Category: Windows Phone
It's been quite some time since we saw the Samsung SGH-i780 on display at Gitex 2007. When it appeared we saw an Orange homescreen, so we had a guess that it may be heading towards the network sometime soon. Stuff Magazine have kick-started the rumour...
GPSandco.com have just published more information about the upcoming Asus M930 Smartphone (i.e. non-touch-screen Windows Mobile 6 Standard). It will have a pacey 400Mhz TI OMAP CPU, triband GSM and 3G, HSPDA capability along with WiFi and 256Mb RAM / ...
Panoramic three-dimensional audio is now available for free thanks to airfagev.com. Forum member "smartamazing" has just posted this app to give SRS WOW XT technology on your Windows Mobile 6 device. The technology was developed specifically for prod...
There's one device I've been trying to get hold of for quite some time now - the HTC Advantage. It's appeared in two flavours - the HTC Advantage X7500, running Windows Mobile 5 and the HTC Advantage X7501, running Windows Mobile 6. T-Mobile UK curren...
OK, here's the deal. o2 accidentally named their last handset the "Stella" on their site. We laughed and poked fun because we like the lager. They then corrected the error and called it the Stellar. o2 then announced the Orbit 2, but they used the wr...
It's always great to see swift fixes and updates being put into place for products, but we never thought version 1.01b of the excellent Pointui Home would be available just yet. Yup, there's bug-fixes and changes ahoy thanks your feedback and the dedi...
A month ago we spotted that T-Mobile were going to grab the HTC Touch Dual and call it that T-Mobile Touch Plus. Today even more info has appeared on their site with the addition of the Touch Plus to their "Coming Soon" section. Orange had the exclusi...
It's the first day of 2008, and it's the launch date for PointUI. This free user interface for touch-screen Windows Mobile handsets is staggeringly good. It's not just smooth navigation, it's the way everything fits together - preview windows, bookmar...
Michael Goodman emailed me last night about Opera Mini 4. I'd tried it previously but never really gave it a proper work-out. The new version, which is available either from OperaMini.com on your PC or mini.opera.com on your phone, runs on the Java cl...
2007 brought us the iPhone and, like it or not, it's raised the bar in terms of user interfaces. People want smooth, sexy, sliding interfaces that glide along without stumbling. 2008 should bring some pretty major changes, and it begins with Pointui H...
Personally I've seen a lot of change this year, but alas it's not been with Windows Mobile. Sure, we saw the launch of Windows Mobile 6, but the improvements weren't perhaps seen or appreciated by the end user. HTML email? Uh-huh. Calendar ribbon? Uh-...
Yesterday I took delivery of my second Orange-branded HTC Touch Dual. I had to send the first one back as the mini-USB port had started playing up, however - during the setting up of the new phone I noticed a strange problem. MMS messages just can't b...
Well, here I am sitting all smug thinking that Christmas is all wrapped up when, suddenly, I find that I've set a delivery date of "Friday December 28th" for a present. Doah! Still, CoolSmartPhone Hero Johnny De'Silva has cheered me up with a tip-off ...
Microsoft blogger Jason Langridge has just appeared in this Channel 10 video looking at a range of Windows Mobile phones. The Palm Treo 500, TyTN II, Pantech Duo and other phones make an appearance. Jason also looks at the HTC S730 (which he calls the...
Christmas is right around the corner and Microsoft are celebrating with free ringtones and wallpapers for Windows Mobile. Tameside Eye has emailed in after spotting the range of special seasonal ringtones and backdrops. There's stacks to choose from, ...
It looks like Devicewire are now selling iMate phones and have the JAMA 101 and JAMA 201 in stock. They've also in stock of the iMate Ultimate 6150 and 8150 phones coming soon. Check out our earlier review of the Ultimate handsets and get saving your ...
Many months ago the guys at Ateksoft sent us a copy of WebCamera Plus. It's a simply fantastic piece of software which turns your mobile phone into a mobile webcam. Now, with version 2, you get not just streaming video - but sound too! Available for $...
If you're a "Pay As You Go" customer you may find that you have a special code to dial to get your balance - it might be *#10# or *101# etc. This program will sit on your homescreen and check how much credit you have remaining. Available for …
Here's another contact manager designed for the stylus-hating user ;) Finger-Frienly Friends will let you poke your screen and quickly find contacts, text, email or call them using your finger. Plus, if you have in-built GPS you can send your position...
The Toshiba Portégé G910 / G920 has just been outed on the FCC website. Packing WiFi, Bluetooth and 3G connectivity, these tri-band handsets are identical apart from the fact that the G910 has had the built-in GPS turned off (bummer). These pictures...
Remember how o2 accidentally labelled their latest handset the "Stella", instead of the "Stellar" ? Sure, the web designers probably love their lager, but it's not like they'd make the same mistake again.... is it? DOAH! Yep, this - according to o2 -...
Gizmodo have just posted a news item about the future of Windows Mobile. It seems that the issues with the current OS have been identified and they'll be addressed in future versions of Windows Mobile. It won't surprise regular readers to find that th...
RSS reader Viigo has just been updated to version 3.3.35. It'll give you instant access to your favourite news, sports, weather and entertainment news plus any RSS feed you want. The new version fixes some bugs and adds features and functionality re...
Here's the new release of Elecont Weather. Right now there's an animated New Year theme and you can save 25%, bringing the cost down to just $10.95 (around £5.37). This app gets weather information for 51,000 locations along with full six-day foreca...
Create Ringtone Mobile is a Windows Mobile Pro (Pocket PC) application for touch-screen devices. This app will let you create and edit your own ringtone directly on your phone. Features include a melody bar-graph to divide the song, WAV/MP3 support,...
Yesterday Connected Tools announced version 2 of CT Scheduler. The software lets you schedule repetitive tasks and turns your phone into a fully automated assistant. It'll let you send texts, switch profile and change call forwarding automatically. Yo...
If, like me, you're constantly forgetting birthdays and anniversaries you've probably added dates into your phone calendar. Rivia Friendzee goes several steps further, adding and managing your relationships with friends and relatives. You can store th...
I was lucky enough to visit Las Vegas last year as part of our honeymoon. I decided to try my hand at Roulette, but didn't realise that I was sat at a $20 minimum table. The lady sat behind the table wasn't pleased when I eagerly spread my …
Following our review of the iMate Ultimate 6150 and 8150 it's interesting to see other publications getting their hands on the near-final devices. The PC Magazine review comes to pretty much the same conclusion - power is delivered in spades but there...
Smartphoneware have just annouced several new apps. Best RegEdit will let you fiddle around with your Windows Mobile registry, whilst Best Crypto protects your private files and photos to ensure that lost or stolen phones don't turn into a huge securi...
I've just stumbled across PocketCM and I'm surprised we've not covered it before. It's a finger-friendly contact app for touch-screen phones that'll let you glide through your contacts, call, edit, sort, filter and then show all the text conversations...
Christmas shopping, for blokes, is like hell on earth. Being shoved around a huge shopping centre with your wife, trying desperately not to get trampled on or pushed aside by people randomly grabbing at anything on the shelf is annoying as hell. I tri...
OK, so following the whole Cigular / Cingular business (when it should be AT&T), the Boy Genius has a video online showing Windows Mobile 6.1 in action. Sure, it still says "Cigular" towards the end of the video and there's confusion about whether thi...
The Boy Genius has been fishing around Windows Mobile 6.1 even more since his exposé just the other day. He's looking at the Windows Mobile Standard 6.1 version (i.e. no touch screen) and has now spotted some extra improvements. Internet Explorer h...
Here's a story I forgot to mention. Google Mobile Maps now includes a feature to locate your position - even without GPS. It works by using information from your local mobile tower to get your location within a 1000 metre radius. Whilst this isn't per...
Although I run a Windows Mobile website I'm never afraid to criticise the phones or the Operating System. There's a few major things I'd like to see improved, but one major problem is Internet Explorer. Sure, HTC have helped a great deal with their To...
The other day someone with a Windows Mobile Pro (Pocket PC) device asked me, "How do I get the text message sound to repeat?" I figured it was easy, you just go into Settings->Personal->Sounds and Notifications and then choose "Messaging - New Text Me...
If you're looking for either the HTC S730 or the HTC Touch Dual without any contract or fuss, have a browse over to devicewire.co.uk. The S730 is currently selling for £289.99 whilst the Touch Dual is available for £349.99. We've reviewed both the ...
The Boy Genius Report has blown the lid on the upcoming Windows Mobile 6.1. They've just taken delivery of a Motorola Q9 with WiFi and Windows Mobile 6.1 powers it! So what's new? Well there's a lot of gloss in the user interface with the ability to ...
Looking for a threaded SMS application? Try Extreme Text from Birdsoft. There's a free trial, then you can buy it for $14.95 (£7.23). Now available for both Windows Mobile Standard (Smartphone) and Windows Mobile Pro (Pocket PC), the popular threaded...
