Qik – Live video from your Windows Mobile phone

Christmas is a time for family, but if your entire family can't be there qik could come to your rescue. They have just announced support for 20 new phones, including the Samsung Omnia, HTC Touch Pro, Touch HD and Motorola Q to name just a few. It'll a...

ZTE E810 to appear as Vodafone 1230

Meet the ZTE E810. It's a QWERTY messaging device with some fairly basic specs. GPRS / EDGE, 320x240 pixel screen, 1.3 Megapixel screen, microSD card and it's powered by a 1100 mAh battery. Designed for the GSM 850/1800/1900 network it runs Windows Mo...

SlingPlayer Mobile software updated

Regular readers may remember the Slingbox and SlingPlayer review we did some time back. We loved the system and wanted to keep it but the fiends at the PR company managed to grab it back. Damn. Today Sling Media have released updated versions of Sling...

Orange – New plans and handset news

It's Christmas Eve and I should be wrapping presents, but I just wanted to pass on some information about the new Orange talk plans. New Panther 45 plans are on the way which include 500MB of data, 1200 talk minutes and 500 texts. They also give you t...

iPhone vs Storm vs G1 vs HTC Touch HD!

The Gadget Show on Five have performed a face-off between the iPhone, Blackberry Storm, T-Mobile G1 and HTC Touch HD. Hmmm.. you'd think that iPhone would walk it, surely? Well, no. Jon Bentley puts all the phones through their paces with camera quali...

Merry Christmas from Coolsmartphone.com !

I've just spent 30 minutes looking for a parking space, 5 minutes sitting behind a guy who was arguing about a parking space, 30 minutes queuing in the bank and an hour battling through shops. Then, in the local supermarket, I witnessed the utter madn...

i-Mate handsets get Winterface GUI

You've seen Winterface mentioned here before and it's certainly proving popular. Johnny De'Silva has sent in some shots of the i-Mate version. Called "i-Mate Go" it's the usual finger-friendly idea with quick and simple access into your stuff. The i-M...

Cool apps from Trinket Software

Tom Harvey has been onto us about Trinket Software. He's spotted their cool applications which include No Calls, PowerSMS and Fake Call. You can try the software or buy for $9.99 (£6.70), except for Fake Call, which is $4.95 (£3.33). No Calls will...

Microsoft Livelabs release Seadragon.. for the iPhone

couple of days now and I want to thank everyone who's emailed in about it. Microsoft has launched their first ever iPhone application, called Seadragon. It lets iPhone users look at high resolution pictures and zoom in on them easily over the net. Wh...

Touch Shell interface – Free version now available

Here's another GUI for you in the shape of Touch Shell. We've mentioned this a little before, but now there's a completely free version too. The customizable user interface is based on the original Touch Commander with enhanced 3D effects to bring an ...

Special deal on WebCamera Plus

It's been a while since we saw WebCamera Plus. It's a fantastic bit of software that turns your phone into a mobile webcam for your PC. Connecting over WiFi, ActiveSync, 3G, Bluetooth or GPRS / EDGE it'll let you go almost anywhere with your webcam! T...

Pointui Home Version 2 gets previewed

We've been banging on about PointUI Home for ages now. It started off as a free user interface for your phone and has since been given added functionality and settings. Now there's a complete overhaul in the form of Pointui Home 2. There's applets, fa...

12 Days of Christmas Offers at Handango

Handango currently have a sale on to celebrate the 12 days of Christmas. Just visit their site and each day click the link for a new deal. Today there's $5 off when you spend $20 - just enter the voucher code shown to take advantage of the deal …

Get tactile feedback for free

Owners of newer handsets like the HTC Touch HD will already have something like this, but now you can get it too. TouchResponse is a free program which will vibrate your device when you touch the screen. It's a way to get a tactile feedback to your de...

Tired of your texting experience? Try A.SMS

Bored of the existing texting system on your Windows Mobile ? Try A.SMS instead. It's ideal for the regular texter and includes new functions and displays. This product page shows the difference between the existing Windows Mobile messaging system and...

Hey – my MP4 video won’t play!

So, I'm back in the UK and I've just plugged my Windows Mobile handset into my PC. I've got lots of videos that I'd like to copy across to my machine and view. They're all in MP4 format, it's just a matter of loading up Quicktime and.... ..ahh... …

Virgin Mobile – Unlimited web browsing for 30p per day

Virgin Mobile is to update their mobile data plans and will introduce a 30p unlimited daily browsing tariff. this page gives more details, with a claim that Virgin is 3 times cheaper than other networks. Sure, in the UK when you say "Unlimited" it gen...

HTC Touch HD receives glowing review from PC Pro

PC Pro magazine has rated the new HTC Touch HD with 5 stars in it's review. The phone achieved the "PC Pro Recommended" status with the reviewer stating... "All told, we're hugely impressed with the Touch HD. It doesn't have the elegance of the iPhone...

Orange launch bigger data plans

Orange have just added three new mobile broadband plans. They include a 30-day tariff with 10GB of usage and two 18 month plans which give 1GB and 10GB usage respectively. These are to be made available immediately and target those using the Orange da...

Google Android running like silk on the HTC Touch

Woah, check it out. Google Android running extremely well on the HTC Touch. Sure, we've seen this before but this is really something - internet browsing, email and smooth animation and it only takes a restart to switch back to 'old Windows Mobile aga...