Category: Windows Phone
TouchFLO can be a Marmite product for some - you either love it or hate it. For those who are undecided or who just want to quickly switch between the standard "Today" screen and the TouchFLO system, TouchFLO Detacher is the app for you. The app is f...
The Wall Street Journal is reporting today on an online application store by Microsoft. The story states that... "The offerings will include an online bazaar for distributing software to cellular phones that run Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating s...
Rumours of a proposed name-change are building thanks to this Digitimes article. The new 6.5 OS should be getting it's official announcement during the Mobile World Congress shortly and now "market sources" are telling Digitimes that .. "Going forwar...
Alex Fehners has just emailed in to tell us about his new software. Now, I've got to take time out to give this guy some respect. He's taken time out to compose a very descriptive email, he's priced his software extremely well and he's spent a lot of...
Most of you will have already downloaded the free Google Maps application and will be enjoying either the brilliant satellite imagery, driving directions, mapping, GPS usage or the innovative "My Location" system which uses the network transmitters to...
The Toshiba TG01 popped up the other day with it's ultra-fast 1Ghz Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU. However, HTC are also due to launch handsets featuring this CPU. According to digitimes.com HTC will be rolling out Snapdragon-powered units in the second quar...
Remember that scene in Crocodile Dundee where he says, "That's not a knife, this is a knife"? Well, I tend to think that of our reviews. Call that a review? Nah mate, this is a review. This time it's the o2 XDA Zest and it's built by Asus. …
Certain things catch our eye when an email lands in the inbox. The word "free" is always a winner and AIM Productions have given us a mail saying just that. Easy SMS is a new app which gives a different interface into your texting world. Big fonts, ea...
o2 customers with the XDA Serra (aka HTC Touch Pro) can now download a patch to fix a GPS issue with the handset. The updatem which is available here, shouldn't need a full OS wipe so it should be good to directly install. Do let us know if …
We've been following the T-Mobile MDA Vario IV for some time now. It's the T-Mobile variant of the HTC Touch Pro we reviewed some time back and now, finally, it's appeared properly on the T-Mobile UK site. It's available for consumer and business cust...
We've mentioned the excellent iPlayer a few times here at Coolsmartphone.com. If you've got yourself a HTC Touch Diamond then this is the app you'll need. It'll let you browse and stream content from the BBC iPlayer service plus you can download progr...
We mentioned this in an earlier story and we've taken a look at the Exeda mobiles before, but it certainly warrants another story. This is perhaps the first time we've seen what is reported to be Windows Mobile 6.5 on a manufacturers website. With a...
If you're lucky enough to have a Samsung i780 you can now upgrade it to Windows Mobile 6.1 using the Samsung Mobile website. Their FAQ states the benefits of upgrading as... "There are new functionalities with the latest OS on this version." Meh? The ...
Well, it was hardly a secret was it ? The HTC Iolite is now officially splashed all over the HTC website. As we suspected it's the replacement / update for the original HTC Touch Cruise, so they've branded as the.. err... HTC Touch Cruise '09. The ne...
Windows Mobile 6.5. We've been talking about it for some time and we're expecting a launch announcement in just a few days. Now we can see it in action on .... a really old PDA. Anyone remember the XDA II / SPV M2000 ? I'll bet Microsoft weren't …
Ever since we first saw Pointui Home we were massively impressed. It appeared just over a year ago and things have exploded since then. It's a completely new GUI for your Windows Mobile and their all-new site has just popped online. It's promising ......
What's this ? A new Android handset from HTC ? Ah.. it's that Saphire we saw a few days back. It looks rather posh in iPhone white and comes with a 3.2 megapixel camera. There's not much else we can gleam from the engadget story other than the …
More on that HTC Iolite we mentioned some days back from theunwired. There's yet more pictures to pour over, plus news that it'll arrive on o2 Germany as the "XDA Guide" to replace the XDA Orbit 2. Powered by a Qualcomm MSM 7225 CPU running at 528 MHz...
Quiet huh? Well, it's Mobile World Congress in a few weeks so a lot of companies are holding off announcements until then. This, of course, means that the rumour mill has already started spinning along with lots of "announcements of planned announceme...
Hey, got a HTC Touch Diamond direct from HTC? Come close. HTC have just released an update which includes several improvements and fixes. The fixes include ... 1. When you launch the Camera while the system is working on other programs, the preview s...
Viva ! Yep, it might have a funky HTC name, but T-Mobile Germany have decided to brand the Viva as the ... err.. T-Mobile MDA Basic. A 2 megapixel camera, the TouchFLO 2D system, WiFi and a 2 megapixel camera isn't to be sniffed at though, so we're …
Last night a DJ saved my life, yeah. Now you can too, with DJ Party Mixer from Makayama. For just $12.99 (£8.92 / €9.95) you can compile and edito playlists and mix your MP3's in real time. Originally meant for the iPhone the strict rights manageme...
VITO Technology have just Winterface, AudioNotes, AstroNavigator, SMS-Chat, FunContact and Voice2Go to be compatible with the Samsung Omnia. Winterface is a great program launcher we've mentioned before, AudioNotes is a voice recorder and AstroNaviga...
Whilst this story does mention Windows 7 and not Windows Mobile, it's still good to see Microsoft splashing the cash on buying a company which specialises in multi-touch technology. The company in question is called N-trig, and a quick look at their w...
Every now and then we stumble across a little leak in the mobile phone world. Again it's HTC and... well, it's not so much of a leak, more of a huge great waterfall of handsets. I mean, seriously. The line-up for 2009 looks hot with handsets for every...
Do you feel like the odd one out ? All your mates have got the iPhone but you decided to be different and go Windows Mobile. How about a tool which will let you stream your iTunes library direct to your phone? Like the sound of that? Read …
Just a few days ago the guys at o2 were kind enough to loan me the XDA Zest. It's a handset we've been tracking for some time and we rarely get to handle Asus-made kit like this. The Zest is powered by a 624Mhz Marvell TavorP CPU, 256MB …
The HTC Iolite got leaked on expansys a few days back. The link has gone now but you can see the real thing here at jouwmobiel.nl. Powered by a 528Mhz CPU and running WinMo 6.1 Pro it's got 512MB ROM, 288MB RAM and 3G HSDPA/HSUPA with Quad-band GSM/GP...
View the status of your Xbox friends using this - MyGamerTags. Windows Mobile users can see who's online along with the GamerPic, scores and what they're playing. It's available as a trial version which will restrict you to viewing two Xbox Gamer Tags...
Palm today announced their new phone and their new direction today. It's this, the "Pre". It's got a curvy slide-out QWERTY keyboard, 3 megapixel camera with flash, EVDO Rev A (this isn't for Europe then), WiFi, GPS, gesture area (allowing simple fing...
So, how's the progress on getting Android working on Windows Mobile? Well, I had it working to some degree on my phone some 9 months ago, but since then things have moved on at quite a pace. It's now working on the HTC Diamond and there's a dedicated …
At times it feels like everyone is talking about the iPhone. We still get iPhone news releases daily and today it's some software called AniWeather. This is a weather application for your iPhone with a 3D interface and, before you think I'm crazy for ...
While we're talking about cheap phones, head on over to Orange Accessories for another great deal. You can get the Orange SPV M3100 / HTC TyTN(reviewed here) for just £94.50. This reconditioned phone will be supplied with a charger, user guide and a ...
Sure, it might not be the newest handset in the world but I still love my HTC Touch Dual. It's a fairly rare beast, packing a numeric keypad with a touch-screen interface. It's powered by a Qualcomm 400Mhz CPU with 128MB RAM, 256MB ROM and 3G / HSDPA …
Agh.. it feels like we've been waiting for ages now. The T-Mobile Vario IV (aka HTC Touch Pro) has already sneaked into the support area of the T-Mobile website but alas it's still not in the on-line shop. Wait a minute though, because Simon Haine has...
Hey America. You've seen the HTC S740 we reviewed right? It'll shortly be arriving officially in the New World with the introduction of the HTC S743. It's getting displayed at CES and it still plucks away at our little heart stings because it's a true...
Spotted over at MoDaCo is Token2Shell SSH. Whilst this might not be for everyone, it's certainly extremely interesting for any Linux gurus out there. It's an SSH / Telnet client for Windows Mobile and right now you can get the Release Candidate for te...
Flexilis is a new company made up of security researchers, software developers and mobile technology fanatics. They want to help make the mobile world a safe place to work and play and the result is a new application which will keep your device and da...
Tom Ranson has just stumbled across the DivX Mobile Player for Windows Mobile handsets. We don't seem to have covered this, so get downloading if you've got some DivX movies burning a hole in your data card. The player is currently free and has a stac...
The Palm Treo Pro has just popped up on the o2 website. It's been available for a while already to Vodafone customers but now o2 Business customers can also pick one up for absolutely nothing on selected tariffs. Powered by a 400Mhz Qualcomm CPU and ...
