Windows Phone 7 Series game demoed

Wanna see a Windows Phone 7 Series game? During TechEd Middle East an "Indiana Jones" game which was built in Visual Studio. It was displayed on the same test unit we saw during Mobile World Congress and uses the accelerometer and touch controls. Deve...

A weekend with the HTC Legend – Video Day 2

Today we've got the 'old close-up camera and filmed another HTC Legend video. This time it's a look at the new features on the very latest version of HTC Sense (Android). This is Android 2.1 and we've got the final build of the OS and Sense GUI on …

HTC Legend vs HTC Hero – Low-light cam comparison

Yesterday we showed you some comparison shots taken on the HTC Hero and HTC Legend. A few of you said that there wasn't much difference, but I'm determined to show the difference in quality. Last night, after a few drinks, I stumbled out into the gard...

A weekend with the HTC Legend – Video special

Quite a few sites appear to have a HTC Legend review unit, but here at coolsmartphone.com we've got something that no-one else has. It's revealed 4 minutes and 45 seconds into our mammoth unboxing video. The video starts literally minutes after the Fe...

HTC Legend vs HTC Hero Camera comparison

We've played around with the HTC Hero for quite some time now. It has a 5 megapixel auto-focus camera but then, so has the all-new HTC Legend we've got hold of. How do the two compare? Well, I can tell you that finally, after all these years, HTC …

A weekend with the HTC Legend – Photo special

We now have a rather massive video showing the new HTC Legend being unboxed and generally fiddled with by my good self. There's also yet more photos of the Legend, plus comparison shots and super up-close pictures. We've already had some of your quest...

Windows Phone 7 Series gets full demo

We and several hundred other press members got into a scrum at Mobile World Congress as Windows Phone 7 Series got demonstrated. It was a little full-on, so it's great to see a nice up-close video instead. Fellow Microsoft MVP Chris Pirillo has added ...

A weekend with the HTC Legend

Keep an eye on the site this weekend, because we've got a little surprise for you all. We took a shine to a certain handset at Mobile World Congress last month. The HTC Legend was launched alongside the HTC Desire and a Windows Mobile device called th...

In a wired world, should we turn off more?

I posted this originally in my blog but I feel it deserves space here too. Sometimes whilst travelling you can overhear discussions which are really interesting. I’m in one of those situations right now. I’m at an airport somewhere in the world an...

No Windows Mobile apps in your Windows Phone

We kinda knew this already, but now Microsoft have confirmed. Those apps you're running on your Windows Mobile just won't work on Windows Phone 7 Series. There is no backward compatibility and Charlie Kindel states... "To be clear, we will continue t...

Wait a minute. Did we just kill the Smartphone of old?

Remember this ? It's the original SPV (HTC Canary). I bought it back in 2002 and started a little web page about it. The website grew and, after nearly 8 years and several billion hits, we're now in a world of Windows Phone. Tonight I took a trip …

Verizon going into the Pink

Remember when the Pink Project Phones got leaked ? Now there's more info - it's coming to Verizon in the USA. Gizmodo have got hold of some marketing material and it shows Verizon as the carrier. The images are the same as before but there are more wh...

Orange Hero issues following ROM upgrade?

There's an interesting story on theregister.co.uk this morning regarding the HTC Hero. According to the item there's issues accessing the Android Marketplace on the Orange-branded model following the recent update. I've tested it here and not had a p...

Mobility: An Education in Telephony

My appologies for missing two weeks; South Africa was very intense and left me in no fit state to write this as soon as I got back. I feel it has been improved by the extra time I had, though   As a current denizen of the Scottish …

HTC vs. Apple – The storm clouds gather

The Apple lawsuit against HTC appears to be aimed at Android via HTC. However, there are a number of Windows Mobile handsets included in this too. Apple claims to hold the patent on touch screens, power management, a particular unlocking system and a ...

Apple to sue HTC for Patent Infringement

HTC are doing well. They're doing very well. They arrived in Barcelona, announced three new devices, then took home a huge award. Apple now seem to be flexing their muscles, with an intention to sue HTC for HTC, infringing a massive 20 patents. These ...

HD2 and Motorola Cliq XT arriving in the US, cheap too!

Woaha. First rule of watermarking. Never put your logo right on top of the most important piece of information. TmoNews have got information on the arrival of the HD2 into the USA. It's showing up as $199 after various rebates and probably a fairly ch...

The results of our quick poll – WP7S worth waiting for

See this ? This is Windows Phone 7 Series. It was announced just a couple of weeks back in Barcelona. It's the all-new mobile OS from Microsoft and addresses a lot of the issues of Windows Mobile. Microsoft have taken more control and, although there'...

X10 Mini & X10 Mini Pro Coming 16th March

Online retailer eXpansys have just put up Pre-Order pages for both the X10 Mini and the X10 Mini Pro with an expected release date of 16th March... just over 2 weeks away!. The X10 Mini which was announced at Mobile World Congress packs a 5 Megapixel ...