Getting started with Push Email

I've had about 2000 emails (ok, slight exaggeration) asking just how to set up the new whizzy push-email functionality after the Orange SPV C600 and Orange SPV M5000 Updates. Well, there's a rather excellent guide here at HTCClub.net. It's not quite t...

Application Unlock on the C600 with AKU2

A little tip for those of you who have an Orange SPV C600 and would like to application unlock it. Now, normally you can just go through the Orange Developers site however it's not recognising my IMEI for some reason. I even downloaded their suggested...

SIP-Enabled VoIP Phones from Windows Mobile?

MobileMag are reporting that Microsoft are working on a SIP-enabled VoIP dialer for Windows Mobile 5. Apparently "a trusted source familiar with the inner workings" of Microsoft has been speaking to them about the move. If true, this would let you mak...

Those big tall adverts

Unfortunately with a site of this size it's sometimes a little difficult to continually.. Errmm.. How do they say.. "monetize" it, however I did promise myself that I'd at least test those "flashy banner"-type ads you (used to) see on the side panels ...

You want full-screen games? You got it!

For those of you lucky enough to have a device with the new hi-resolution QVGA screen (like the Orange SPV C550, C600, Cingular 2125 etc) then you're probably one of many people saying, "Hey, sometimes when I buy / download a game it comes out all sma...

Orange SPV M5000 AKU2 Update now available

More good news for you on this St. Patrick's Day - the M5000 DirectPush AKU2 update has just been published on the Orange website. Click here to get it plus more detail. Orange say of the update... "As part of our commitment to enable Customers to get...

Be the pub quiz champion!

If you're ever in the need of a encyclopedia when you're on the move, when not try typing in http://www.3g.co.nz/wiki into your device to get a mobile version of the huge Wikipedia.org site. New Zealand-based company "Instinct" have developed this por...

Smartphone Media Studio – DVDs to your Smartphone

Makayama have today announced a new version of their DVD to Smartphone product which, as the name suggests, converts whole DVD's down so that they can be viewed on your Smartphone direct from the memory card. Now called "Smartphone Media Studio", this...

Virtual Pool Mobile – Now for QVGA and WM5.0

The brilliant Virtual Pool Mobile has been given the full hi-res QVGA treatment and is now Windows Mobile 5.0 compatible. This pool simulation is so real it's almost guaranteed to improve your game in the pool hall with an intuitive interface allowing...

HTC Flip Phone Reviewed!

Wouter at PocketInfo.nl has posted an extensive review on the HTC Star Trek handset, which is shortly to be sold as the i-Mate Smartflip and Qtek 8500. It's one of our most talked about handsets and we love the look of it. The PocketInfo article (mach...

CeBIT 2006 – Hidden gems

The guys at NewMobile.com have just published this very interesting story detailing the Windows Mobile handsets shown at industry event CeBIT. They've got lots of very interesting detail which I've not seen elsewhere. The Qtek 8500 was on show, which ...

Real-life pic of HTC Breeze

MoDaCo have this secret shot of the upcoming HTC Breeze, the 3G handset will run Windows Mobile 5.0 however from that we really don't know that much apart from what you can see here. Oh, and that on the right is the new HTC Star Trek that we've …

Pod2Mob – Get podcasts streamed to your device easily

I've just had a quick look at a site called Pod2Mob.com. In fact, I gave it a try on Thursday night when I got stuck in a traffic jam for over an hour. All I did was browse to the mobile version of the site on my phone …

WiFi on a coach

WiFi ? On a bus? Yes, it's now possible on National Express coaches on the SH010 service from Cambridge and London. Working via a 3G connection, which then feeds into a WiFi access point. The WiFi access is included in the ticket price, so you can gra...

PhoneThemes Announce animated screens for WM 5.0

PhoneThemes have just announced their first ever animated themes for the PocketPC on Windows Mobile 5.0. You may remember that PhoneThemes showed this off when Bill Gates announced Windows Mobile 5.0 in his keynote speech in MEDC 2005. Plus there's g...

Smartphones Show 6

Steve Litchfield has just put his sixth Smartphones Show online. It includes a review of the QTek 8300 music phone and a beginners' guide to using more than one application at once on both Windows Mobile and Symbian handsets. Get the latest episode, p...

Meteor Breakout for QVGA Smartphones

Yet more games for you today, this time it's Meteor by Mobile Stream. It'll make use of your entire hi-res QVGA screen plus it'll work a treat on every other Windows Mobile out there too. There's 90 - count them - 90 levels, smart fullscreen graphics,...

Hot new games – Plus 10% off GPrime Xtreme!

We've managed to get a great deal for you guys on the excellent GPrime Xtreme. Right now you can get 10% off the price of our exclusive CoolSmartPhone Edition just by quoting the promotion code of "XTREMECOOL" at the checkout. Give it a try here - bla...