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Just a few short months ago I bodged together a single web page and called it "My SPV Stuff". It had a few tricks 'n tips for the original Orange SPV, which I'd bought from a shopping centre a few days before. Little did I know that some …
I'm constantly amazed by how popular this site is, and I try my hardest to make sure you lot enjoy it. I spend a lot of time updating, writing articles, uploading stuff and replying to around 30 emails and questions a day. The site itself has to be …
I need a favour! I'm not teriffic at the graphics side of things, and could do with one logo doing for .. something. If anyone can assist, can you email me and I'll explain more ? It should only take a few seconds to do. :)
Verizon, Telefónica and France Telecom (owner of Orange) have announced good profits. Verizon, who are Americas largest phone company, announced a net profit of $338m - up from the $2.1bn LOSS last year. France Telecom also announced profits, after...
A fantastic new way of shopping is coming out of Japan. Mobile phone users are soon to be shopping by snapping a photo of a special bar code which will sit alongside a product. Mediastick, the firm behind the idea, will licence their special MediaSti...
A new light-projected keyboard is being worked on by Californian company Canesta. Their chipsets will allow a beam of light to project a fully functional keyboard onto a flat surface! NEC and an un-named American manufacturer are already working on h...
Here's the full translation (thanks to Ian Charlton) of the email sent to smartphony.org from the Smartphone project at Orange France... An e-mail to Smartphony.org from the Head of the Smartphone Project, Orange France I’ve just received an ...
Today sees the closure of two great Smartphone websites, which have been around since the early days and have helped to build and develop the Smartphone community. Firstly, the excellent French site SPVNews.com is to close, which has had Cyberb0b at...
Hello, what's this ? A Linux Smartphone ? The Filewalker will have 5 languages included (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish) and is to be powered by a Texas Instruments' Omap 5910 Dual Core processor with 150 MHz, 64 Mo of RAM (low-p...
This new black version of the Flexis FX100 keyboard is now selling on orangesp.com.. These keyboards have been selling quickly, so make sure you get your name down for one.See orangesp.com or click here for our review.
After leaving mmO2 in 2001, BT appears to be getting back into mobile, with a little help from T-Mobile. BT is the UK's largest telco and will team up with T-Mobile to offer mobile services to businesses and consumers, which will see BT attempting t...
At 14.55 BST today something very special happened... The 13,000th person joined Coolsmartphone.com! To be honest, I'm amazed! This version of the site (the new spangly one) has only been running for 2 months :) The recent surge of registrations is du...
I've been away, so I'm a little behind - you may have heard of this already, but hey.. Sendo have decided to drop their much talked-about lawsuit regarding the Smartphone. More details can be found here (ZDNet) and over here (cnet.com) This is, of c...
Launching Q4 this year is the MS Smartphone from o2. At present though, they have no name for it. However, you can help, simnply by clicking onto the Myo2Smartphone.com website and giving them your suggestion. They are looking for a name with a "Zing...
Here I am... just about. :) Night flights REALLY mess your head up. I've had about 2 hours kip in the past 2 days, so I'm a bit bleary at the moment! :) Plus I am stuck on a slow dial-up connection, so no mail checks yet! :( …
The E100 has now been launched in France too. Smartphony.org reports on this, stating that it will sell for 299 €. This price, however, can be reduced by mailing back a voucher for a 40 € reduction, bring the final price to 259 €. This is about ...
As previously mentioned, I'm hopping on a plane later today, so I'm gonna be completely off-line until next Friday (July 25th). FAQ's, emails, submissions etc will be checked on my return, but don't forget to spread the word about this site. :) I've h...
I'm off on holiday again tomorrow evening, so I won't be able to authorise news stories / articles / downloads until I come back at the end of next week. If there's anything urgent, and I do mean urgent enough to get me out of a nice pool …
I've just added three new reviews, for the Flexis FX100 keyboard, the OrangeSP.com Sync&Charge cable and the Battery Extender. Do take a few minutes to check them out if you're thinking of getting one. Both can be found here in the reviews section. D...
MoDaCo will be organising a meet for Smartphone fanatics in sunny Birmingham, UK. Known as the 'MoDaCo Summer Event 2003', it will be taking place on August 30th 2003, in association with Orange! I live near Birmingham (or "Brum" / "BurrrmiNUM" / "U...
Mobile manufacturer NEC have decided that video streaming across a 3G network is OK, but having TV on your phone would be even better. This is great, except it's not exactly what the 3G networks would like. Who is going to bother downloading short com...
It appears that chucking your mobile phone is some kind of weird new pastime. In fact the Eastern Europeans are way ahead of us with a record of 57 metres. Lots of different styles and techniques are taken into consideration when judging the event too...
After a lovely fight with PHP, I have now tweaked the gallery script to display 8 backdrops at a time. It will also automatically pick up and display ANY backdrops that you upload or contribute, so take a gander. New Backdrop Gallery Here! (Accessibl...
It appears that the rate of progress from the Chinese producers of mobile phones "must not be underestimated" Source and more info - Silicon.com
To those interested, the original SPV is to be phased out owing to a upward spiral of returns. Problematic phones have recently been causing a serious problem for tech support. Top problems for SPV returns have been to date : Constant crashes, SMS pro...
Hypertag - tailored content (well: site-specific, anyway) for the mobile user. A link found on Slashdot.org Read more here. Sadly, the Orange SPV/E100 is (as yet) unsupported. And the initial rollout is to musuems/movie theatres/attractions in the L...
Orange and EDS are to make integrating mobile devices easier for enterprise telecoms and IT departments in a new project. They're planning on providing an ECO system (Extended Connected Office) to organisations who have doubts about mobile business. ...
The collosal modaco.com, which is THE meeting place for Smartphone users, has had the interior designers in. New colours and a funky new logo feature, which appears to sum up the site - i.e. HUGE and COOL. :) Midnight is responsible for the new gr...
US network Verizon has now launched picture messaging on their network. It'll be compatible with the global MMS standard, but - like MMS over here (UK) until fairly recently, you can't send picture messages to other networks ... yet. Verizon has gon...
Over at smartphony.org and smartfull.fr.st they're running a competition for the best picture of the summer, taken with your Smartphone. For this you can win a leather case from Piel Frama.Check out smartphony.org for more info about the rest of this ...
One thing a haven't really used until recently is MMS. However, I've recently being fiddling with it quite a bit. Not only can you take pictures, record sounds, add backgrounds and send them, but you can also use animated GIFs. This is pretty useful i...
I am currently working on the gallery segment (the backdrops) I'm aware this is a bit poo at the moment and you guys have to scroll through each one. I am working on this ! :)
After being subject to this myself recently, the Home Office (UK) has decided to ask manufacturers to do more to stop mobile-theft. Almost a QUARTER of ALL street crime is now mobile-phone related in the UK and it shows no sign of stopping. Even afte...
As announced yesterday, MyOrigo announced its motion-controlled mobile phone, called "MyDevice". Now The Register have managed to get one to play with. Although not running the MS Smartphone OS, this is quite a natty piece of equipment and turns the p...
SOS SMS is a new website that is trying to help reduce spam filtering through to your mobile phone. Check out their website here and fight back!!! Read more here (silicon.com)
A new SmartPhone that is controlled by a users' hand-movements has been released by MyOrigo, a company based in Finland. MyDevice, which has just been demonstrated in London, is scheduled to hit the shops before Christmas 2003. Check out more info her...
A move by mobile networks to try and block the reduction of charges was thrown out by a judge today - and he made it worse by announcing his decision in cool "text language"! Read more here (Sky News)
Orange, still seen as the "coolest" network here in the UK, have decided to use Orange-branded tents with solar-panels stitched into the sides to help attract people to the network. Each tent will then provide enough power to charge your mobile phone....
Although the USA is still awaiting a wider release of the MS Smartphone, T-Mobile today announed the BlackBerry 6210. T-Mobile are selling it as "One of the most affordable and simplest ways to manage e-mail and make wireless voice calls from a single...
According to "a source" Microsoft will debut Pocket PC 2003(code-named Ozone) on 23rd of June. Full details here (ZDNet).MS has failed to comment on this, but there are stacks of people waiting to get their sweaty palms on it.
