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This afternoon I've been having a look at your posts in the rather splendid forum. To be honest it can be a little tricky to keep up with your replies, so I've implemented an RSS feed so you can get the 30 most recent posts and replies from …
Let's imagine for a moment that you're out buying or renting a movie.. Is it any good ? Is it funny ? Is it frightening ? Perhaps you're shopping or in the library - is it worth getting that new book ? Well, thanks to mobile-site mogoso.com you …
New Windows Mobile phones now have Google or Windows Live as the homepage in Internet Explorer. The pages returned are then mobile-formatted to make your life easier. Greenlight Wireless, however, have raised the bar somewhat with Skweezer 4.0. It mak...
Recently we've had more than a few problems getting review devices from Orange. This is the main reason why we're still unable to get you a review of the Orange SPV E600, or E650, or Samsung i600. Paul, over at MoDaCo, is having similar problems and s...
Steve Litchfield has just mailed in about his latest edition of the Smartphones Show. In this show he's got a full hands-on head-to-head battle between the Windows Mobile HTC Advantage X7500 (shown here) and some Nokia E90 Communicator thingy. Check o...
You've probably seen this elsewhere, however I'm glad to be able to offer it to our readers too. M:Metrics is a way to get earn money - £15 for the first month of participation and then £5 every month after that. But wait, I know you'll quickly tell …
Imagine you're on the toilet and there's something you just need to tell the world. How do you do it? Well, thanks to free (yes, free - completely free) software from mobiblogr you can now set yourself up a blog and post to it directly from your Windo...
You're probably all looking forward to a long Easter weekend, so I'll make this quick. Coolsmartphone relies on various things - mostly it's beer, review units (come on T-Mobile and o2!) and huge wads of money to pay for the server. However, you guys ...
You may remember us mentioning Sky Remote Record - it's a way to set your Sky+ PVR (Personal Video Recorder) from your phone. Many phones are compatible with the system and have software that lets you browse channels and record your favourite shows. U...
A few weeks back Cor Pootjes sent me an email about his site. It's stacked full of streaming audio and video links for your Windows Mobile handset. Whilst there's some links from the Netherlands you'll also find a lot of international stations too. Pi...
I get many emails asking how to browse Flash capable sites on a Windows Mobile device. Firstly you'll need to install Flash, which you do by downloading this CAB file, dragging it onto your device and installing it. You'll then be able to browse sites...
Regular visitors may remember that we tried to move to a new server a few weeks ago with disastrous consequences. I decided to do the change a day before jetting off on holiday, and my rather "speedy" method of moving the data caused the site to crash...
We get LOTS of emails daily which recommend websites. Usually we bin them, especially those wanting to extend bits of your anatomy, however PPCVidz.com looks pretty cool. It contains both streaming and downloadable videos which have been specifically ...
I get lots of emails here at CoolSmartPhone. I'm quite glad they're not "real" at times because the postman would have a bad back and I'd probably be swimming in junkmail. Anyhow, I'm saying this because I forgot to mention the competition currently u...
Last week we started getting all festive and ran a competition in association with ClickGamer to give away one of three Audio X FM Transmitters. These natty devices let you broadcast your mobile MP3's onto any FM radio so you can bop along as you driv...
When we first mentioned TinyTube.net - a mobile version of YouTube - we loved it. We were slightly worried though. TinyTube.net takes YouTube videos and converts them into a mobile-viewable format. But what would YouTube.com think of their service? Wi...
I've just stumbled across a pretty useful site for any of you looking to convert video clips. Usually, if you've recorded a video on your phone it'll be in 3GP format or similar. Converting this to AVI or MOV etc can be tricky and may involve lots of …
TinyTube.net continues to get better and better. They've now made it even easier to find, send and watch your fave YouTube videos on your mobile. Take, for example, this YouTube video. Notice the URL - it's http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCLYGoM1GrU. ...
YouTube. Let's face it, you've all heard of it. Unless you've been living under a rock on the moon then you'll no doubt have watched a video on YouTube at some point. It's great, but when you want to watch your favourite video on your phone, the wheel...
Regular visitors will probably be aware that the search system in the downloads area has been broken for a while. Last night I decided that it needed fixing, so I went to a mates' bonfire party and got completely leathered and stopped out until 4.30. ...
Some of you may have heard about the Digg.com website. It's all about user powered content. Every article on digg is submitted and voted on by the digg community. We've now added "Digg this" links to all our stories so, if you like something, you just...
Last night my mate found this old picture of me from a trip to Ibiza years back. I've got mental hair, I look about 12 years old and I'm thin. Sure, it's an embarrassing photo but I figured I'd post it to promote a new section in the …
Yes, it's true. I've actually recorded a podcast. Again I've recorded this whilst driving back from work and it's crammed to the rafters with the latest Windows Mobile news including more on our latest reviews. You can also got information on the very...
I'm still out in the USA right now. I'm learning that pretty much every mobile phone here simply has to be a flip phone and that in-built walkie-talkie-facilities are also pretty widespread. A service that's available here is called YouMail.com. Simpl...
The all-new Smartphones Show is now online here. This latest video podcast includes a hands-on review of the Nokia N73 (that's some non-Windows Mobile thing or other) and the HTC MTeoR which will be arriving soon on Orange as the SPV C700. You can vie...
Orange have launched a new campaign called “Mod Your Mobile”. It's fronted by Holly Willoughby (hubba hubba hubba) and is a reaction to the way young people today are adapting and personalising their mobile phones, unsurprisingly this trend starte...
A quiet news day is just the sort of excuse we need to mention a funny audio file recently submitted to our downloads section. In this phone recording someone threatens to sue Argos - the purveyor of online and catalogue shopping. The caller complains...
You guys can already reply to news stories from this screen or create your own posts in our feedback forum. Now we've added the facility for you guys to reply to our articles too, so you can give us additional information on stories and reviews we've ...
Our download section is crammed full with useful stuff, but please don't forget to upload too! We're looking for WAV or MP3 format ringtones (around 30 seconds), SMS tones, email and alarm tones plus backdrops and videos. To submit you just need to cl...
How would you like to win a huge $500 worth of software for your Windows Mobile device ? You would!? Well, with the help of our friends at Clickgamer you can bag yourself loads of apps and games just by texting a short number. Sure, it'll cost £1.50 …
Mad4MobilePhones have just conducted a survey to find the top 50 mobile phone websites. They began doing their research after China Mobile overtook Vodafone as the biggest mobile phone company in the world last week and there's the obvious variety of ...
No sooner is the handset out and yes, there's an unlocker for it. This time it's the HTC Hermes, aka the Orange SPV M3100, T-Mobile Vario II, Vodafone v1605, etc etc. So, who's responsible for network unlocking this device? Yup, it's imei-check.co.uk ...
You may have noticed a lack of "Fun Time Friday" material today. The reason? Well, I've been keeping my eye on something. To be honest it's distracted me enough to miss the regular Friday video we post. What is it? Well, at around 11.40pm this evening...
Skweezer, which we've raved about previously, have yet again been nominated for a Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine Best Software Award. After becoming a finalist last year they're obviously hoping to beat the NetFront browser this year. Skweezer is a f...
I've been fiddling around with the feedback forum and added in a new attachment system. This will allow you to add files and pictures to your posts quickly and easily. It's not intended to be a replacement to the downloads system but it will let you u...
Remember those podcast things we used to do ? Well yes, they're back! After what I'm going to call a "summer break" the podcasts have returned to Coolsmartphone.com. A lot has happened since our last podcast on April 27th, but somehow I've managed to ...
If you're looking for a one-stop news site suitable for your mobile screen then try News4Mobile.com. It's a mobile portal featuring charts of mobile websites listed into categories. You can also use tage or do a search for news plus there's a ranking ...
AGH! Right, I've had enough of this. Today has been completely wasted due to spammers. At work I've had a server attacked by a hacker who was trying to bounce requests elsewhere for those fake ebay / paypal login screens, I've come home and had about ...
The guys at Blinkx.com have launched a new site today. SelfcastTV.com allows quick sharing and downloading of mobile videos via MMS. You register then - provided you're in the UK - you just upload your video via MMS and they appear online. The PR guys...
Want to keep up with the latest Windows Mobile news and goings-on here at CoolSmartPhone ? Well you may have already heard about these nifty "RSS feeds" which automatically push the latest news down to your favourite news reader or web reader (like Wi...
