o2 XDA Serra in store catalogues, coming soon

Lee Sainsbury popped into his local o2 shop this afternoon and had a looksie in their catalogue. The o2 XDA Serra (HTC Touch Pro) is listed as coming soon with a pictures and specs. Staff in store reckon it'll be out in the first week of November, wit...

Viigo Beta – New Coolsmartphone Edition now available

The new Viigo Beta is now available to download. It's a free easy-to-use application which will keep you in touch with the world. There's a stack of features including mobile 5-day weather forecasts, sports news, stocks and finance information and all...

New LG Incite on the way to AT&T?

Rumours over at Engadget suggest a new LG phone running Windows Mobile is about to appear on AT&T. It's been a while since we saw an LG packing Windows Mobile, which is strange in a way because the KS20 was a gorgeous handset and I was surprised not …

HTC T8290 WiMax handset pops onto the web

This is the HTC T8290. It's just appeared over on nedge2k.com and looks like a thinner version of the Touch HD, but that's where the similarity ends. Sure, this device has GSM, WiFi and Bluetooth 2.0, but there's also WiMax too (read more about WiMax ...

HTC Touch Cruise gets Windows Mobile 6.1 too

Last year I took the HTC Touch Cruise around a local safari park as part of our review. It's a touch-screen device with a 400MHz processor, 3G / HSDPA, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0, GPS and dual cameras (3 megapixel at the back and a CMOS cam up front for …

HTC Touch Dual receives WinMo 6.1 Update

If you head over to the HTC website and dodge around that big "G1" thing you'll find an update for the HTC Touch Dual at the bottom of this page. It's the Windows Mobile 6.1 upgrade and will bring you.. "improved usability, messaging and connectivity ...

X1 Available on o2 via Carphone Warehouse

The Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 has just popped up on the Carphone Warehouse website. You can buy the X1 on the o2 network and get the handset completely free on the £45 per month tariff. That'll get you 1200 minutes and unlimited texts.. woaha, I sound ...

T-Mobile Shadow II – Right around the corner?

Back in April we spotted some blurry shots of the T-Mobile Shadow II. Now more have appeared, courtesy of CellPhone Signal. It looks like the phone is getting ready for market at last and it seems to function a lot like the HTC Touch Dual. Rumour has ...

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...