French Orange SPV C500's were updated on April 19th 2005. Windows Media Player 10 was included, as were a few other fixes such as the "bleeping" noise when you insert a symbol into a text message. Although the update wasn't major, we're left wondering...
MSMobiles have picked up on a TV Show called The Money Programme that was shown on BBC2 Friday. In the show a group of elderly people were given the chance to use Skype and call their friends for free across the planet. The programme found that the AL...
14 Free 3GP videos available now: Army(BritishTroopsInIraq)_Is-this-the-way-to-Armadillo.3gp (free) Britney_Baby-One-More-Time.3gp (free) Britney_Spears_-_Toxic.3gp (free) Bryan_Adams-Everything_I_Do.3gp&nb...
I've just added a couple of reviews today - both very good products and well worth splashing some cash on. The first review is the Flexiskin case from Boxwave. It freaked me out a tad when I first got it, but it's the first phone case I've ever …
At last, the news you've been waiting for, the new TomTom Mobile 5 is now available to buy as a complete package here! You may remember our review of the earlier version, in which we praised this GPS navigation solution. The new version 5 brings us ...
Today marks the launch of Orange TV - the UK’s first TV-on-the-mobile service. It operates on the Orange 3G network and brings news, sport and entertainment programmes onto your phone. 9 channels will be available including ITN News, CNN, Cartoon Ne...
If you're a fan of TV Show "24" then it may be worth checking out this story from mysmartphone.no. The Orange SPV M2000 / QTek 9090 / AudioVox 6600 / VPA III / Siemens SX66 is actually shown in the episode as a Sprint PPC 660, available here …
The guys at MobyMemory.com have just emailed in to say that they've gone a bit mad and dropped their prices even lower than normal. Check out the price of a 1Gb miniSD ! It's now only £82.99 ! 1GB mini-SD - £82.99 512MB mini-SD - £35.99 256MB mini...
That annoying thing, commonly known as the crazy frog. That sound was on a website, www.studentfreestuff.co.uk long before som muppet decided it sounded like a crazy frog, and a very lucrative frog too. If anyone is prepared to pay up to
You may remember some months back we mentioned an event at Kingston Uni telling you how to build and deploy applications on Microsoft mobile devices. Well, Keni - who chaired the event - has now followed this up by blogging some blogging some code cal...
Good to see that the Orange SPV C500 and the iMate JAM are in the top 5 best smartphones in Total Mobile Magazine this month. Also, it would appear that our our earlier story regarding the HP Smartphone could indeed be true. We've had an anonymous ema...
Check this out - it's a new Armor Case (that's "Armour" for those speaking proper English) :) :) for the i-Mate JAM! BoxWave's Armor Case is a form-fitting metal case made of aluminium that is designed to protect your i-Mate JAM from everyday wear a...
I've just spotted this news story about British troops from the Royal Dragoon Guards in Iraq. To keep moral high they produced a spoof version of the video for Amarillo, recently re-released by Peter Kay and Tony Christie. They called it, "Is this the...
Rumours still surround the Pocket PC Samsung i730 Phone, coming soon from Verizon Wireless. Shown here running Windows Mobile 2003SE it's capable of high speed surfing and mail collection through the EVDO (3G). Dates for release of this handset, which...
Well hello - what's this ? Why it's the AudioVox 6600 of course!? Now available from Telus Mobility Canada here. Yes, it's that HTC-build Pocket PC phone again, already seen on Orange as the M2000 (review here) and Vodafone as the VPA III. This handse...
Ian Moore has just emailed me in about this i-mate SP3i USB Cradle. In theory this should work with the T-Mobile SDA and, we think, the Orange SPV C500 too. Here's a picture of the bottom of the iMate SP3i - the handset this cradle was made for... …
We're hearing that the VPA III, also known as the SPV M2000 on Orange, is to appear this week. The VPAIII was mentioned several months ago, but we've not seen it in the UK. It's pretty much identical to the Orange SPV M2000 which we reviewed here, so …
The third ever "PodCast" is now available for download by clicking here. I still haven't managed to include your feedback as yet - mainly because I've had a real arse of a week and haven't had chance. Have a listen anyway, 'cus it's ruddy brilliant. O...
Jason over at Smartphonethoughts seems to have his priorities mixed up. ;) In this story about the Samsung i300 phone he's included some publicity shots of this lovely lady holding the phone while bent over a table (leave it, leave it!) The camera-guy...
Orange has revealed their Windows Mobile 5.0 plans in this Microsoft.com press release. It seems that they'll probably be introducing them in new devices, and you won't be able to upgrade your existing phone to this new OS. Florian Seiche, Director of...
