More WinMo 6.5 builds appear

Windows Mobile 6.5 seems to be getting more tweaks than ever and, off the back of recent news it seems that these leaked builds form part of a new touch-tastic 6.5 Update to be released in February 2010. Build 23034 has now popped onto the t'interweb...

T-Mobile Pulse – Huawei Android phone rendered

Leak time. This is the new Huawei Android handset with a hastily edited T-Mobile logo splatted on top. Known as the "T-Mobile Pulse" it's just popped up on this web shop on pre-order. It (apparently) has FM radio, a 3.2 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, 3G...

FCC Rubber-stamps the CDMA Hero

Regular readers will no doubt have read our HTC Hero review. The device has been fully blessed with the HTC software tweaks we've come to expect on Windows Mobile kit from HTC and now, using the codename "HERO200", it's heading it's way across the Atl...

HTC Click in video action

Check it out - it's the new HTC Click in full video goodness. The Click is the cheap and cheerful Android device we mentioned a month ago and it's shown here without the funky HTC TouchFLO / Sense interface but with the Android "Donut" build 1.50.999....

LG Watch Phone to debut next Thursday

We've been keeping an eye on the LG Watch Phone for a while now. It's available from selected Orange stores next Thursday but lucky Stephen Fry has already managed to get one (I do envy his life at times). If you've got £500 washing around in your ba...

Samsung InstinctQ makes an appearance

The Samsung InstinctQ has popped up on the web in leaked shots over at phandroid.com. It's headed for the USA on the Sprint network and these shots clearly show a sliding QWERTY but, aside from optical pad, we don't know a far lot specs-wise. Meanwhi...

Cradle Alarm – New version now available

Back in the old days CradleAlarm used to be called enAlarmPPC. Verion 4.6 now includes a stack of functionality with multiple alarms and four different types to chose from - it takes the standard Windows Mobile alarm to the next level. There's alarm w...

o2 XDA Venn Reviewed

4WinMobile have published a review of the o2 XDA Venn - the Pantech DUO C810 we spotted a couple of years back in the USA.This is a classic Smartphone with Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard (non-touch) powering the device. Under the hood there's a 528MHz Qu...

HTC Hero Update caught on video!

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...

WinMo 6.5 and 7 Dual-action attack?

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 ...

Layar – Augmented Reality goes into overdrive

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...

HTC TouchFLO 3D version 2.6 on video

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. ...

Android-based Dell phone on the way?

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...

Rumoured software update for the Hero ?

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...

Texting at the wheel. Drifting into danger.

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 ...

HTC Hero interface aped – on the iPhone

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...

More RSS feeds for your news needs

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 ...

Twitter Client Twikini updated to version 1.2

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 ...

Touch Pro2 Software Update available

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...

Leo and Whitestone renders and rumoured specs

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...