Category: Windows Phone

Call Jockey – a way to escape boring meetings

Got a Windows Mobile Smartphone (Windows Mobile Standard / Non-touch screen) ? You do? Good. Want to download a free tool that'll create a fake call to your phone as a way to escape boring meetings or events? Err... You do? Blimey, you're a strange lo...

HP iPaq 614c available Monday

Kevin Osborne has just emailed in because he's spotted the HP iPaq 610 / 614 for sale. We spotted it some time back but, as of Monday, you'll be able to buy it off-contract for £389.99. The phone, which is called the "HP iPaq 614c" here, is powered …

Palm do some BlackBerry bashing

It looks like Palm are taking full advantage of yet another outage on the BlackBerry system in the USA yesterday. RIM blamed the outage on "a system upgrade which went wrong" and is the second major failure in less than a year. Palm have taken out ful...

3D Mad Cars available to buy

Available now, 3D Mad Cars is a highly detailed racing game where you get to choose your car and race through cities, fiels and beaches. You must use your skill and expertise to drive through the weather conditions and other beat other cars. There's a...

i-Mate JAMA 101 Review coming soon

Just yesterday i-Mate announced the launch of two new handsets - the Ultimate 8502 and the Ultimate 9502. However, there's other i-Mate devices out there, and we decided to take a look at this - the JAMA 101. It's a dinky device and is pretty much the...

HTC P3470 (Pharos) Hands-on photos

Engadget have some great hands-on photos of the upcoming HTC P3470, which we spotted last month. There's no WiFi or 3G, but leaving these technologies out will give you quite a tidy battery lifetime. HTC are thowing in a 1Gb microSD card with (possibl...

HTC P6500 pops onto the Orange website

We were hearing just a couple of weeks back that the HTC P6500 was to arrive on Orange pretty damned soon. Well, here it is hidden away on the Orange website.It's got Windows Mobile 6 Pro and GPRS/EDGE/3G/HSDPA connectivity. The extra specs detail a 3...

Samsung i780 – Your thoughts

Showing off the latest handsets at the Mobile World Congress is all well and good, but there aren't many you can go out and buy yet. The Samsung SGH-i780 is an exception, and you can purchase it right now on Orange. Forum member "krowboi" has just re...

i-Mate 8502 and 9502 announced. Coming to Telstra soon

i-Mate has just announced an exclusive deal to roll out two new handsets in Australia. The handsets in question are the all-new i-Mate Ultimate 8502 and i-Mate Ultimate 9502 and will be appearing on the Telstra network very soon. The i-Mate 8502 is a ...

GoodWin launcher – version 1.21 now available

GoodWin is a launcher and task manager for your touch-screen Windows Mobile. It's designed with the finger in mind and you simply need to slide your finger along to scroll the list of favourites, running programs, settings or installed applications. T...

Torch Mobile announce free web browser

Yep, another free browser has just turned up. This one is based on WebKit (y'know, the engine beneath the Safari browser) and it comes hot on the heels of NetFront 3.5. This is a first look at the Iris Browser from Torch Mobile. Now available for free...

Danger, Danger, High Voltage!

You're probably all aware of the T-Mobile Sidekick thanks to people like Paris Hilton. At the heart of these units there's a suite of mobile internet apps made by a company called Danger. It adds features such as ringtone stores, games and even produc...

MSN Direct now available for WinMo Standard

MSN Direct has just been announced in Barcelona. I've downloaded it, and.. it didn't install. Why ? Well, it seems that this is currently ONLY for non-touch screen devices. Try it on Windows Mobile Pro and you'll get a failed install reporting, "not m...

Microsoft Press Event – Live from Barcelona

We've already seen announcements from Sony Ericsson and others at the Mobile World Congress, however Microsoft have now hosted their press conference. You can watch the replay from Barcelona here.

Samsung show off the SGH-i200 Smartphone

Samsung are about to announce several new handsets at the Mobile World Congress. We're expecting to see at least one new Windows Mobile handset in the form of the SGH-i200, snapped by theUnwired. More information will no doubt appear when Samsung hold...

HTC Shift – Now available

The HTC Shift we reviewed has now been mad available by HTC. The Shift integrates the Micosoft Origami Experience 2.0, which you can see in action here. It basically gives a finger-friendly navigation around your UMPC (Ultra Mobile PC) with a browser,...

Uprated HTC Advantage breaks cover

It's been just weeks since our reviewed the HTC Advantage review. Today HTC are announcing more storage and the addition of the now familiar HTC Home Today screen plus the HTC TouchFlo technology for quick and easy navigation. The Opera browser and Go...

HTC P3470 (Pharos) Goes official

We ran a news story on the HTC Pharos a few weeks back, now it's official. The slim Pharos will be sold as the HTC P3470 and, although there's no 3G, HSDPA, or WiFi it will have GPS. The P3470 is set to launch on Orange in the …

Sony Ericsson go Windows Mobile – XPERIA X1

We'd heard rumours, but now it's here in the flesh. This is the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1, running Windows Mobile 6 Pro. Yes, you read that right - a Sony Ericsson running Windows Mobile. Just one more time for my own sanity.. it's a Sony Ericsson with ...

v3.5 of NetFront browser now available

Access have just released the Mobile Concept version of NetFront, version 3.5. We last mentioned it in 2006 so a video demonstration is well overdue. NetFront version 3.5 brings fast, smooth browsing and quick draw time, zoom speed and rendering. Thi...

PointUI Home – Now for VGA and Windows Mobile 2003

We've been constantly following the developments with PointUI Home. There's now good news for Windows Mobile 2003 users too - with alpha versions of the slick interface available for anyone running the older OS. If you head on over to PointUI Home you...

HTC Touch Cruise now back in stock

If you missed out last time then have no fear, the guys at devicewire have just taken delivery of yet more HTC Touch Cruise handsets. These phones are essentially the same as the o2 XDA Orbit 2 minus the o2 contract. Still selling at £384.99, it's pa...

Orange SPV E610 Now available to buy

We first saw this, the SPV E610, back in December. Then, last month we spotted it on the Business and Pay As You Go "Coming Soon" sections. Indeed, it's still showing this way in the Business section next to the Samsung i780. Good news though, because...

T-Mobile Touch Plus now live on UK website

The T-Mobile Touch Plus has now appeared in both the Personal and Business section of the T-Mobile website. It's the T-Mobile version of the HTC Touch Dual we reviewed some time back. The T-Mobile variant has appeared following the one month exclusiv...

T-Mobile Shadow gets updated

In the USA? Got a T-Mobile Shadow? You do? Head on over to t-mobileshadow.com to get the latest update. The update seems to add extra features and software to the phone, enhanced myFaves and menu graphics plus a better text-entry experience. As usual ...

Sprite Archie – Backup your call logs and texts

Sprite Archie has just been released. For $14.95 (£7.63) it'll transfer your text and call logs to email, letting you check and backup the history of your communication. The software will automatically archive each sent or received message and can al...

HTC Shift coming to Orange in March

The HTC Shift has, according to tracyandmatt.co.uk, just popped up on the Orange February pricebook. The UMPC comes with Windows Vista and a Windows Mobile layer for quick updates on your email and appointiments through the HTC SnapVUE system. Accord...

Opera Mobile 9.5 on the way

Next week marks the start of the Mobile World Congress, but some companies have already started announcing what they'll.. err.. be announcing ... at the event. Opera have announced their new browser - version 9.5 - which will bring desktop-like browsi...

XDA Orbit 2 now available for personal customers too

The o2 XDA Orbit 2 has now shifted over to the "Personal" section of the o2 website. It appeared last week in the business section but now it's available for all. Available from absolutely nothing up to £249.99, this is the o2 flavour of the excellen...

PointUI Home now updated to 1.02b

Regular readers will be well aware of PointUI Home, the new free interface for Windows Mobile. Today they've launched version 1.02b, which brings extended support for Smartphones (non touch-screen), bug fixes and the ability to grab a new black theme....

MDA Touch Plus now available at T-Mobile UK

Kieran Russ has just emailed in to say that the T-Mobile MDA Touch Plus is now available from the T-Mobile sales team. T-Mobile launched the phone just days ago, and we're yet to see it live on their site, but it's available if you call them up on …

Threaded texting with SMS-Chat

We mentioned the new threaded SMS system coming to Windows Mobile 6.1 just yesterday, however your can get it now in the form of "SMS-Chat" from iwindowsmobile.com. For just $14.95 (£7.59) you can enjoy threaded conversations, multiple SMS sending (e...

Palm Treo 500v Video Review

Steve Litchfield has been pumping out his Smartphones Show for quite some time, with show 52 now being available. It features a look at the Palm Treo 500v on Vodafone, a phone we've not yet played with. Check out the latest show or subscribe to the v...

More Windows Mobile 6.1 shots and information

The upcoming Mobile World Congress is sure to see many announcements from networks, developers, manufacturers and service providers. One of which is Windows Mobile 6.1, which has popped out a little earlier than expected. We've seen some shots previou...

Free applications to be available at themobileguy.net

Keni Barwick has been a great contributor to Coolsmartphone over the years. A recent change in jobs has meant a whole new blog, and to launch the new home Keni has started to give away free applications at TheMobileGuy.net. The first application is a ...

HeroCraft release Revival

HeroCraft have just launched their new title - Revival. It's a turn-based strategy game where you must direct battles on land and sea, maintain the economy and build towns. There's a huge world to explore with 7 planets, 27 continents and 13 missions...

Hot deal on the Orange SPV M700

If there's one thing that everyone loves it's a great deal. Right now Orange are selling the SPV M700 for £129.99, plus there's no contract and when you buy it you'll get a free Samsung C120 too. We originally reviewed the M700 around a year ago, so ...

XDA Orbit 2 now on o2 Website

Despite other sites trying to contradict our earlier story, the o2 XDA Orbit 2 did indeed go live yesterday and is now showing on the o2 Business Shop. Priced from free, o2 says that it includes a 2 megapixel camera (actually it's a 3 megapixel one) a...

FlashThemes Player for Windows Mobile Standard

We've covered the excellent FlashThemes Player a few times before, but now it's available for Smartphone too. Windows Mobile Standard users can now experience fully animated themes in both portrait and landscape modes, plus it won't drain the battery....

New HTC GUI appears on the web

Hello, what's this? A secret new GUI leaked from a HTC insider? Yes, yet another mysterious blog has appeared and this time it's not all smoke and mirrors - there's a download link too! The software itself may, or may not work and there's no guarantee...