Blimey, it's handset day today! o2 have announced the release of the O2 Xphone II in Singapore today, stirring rumours that they may add or replace the MPx220 handset from Motorola in the UK. The Motorola MPx220 hasn't been released on o2 in the UK ye...

MSMobiles.com is reporting on this .... this ...and ... this offering from EuroPhone. Although we don't know much about these phones as yet, we're hoping to hear a lot more about them soon! For more info, click here to go to the EurophoneUSA.com. All...

I've had a few emails about people wanting Windows Media Player 10 for their Smartphone. You'll be aware that the Audiovox SMT 5600 has it, but many other handsets don't. Well, according to MS themselves you CANNOT download it. However, there's a beam...

Remember the HTC Vivida? Well, the guys at Mobile Gadget News were taking a stroll around the CTIA Wireless 2004 event in San Francisco when they came across the Audiovox stand. Audiovox were showing off their SMT 5600 (AKA the Orange SPV C500) and .....

Some rather hilarious but possibly missed solutions to the Motorola MPx220's problems have been uncovered by the guys at SmartPhoneThoughts.com. Firstly, the volume issue could be all down to a small piece of sticky tape over the speaker. These small ...

James Kennedy has emailed in about these MiniSD cards from Offtek.co.uk. They're ruddy cheap - 57 quid for a 512Mb MiniSD card, 35 quid for 256Mb and 25 quid for 128Mb! Check them out here at Offtek.co.uk.

More bad news from the USA about the MPx220. The volume on the handset appears to be causing many users to return the phone and now some stores are beggining to cease selling them. It's another blow for the MPx220 handset, which is the successor to th...

I've been lucky enough to get my hands on a MiTAC Mio 8390 handset for a short while. The Mio is on sale in Taiwan and elsewhere and is now being distributed in the UK by AGBGlobal.com. The Mio runs Windows Mobile 2003 on a very nippy Intel …

Essentially both the Orange SPV C500 (Europe) and the AudioVox SMT 5600 (USA) are the same handset and they're getting some excellent coverage across the web at the moment. However, I'm annoyed to see the silly "bad points" mentioned in some web revi...

I've just added a recent submissions page which will show you the latest 100 file additions. These are the very freshest downloads in our downloads section. This is designed to complement the existing Top 100 Downloads. Both of these will show you how...

This is a fantastic utility which includes... 1. Countdown: Tells you how much time is left in days, hours, minutes and seconds for a particular event (say Christmas). Enter any holiday or event date. Default is Christmas. 2. Date Difference: Comput...

After our roaring review of DVD to Smartphone, Greg Rawlings has emailed in about PocketDivXEncoder, which encodees video into a size and format suitable for playing eaily with the excellent free Betaplayer, which is a free video-viewing util fot your...

Martyn Hardacre has spotted this EBay auction which is selling a 512Mb MiniSD card for £55. It's branded as ATP and comes from a German Power-seller. I've purchased a digital camera from Germany recently over EBay and I can vouch for the quality of...

Orange have just released an upgrade for SPV C500 users - and guess what? It fixes that gaming issue we mentioned in our review here (note, this has now been amended following this fix), so now there's absolutely NOTHING to stop you from buying one of...

Silicon.com report today on the new Orange "push" email service, which drives emails down to handsets rather than emails being retrieved manually by users. Orange have chosen Smartner to do this with their "Duality" software and are keen to point out ...

We've featured Mavec before, but it's flippin' good and we like it. Mavec is a multi-user game for Windows Mobile 2003 owners and allows you to adventure around the virtual world, then syncronise with a central server and meet others. The new version...

This is pretty good - a new "locate any mobile" service which costs just 5 quid a month and includes... - Locate service on up to 5 mobile phones - Cost per additional mobile - 50p per month - Includes 10 Location Requests per month - Includes 10 …

Looks like MobileJoe have found a way to security unlock the SDA - and possibly other HTC phones (such as the SPV C500, Audiovox 5600) - this mobilejoe.de story (translated) explains how it's done. It looks like some registry tweaking, so if you do th...

At last, the guys at Agile have released version 3 of their excellent multi instant-messenger client for the Smartphone. You can download the appropriate version here (2003 or 2002). It's a Beta, but bugger that - just install the frigger. :) As we m...

Good to see that Motorola finally getting around to announcing the reatil availablility of their MPx220 handset (which we've already seen announced by Microsoft and AT&T earlier this week). Their press release can be read here or below.New Motorol...