Category: General

Did I forget to mention?

Here's a nice rosy red Mitac Mio 8390, taken from Mobile01.com during their coverage of the launch party. It wasn't the handset that caught my eye (although it does look nice), but the women - as MSMobiles.com has already spotted. Although CoolSmartP...

MPx300 – Real life pic!

I can't claim credit for this one (or any pictures to date, as they were all sent to my email address by invalid email addresses) - this picture comes from the guys at PocketPCItalia.com and shows what appears to be a test device in action! You can re...

MPx300 Keyboard

Barry from PocketPCTools.com has spotted our earlier pictures of the MPx300 here and

My request

So - the MPx220 comes apparently with a 1.3 Megapixel camera (see our news item here) and Advanced messaging with POP3, MulitMedia Messaging Service (MMS)! However.... My MPx200 comes with an MMS client from http://www.jataayusoft.com. It doesn't ...

This will blow you away!

We're on a roll today (as you will have no doubt seen by the fact that the server has fell over about 5 times before NetCentral sorted out our hosting !) This, my friends, is the Motorola MPx220 notifiying the user of an incoming call. It should be …

Moto Special – More pics of the MPx220

Yes, we've got them - lots and lots of pictures of the Motorola MPx220. Check them out by clicking "click for more" below. We can see the "Dynamic" range in the pictures below too, which include metallic silver designed handsets.

Moto special ! More on the MPx300!

Here's another shot of the Motorola MPx300, complete with stylus and Windows Mobile 2003 onboard. We expect to see a silver "Dynamic" range of MPx's too, which will be silver like this one here. This handset is set to hit the Pocket PC Phone market so...

MPx220 – FULL(ish) specs!

Features MotoPro Innovation Platform : • Microsoft Windows Mobile Smartphone 2003 operating system allows compatibility with all Windows Mobile Smartphone applications • Designed for easy one-handed use • Global Quad-Band Performance • Integra...

Moto rumours..

More gossip is trickling through to me about the much-talked-about Motorola MPx range, which is due to take the Smartphone world by storm. Motorola are still keeping quiet on the MPx range, apart from the MPx200 - which is selling like lager. They fla...

Software Apps on Voq

  Sierra Wireless Brings Industry Leading Software Applications to the New Voq™ Professional PhoneJava support, voice dialing, multimedia messaging, and predictive text entry delivers functionality and features that help make the Voq p...

World exclusive MPx shots!

Hof off the presses are these very hush-hush shots of the Motorola MPx range, due to be released soon. These have been sent in anonymously and show more of the MPx220, plus the MPx300 - which we haven't seen much of at all ! You know where you …

That didn’t work!

As you may have seen throughout today, I have been testing out the whizzy new coolsmartphone.com site. This comes with a new backend, which means you DON'T have to log in each time! However, there was one tiny thing I couldn't test.... and that was th...

PDABuyers love the MPx200!

Yes, PDABuyersGuide.com has echoed many others in stating that the Motorola MPx200 is, "This long awaited Smartphone running Microsoft Windows Mobile Smartphone 2002 hits the mark with its easy desktop syncing, full PIM software bundle and rich multim...

Voda say no to AT&T

Sky News report on the auction for AT&T Wireless in the States. Vodaphone has pulled out of the running, leaving Cingular Wireless as the remaining favourite.

Aye up! It’s the MPx220!

MoDaCo.com - the MS Smartphone forum - have this Flash movie of the MPx220 (you need to be a MoDaCo.com member to view it). As we've seen here it's following similar design lines to the MPx200. The camera with flash is on the front, as is the trendy …

MPx220 Specs online

The hotly anticipated Motorola MPx220 specifications have been translated and published here at MTekk.com.au. It features .. well, pretty much everything you'd expect from an MS Smartphone! Things to note are "Bluetooth" (hurray) and the integrated ca...

G’day Moto!

MTekk.com.au reports on the Ozzie debut of the Motorola MPx200 (see the Moto Australia website here for more info). Although there's no definite network provider yet, it's great to see this excellent Microsoft Smartphone becoming more wide spread. It'...

Working together!

SmartPhoneCinema.co.uk and YourSmartPhoneShop.com are now working together to make the worlds biggest collection of Smartphone videos. Brian and Bobby are hoping that the new www.smartphonevideo.com is going to be a massive success. They have loads of...

Smartphone2000.com Competition!

With over 2 million hits in a mere 9 months, huuuuge Smartphone-viewable website SmartPhone2000.com (which can be viewed on any browser too!) has a competition for you lucky lot. SmartPhone2000.com has had a major revamp and always has the latest sof...

Motorola Communicator

Rumours are swirling about the new Motorola A630 Communicator, which has already been seen out on Idnes.cz and Cellulari.it. The handset, which resembles the Nokia Communicator, is a nice looking device. But the rumours? Well, apparently at the heart...

MPx200 Supply Dry ?

A few emails this week regarding the MPx200. Apparently people are having problems getting hold of this excellent MS Smartphone. Excuses by shops range from simply having none to "faults". Even the Orange Shop Online doesn't have any. So what's happen...

Will CeBIT C MS Hansets?

Speculation is growing that CeBIT in Hannover, Germany, will see a large range of new handsets being announced. Already Motorola have released several new handsets and it's expected that other makers - such as Philips, Panasonic and Sagem - will be ma...

Norwegian Smartphone Site

News about the MS Smartphone has been a bit quiet this week. In fact, you could say that it was about as non-existant as those famous "weapons of mass destruction" (oh, political, political - I promise not to mention the glaring lack of evidence, but ...

Mobile Handset Sales increase

2003 showed a huge growth in the amount of mobile phones sold. Market viewers IDC reckon that 533.4 million handsets were bought last year, which is an increase of 23.3 per cent from 2002. Smartphones, although not necessarily MS-based, had the stron...

Newbie MVP’s

MVP's are awarded recognition from Microsoft for "spreading the word" about Microsoft products, plus helping the community. I've been proud to be amongst this gang, and now it's expanding even further. You can see a list of the newbies here at MSMobil...

Voq your body

The Voq MS Smartphone, which was announced some time back in Canada by Sierra, has recently appeared on the FCC website. However, the dodgey 1980's style keyboard (it looked like part of an old getto-blaster) has now been ditched in favour of some cus...

Another MVP

For our German-speaking friends you may be aware of a top MS Smartphone fansite called MobileJoe.de. Well, Joe (the webmaster of MobileJoe) informed me about a week back about his rise to MVP status, and has recently told the world on his forum here (...

Mail mail mail…

Well, I'm back and currently in the middle of downloading several thousand emails. To make things worse, about 99% of them are virused emails - which I presume is this "MyDoom" email virus that I've heard about. In fact, even since my last mail collec...

On my way back!

Well, here in Antigua the sun is blazing and the sea is warm.. but - I have to return sometime! Yes, I'm coming back to a very very snowy England tomorrow morning. :) I'm just gonna have a few more bottles of Carib, then it's time to hit …

Another MPx220 pic?

msmobiles.com reports today on a story from mobile-review.com. There is doubt about the authenticity of this photo, although it's similar to the earlier one we saw. To be brutally honest we don't know. If it looks like this, then great, but it is earl...

Orange Unlock moves!

Chris Pendlebury has emailed about the Orange Developers site. It's undergone a massive overhaul. Brilliant, good stuff.. But .. where .. where has the Over-The-Air Application Unlock gone ? Well, thanks to jonnybarf at Modaco for finding it again - it can now be found here. Ohh .. …

The MPx220 in the flesh!!?!

There's been a lot of talk about the Motorola MPx220. This will be the next handset (hopefully) from Motorola featuring the Windows Mobile / MS Smartphone operating system. After the phenomenal success of the Motorola MPx200, which is completely free ...

A New Smartphone ?

Could this be the new handset from ICT Technologies and EurophoneUSA? Well, we're not sure, but it sounds bloody good. Called the SG 4000, Joshua Shainberg (head honcho of ICT Technologies) says, "It shall be perfect for people who want more features ...

New Smartphone site

ChrisJM has emailed me about SmartPhoneStuff.co.uk, which has just been launched. You'll find news, reviews, downloads and... ermm.. everything you'll find here basically.. wait up ! They're in direct competition with me and I'm plugging them! What am...

MPx200 Camera

Hey all just found the MPx200 plug-in camera on a website in the U.K and it is selling for a mere £61.95! Go here to check it out and other cool stuff : http://www.mobilefun.co.uk Thanks all Segie

Another competition!

Yet another chance to win, this time over at new-boys MSMobileNews.com, they've got a spanking new Motorola MPx200 up for grabs, amongst several other things too! (Like StarBlaster, Outlook Task Manager+, SmartPong, Crazy Bubbles, eWallet, ListPro, Ru...

The Sendo Z100

I had an interesting email the other day. It was only a one line email. It said, "Hi, I just bought Sendo Z100 - one of the ten prototypes in the world, can i use on it qtek programs and games? Thanks." "EH?", says I, "Yes you can …

Orange Talk Now

ORANGE LAUNCHES TALK NOW SERVICE·    first operator globally to launch international service of its kind·    group instant voice and messaging communication·    an easy way to see who is available in rea...

SIM Unlocking

I find myself in a tricky situation here. As you will no doubt have seen on MoDaCo.com and MSMobileNews.com plus several other sites, a new apparently fully working SIM Unlocking utility for the 1.6 OS is available at SmartEase.net (English translatio...