Compact Framework after the AKU2 update

There's an interesting blog post here by James @ root6technology.com. He noticed that after applying the AKU Push email update for his SPV M5000 he could no longer run managed software that was built by Visual Studio 2005. Compact Framework 2.0 won't ...

A bit of maintenance

Right, I'm going to confuse myself now. Here in Europe we're now on Daylight Savings Time, so all our clocks have gone forwards. However, in the USA their clocks haven't changed yet - that happens on April 2nd at 2am. So, if I've got this right, New Y...

Motorola Q – No, Not Coming in April..

This news item regarding the "April" release date of the Motorola Q raised a few eyebrows. There were in fact two different web pages at Motorola - one stated, "It's coming in April" and one said, "It's coming soon.. sometime... ish...". Well, the one...

o2 UK to Launch XDA IQ

o2 are currently prepping the new o2 XDA IQ. Now, we heard a while back that this was appearing on o2 Asia as the o2 Orion, however it was then strangely cancelled. It's also popped up on QTek as the 8310 and on Dopod as the 577W. The …

Dealexec – Neat free RSS Reader

This free software is billed as a "bargain hunter" and works by pulling the latest shopping deals and offers down via RSS feeds. It has the added bonus of letting you change the feeds and grab any RSS/XML feed you fancy. RSS feeds are basically text f...

Orange SPV C600 and M3000 Updates for the Netherlands

Orange Netherlands have now released the necessary ROM updates to enable the push email functionality. Install these updates if you're in the Netherlands and you have an Exchange server to sync with. Both the Orange SPV C600 and Orange SPV M3000 are n...

Orange SPV M600 Appears on Orange.co.uk

The Orange SPV M600 handset now appears to be available from this Orange Business page. It comes with a huge list of features, unfortunately not totally correct (there's no MSN Messenger, although you can install it here and it apparently has both Win...

Fizz Weather Version 2.2 Released

Fizz Software have announced that Fizz Weather version 2.2 is now available. Fizz Weather, which costs $14.99 (around £8.60 / €12.46) is a fully featured app and a home screen plug-in which supports over 58,000 cities around the globe. This new ver...

Windows Mobile Mini

This is the car currently being driven around the UK as part of a Microsoft advertising campaign promoting both Windows Mobile and the WindowsMobile.co.uk website. The Mini has a vivid green colour and the Windows Mobile swooshes on the roof and this ...

T-Mobile MDA Vario II – More shots

Here's the new T-Mobile MDA II. We've seen the real device already at CeBIT however these are the shots that'll be used to market the device to German customers very soon. You can get a full size picture of this here or this other shot. Our friends at...

Special Orange SPV C600 Handset Available

Over in the Netherlands Orange are keeping you on the cutting edge with the SupperClub. Yes, SupperClub. Not SuperClub. Here in the UK "Supper" is an evening meal, so you'd think a club for this sort of thing is just plain weird, however in the Nether...

Motorola Q Coming April .. ermm.. possibly..

Engadget Mobile have spotted this QUsers post linking to a promo page at Motorola for the much-anticipated Motorola Q handset. Now, this is where it gets a bit weird. There's this Motorola Q page that states it's "shipping soon" and then there's this ...

Get MSN Messenger on your Windows Mobile

UPDATE - Since writing this article various CAB files have appeared which will automatically install Windows Live Messenger for you. Download these, copy them to your phone and then RUN the CAB file on your device to install. Try here, here, here or h...

Mago Premium Smartphone

This is the Mago Premium Smartphone. It was designed by the Maslovdesign Studio for Mago Mobile, who appear to have their site redirected to some news-provider for mobile devices. According to sources, this should be out mid-2006 but there's a €3000...

T-Mobile Unlimited Browsing for £7.50 p/m – Confirmed

There were rumours, however it's now confirmed - T-Mobile are to launch a new Internet service on April 1st for £7.50 a month as an add-on to the already successful Relax and Flext tariffs. The unlimited web’n’walk means that e-mail, browsing and...

Orange SPV M600 Review Coming Soon!

In our continuing mission to keep you informed on the latest Windows Mobile handsets we've managed to get hold of an Orange SPV M600 for the next few days. I've had stacks of emails about this one and I'll be working on a full review as soon as …

SlingPlayer™ Mobile Announced

You may remember we covered the SlingBox Windows Media Player before. Simply put, it lets you watch and control your TV and decoder boxes from any web-enabled device and now from your Windows Mobile Pocket PC or Smartphone too. Unlike Orb, which lets ...

Easy Deployment of Push Email with Orange

Orange have today announced a new low cost deployment tool to make roll-outs of push-email a whole lot easier and quicker. From April 3rd business customers will not only be able to use the push email solution provided with Windows Mobile® 5.0 for Di...

iMate SP5 / SP5m AKU2 Updates

Owners of this (imate SP5m) and the imate SP5 (HTC Tornado) will be glad to hear that the push email update is now available. Download the new 2.6.331.2 version here. There's many other extras in this update too, including file beaming over Bluetooth ...