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...
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...
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 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 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...
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...
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 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...
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. …
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...
Our inbox is currently brimming with questions about the Orange SPV E650. Unfortunately we can't answer any of these as we still haven't managed to get a review unit, however there's plenty of people who've bought the device in this forum post so feel...
HowardForums.com have linked to a leaked version of the Windows Mobile 6 upgrade for the T-Mobile Dash. Many seem to agree that this is the "real deal", although with the amount of "cooked" ROM's around at the minute you can never really be sure. Our ...
Steve Litchfield has just mailed in about his latest edition of the Smartphones Show. In this show he's got a full hands-on head-to-head battle between the Windows Mobile HTC Advantage X7500 (shown here) and some Nokia E90 Communicator thingy. Check o...
A few years ago, when this site was just a toddler, we always promoted free software for Windows Mobile. We still do, however there's either less of it about or we're not being told about it. SmartToolkit is an excellent bit of free software that adds...
HTC will be sponsoring the Gumball 3000 rally this year. They'll be equipping every single car with a HTC-manufactured T-Mobile MDA Compact III with ALK CoPilot Live 7. If you've got a powerful and expensive car at your disposal then the rally begins ...
MoDaCo are reporting that UK phone network "3" are about to launch the Motorola Q9. If true, this will go alongside the QTek 9000 that was launched on the network late last year. The Q9 has a TI OMAP 2420 CPU (325Mhz) running Windows Mobile 6 with 3G …
About a year ago we told you about some free audio guides from iAudioguide.com. At the time there was just three cities to choose from, however they've been working hard and now have overe 30 MP3 guides to select. They're all free too, so you simply d...
The State Examinations Commission in Ireland have announced that writing standards among Irish schoolchildren have dropped severely. Mobile phones have been blamed for this with a report finding that the frequency of errors in grammar and punctuation ...
We've been getting a lot of feedback from new Orange SPV E650 users lately. After you've copied some MP3's across and taken some photos you'll probably be needing a bigger memory card. Our friends at MobyMemory have just the solution - MicroSD cards a...
You've probably seen this elsewhere, however I'm glad to be able to offer it to our readers too. M:Metrics is a way to get earn money - £15 for the first month of participation and then £5 every month after that. But wait, I know you'll quickly tell …
