Category: Windows Phone
Come on o2! The UK network have smashed onto the Windows Mobile scene of late with their XDA SP and XDA Exec. Now they've gone one better and launched the o2 XDA Mini onto the o2 UK website. It's selling for £99.99 on Pay Monthly and is the …
Mark has emailed in to tell us of this "What Laptop" article detailing the new Orange SPV C600. Whilst it doesn't offer up much in the way of a release date it does give a price of £170 depending on contract. Links - What Laptop article - WhatLaptop...
ActiveSync 4.1 is the latest sync software release for Windows Mobile 5.0 devices. It's essential that you download this if you're lucky enough to have a Windows Mobile 5.0 device like the o2 XDA Exec, T-Mobile MDA Vario, Orange SPV M5000 or the SPV C...
Pocketland.net have given us some deals on their software. They've only given these deals to CoolSmartPhone.com so you won't see them anywhere else. You can get 30% off SmartMovie and Pocket Stars for both the Smartphone and Pocket PC, plus 30% of Sky...
Pocketland.net have given us some deals on their software. They've only given these deals to CoolSmartPhone.com so you won't see them anywhere else. You can get 30% off SmartMovie and Pocket Stars for both the Smartphone and Pocket PC, plus 30% off Sk...
One of the good things about running this site is the amount of feedback and help I get from you guys. Mark Armstrong has taken it upon himself to write this review of his Orange SPV M5000 handset. I'm working on my own review right now, but Mark …
SplashBlog lets you instantly publish photos from your camera phone to an online photo blog / gallery to share with others. However, up until recently it hasn't been possible to use on Windows Smartphones. Well, now it is and you can get it right here...
Yay! At last TomTom have now announced support for the Orange SPV C550 and the soon-to-be-released C600. At last people with the new higher resolution (QVGA) screens can get excellent TomTom navigation too. The official support list now covers the I...
Good prices on hot new Smartphones and Windows Mobile powered stuff, that's what we like. We've poked, prodded and tickled our CoolSmartPhone shop staff into submission and they're dished up some excellent deals for our loyal readers. Check them out b...
The results are in. We asked you exactly 2 weeks ago whether you'd like to buy the Orange SPV M3000. Orange launched it, but didn't announce a UK release! Booo!! We wanted to know whether you would buy one if it was available. Well, we had a massive …
The MDA Vario is the T-Mobile version of the HTC Wizard. Orange have one too, however they decided not to launch it in the UK. We even started a campaign, you can see the poll on the top-right of the front page to see how many people are …
My wishes have come true! Only a week after the first Gemma Atkinson skin we now have another one! Ooooooo yes! The girl who's now also been featured by Goldie Looking Chain has made a second appearance at CoolSmartPhone! Wad McGraw has sent in this f...
Yes, it certainly appears that way. Paul Woodhouse has emailed in to say... "Thought you might want to know that I've just called o2 and the guy confirmed to me that they will be releasing the HTC Wizard as the 'O2 XDA Mini S' in the UK and …
We continually go on about how chuffing brilliant AtomicLava is. To put it briefly, this software sits on your Smartphone and allows you to take photos, add a comment, then publish it on t'interblob straight away. This is great when you're on holiday ...
Craig has sent in a scan of the November Orange magazine. It features the Orange SPV C600 (hurray!!!) so that means it should be out in the shops any time now really. Check out the full scan here. Apologies in advance for the lack of email response re...
Astraware have today annouced the release of "My Little Tank". I'll try not to mention the obvious "cockney rhyming slang".. thank god they didn't call it "Tommy Tank", that's all I can say! Can you imagine your wife finding you hunched over your phon...
We told you we'd have more on the Qtek G100 and indeed we do. Full specs have now been posted here at qtek.nu. According to the website... "The new Qtek G100 is the first device in the Qtek range to focus on personal navigation. This non-GSM device fe...
The Orange M5000 is now available on the Orange Shop. It's selling for £299.99 for new customers however it's still showing as "Out Of Stock" on Orange Upgrades. This is the Orange version of the HTC Universal, already seen on o2 as the o2 XDA Exec ...
Thanks to my endless charm, wit and ..err.. modesty I've managed to secure a dirty weekend with the T-Mobile Vario. I've got just 48 hours to test this kit, which came with the CoPilot Live (6) software and a Bluetooth GPS device. First impressions? W...
Hello hello, look what's just appeared here at the qtek website. It's the GPS-enabled Qtek G100 and its presence on the site can only mean that a full launch is just around the corner. Details that we know so far are Windows Mobile 5.0, WiFi and in-b...
Well, if Orange won't launch the SPV M3000 in the UK then it leaves the door wide open for another UK network to launch their version of the same handset. Step forward T-Mobile, who have now officially annouced the launch of the T-Mobile MDA Vario. Wi...
Samsung have announced an alliance with BMW to integrate their SGH-i300 Windows Mobile phone into the infamous iDrive interface on the BMW 5 Series. The SGH-i300 will connect to the iDrive system via A2DP Bluetooth, and will allow the user to listen t...
Another day, another new HTC handset appears. Should we start saying, "The future's bright, the future's HTC?". MSMobiles have yet another picture of a HTC device currently being designed. This one is called the HTC Muse and is billed as a "Windows M...
Smartphone - Video Charts (.3GP) (free!) 01 Westlife_You-Raise-Me-Up.3gp 02 Sugarbabes_Push-The-Button.3gp 03 Robbie-Williams_Tripping.3gp 04 Pussycat-Dolls_Dont-Cha.3gp 05 &...
MSMobiles have news on a new handset from HTC, the makers of the SPV range. This one is code-named the "HTC Breeze" and appears to have a front-facing camera in addition to the regular rear-mounted one.Update - New details show that this device DOES h...
A selfish request here to all homescreen producers across the globe. I've even blogged about this too but not had a response as yet (is there anyone mad enough to read my blog?). So I'm gonna ask here. What I'm after is a QVGA homescreen featuring Gem...
Blimey! What have I started? :) I asked you guys here to email me if you thought it was worth starting a campaign to get the Orange SPV M3000 onto Orange UK. I've been absolutely swamped in email - 56 emails in the last hour ! All of …
Are you an Orange SPV C500 owner ? Well, check this Orange webpage now! There's another update for your phone. This time it'll bring your phone up to version 4.2.1.4. The story on this goes that version 4.2.1.2 came out with some fixes, but it changed...
Orange have sent us some nice close-up shots of the Orange SPV C600 handset which is coming soon. Have a good old gorp at them by clicking below. Click the thumbnail to get a larger shot, then click that shot to get that one even more erm.. biggerer.....
A busy day for me today. I'm actually doing work-related stuff (yes, it shocks me too) - however if this project that we're working on takes off then hopefully I should be driving a Mercedes SLR by this time next year .. ermm.. well, that's what the b...
MSMobiles.com have pictures and details of the T-Mobile Vario here. The Vario is the T-Mobile variant of the HTC Wizard, and you'll notice that it's pretty much the same thing as the Orange SPV M3000 we told you of earlier. T-Mobile have again tweaked...
We're hearing from various people that the Orange SPV M5000 should now be available on Orange. It's creeping out and should be available at some point. You may have to wait a bit for them to become widely available as, although it's come out of "revie...
This story from last week caused quite a stir around websites. We announced that the new Samsung i300 - coming soon to o2 - will be running Windows Mobile 5.0. We were told by o2 themselves that this was so and had no reason for doubting it. However, …
Andy Stevenson has sent a story in about this Orange SPV M5000 review at ZDNet.co.uk. They've given it 8.2 out of 10. Surprisingly Orange are one of the last networks to release their HTC Universal variant. Indeed ZDNet have already reviewed the o2 ve...
Remember this story from July ? Well, yes. It appears that the Samsung SCH-M600 is now here. Samsung has officially unveiled the handset today - however they've stated and shown it running Windows Mobile 2003 - not version 5.0. DoAh!! Like the Samsung...
The O2 XDA SP handset is now selling from the o2 website. You can try this direct link (if it works) or browse to it through the o2 shop. Sure, it comes with Windows Mobile 2003 SE and it's "only" got a VGA camera, but heck - welcome …
The T-Mobile MDA Compact is now available in our shop if you're up for it. Yes, it's finally landed. I had a good look at this device in a T-Mobile shop yesterday and it really does live up to its' "Compact" name. Check below for some deals or …
I've just spotted this Mobile Gadget News story about a free PDF viewer for your Smartphone. This'll let you look at Abobe PDF documents on your Smartphone quickly and easily and the best bit is that it's... CoMpLeTELy FrEe! :) Get the direct downloa...
Following on from the HTC StarTrek story, MSMobiles.com have details of a new Pocket PC Phone from HTC. Called the "HTC Hermes" it'll have... Network - UMTS, EDGE, GPRS, HSDPA TBD, GSM Quadband Screen - 320 x 240 QVGA IO - Bluetooth, Wi-Fi 802.11 ...
The HTC Star Trek, which we previously guessed would probably be a clamshell/flip-style handset, has now appeared here at MSMobiles.com. As you can see from the picture, it's a whole new design and approach from HTC from the ground up. It also looks l...
