Category: Windows Phone
It's another biggy and finally it's here. Our Orange SPV E650 review is now online. It's the usual big helping of pictures, close-ups, screenshots, videos and much, much more. We've now been lucky enough to review both this and the HTC S710 version, s...
We had the first ever review of the HTC Touch and we reported all about the launch. But wait - what about these rumours of a green HTC Touch ? You may have seen some pictures from Taiwan on engadget and some other sites, but look - we've …
Mobile blogging software MobiBlogr has been updated once again. Version 1.3.3 is now available and includes an auto blogging system and the automated upload of any new photos. You'll also get the ability to add, edit, delete posts or pictures plus a f...
Well, we've seen several "unofficial" fixes, but now it's here - SlingPlayer™ Mobile, compatible with Windows Mobile 6. You can grab it here at slingmedia.com. There's also a new remote control skin with refreshed look and feel, along with additiona...
Fancy a game of 3D Lawn Darts ? This is an amazing new motion-sensing game which operates on any Windows Mobile device. "How?" I hear you ask, well it's all done with your camera. It'll analyse a simple sweeping motion on your handset and you'll see y...
Keni has spotted an OS update for the Vodafone V1605 we reviewed a short while back. As usual it's a hefty 48Mb download and, as is the way with these updates, there's no mention of it anywhere on the main Vodafone site. It can be found on the …
Sprint have announced today the HTC Mogul, AKA the PPC-6800. It comes equipped with Windows Mobile 6 running on a Qualcomm 416Mhz CPU, 256Mb ROM and 64Mb of RAM. You also get a 2 megapixel camera, 802.11b/g WiFi, Bluetooth v2.0, microSD and a slimmer ...
Just when you think the internet is nothing but porn, adverts and bingo websites, along comes solid gold like TV Themes Tunes Online. It seems to be in the UK too, so you've not only got American TV shows but classic themes from over here aswell! Find...
If you're constantly switching between websites to get your news kick then you'll probably have tried RSS news feeds. Put simply they're cut-down text files which contain the articles or news items from your favourite websites. You can get all these f...
Russian games company HeroCraft have just sent me a Press Release about their new game, Happy Lines. It's now available to try or buy for $9.97 (about £5.05). There's vivid graphics and a simple but addictive gameplay with several different game mo...
The "taboo" subject in Windows Mobile has to be homebrewed ROMs. Install them and they'll invalidate your warranty, blank your data, delete your network settings, possibly brick your phone and may even make the world spin backwards. However, for those...
At long last we've managed to get our grubby mitts on an Orange SPV E650. Now that we've got one, I wanted to test some things. Firstly, it is possible to change the colour theme and homescreen design out-of-the-box, and I've had no problems installin...
OK, hands up who remembers when ET, Flashdance and The Karate Kid were being shown at your local cinema and kids played with Cabbage Patch Kids and the Rubik's Cubes ? Anyone? Well, even for those who don't, you'll no doubt have heard of Pac-Man and t...
Years back, when this site was crawling around in nappies, we had lots of links to sites specialising in ringtones, backdrops, home-screen and videos. It's good to see a resurgence of these lately, especially SmartPhoneCinema.co.uk, which has a wide s...
Yet another fantastic shoot-em-up from eSoft has just landed in our inbox with blasting action guaranteed. Cool graphics, online score rankings, banging sound effects and progressive arcade-style gameplay will soon have you glued to your phone. In Ear...
I don't know a better way to start the week than a blurry shot of a future handset, do you? It's rumoured to be a Vodafone-branded Palm device running Windows Mobile Standard (y'know, Smartphone), which would obviously indicate a non touch-screen devi...
If you've gone for Windows Vista and installed Windows Mobile Device Center to get fully sync'd with your Windows Mobile then you'll be happy to know that there's now a new version. This fixes pesky bugs and adds Information Rights Management, HTML ma...
Remember way back in 2003 when we thought the SPV E200 was called the Orange SPV C200? Well, that was all a magazine mis-print, however we've just stumbled across this Digitimes article about Orange and HTC which states that an SPV C200 will be coming...
The summer is well and truly here so it's definitely time to top up your phone with some new games. Right now we've got a special price of just £6.03 on the SkyForce Duo pack. You get SkyForce SP (normally £5.01) and Sky Force Reloaded (normally £5...
Last month we mentioned FlashThemes and the fun you can have with animated Today screens on your Pocket PC / Windows Mobile Pro (any device with a stylus basically). Now there's more good news, because Netwasp have released a new version of FlashTheme...
Well, it's now official. The HTC Touch is delivering a "New Touch Screen Experience" (although not quite the "multi-touch" we'd hoped) and not only that, it's coming to Orange and many more networks very soon. The new HTC Touch P3450 (HTC Elf) uses gr...
If you've got your Windows Mobile to hand don't forget to check our mobile site at mobile.coolsmartphone.com. It's filled with information and fun which has been specifically designed with mobile compatibility in mind. You'll find this news feed plus ...
You remember MobiBlogr that we mentioned a while back? It's a free mobile blogging tool letting you type blog posts on your Windows Mobile which appear instantly on your specially customized MobiBlogr page like this. A few days back MobiBlogr 1.2.1 wa...
If you've got a Smartphone (Orange SPV E650 / O2 Xda Graphite) and you're after some new games then we've got some hot suggestions. We've just been sent these and, although they're fantastic, we think that the software designers have been away from na...
We mentioned SmartToolKit about a month back and it's since had major new release. SmartToolkit ALPHA-4 includes new features such as a new Start menu, QuickLaunch and storage & storage card Explorer in the menu. The free application works on Windows ...
acbTaskMan has been available for the Pocket PC (Windows Mobile Pro) for some time, but now it's available for the Smartphone too (Windows Mobile Standard). The utility shows CPU and memory usage for each process, and also produces charts showing CPU,...
You've probably seen the orange RSS / XML buttons on many of your favourite news sites of late. These can be added to your browser, Outlook or newsreader to get the latest updates from sites that interest you. Now TopStory lets you add your feeds to y...
Astraware are nearing the realase of some new games, but in the meantime they've got a special deal on game packs in their "Packs of Fun" promotion. You can save on the most popular value packs of games. There's 6 game packs to choose from and each on...
Most of you will have already heard of imei-check.co.uk - they're the people who specialise in unlocking your Windows Mobile phone. They've now recently added the Orange SPV E650 / HTC Vox to their list of supported handsets. If you want your handset ...
Johnny De'Silva was wandering through his local Orange shop when he spotted this - the Samsung i600 handset. It's available for nothing on plans of £35 or more or just £19.99 on plans of £30 or more. Running Windows Mobile 5.0 there's triband conne...
Next up, newsmobile.it have pictures of the HTC Elf... well, they did have (they've mysteriously vanished), however you can still see them on Slashphone. The HTC Elf is to be sold as the HTC P3450 and looks a little like that egg that Mork used in "Mo...
HTC have shelled of $14.5 million to buy Dopod. Dopod have been selling HTC handsets for 5 years now under their brand and the move is a "gradual integration process" according to HTC Chief Peter Chou. Dopod have also just announced the launch of the ...
We're getting emails about the E650 and some problems installing stuff to it. Unfortunately we're still unable to get a loan device from Orange, so we're completely unable to help. Can you guys tell us more? According to the emails it's impossible to ...
The HTC s710 is the HTC "network free" version of the Orange SPV E650 which we've been unable to borrow from Orange. Luckily our new best mates at devicewire.com have loaned us one of these spanky phones to review. The result is this quite mammoth rev...
I've just been reading this article at SmartPhoneThoughts.com. It concerns a re-occurring question amongst Windows Mobile users ..... "Why can't I record phone calls?" The article covers the major points and the reasons why a call-recorder isn't inclu...
Another day and another free push email provider pops up. Consilient offer the "pushing" of your email - whether it be standard POP3, Yahoo!, Hotmail, GMail or AOL mail. You start off here by entering your phone number and your email address, then you...
We've been keeping an eye on t-mobile.com/wmupgrade in the hope of seeing the Windows Mobile 6 upgrade for the T-Mobile Dash. This afternoon it finally appeared, so visit this page to get the 45 MB download itself. Hurray! The usual warnings apply her...
Following the recent announcements about flat rate data plans there'll no doubt be more of you wanting to set up instant email. Emoze have been busy promoting their service of late and they're sponsoring the worlds first "Extreme Push Email Challenge"...
With FlashThemes Player 2007 every Pocket PC (Windows Mobile Pro) owner can now run animated themes on their Today Screen regardless of the device, screen layout or limited space available on the screen! FlashThemes 2007 supports any PocketPC device,...
We've got a stack of reviews coming your way over the next few days. First up we've got the Vodafone v1605 - it's a rebranded HTC Hermes 200 handset and we've got the usual mix of pictures, close-up photographs and screenshots for you to go through. I...
