Orange go PushToTalk

The UK has now got its first "Push To Talk" service, courtesy of Orange. Although at present it's only available on the Treo 600 handset, it's a great new service which will be rolled out to other handsets soon (no news on Windows Mobile ones though)....

Excellent ! SendContact app by Rey J. Vegafria

Picture the scene, your work mate calls up and says "hey, can you text me Bobs phone number?". Sure, you think, so you go to your Contacts list on your Smartphone and THEN you realise that you can't just pick out "Bob" and forward his details on. You …

1001 News Items!

We've reached a little landmark today folks. This article is the 1000th news item we've posted... ... ish. I say "ish" 'cus there were quite a few other items posted on the old version of the site here (oooo - Frontpage-tastic!). This is the 1001st p...

T3 Raves about the C500 – o2 picks up the Motorola MPx220

There's some great news around today, including this PPCW.net article which confirms O2's intention to launch the Motorola MPx220 handset. We're also getting news that MPx220's are arriving in AT&T Wireless distribution centres and will be made avail...

C500 Now available worldwide

Over at MSMobiles.com they're reporting on the Smartphone-web.com article which tells of the worldwide availablility of the Orange SPV C500 for development - it's going to cost about 253 quid, which is 374 Euro.Strangely Jacek @ MSMobiles claims in hi...

Kamasutris ! Naughty Tetris twist

            ONLY $4.99 KAMASUTRISErotic puzzle game Looking for a way to pump up your personal sex life? Well, search no more because this erotic puzzle game will uncover all ...

Opera browser coming

Yes at last, there's gonna be some competition in the browser field for Windows Mobile phones. At present you have "PIE" - no, not cherry pie or apple pie - just plain PIE. PIE stands for Pocket Internet Explorer and it comes on every Windows Mobile p...

@Sat Orbiter Locator+

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The latest version of @Sat Orbiter Locator+ is now available for Microsoft 2003 Smartphones Austin, Texas—August 25th, 2004. The latest version of SurvivorSoft’s flagship title, @Sat Orbiter Locator+, is now available for Mi...

MAVEC Goes Live

Welcome to Mavec?Mavec is just a bit of multi-user fun for owners of Microsoft Smartphones (Windows Mobile 2003) and runs over GPRS. There are no objectives and no prizes and it's free to download. What is Mavec? Mavec is a virtual world which users c...

Sagem MyS-7 comes to Orange France.. but not the UK

This time last week you may have been forgiven for thinking that there weren't that many models of Windows Mobile handsets out there. Just a week ago we only knew that the Orange SPV C500 was hitting a high-street near you pretty soon. The Motorola MP...

1Gig SD Card!

Hey everybody! Just got a Silicon Power 1 Gig SD card for use with my O2 Xphone, and guess what? It works like a charm - no problems, no hiccups, no nothing! Just wanted to share my findings. Maybe it will be useful for those with the same …

HTC Harrier Pocket PC

Blimey, it's all kicking off tonight - first, we hear about the HTC Feeler handset at 5.30PM, then we hear about the HTC Harrier handset shortly after. Now we've got confirmation about the HTC Harrier from the FCC here!

The HTC VIVIDA!!!

The HTC Vivida is yet another addition to the amazing HTC range. Yes, we've had the HTC Feeler just 30 minutes ago here and the Pocket PC HTC Harrier - now the HTC Vivida, which looks bloody fantastic (more info here at the FCC website) is catching th...

NEW! Another handset from HTC – the Feeler!

My my my, what do we have here then ? What ? Another new Windows Mobile handset from HTC ? The HTC Feeler ?!! (By the way, it's 5.30PM on Friday 27th, remember that you read it here directly after Smartphone-Web.com did their Exclusive report). The H...

C500 Leather Pouch

I've been in PHP / MySQL hell over the past few days (it'll never catch on, I tell ya), so it's good that Tam Darcy emailed in to distract me. My spies are already telling me that there's a LOT more Orange C500 handsets about now and bigger …

E200 / C500 Skins

Nick (crafty) emailed me today with a couple of top skins for your Windows Mobile phone. Unfortunately they only work with the Orange SPV C500 and the Orange SPV E200 because they use the Orange plugin, but they're definitely worth a looksie. Click th...

AtomicLava New Version

You may have read our earlier stories about AtomicLava - it's ruddy brilliant. We love it. It allows you to "blog" your life from your phone. This may sound bizarre, but it does offer a very quick way to take a picture on your Windows Smartphone, then...

It’s finally working ! HA!

Following on from this earlier story, I've finally got my arse into gear and completely fixed the CoolSmartPhone.com XML News Feed. You may remember me saying, "I'll get that fixed in a bit", way back in 2002. Well, now it is - and I've sorted it so i...

Java Java Java…

I must confess to not using Java much. Java games are OK, but the Windows Mobile phone can do much better than the Nokia Java games (which are advertised almost hourly on TV for 5 quid each). Anyways, I've added some Java games to the downloads sectio...

MiTAC Mio 8390 featured in .. The Sun!

The Sun newspaper is a UK tabloid and it regularly brings us some hard-hitting stories such as Cleavage Week or some crazy people bringing up dolls as their own children. Today they've got a review of the Windows Mobile powered MiTAC Mio 8390 here. Al...