Palm Treo 500v Video Review

Steve Litchfield has been pumping out his Smartphones Show for quite some time, with show 52 now being available. It features a look at the Palm Treo 500v on Vodafone, a phone we've not yet played with. Check out the latest show or subscribe to the v...

More Windows Mobile 6.1 shots and information

The upcoming Mobile World Congress is sure to see many announcements from networks, developers, manufacturers and service providers. One of which is Windows Mobile 6.1, which has popped out a little earlier than expected. We've seen some shots previou...

Free applications to be available at themobileguy.net

Keni Barwick has been a great contributor to Coolsmartphone over the years. A recent change in jobs has meant a whole new blog, and to launch the new home Keni has started to give away free applications at TheMobileGuy.net. The first application is a ...

HeroCraft release Revival

HeroCraft have just launched their new title - Revival. It's a turn-based strategy game where you must direct battles on land and sea, maintain the economy and build towns. There's a huge world to explore with 7 planets, 27 continents and 13 missions...

Hot deal on the Orange SPV M700

If there's one thing that everyone loves it's a great deal. Right now Orange are selling the SPV M700 for £129.99, plus there's no contract and when you buy it you'll get a free Samsung C120 too. We originally reviewed the M700 around a year ago, so ...

XDA Orbit 2 now on o2 Website

Despite other sites trying to contradict our earlier story, the o2 XDA Orbit 2 did indeed go live yesterday and is now showing on the o2 Business Shop. Priced from free, o2 says that it includes a 2 megapixel camera (actually it's a 3 megapixel one) a...

FlashThemes Player for Windows Mobile Standard

We've covered the excellent FlashThemes Player a few times before, but now it's available for Smartphone too. Windows Mobile Standard users can now experience fully animated themes in both portrait and landscape modes, plus it won't drain the battery....

New HTC GUI appears on the web

Hello, what's this? A secret new GUI leaked from a HTC insider? Yes, yet another mysterious blog has appeared and this time it's not all smoke and mirrors - there's a download link too! The software itself may, or may not work and there's no guarantee...

Asus M930 Action shots on view

We're just days away from our first ever Asus phone review (the P526), however the TamsWMS have managed to grab a quick feel of the Asus M930, a phone we covered just days ago. The dual-screen handset looks great in the press shots, but this is the fi...

o2 XDA Orbit to launch tomorrow

If you've been waiting for the o2 XDA Orbit 2 then the wait is pretty much over. Way back in early December we told you it was coming, and it would arrive sometime in January. Well, there's just one day left, so where is it? Steve Hill has …

HTC Touch comes to Bell Canada – in white

http://www.bell.ca/shopping/en_CA_ON/66695.details?contractId=term36m Bell Canada have now added to their HTC line-up with the white HTC Touch. It's available on a whacking 3-year contract for $99.95 or for $399.95 without a contract. The HTC Touch, ...

HTC P6500 Coming to Orange too?

We're hearing that the HTC P6500 (pictured here) could well be landing on Orange on February 8th (next Friday). It's a Windows Mobile 6.0 Pro handset with a 3 megapixel camera, barcode and fingerprint scanning. Also, after we were first to reveal the...

Skyfire – Video and preview images

Earlier today we covered the all-new Skyfire browser. Around the web there's a lot of reaction to this software and, although it's not fully available for downlaod we've managed to get loads of screenshots and .. a video of it in action. Huzarr! Click...

SkyFire goes where other browsers cannot reach

Although currently only available in a US-based private beta test, new web browser "Skyfire" promises to deliver a desktop browsing experience to your Windows Mobile phone. Yes, yes, I know - you've heard it all before, and you may well be right. Ther...

Microsoft goes consumer-focused. They do listen!

OK, over Christmas we lay it on the line. Windows Mobile has to become more consumer-focused to survive. It seems that Microsoft are already listening, announcing on Tuesday that they've hired Todd Peters from Staples to be VP of Marketing in Windows ...

Samsung i780 hits Orange website

Hello, hello, it's the Samsung i780 on the Orange website. This tri-band handset has GPRS, EDGE, 3G and HSDPA plus WiFi too. Not only that but there's built-in GPS, a camera for video calls up front and a 2-megapixel camera around the back. Windows M...

Fizz Traveller 3 now available

Fizz Traveller has just been updated to version 3.0. The new version includes a graphical meeting planner, timers and stopwatches, dial codes and airport codes for cities worldwide plus you can now add events to your Outlook Calendar and even get live...

HTC Qualcomm video issues – the response

We picked up a story about Qualcomm-based HTC units having video performance issues. HTC have now issued us with their official response, which goes as follows... "HTC is committed to delivering a portfolio of devices that offer a wide variety of com...

Have you downloaded a cooked ROM?

I've had a couple of interesting emails this week from Windows Mobile owners who were about to "jump ship" to other handsets. They were both at the point of upgrading to non-Windows Mobile phones until they downloaded a "cooked" ROM. Now they're happy...

Get extra functionality from your HTC Touch Dual

With the HTC Touch Dual available on Orange and shortly T-Mobile I thought it was worth mentioning a few cool features that are hidden away in the phone. In "Settings->Personal->Phone" there's a tab called "Advanced" that can do some pretty cool stuff...