The Mobile Life 2006 survey is out today with some interesting insights into todays mobile world. The survey, by the Carphone Warehouse in association with The London School of Economics, examines how mobile phones have changed the way we live. 16,500...
The guys at Blinkx.com have launched a new site today. SelfcastTV.com allows quick sharing and downloading of mobile videos via MMS. You register then - provided you're in the UK - you just upload your video via MMS and they appear online. The PR guys...
HTC, the company behind the manufacture of the majority of Windows Mobile handsets, have recently started selling their handsets directly via HTC.com. Now they've branched out to making accessories too. These two headsets have just popped onto their s...
"That" flip-phone, the HTC Star Trek / iMate Smartflip / Orange SPV F600 has been approved by the FCC for use on cellular networks and there's rumours that US network Cingular are sniffing around it too. There's a couple of versions - one with and one...
There's a rather interesting article here at The Register called "Whatever happened to Smartphones?" by Andrew Orlowski. It's a rather frank discussion into todays "dumbphones" and how advanced they are plus how popular they still are when compared to...
Want to keep up with the latest Windows Mobile news and goings-on here at CoolSmartPhone ? Well you may have already heard about these nifty "RSS feeds" which automatically push the latest news down to your favourite news reader or web reader (like Wi...
OK, you gotta check this thing out, it's called an i-Teq X-Bond (shaken, not stirred) and it's coming to the Batelco network in Bahrain. It's apparently the first Windows Powered PDA with TV to enter the Middle East market. Selling exclusively from Ba...
Say "RSS feeds" to most people they'll fall asleep. Although most people won't have any idea what they're for or what they do, they are very clever indeed. RSS / ATOM / XML, whatever you wanna call it they're basically stripped down data feeds from we...
If you're a Mac user then you're probably one of many walking around saying, "Why can't I sync my Windows Mobile 5.0 handset with my iMac?" Well, now you can. MarkSpace.com have announced the launch of The Missing Sync version 2.5 which adds the much ...
OK, OK! I've had a whole heap of emails saying, "Your search thing doesn't work on the downloads section". After several hours of drinking and keyboard-bashing I've finally sorted it out but we're always after more stuff to search through so get uploa...
You may have spotted news the other day that Microsoft and Palm were working on something for Vodafone which would "target the adoption of wireless push email in Europe". Well it's now official - the Windows-powered Vodafone Palm 750v (aka Lennon) dev...
CoolCamera is more than just a util for taking shots on your handset. It'll also record video and it can turn your Windows Mobile device into a webcam too. I've only played with it for a few minutes and I've already found that it can record 320x240 vi...
YouTube, which I tend to pronouce as "Yow Teeyowwb" 'cus I'm from Dudley, have this video from mess.be showing Windows Live Mobile Beta. You can see how this will look on a Smartphone plus all the new features included since MSN Messenger. Whilst I wa...
Whilst not really Windows Mobile news this needs covering as it signals a massive change in the way you connect to the internet. UK TV giants Sky are today launching free broadband for all 8 million Sky TV customers. All customers, regardless of packa...
CAB files - they're a bit confusing for most people. If you're told "Here's a CAB file, go install it", most users will be a little lost. Sure, you could follow our instructions however you can now use CabviaActiveSync. This free edition, courtesy of ...
The classic "Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars" has always been a favourite since it first appeared on the PC. This is a splendid adventure game which will keep you glued to the screen until you finish it. It's choc full of fluid animation, ful...
I've just stepped back into the house after a little trip to London for the MoDaCo event. The day went very well with lots of excellent sessions from Microsoft and Orange plus games from Astraware and give-aways galore! I'd have to say this was probab...
Wohoo! We're back on Google today so I'm celebrating with a few cans of lager. Sure, my boss seems to have an issue with it, but it makes the day go quicker :) Anyhow, this is the HTC Hermes, now known as the HTC TyTN. It's featured in …
Some of you guys may have spotted the F-Secure Mobile Security software before. It's an easy-to-use anti-virus solution for Windows Mobile handsets, however until now it wouldn't run on Orange handsets due to a certificatation block. Today F-Secure an...
The T-Mobile updates we mentioned at the start of this month have now been officially announced by the guys at T-Mobile. You can use these updates to get instant-email to all of the T-Mobile MDA devices and benefit from the "remote wipe" facility plus...
