Ted Baker Needle goes on sale

Back in September we told you about the upcoming fashion conscious Ted Baker handsets. Today the Needle is available to buy and is free on certain price plans. You can also benefit from the fact that Carphone Warehouse will sell it to you on a choice ...

Coolsmartphone fundraiser update

Good news! Thanks to your donations we've managed to purchase a brand new server at last :) This means that we'll no longer have to rent and pay large re-occuring charges for upgrades to our existing server. I'd like to thank you once again for your h...

Touch Dual hitting Orange next week?

We've had a tip from Mike Pearson about the HTC Touch Dual on Orange. He's been on the phone to Orange Retentions who say that the it'll be arriving on Monday 12th November. We're not totally sold that it'll be in shops next Monday but we'll keep an …

Watch out Brits, that iPhone thing is about to land

Get ready for it UK, because that time has finally arrived. If you're out on the beer this Friday night and spot some people lurking by an o2 store it'll be due to this thing. The iPhone. On sale from 6.02pm (o2, geddit?) it's going to be 2 …

Windows Mobile time-lapse video – a how to

I love messing about with random free programs on the net. Yesterday I downloaded PocketPC CamTimer from virtual-gadgets.com (I've also added it here). It lets you take a picture at set intervals with your Windows Mobile. You could use this appplicati...

Samsung SPH-M4650 prepped

Meet the Samsung SPH-M4650. It looks a little like the SGH-i718 but this time you'll get Windows Mobile 6 and a faster CPU. The official name for this baby is the "SGH-M4650 Multi Touch... but.. errr.. there's no real multi-touch support. There is ins...

v1520 Coming soon to Vodafone

The Vodafone v1520 is now listed as coming soon on the Vodafone website. The new handset is built by Asus and has integrated GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, MicroSD and a 2 megapixel camera. We're also hearing that the v1520 is pushed along by a Intel XScale PX...

Turn your phone into a file and web server

When you want to connect to your Windows Mobile phone you've got a few options. You can either use ActiveSync via the supplied cable or you can remotely connect over the WiFi with applications like Pocket Controller. Now there's another way - how abou...

HTC Touch comes to Canada

We reviewed the HTC Touch some time back and loved it, so it's great to see more and more networks picking it up around the globe. Now customers in Canada can grab this handset $199.99 provided you sign up to a whacking 3-year contract. You can also g...

Win yourself a HTC S730!

A few weeks back we started our fundraising drive to buy a new server. The good news is that we're now nearly at our target. After the £100 donation we're now on a mission to reach that target - plus any extra cash will go straight into paying …

HTC Touch Dual coming to Orange UK

We were lucky enough to get the HTC Touch Dual in to review a few weeks back. If you liked in then hold tight, because the new November Orange catalogue has it in the "Coming Soon" section. The Touch Dual is given the name "HTC P5500 Dual Touch" …

iMate Utlimate 6150 & 8150 – New exclusive photos

Remember the iMate Ultimate 6150 and 8150 devices we reviewed? Well, as usual we'd managed to get them early, and we're extremely happy to see that iMate have now improved the build-quality further and changed them to a sultry black shade. We've man...

Many thanks to you all..

Many thanks once again for your messages of sympathy and comments in the forum. It really means a lot to me and my family. The burial took place yesterday and, thanks to your donations over the last few days, I've added an extra £100 to the Air Ambul...

HTC S730 Reviewed

It's scary writing reviews at times. Every time I write one about a HTC device it seems that I only have to wait a few months before HTC come along with another device which is even better and addresses any issues I may have had. Take, for example, …

HTC Shift Reviewed

Many thanks for your understanding and thoughtful comments over the last few difficult days. At times like this it's reasurring to have so many people supporting me and I really appreciate it. I still have a very difficult day coming up on Thursday bu...

HTC S730 and HTC Shift in pictures

First up I wanted to thank you for your comments, thoughts and messages over the last couple of days. This is a very strange time for me and I really appreciate the sentiments that have been flooding in through the forum and via the email. It means a …

Something I never wanted to post

After many years running this site and several thousand emails and posts from you guys I feel the need to tell you what's been happening in my personal life lately. Just a few months ago we found out that Emily was pregnant. This news came a week befo...

HTC TyTN II Appears on Orange UK

We all know how great the HTC TyTN II is by now, but if you're looking for one on Orange then listen up because it's now listed as coming soon on the Orange website. Although they're calling it the HTC TyTN11 it's definitely the handset we know and …

Verizon launch two Windows Mobiles

During the first few years this site existed, our friends in America didn't really see much in the way of Windows Mobile phones. Now though, it's all changing. New handsets are now appearing fairly regularly and it's our turn to look on in envy as the...

HTC Polaris shows up in real photos

I reviewed the T-Mobile MDA Compact III (aka HTC Artemis) some time back now but it's still sitting in my car daily helping me navigate around and keeping me up-to-date with appointments via the push-email system. The trackball / navigation wheel syst...