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...
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...
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...
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 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, 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 ...
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 …
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...
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...
Our friends over at Devicewire currently have some "B-Grade" stuff on sale. Y'know the sort of thing, they've possibly been opened or returned but they're still in excellent condition and you can save some dosh. They've got a few HTC Touch Diamond ha...
This is a new game called Touchdown. It's been designed to make the most of the VGA screen on the HTC Touch Pro but should also work on the Diamond and possibly other VGA devices too. It's still in early development, so you'll need to download the dem...
I don't know about you, but I use my phone as an alarm every day. If you've got a Diamond or a Touch Pro then this is the business. A new app, by Koushik Dutta, will not only sound an alarm but it'll also turn off again when …
We've had a couple of interesting bits of news regarding upcoming handsets on Orange. First we're hearing that the HTC S740 should be turning up on the network towards the end of October. There's nothing on the coming soon pages just yet, but we'll ke...
Here it is at last - the HTC S740 review. We got a chance to video, photograph and fully test this handset last week. The resulting review is now online complete with example photos from the phone and screenshots of the interface. This is the first tr...
Check this out. It's part of my Orange phone bill for last month. I've changed my package and this particular phone doesn't get used a great deal. I pay around £30 per month, but this bill totalled over £55 so I looked deeper into it. Last ...
Well, the HTC S740 has sadly had to go back home, but we do have a review coming very soon and day 2 of our "Weekend With" is now online. This one is over at Google Video due to the length. I've crammed in as much as possible …
With HTC starting to make non-Windows Mobile phones, the iPhone dominating headlines and Google Android appearing today, the very last thing Microsoft need is a delay with Windows Mobile 7. Alas, this seems to be the case according to this CNET articl...
OK, you know the deal. Today the T-Mobile G1 will be announced. It's the Google phone, the Dream, the Android thing. Built by HTC it's already slipped onto the net in these T-Mobile product shots. We've already seen it several times, but this time it...
We're spending the weekend with the HTC S740. Here's day 1 of the video blog - a tour around the handset showing the two keyboards and the HTC Sliding Panels interface. We also have a look at the screen switching speed and the overall design of the de...
While I'm busy on eBay selling anything that isn't nailed down to afford one, the HTC Touch HD is appearing in yet more photo specials. Following the photos and video yesterday, there's now even more shots over on cnet.com. Close-ups? Check. Compari...
