A little off-topic, but worth mentioning this. The Microsoft code-named "Windows Longhorn", which is the next generation of Windows on your PC - has been given a name today. It'll be called "Windows Vista" and will start appearing as a Beta in a few d...
I'm always trying to add bits and bobs to the site that I hope are useful. Todays' tweak allows you to view the last 200 news items that have been published right here on CoolSmartPhone. Hopefully this item will help you find "that news item I saw las...
Way back in the day I used to have a Nokia (yes, I know - I was young and inexperienced, I only have myself to blame) which was absolute pap in comparison to the C500 I have today. However, it did used to be able to turn itself …
I see that the BBC are doing a Podcasting trial featuring some of their own radio shows. Very promising. This comes on the back of news that BBC Radio 1 is being picked up and re-broadcast the following day on the US Sirius service. Looks like Podcast...
Sudoku .. what's it all about eh ? Well, som would say that it's a placement puzzle, also known as Number Place in the United States. The aim of the puzzle is to enter a number from 1 through 9 in each cell of a grid, most frequently …
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Apparently Ubergizmo.com reckon that this is the new Samsung M600. Is it? It looks a lot like the Samsung SGH-i750 to us. Have they changed the name ? UberGizmo say that the "M600" is designed to..."...challenge Korea’s first Microsoft based smartph...
If you want a Pocket PC phone without the size then the new Orange SPV M500 is well worth a look. The Register have posted a review of the handset here, and they've given it an absolutely glowing 95% verdict stating.. "The M500 - and the Spy, if …
I'm always saying that it's the CoolSmartPhone members who make this site what it is. Yes you lot - all 191,661 of you at the last count. Take this article by Findlay Colquhoun - a very well written item about his experiences with TomTom 5 after upgra...
Pantech have launched their PH-S8000T handset in Korea today. Running an Intel Bulverde 400Mhz the handset, which has an innovative tilt and twist screen, comes with a mega-pixel camera and Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition. Sung-Kyu Lee, President...
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Marked up at £99.99 on this page at Orange.co.uk, the M500 is a PocketPC on a diet. It's a tri-band Pocket PC Phone with a 1.3 Mega pixel camera. Click here for a full list of features or, if you want to get some excellent deals on this …
Marcel Alberts has just emailed me about this Dutch SPV C500 update. I can't see a direct link with the Orange Netherlands site, however this update has been delivered to the smartphone-club.nl website first because Orange Netherlands take their commu...
I've received a load of emails about the update to the C500 and the problems it causes with the Bluetooth communication needed for TomTom Mobile 4 and 5. It would appear that some problems can be sorted by doing this (read last comment) or by followin...
We've just received the official release information from Orange on the SPV C550. The Press Release and super-jumbo sized pictures of the new phone can be found below (click "Read More"). We also have a specification sheet, which you can download by l...
More great news for you lot today - The new version of Opera 8 is now available which will actually work on the Orange SPV C500! You may remember our earlier story which promised this fix, so check it out here and give this browser a try. Make …
Some of you lucky lot have managed to get your hands on the brand spanking new Orange SPV C550 we mentioned yesterday. You've already been sending in your views on it, and James @ TekTar has taken pictures of the C550 alongside his C500. This article ...
A quick peek at the new silver C550 is available here at MobileGazette.com. The article goes over the C550 and tells you what's in the box. There's an included 128Mb MiniSD card, which is good - plus it's definitely selling in the silver colour. More...
An interesting news item here which quotes research done in Australia showing that hands-free kits don't reduce the risk of having a crash. In fact, they're still four times more likely to have a prang even with a hands-free kit! Researchers questionn...
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