Samsung i600 Pictured – Your thoughts?

Johnny De'Silva was wandering through his local Orange shop when he spotted this - the Samsung i600 handset. It's available for nothing on plans of £35 or more or just £19.99 on plans of £30 or more. Running Windows Mobile 5.0 there's triband conne...

HTC P3450 (Elf) emerges

Next up, newsmobile.it have pictures of the HTC Elf... well, they did have (they've mysteriously vanished), however you can still see them on Slashphone. The HTC Elf is to be sold as the HTC P3450 and looks a little like that egg that Mork used in "Mo...

Dopod – New handsets and a new owner

HTC have shelled of $14.5 million to buy Dopod. Dopod have been selling HTC handsets for 5 years now under their brand and the move is a "gradual integration process" according to HTC Chief Peter Chou. Dopod have also just announced the launch of the ...

Orange SPV E650 Install problems?

We're getting emails about the E650 and some problems installing stuff to it. Unfortunately we're still unable to get a loan device from Orange, so we're completely unable to help. Can you guys tell us more? According to the emails it's impossible to ...

HTC s710 – The Coolsmartphone Review

The HTC s710 is the HTC "network free" version of the Orange SPV E650 which we've been unable to borrow from Orange. Luckily our new best mates at devicewire.com have loaned us one of these spanky phones to review. The result is this quite mammoth rev...

Record a phone call on Windows Mobile? There is a way!

I've just been reading this article at SmartPhoneThoughts.com. It concerns a re-occurring question amongst Windows Mobile users ..... "Why can't I record phone calls?" The article covers the major points and the reasons why a call-recorder isn't inclu...

Consilient – Another push-email provider enters the arena

Another day and another free push email provider pops up. Consilient offer the "pushing" of your email - whether it be standard POP3, Yahoo!, Hotmail, GMail or AOL mail. You start off here by entering your phone number and your email address, then you...

T-Mobile USA releases WM6 upgrade for the Dash

We've been keeping an eye on t-mobile.com/wmupgrade in the hope of seeing the Windows Mobile 6 upgrade for the T-Mobile Dash. This afternoon it finally appeared, so visit this page to get the 45 MB download itself. Hurray! The usual warnings apply her...

Emoze Competition – win up to $3000 !

Following the recent announcements about flat rate data plans there'll no doubt be more of you wanting to set up instant email. Emoze have been busy promoting their service of late and they're sponsoring the worlds first "Extreme Push Email Challenge"...

FlashThemes Player for Pocket PC

With FlashThemes Player 2007 every Pocket PC (Windows Mobile Pro) owner can now run animated themes on their Today Screen regardless of the device, screen layout or limited space available on the screen! FlashThemes 2007 supports any PocketPC device,...

Vodafone v1605 Reviewed

We've got a stack of reviews coming your way over the next few days. First up we've got the Vodafone v1605 - it's a rebranded HTC Hermes 200 handset and we've got the usual mix of pictures, close-up photographs and screenshots for you to go through. I...

Orange goes flat rate on data charges

We reported last week on the new data plans coming to Orange - now it's official. If you're an Orange Pay Monthly customer you can now choose between daily browsing for £1, monthly and weekend browsing for £5, or monthly anytime browsing for £8. It...

o2 XDA Argon Now available

The o2 XDA Argon is now showing as available here in the o2 Business store. Starting from absolutely nothing, it's exclusive to O2 and comes with WiFi, 2 megapixel camera and Windows Mobile 5 (Pocket PC) Coolsmartphone reader funkyfrog revealed last...

Mobile Spy – Keep an eye on Smartphone use

Mobile Spy is a new application to track usage on your Smartphone (Windows Mobile 6 Standard). Using a web-based account you're able to check the usage of any phone running the software. Incoming and outgoing calls are monitored along with SMS texts t...

LobsterTunes – Your music, anywhere

LobsterTunes is a new kind of streaming MP3 player for Windows Mobile Pro (Pocket PC). It's a fully featured MP3 player with features such as shuffle, repeat and Electric Pocket's popular QuickMix function. However, there's a twist... LobsterTunes wil...

HTC s710 Now available

If you're after the Orange SPV E650 but don't want to be tied into a contract then the HTC s710 is the solution. UK stock is now available from devicewire.com, where you can purchase the handset SIM-free for £292.49 including VAT and free delivery. T...

Orange SPV M3100 AKU 3 Update available

Got an Orange SPV M3100 ? There's a ROM update available for this device which brings your device up to the AKU3 update. Whilst it's not the Windows Mobile 6.0 update you may be after, this Windows Mobile 5.0 version brings Internet Sharing including ...

Orange Pay As You Go gets an overhaul

Orange have launched a new simplified Pay As You Go range along with a Speak Easy plan for calling almost anyone, on any network, at any time for a flat rate of 15p a minute. The plans also include a new Reserve Tank overdraft facility which gives £2...

First – Samsung i600 now available on Orange

We've had a couple of emails today stating that the Samsung i600 is now available to buy. After a bit of checking it appears that, yes - the i600 is out! Even better news is the fact that it's free! We spotted it here in the Business Store. …

Vodafone v1640 and v1605 – Reviews on the way

Meet the Vodafone v1605 and the Vodafone v1640. You've probably seen similar handsets already from Orange (SPV M3100 and M5000, T-Mobile (MDA Vario II) and o2 (XDA Exec), however we've got both phones out of the box ready for review. The v1640 comes w...