Category: Website news
Over the next few days and weeks I'm going to be undertaking what'll probably be the biggest change for this website in it's history. This is an absolutely monolithic task and I may be a bit slow in replying to emails from you guys, for which I apolog...
I'm joining pretty much every other Smartphone website by adding my support, publicity and money toward the Tsunami Fund which is being handled by the Disasters Emergency Committee. The DEC consists of many agencies, including the British Red Cross, O...
It was quite an eventful Christmas this year, and I want to thank all of you who sent emails following my car accident on Boxing Day. Yes, I am alright - just a tad shook up because no-one had bothered gritting and I completely lost all control. The …
Christmas time and another year is almost done. This is the point where a lot of sites do a "year in review" thing - however I couldn't be arsed so I'm here instead to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. :) 2004 …
Skweezer is an excellent and now completely free web service that greatly improves browsing the web on small-screen mobile devices such as the Windows Smartphone. Skweezer dynamically reformats web content of any website and makes it look good when yo...
One week is a long time off when you're running a site like this. I'm well behind with my emails (I will reply!), and there's tonnes of news and file submissions to go through yet. Many thanks for all this! While I was off getting drunk with the …
OK, I'm off now on hols. I'll be back next Sunday evening (19th December), all ready to hit the Christmas and New Year festivities full on. In the meantime, if I do pop across a web-cafe I'll update you guys with the latest Smartphone news and info. O...
The following contain direct links to the FREE Smartphone Videos - which you can use :)As it's Christmas time - enjoy these - FREE XMAS Smartphone Videos!Band Aid 20 - Do They Know It's ChristmasBing-Crosby_White-Christmas.mpgBoSelectas_ProperCrimbo.w...
Tong has emailed me (Who ? Pete Tong ? Ramalama ding-dong? .. oh, no.. different person.. it's Tong Zhang, the webmaster of the site below) to say that his new US-based Smartphone site / forum, SmartPhoneChatter.com is hosting a three-week giveaway ev...
MoDaCo.com are offering you the chance of winning either $1000 first prize or a $500 second prize - all just by filling in a simple web form! You don't need to be a developer, you just need to answer a few quick questions about how you use your …
Just a small bit of news. I've tweaked the site so that it'll work with Mozilla Firefox 1. Firefox is a new web browser which is currently gaining a lot of users. I know what everyone is gonna say...."Ugh! I'm not downloading this Firefox browser if p...
OK, so you know about this event by now? Yes? Good. If you don't, click here and get your name down quick! .. tssk.. fancy leaving it until the last minute eh? You're like those drivers in roadworks who bomb down the outside line and try and cut …
As you may be aware, I'm based in the UK. I know a lot about the SPV handsets, but not a great deal about the T-Mobile SDA / SDA Music (Germany) or the Audiovox SMT 5600 (USA) or even the Motorola MPx220. CoolSmartPhone has a large range of …
CoolSmartPhone launched as a single web-page way back on November 1st 2002. At first it was just a test page saying, "this is the SPV, it's a phone from Microsoft". About a fortnight later I managed to get my hands on the original Orange SPV and the s...
The huge MobileJoe.de website is now back online. This comes following our earlier story regarding the traffic situation at MobileJoe after it bacame the place to resolve any T-Mobile SDA issues. Click back viewers!
Many of our German visitors will be aware that the excellent MobileJoe.de website is experiencing some problems at the moment. Joe, webmaster of the site, will hopefully not mind me explaining the reason why. Basically, it's all down to the T-Mobile ...
I've just added a recent submissions page which will show you the latest 100 file additions. These are the very freshest downloads in our downloads section. This is designed to complement the existing Top 100 Downloads. Both of these will show you how...
Most of you will know about MoDaCo.com, it's the largest Smartphone forum on the planet. Every now and then they have Events which are designed to bring the community together. This time the event is going to be a bit different... - TWO arenas - one f...
I've added the capability of adding CoolSmartPhone.com to the new MyYahoo! section of Yahoo.com and Yahoo.co.uk. Simply put, the new improved MyYahoo! area is a collection of news feeds, images and information that you can tailor to suit you. So, if y...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 …
Monster forum MoDaCo.com have not one, not even two, but THREE brand new SPV C500's to give away. To win you just need to fill in a form, and you'll need to be a UK resident due to the T's and C's of the comp. Don't forget that …
I've been, and still am working on the new CoolSmartPhone EasyStart section. Although not quite finished (I've got to tidy up that menu - it looks a tad big), it's a great place for those who've either just purchased a Windows Mobile handset, or for t...
I'm working on the downloads sections today - they need "breaking up" a little as there's lots of files in some folders, which means it takes ages to list on slower connections. This will be fixed! Also, the FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) is to be d...
Some tweaks to the site today. First up, a huge increase in bandwidth thanks to the ISP (Internet Central).Secondly, I've removed the Shout Box. Too much abuse, too much .. had to be done. Sorry.Thirdly, Lejjo has been added to the shop here. It's an ...
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...
April 26, 2004 (Internet) – today SmartFone.net announced that it intends to change its name to SlashPhone . Since its birth in November of 2003, SmartFone.net has experienced incredible growth, and has attracted a sizable following...
MoDaCo.com has their Spring event today. On show was the MPx, plus the MPx100 and many other MS Smartphones. Unfortunately I couldn't make it as .. well, the sun was out - it was a nice day and I had to enjoy it. At least that was my …
If you missed our previous article on MVP's you may wanna check this picture out, which shows most of us Mobile Devices bods at the recent summit. We're pulling some strange pose here. I'm not quite sure why ;) I'm right at the back with my thumb up, …
You guys may have heard me mention the "MVP" thing previously. What is all this "MVP" stuff I hear you ask ? (Maybe) :) Well, it stands for "Most Valuable Professional" and is a yearly award given out by Microsoft to those who've helped the community ...
Yes folks, it's that time again - the quarterly bills for bandwidth and hosting. This time they aren't too bad, but I'm gonna try hard to pull on your heart strings here. ;) ;) CoolSmartPhone.com is .. me, basically. I put the majority of the news an...
Congrats once more to my cousin for winning the Approved Car Finance Heart of England Rally Championship. Dave and his co-driver Aid Camp picked up their awards at Hagley Golf Club, Hagley, Worcestershire and you can see pictures here.Their most recen...
Nav has just emailed me about the launch of www.smartphonetv.com, which is a huge new video site where you can download video clips to your Smartphone. There's tonnes to choose from after registering (which is free at the moment) - from animation, spo...
Remember this story from last week?? Well, it appears that the infamous "sliding down an escalator" video has now been given worldwide recognition at the colossal b3ta.com, which is the biggest PhotoShopping website in the planet. The best bit ? Well,...
:) I'll be honest here and say that I've been driving round in a right s*it heap of a vehicle for a good many years now. This weekend it's all change, and the "tank" (as I lovingly referred to it as), has now been traded in. I've now …
Bloody virus writers. If you've got this ...--------- Hello user of Coolsmartphone.com e-mail server, Your e-mail account has been temporary disabled because of unauthorized access. For further details see the attach. Attached file is protected with t...
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...
