New software from EdgeQ

I've just added a couple of nice applications from EdgeQ to our downloads section. The first free beta is called TrafficEdge and gives you up-to-the-minute traffic info for parts of the USA. It even includes traffic camera images so you can steer clea...

Fizz Traveller Update – 2.1

Fizz Software have announced today a new update to their excellent Fizz Traveller for Smartphone. You can get the latest version now, which is a 5 day trial, but if you're a traveller this is worth a go. The latest version is 2.1 and features.....

EasyMobile and Orange go to war

Oh dear, flamboyant Stelios, head-honcho at the "easy" empire, has landed himself in a bit of doo-doo with Orange. Only last week Stelios announced his new easyMobile service with T-Mobile. Stelios, who's always keen on protecting his "easy" brand nev...

Newgen D2000W with QVGA and Wi-Fi!

MoDaCo have picked up this iDNES.cz story showing the new Newgen D2000W. If you don't want to translate, try visiting the NewGenTel.com site itself here and have a butchers. It's a slide-design and looks very nice indeed. It comes with a very quick In...

T-Mobile SDA and MDA Compact go live on the T-Mobile UK Website

The T-Mobile SDA and MDA Compact are now available to buy direct from the T-Mobile UK Website. SDA prices start from a crazy £19.99 (on the Relax 400 plan) and MDA Compact prices start from £119.99. T-Mobile have given both devices a "5 star" rating...

Build and deploy to Microsoft mobile devices

There's a presentation and live demo on how to build and deploy applications on Microsoft mobile devices at Kingston University, Kingston Upon Thames in Surrey. It takes place on February 22nd 2005 and is a completely free open lecture. Places are lim...

More pixels baby!

MSMobiles.com have got themselves a sneak peek at the very early stages of a Samsung Smartphone. In the pictures here you can see the "demo board" - this is basically the insides of a phone, but not quite squashed up enough to fit into a case just yet...

Orange France go broadband crazy

Orange have announced a massive rollout of EDGE in France and aim to cover the entire country with EDGE, 3G and WiFi by the end of 2006. EDGE, for those who don't know, is like GPRS on drugs. EDGE will enhance the number of bits that can be …

New homescreens from Kleinweder.ch

Here's two new homescreen skins from kl1wd. The first, called BlueSky and features the MSN butterfly. The second, strangely called IamRunningOutOfNames and features the Windows Mobile logo. Get both of these by clicking the links below.... - BlueSky...

Off-Road Maps & Charts for Smartphones

A New Ring to Outdoor Safety and Navigation Turn Your Windows Mobile Smartphone into an Outdoor Atlas 60,000 Off-Road Maps and Boating Charts for only $20! Maptech, Amesbury, MA – Some of us plan our outdoor escapes while others like to wing it...

Animated homescreens from MadBeetle

So, we reported already on the PhoneThemes.com story, we showed you how animated homescreens were indeed possible. However, they've not released their work fully as yet. Step forward Madbeetle, who've generated their own homescreen plug-in for the Win...

Exchange Server 2003 offer on Orange SPV C500

Looks like Microsoft and Orange are teaming up to offer those interested in Exchange Server 2003 up to 3 Orange SPV C500's on a trial-basis for a month. Details on this offer can be found at the bottom of this Microsoft.com page. Here's some highlight...

TomTom Mobile 5

Looks like TomTom have released a new version of their excellent TomTom Mobile, which we reviewed here earlier. The improvements are fantastic - TomTom Mobile 5 now has full compatibilty with the Orange SPV C500 (I presume they're selling it on MiniSD...

Flux Challenge comes to the Smartphone

Damn this is good. Check out the killer 3D game, Flux Challenge from the guys at PDAMill, who brought us excellent Smartphone games such as Anthelion, the Gamebox series and the stunning Snails. You can pick up Flux Challenge for £5.26 ($9.95 | €7....

More Memory Deals

Our friends at MobyMemory.com have recently cut prices across the entire range of mini-SD cards to the following, with the 1GB cards now under £100 mark!: 1GB mini-SD - £99.99512MB mini-SD - £39.99256MB mini-SD - £20.99128Mb mini-SD - £12.99 Moby...

Do you have a T-Mobile SDA?

The T-Mobile SDA started appearing in T-Mobile shops recently, however I haven't heard much from those who've managed to bag themselves one of these devices. So, if you have one, let me know what you think! I'm also interested in receiving reviews of ...

CoolSmartPhone Mobile improved!

Just a quick note about the mobile version of CoolSmartPhone.com (click here to see). As you may or may not know, when you browse to ... http://www.coolsmartphone.com ...on any device, the site will do some magic and will automatically detect whether ...

HTC Universal / T-Mobile MDA IV / 3G SPV

Right, so - you remember this InfoSyncWorld.com article from last week? This Windows Mobile Powered T-Mobile MDA IV offers GSM, GPRS, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi AND 3G - yes, 3G. It's apparently also to be badged under the Orange SPV range too. Some thought ...

Core Network Maintenance

This Monday morning at around 8AM UK time (GMT / UTC), CoolSmartPhone will be off-line for around 15 minutes while a core network switch is upgraded. Don't worry if you can't see us! We will be back within quarter of an hour! :) I have also added a …

Nokia gets Windows Mobile

A tiny little outfit calling themselves "Nokia" (never heard of them, have you?) may well be getting the mobile Windows Media Player on their devices very soon, according to this Nokia press release. In it, music delivery solution "Loudeye" is used in...