the existin...
Ermm.. woo! At last! Err.. the Windows Mobile 2003 OS is now available here. You need to do a bit of twiddling to get it working, depending which language you want. Get more info or the image itself here at msmobiles.com. Don't forget that if you do g...
We likes Orange we does. They're bloody good. They brought us the Smartphone (with a bit of help from Microsoft) and we like the lady on the answer phone. She's nice. So, you know that there's only one 3G network here in the UK ? They call themselves...
It looks like the Amena and Microsoft have joined together to launch a Smartphone in Spain. It appears that the MPx200 will be launched first, along with the Pocket PC XDA II. Details are sketchy at present as I only have Babelfish (Altavista) transl...
I know a lot of you have heard about msmobiles.com and the various things that have been said in the past. However, it's hard to deny that they're are always incredibly fast with the latest news and goings-on where the Windows Mobile platform is conce...
Motorola are on a roll at the minute. The excellent MPx100 and the MPx220 handset, both powered by Windows Mobile, plus the Pocket PC MPx are all ready to rock 'n roll. These devices join the much raved-about MPx200 handset which many people have alre...
Absolute, concrete, solid, 100%, definite PROOF that the MPx220 exists is now available here at Motorola.com. It's now officially announced on their website, so it's all go ! Official pictures are now available here and the announcement comes on the ...
Blimey - some good and rather bad news today. Whaddya want first ? Well, lets do the good news eh? It seems that there's a distinct possibility of a fierce price war on SMS (text) messages here in the UK soon, following a similar battle in the Netherl...
I spotted This Belkin Tunecast II Mobile Transmitter at Pocket PC Thoughts. It's $49.95 from the States - that's roughly £27. It may be worth your while considering buying from the US - it's amazing how strong the Pound is against the US Dollar at ...
You know the story by now... if you don't, read this news item. I'm hoping, and this is just me being optimistic - I haven't heard any "special rumours" or anything! :) After reading this MSMobiles.com story, I'm going to place (quick furk in pockets...
Ok, so you've heard of Skype yeah? This free software allows you to make phone calls across the internet for free to other Skype users. Brilliant, but it's always been an underground-app because you have to ensure that the other person is online and r...
Both The Register and EnGadget.com are reporting that the infamous N1 handset (pictured) is finally shipping... a .. test.. .. unit... for ..... errmm.....some.... pre-order........ customers..... Oh dear, poor Neonode. This teeny-weeny handset has b...
Right. I've had enough. It's 5.30pm, and even though I've now completely sobered up I still think this is a good idea.The MPx220. Where the chuff is it ? Come on Moto, Orange, AT&T or whoever. We've got the leaked announcments, the leaflets and ev...
Over at Mobile Gadget News there's rumours of release dates for the MPx220 handset (while we're on this, I'm hearing that the MPx220 may make an appearance at around the same time as the C500 here in the UK still). Anyways, they've spotted that Mark M...
MSMobiles.com has news of a preview of the new Orange SPV C500 handset over here at PocketPC.ch. ALthough not in my native language it does carry some new pictures of the C500, including this shot of the mini-USB plug and the bluetooth in action. Ch...
It's been rumoured, discussed, filmed and we've had leaked announcments. Now we've got a "MotoNext" leaflet with it splashed all over. The MPx220 will have a flash, a very hi-res (1.2 MegaPixel) camera, bluetooth, infra-red, polyphonic ringtones, java...
Many recent articles appeared to regurgitate old news about the TCL OCO1 Smartphone, as mentioned ealier this week. However, TCL Mobile said that these news items were just plain "wrong." Although the OCO1 Windows-Powered Smartphone is on the way, it ...
The SPV C500 was featured on ZDNet.co.uk about a week ago, but I've only just got around to reading it. Apart from the basic specs, most of the detail is a bit wrong - including this amazing sentence... "The operating system is Windows Mobile 2003 Se...
Over in Tenerife, Paul from MoDaCo.com is busy getting drunk and topping up his tan. However - he's still managed to post about the SPV C500, which will be running at a very slick 200Mhz. The C500 will be on the Orange network next month with any luc...
TCL Corporation have, according to this Inquirer.net article, announced the launch of their first Windows Mobile 2003 Smartphone. Named the OCO1, it will include an integrated camera, a 262,000 colour display and another 4000 sub-display. It'll have 3...
WOah! Before you start washing your phone with soap and water, then treating it to an early night tucked up in bed - the virus seems to only be affecting Symbian Smartphones, and the virus itself is a bit crap too. ZDNet.co.uk have the story, and sta...
Vodaphone have conducted research which shows that eight out of ten British business people are armed with Mobile devices or laptops. In this Register article there's a clear sign that being able to work anywhere is an ever growing necessity for busi...
Orange are now offering the fantastic MPx200 handset on UPGRADE for absolutely nothing. So, if you haven't got a Windows-Powered Smartphone, now is your chance to get one for nothing. Just give Orange a buzz or click here to upgrade for nothing.
Some good and bad reviews around the net today. The i-Mate Smartphone 2 (it's a rebranded E200) is making its long-awaited debut in New Zealand and is met with quite a good review in the New Zealand Herald here, however the Samsung i600 got slated in ...
Finally we have an early "official" announcement from Motorola about the MPx220. MSMobiles has the latest news release from Moto, which can be read here. We haven't seen anything from Moto themselves, but this is apparently direct from a release. It ...
Sierra Wireless Voq Professional Phone™ wins Excellence in Product Innovation Award British Columbia Technology Industries Association gives the 2004 award for superior innovation to the Voq Professional Phone at annual industry gala Vancouver, B.C....
Right, I've had 8 bottles of Grolsch now - it's all going a bit misty. However, I think I'd better mention that Mobile-Review have a review which includes a comparison of the MPx220 and the MPx200. Size-wise it's a tad taller than the MPx200 - but, f...
Ok, so that's not quite right. Neil Enns (Lead Program Manager, Mobile Devices at Microsoft) talks about what makes the Smartphone cool in this MS Channel 9 video.. Bagh - to think I gave him $20 to mention CoolSmartPhone in one of his videos. Damn!!!...
Over at the new mpx200.cjb.net is an interesting 27Mb operating system image and auto-loader for the Motorola MPx200. mpx200.cjb.net quotes it as..... "Removing all signs of AT&T / Orange off of the phone and add features such as a great image viewer...
It looks like this Autumn is going to be filled with Windows Mobile handsets. The MPx100, the C500 and the MPx220, which can now be seen in this review here. There's pictures galore in the MobilMania.cz article, including original computer graphics an...
MoDaCo.com have managed to get their hands on this 11Mb video of the Motorola MPx220 in action. UPDATE - The animation is a rather large Macromedia Flash movie, which should run fine on any browser, however if you're having problems you can download...
MSMobiles.com has picked up a story from PocketPC.ch regarding two new ROM upgrades for the various flavours of HTC Voyager (ala the E200) Mobistar, Belgium are providing an update here and so are Qtek over here. Remember it's sooooooooo not a good i...
It looks more likely that both the SPV C500 and the Motorola MPx220 are to launch in July. These details have just been forwarded to me... SPV C500Java Midp 2.0GPRS (Class 10)WapInfra RedPolyphonic RingtonesFM RadioMP3 Motorola MPX220GPRS (C...
It's not often - if ever - that I post news about stuff that's not related to the MS Smartphone, but after seeing that Gary at GadgetAddict.com has taken ownership of his OQO, I think it's well worth a mention. What is the OQO ? Well, it's a …
We've mentioned this before after seeing it on MoDaCo.com, however - it may be worth noting that now we've got our grubby mitts on a full-sized picture too, we can see that it's running a Pocket PC version on Windows Mobile. Intentional ? Could just b...
