Paul from MoDaCo has been slowly torturing us this afternoon with juicy bits of info relating to the HTC Hero update. This, from what we've heard, should improve the speed and responsiveness of the Hero. Paul has managed to get the update (or a test b...

We're seeing plenty of last-tweaks to WinMo 6.5 ahead of it's appearance sometime in October. However, most attention is still on Windows Mobile 7, which promises to bring quite substantial changes across the platform. Digitimes has today stated that ...

Augmented Reality. The words used to wash over me like a cool breeze and I had no idea what people were on about. It's simple enough though - apps boasting this feature simply combine real-world and computer-generated data in real-time to create an in...

Ladies and Gentlemen. On the left, wearing the blue shorts, it's the very latest Windows Mobile TouchFLO 3D interface from HTC - version 2.6. On the right, in the red shorts, it's the Android-powered HTC Sense / HTC TouchFLO interface also from HTC. ...

Dell recently showed off their own Smartphone, although Dell staff were pointing out that this unit was a "proof of concept". It's true, they are dev eloping devices for China Mobile, but they're not named or pictured as yet. Dell are rumoured to be b...

We'll admit that this is a bit of hearsay right now, but it's a very interesting bit of hearsay. "Vonn", over at AndroidCommunity.com, says that he's received an email from HTC Customer Care HQ regarding a software update for the HTC Hero. According t...

Right, we've been soaking up the t'interwebs for 7 long years with all the latest Windows Mobile (and now Google Android) news and reviews. Today it's time for one of those "public awareness" messages. We don't do it very often and sure, nobody likes ...

Well here's a thing. Some dedicated iPhone fans have hacked about with their phones to produce this - the HTC TouchFLO / Sense interface on the popular Apple handset. There's a fair amount of work to get this working but we're guessing it shows just h...

OK, a few changes have been happening here at Coolsmartphone.com of late. Firstly, all news stories now also include details of the category they're filed in - look, this one is in "Website News". See? :) Secondly, we've got some additional newsfeeds ...

Twikini - the Twitter client for Windows Mobile - has now been updated to version 1.2. The app, which only costs $4.95 (around £2.98) to buy, is also available on a 14-day trial. It's quick, easy-to-user and integrates with Twitpic and Windows Media ...

Now, we think we missed this one. A HTC Touch Pro2 ROM upgrade has just been found on the HTC website. It's for vanilla HTC Touch Pro2 phones bought from the likes of devicewire.com. It fixes a couple of fixes, including a financial providers icon and...

Following the one million HTC Magic (Android) phones that have been sold it's good to see yet more evidence of Windows Mobile phones from HTC too. The HTC Leo and HTC Whitestone. The Leo looks to be getting a brilliant specs list with the Snapdragon 1...

Social Messaging client "Nimbuzz" has now been made available for Android. The Android version brings some unique features including a time-sensitive user interface, home-screen notifications, Skype and local social network support, smart buddy list, ...

Following the revelation that Microsoft and Nokiacould possibly be getting all kissy-kissy, it's now been made official. Both companies are to collaborate on the design, development and marketing of "productivity solutions" for .. Nokia phones. Office...

Yes, you read that right. Tomorrow, in New York City, Microsoft will apparently confirm an alliance with Nokia. CNET reports that it will be part of a plan to roll out the Office suite on Nokia handsets. This comes following agreements to use Microsof...

CoPilot Live v8 is now available on the iPhone, Android and also on Windows Mobile. It's a fully featured satellite navigation system in both portrait and landscape settings. Windows Mobile users can buy it and download directly for £25.99 for full ...

As a Windows Mobile user for several years I've always been interested in installing cool apps. Now, on the Android-powered HTC Hero, I've been diving into the Android Market app-store for great tools and utilities. The Hero, which has just been relea...

The server completed it's move last night and we're now in a brand new data centre with greatly enhanced network connectivity. If you were trying to get here between 0:30 and 1.45 GMT (1:30 - 2.45 BST) this morning then the site wouldn't have shown up...

"Finger Friendly" is a term that I'm almost tired of using now. What else do I call it? Thumb-tastic? Finger fun? Either way, following news of more enhanced 6.5 functionality there's now a video of it in action. Now, we've gotta say that there's been...

It looks like the slightly-modified HTC Touch Pro2 is about to take on America in a big way. The unit is already heading to the US in CDMA clothes on Telus and Verizon, but now Sprint and AT&T are getting it too, and with the much-needed 3.5mm audio …