BlueInput – Use your Bluetooth mouse with Windows Mobile

Teksoft has just released a new version of their Bluetooth mouse control system for Windows Mobile. It's now called BlueInput and lets you control your phone with a Bluetooth mouse. You can see it in action below. Bluetooth keyboards can also be attac...

HTC S740 Pricing and ETA

If you read our HTC S740 review and are busy saving up, there's some good news from Devicewire. They've got the unlocked HTC S740 priced up at £339.99 (which is £289.35 without the VAT) and stock is expected in just a few weeks time on October 23rd....

o2 releases WinMo 6.1 update for XDA Orbit 2

o2 have just put the Windows Mobile 6.1 update online for the o2 XDA Orbit 2. The update brings better battery management, (slightly) improved Internet Explorer experience and a quick start help system. You'll need a valid IMEI to proceed, and as usua...

Moto Q 11 Goes official

The Motorola Q 11 has been rumoured for a while now, but Motorola have now gone all official with details appearing on their site. Yes, a Windows Mobile phone from Motorola. It's been years since we saw such a thing here in the UK. The Q11 uses Window...

Samsung Omnia updates

Got a Samsung Omnia ? Oh, you lucky sausage. Now you can upgrade it .. ummm.. if you're in France, Italy, Malasyia, Singapore or the Philippines. Uh-huh.. Where's the update for other countries? We're not sure. Keep an eye on this Samsung page though,...

Face-off – Sony Ericsson X1 and T-Mobile G1

A great review of the Sony Ericsson X1 is now available on jouwmobiel.com. What? You want more? Well, how about a comparison with the T-Mobile G1 huh? Now you're talking. Both articles include screenshots, up-close shots, videos and, by the looks of ...

Spooky Halloween ringtones up for download

Last night I nearly threw something at the TV when a Christmas commercial popped on the screen. Surely it's not that time of year just yet is it? Perhaps not, but Halloween is just a few weeks away and you can get some suitably scary ringtones for yo...

Didiom – Mobile entertainment, now refreshed and enhanced

In February 2007 we mentioned an exciting new service called "Didiom". It's now developed into an all-in-one application which will let you steam music from your PC to your phone wirelessly. It's free and you can either use your own music collection o...

Xperia X1 Coming to o2 soon too

Following our earlier X1 story and the launch on Vodafone, it's now started to show up in advertisements next to o2 branding. The o2 forums are already buzzing about the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1, with October 13th mentioned as a possible launch date. T...

Xperia X1 on Voda – Better late than never

Addicted to the Johnny X videos ? Waiting for the new Xperia X1 to appear on Vodafone? Well, you might have to wait a little longer. Voda appear to have pushed back the release date to October 17th. This Vodafone post forum a member of staff doesn't ...

Hello world..

Keep everything crossed guys, because I think we're now back to full steam. For those of you who aren't aware, the webmaster, tech guy, coder, reporter and guy doing the server management is.. me. If anything goes wrong, like it did last week, I have ...

XDA Zest shows up on o2 website

Sure, we've still got the odd server problem here at Coolsmartphone HQ but it'll never stop us bring you the latest news. Johnny De'Silva has spotted the o2 XDA Zest on the coming soon pages. The Zest is the Asus-built device we saw last month and pac...

Another update on the website problems

Now that the "invisible" iframe causing the virus / badware / spyware problems has gone, I today moved onto removing how it got there in the first place. I've implemented a new security policy into our MySQL / Apache configuration and I'm currently te...

Coolsmartphone.com – An update on our troubles

OK, a quick update on how things are going with the site. Google have no pretty much knocked us off the internet. Any search you do in Google that returns a Coolsmartphone page will have a horrible message under it saying, "This site may harm your com...

We’re going down…

About 30 minutes ago Firefox blocked our site. If you click on the "Why was our site blocked" you'll find a nice Google page that says there's no problems. I've been asked to go into the Google Webmaster Tools an request a review of the site, however ...

HTC Touch HD Product Tour

HTC have just uploaded this Touch HD product tour. Although there's no true hands-on action, it gives you a taster of how you can watch movies, surf the web and communicate in high-definition widescreen quality. Read on to watch the video or click th...

Steve Ballmer – His thoughts on that Google phone

Steve Ballmer, Chief Exec at Microsoft, has been making his feelings on Google and the Google Android platform known in this BBC news report. In the article Steve said that Microsoft would stay ahead of competitors like Blackberry, Google Android and ...

HP Silver – It’s still alive

Today is October 1st, so it's surprising to see the HP Silver still alive and well in these sneak shots over at Engadget. We saw it at the very start of 2008 in a leaked Vodafone roadmap, but alas it never appeared in July as promised. There's GPS …

Sync your Mac with Windows Mobile – SyncMate

Hey, Mac users. Come close. Have you heard about SyncMate ? Version 1.4 has just been released and the free edition will let you organise your contacts, texts, calendar entries and more. You can also sync too, with your contacts and calendar details l...

Win yourself a Sony Ericsson Xperia X1

We've been covering the new Xperia X1 from Sony Ericsson quite a bit recently. Following the photo special and the appearance on Vodafone we were certainly impressed with the rather massive advertising campaign and "Johnny X" films. The X1, as you may...