PRESS RELEASE   New software turns phones into pocket DVD players   Amsterdam, July 14th, 2004   Dutch software company Makayama today released ‘DVD to Mobile (Smartphone Edition)’. This software lets users convert a DVD to a Smart...

First up, I gotta say thanks to the ... 18 people who've contributed (see this earlier story) to the up-keep of the site. It means a LOT, and I hope that a couple more of you good peeps could do the same :)Anyway, enough of my grovelling.. The …

So, as you know the Orange SPV C500 is *just* around the corner. In fact, according to my sources it's due to arrive in August. Now, thanks to our friends at FoneTastic Mobile, you can put your name down for one if you're thinking of getting one. Don'...

We've got some great news from our partners at ClickGamer. Right now, to celebrate the fact that PDAMill Smartphone games are now available, everything except Snails retails at just $2.95, which is about £1.58 EACH! - A complete bargain!! Here is t...

I thought I'd mention this handset. It runs on the Smartphone OS, but with it's own front-end. It's a little like the Neonode in the sense that it isn't running Windows Mobile 2003, it's just based on the the back-end workings of it. The handset look...

I'm back in England and at the moment I'm testing out the recently re-launched Fosters Export. Now, as you know, there's lots of rumours about the new handsets coming out soon which run the Windows Mobile operating system which is found in the existin...

Ermm.. woo! At last! Err.. the Windows Mobile 2003 OS is now available here. You need to do a bit of twiddling to get it working, depending which language you want. Get more info or the image itself here at msmobiles.com. Don't forget that if you do g...

At the mintute over at the CoolSmartPhone software shop there's a massive 60% OFF selected products until mid July. This sale includes two Smartphone games that are well worth considering. Firstly there's the "3D Motor Racing Game Pack", which becaus...

To celebrate the fact that Orange have now released the SPV M1000 Pocket PC phone to consumer connections (Orange previously only sold to business customers), we can now offer these fantastic deals in association with our friends at FoneTasticMobile.c...

We likes Orange we does. They're bloody good. They brought us the Smartphone (with a bit of help from Microsoft) and we like the lady on the answer phone. She's nice. So, you know that there's only one 3G network here in the UK ? They call themselves...

There's a good interview here with Ya-Qin Zhang, who is the Vice President of Mobile and Embedded Devices at Microsoft. The interviewer (from CNet.com) throws some challenging questions, particularly concerning the early versions of the Smartphone OS...

It looks like the Amena and Microsoft have joined together to launch a Smartphone in Spain. It appears that the MPx200 will be launched first, along with the Pocket PC XDA II. Details are sketchy at present as I only have Babelfish (Altavista) transl...

I know a lot of you have heard about msmobiles.com and the various things that have been said in the past. However, it's hard to deny that they're are always incredibly fast with the latest news and goings-on where the Windows Mobile platform is conce...

Motorola are on a roll at the minute. The excellent MPx100 and the MPx220 handset, both powered by Windows Mobile, plus the Pocket PC MPx are all ready to rock 'n roll. These devices join the much raved-about MPx200 handset which many people have alre...

Absolute, concrete, solid, 100%, definite PROOF that the MPx220 exists is now available here at Motorola.com. It's now officially announced on their website, so it's all go ! Official pictures are now available here and the announcement comes on the ...

Blimey - some good and rather bad news today. Whaddya want first ? Well, lets do the good news eh? It seems that there's a distinct possibility of a fierce price war on SMS (text) messages here in the UK soon, following a similar battle in the Netherl...

I spotted This Belkin Tunecast II Mobile Transmitter at Pocket PC Thoughts. It's $49.95 from the States - that's roughly £27. It may be worth your while considering buying from the US - it's amazing how strong the Pound is against the US Dollar at ...

MSMobileNews now have a dedicated area for Roozbeh, who was behind the Doom, Wolf3d and Duke Nukem 3D ports. Check out his page here at MSMobileNews for news, info, instructions and downloads of these excellent games. Source - MSMobileNews

You know the story by now... if you don't, read this news item. I'm hoping, and this is just me being optimistic - I haven't heard any "special rumours" or anything! :) After reading this MSMobiles.com story, I'm going to place (quick furk in pockets...

Ok, so you've heard of Skype yeah? This free software allows you to make phone calls across the internet for free to other Skype users. Brilliant, but it's always been an underground-app because you have to ensure that the other person is online and r...