HTC Touch Diamond2 Video tour

Well sure, you've seen the Diamond2 being unboxed elsewhere, but deep down we know you long for our wobble-cam videos. Here's our HTC Touch Diamond2 overview video which takes a tour around the handset and some of the bits you get inside the box. We a...

HTC Touch Diamond Updates available

There's a couple of hotfixes available for existing HTC Touch Diamond users. First up is this fix for skipping audio playback whilst this second update will sort the issue where a Repeat option isn't clickable on sound reminders. Thanks to everyone w...

The Touch Diamond2 is here!

Look what just appeared at Coolsmartphone HQ - it's the all-new HTC Touch Diamond2. A few recently became available to buy and it's the successor to original Touch Diamond which has already sold by the truck-load. Powered by a Qualcomm 528 MHz process...

The iPhone versus the Touch HD

A few weeks back we started our "Week with the iPhone". It all started off well, but we only got to day 3 and, in the midst of editing the other vids (which will be up shortly), a HTC Touch HD arrived for us to compare it with. …

More Diamond2 stock, and another review

With all these Diamond2 reviews (here's another one) it's good to see yet another small batch arrive at devicewire.com. This time there's 20, so be quick if you're after one! Oh, and we know we said this last time but this really is the last stock fo...

Windows Mobile 6.5 almost ready to roll

It looks like Windows Mobile 6.5 will be wheeled out for another public showing on May 11th at Tech Ed. It's already appeared several times and was first mentioned last year. We're already seeing early versions appearing all over xda-developers.com bu...

More Diamond2 reviews appear online

Hey, let's not get upset about the fact that we've not got one of these new HTC Touch Diamond2 handsets to play with yet. We've got to wait our turn. It's no problem. We'll just sit around and tiddle our thumbs while yet another site looks at one. …

WMTorrent – Download torrents direct to your phone

Now, I don't know anything about BitTorrents, honest, but WinMobile Torrent v.3 is now available and supports all versions of Windows Mobile. It supports trackerless torrents, peer exchange and seeding. A free 5-day trial can be downloaded with the fu...

GPSSpot – Find your way to any GPS location

We get some strange emails at times. This one in particular seemed a little weird, "Don't know where your car is?" Well no, not really. Sure, I used to lose my car quite a bit, but that was years ago whilst working at the local supermarket. I used …

Yet more limited stock of the Diamond2 now available

Just the other day we spotted a very limited stock of the HTC Touch Diamond2 at devicewire.com. Now they've managed to get a few more and they're available, unlocked and direct from HTC, for £394.99 inc VAT. We're hearing that the next UK shipment i...

Yrgo GUI updated version available

Windows Mobile has a lot of control panels and interfaces available to download. One of them, yrgo, has just been updated and now has a completely new design with better icons, flexible menu items and an array of gadgets to choose from. There's 64 in...

HTC Touch Diamond2 Review online – get one too!

The guys at PocketPC.ch have just notified us of their HTC Touch Diamond2 review. It includes some HD videos (have a look below) and some excellent up-close photography, and unboxing, comparison with the existing Diamond and the Touch HD. There's also...

Orange to pick up the HTC Touch Pro2

Good Friday it may be, but we're hearing from a very good source that the HTC Touch Pro2 will be arriving on Orange UK at the beginning of June. The device got launched in February and is powered by a 528Mhz Qualcomm CPU. Inside there's a 480x800 WVGA...

Facebook Windows Mobile thread highlights user concerns

On April 1st we found out about the lack of Marketplace for existing Windows Mobile owners. We also posted the following paragraph... "Customers are king, old or new. Keep them happy. Over the years I've felt that the network operators and Microsoft s...

HTC Touch HD receives another firmware update

Yesterday a new Touch HD update appeared which promises to fix multiple browsing issues and title-bar flicker. It also speeds up GPS lock, updates the "Connnection Setup" database and there's improved emergency call handling when you're in Airplane Mo...

Touch HD vs iPhone – Comparison photos

Hmm.. quiet ain't it? I've been having a look at the iPhone recently and comparing it to the HTC Touch HD. Both are very similar in terms of size and shape but differ wildly when it comes to user interface and specs like camera resolution or the inbui...

Samsung B7610 Louvre QWERTY slider

A new Samsung B7610 Louvre has recently appeared on ThePhoneHouse.nl. It's a Windows Mobile powered thing, but that's about all we know. Everyone is guessing on specs too - a possible 3.2 megapixel camera, perhaps GPS or WiFi. Personally, I'd like to ...

Windows Live with Messenger now available to download

Following the announcement just the other day you can now get the Windows Live software for your phone. To get it, browse to http://mobile.microsoft.com on your handset (preferably in IE) then hit "Windows Mobile", then "Apps, ringtones and more" and ...

More HTC Snap goodness online

Following the HTC Snap announcement yesterday there's now a promotional video online which shows the "Inner Circle" functionality which aims to keep emails in check. There's also a full hands-on over at engadget with a "real" video where you can see t...

Marketplace – Not for you, you, you or you.

It's late here in the UK. Nearly midnight, but things need to be said. We've been following the launch of Marketplace quite closely here at coolsmartphone.com. First, Microsoft was to charge developers for submitting updates to their version of the Ap...