LG to launch a Windows Mobile Smartphone

The guys at NewMobile.com recently had a chat with the guys at LG and had a look at some of their rather sexy new handsets. They all look rather sexy and polished however we were rather drawn to this snippet of info.. "Dirk Jan van Heteren mentioned t...

Motorola Q arrives in Canada

Bell Canada have now launched the Motorola Q on their CDMA network. Costing $449 without contract, or $249 on a 3 year contract with a $60 data plan or above. Actually I'd like to ask you guys a question. I'm fully aware of the reasons for it, but …

Xbox Live on a Smartphone

Jason at Smartphonethoughts.com is currently in Thailand for one of the Mobius conferences happening over the next week. The conference is a chance for webmasters of influential websites to exchange ideas, suggestions and to get a heads-up on the new ...

Chase HQ 2 and GearStorm on your phone!

Well it looks like the summer is pretty much over here in the UK. All we've got to look forward to now is dark evenings, cold weather and yet more depressing episodes of "Eastenders". Still, with games like Chase HQ 2 Evo and GearStorm available for a...

Cingular stamps the Samsung SGH-i607

This howardforums post has pictures of the Samsung SGH-i607 coming to Cingular very soon. It looks like Samsung has several variants of the SGH-i600 series which is also known as the "BlackJack". This one has yet another keyboard configuration by the ...

Smartphones Show 15 – SPV C700 (HTC MTeoR) on test

The all-new Smartphones Show is now online here. This latest video podcast includes a hands-on review of the Nokia N73 (that's some non-Windows Mobile thing or other) and the HTC MTeoR which will be arriving soon on Orange as the SPV C700. You can vie...

Flex your mind with Advanced Brain Trainer

Fancy stimulating your brain ? Sure, you could do the crossword in high-brow newspapes like "The Times" but, let's face it, no-one ever completes that and besides you'd look crazy sat on the train trying to fold the thing. If you want a more compact, ...

Tweak your Smartphone

You may well remember Sniper that we mentioned earlier. It's brought to us from the guys at GadgetApps.com and, if you do a bit more digging, there's more goodies to be found. Firstly SmartTweaker brings us 55 tweaks for your Smartphone to let you tune and speed-up your …

VoIP +GSM + Windows Mobile = hipi-2200 phone

This is the hipi-220 Windows Mobile 5.0. Whilst it's not a handset you'll see appearing on a major network soon it represents the next "leap" in mobile communications. It's not just a regular "cell" phone but also a SIP VoIP phone too. Using SIP it ca...

Movie reviews and guides anywhere, anytime

The Leonard Maltin Movie Guide is now available for the Motorola Q and other Windows Mobile powered Smartphones. The software, which is also available for Pocket PC, will instantly transform your device into the most up-to-date, comprehensive and reli...

CamerAware v1.0 Now available

CamerAware 1.0 is now available here at MoDaCo.com. Put simply it'll tell you when you're near to a "safety camera" and it'll also let you upload your position for remote monitoring. You can download and try it now then get a licence for £19.99 which...

NewsGator Go! – News feeds anywhere

NewsGator Go! for Windows Mobile is now available and brings RSS feeds down to your phone easily. You can read and manage subscriptions directly from any device running Windows Mobile and feeds are automatically formatted for the device you're using. ...

Mod Your Mob!

Orange have launched a new campaign called “Mod Your Mobile”. It's fronted by Holly Willoughby (hubba hubba hubba) and is a reaction to the way young people today are adapting and personalising their mobile phones, unsurprisingly this trend starte...

Astraware set sail

Astraware.com yesterday celebrated "International Talk Like a Pirate Day" and raised a whole heap of money for Marie Curie Cancer Care. They decorated their entire office and dressed up like swashbuckling pirates as you can see in their gallery here. ...

Treo 750v – Yes, even more pictures

I was lucky enough to grab hold of the Palm Treo 750v for a short while this afternoon. It's a heck of a lot smaller than I imagined and if I'm honest I would've loved to have had longer with it. Although I didn't get chance to meddle …

Dopod launch the 595 and 838Pro in Australia

Dopod, who are about to get bought-out by HTC, have recently announced two new handsets in Australia. The Dopod 838Pro, shown left, is the same as the Orange SPV M3100 we reviewed whilst the Dopod 595 is the same as the up-coming Orange SPV C700 that ...

XDA Cosmo Announced by o2 Germany

Another handset announced by the boys at o2 Germany is the o2 XDA Cosmo. Yup, it's our old friend the HTC Excalibur - soon to show up also on T-Mobile USA as the "Dash". It's got WiFi, Bluetooth, 1.3 Megapixel camera and of course that full QWERTY key...

XDA Orbit Announced by o2 Germany

About a month ago we mentioned that a well-known network was going to pick this device up, then last week we kinda spilt the beans a bit so it's no surprise that o2 Germany has today announced the device as the o2 XDA Orbit. The XDA Orbit will …

Cingular 3G Coverage Frappr

If you're in the USA and on Cingular this Frappr.co.uk page may be of assistance if you're looking for 3G coverage. We were emailed by Paul who said... "I wanted to submit this Frappr Cingular 3G availability map in hopes you could post it. Unfortuna...

MSN Messenger on the Orange SPV M3100 etc

Today I wanted to get MSN Messenger on the Orange SPV M3100. We've heard about the new messaging software on the way from Orange however it's still not here and I want to chat to friends with non-Windows phones who do have Messenger. (Grrr!). Yes, fo...