Tag: windows phone

HTC HD2 Now creeping into T-Mobile stores

Well, we can't find it anywhere on the T-Mobile UK website but apparently it is in store. Daniel Cunningham found the HD2 in his local T-Mo store and they'd had it in stock for 3 days. He was offered one free for £40 p/m on an 18 month …

o2 Begins HTC HD2 sales

At last ! The HTC HD2 is now fully available on o2. Out goes the XDA re-branding and in comes the HTC name. Available for absolutely nothing on selected monthly plans it can now be found in o2 stores across the UK. Steve Alder, General Manager Devices...

HTC HD2 Camera issues?

Noticed a pink splodge on your HTC HD2 pictures? This xda-devs post probably shows it best - there's a feint pink "hue" to the centre of the image. Some have assumed this to be white balance, with people aiming their HD2 camera at the nearest light-bu...

o2’s HTC HD2 – Some beginning to trickle out

A lucky few are beginning to receive the HTC HD2 on o2. Doug Purnell has mailed in after getting an order through today. Apparently lots of customer service people are giving slightly different information but he managed to get one through retentions....

T-Mobile MDA Compact V gets 6.5 update

We've just had news that the MDA Compact V 6.5 update is now live on the T-Mobile support site. Get the file direct here. It's a little behind the German release, but you can at last get the new 6.5 enhancements like the updated lock screen, My Phone,...

Office Mobile 2010 Beta now available

Head across to the Marketplace right now to grab the very latest incarnation of Office Mobile - 2010. It's a Beta though, and will expire on April 5th next year, if you've installed Office Mobile after the phone was purchased then these installations ...

Opera 10 comes to WinMo

Opera still stands head and shoulders above Internet Explorer on Windows Mobile, so the availability of Opera 10 will no doubt spark interest amongst you guys. The new version includes tabbed browsing, improved password management, image saving, Opera...

Windows Marketplace available to all – officially

Following the earlier "unofficial" way of getting Marketplace on your 6.0 and 6.1 devices, the full official way is now here or just type "mp.windowsphone.com" into your Windows 6.0 / 6.1 IE browser. Once done, you'll be able to browse and install th...

Marketplace + Friday the 13th = …

Just yesterday we told you about the new copy protection Microsoft is rolling out in to Marketplace. The existing "protection" was exremely easy to circumvent and therefore didn't fill developers with confidence. The new system, however, has already b...

HTC HD2 Now available from Vodafone

Wehay ! The HTC HD2 has now made it onto contracts with Vodafone selling it right now. You can get it for absolutely NOTHING on the £35 p/m plan or above (24 month plan) and for that you'll get a whacking 900 minutes talk-time, unlimited internet / e...

Marketplace goes PC friendly

Lucky enough to have Windows Mobile 6.5 or you've used the unofficial way of getting it onto 6.0 / 6.1 devices ? Now there's another way to buy apps - just point your computer to marketplace.windowsphone.com and choose the app or game you'd like. Once...

Samung Omnia Pro B7330 on Orange Business

The Samsung Omnia Pro B7330 is now available to buy on Orange. The QWERTY messaging phone also has a new business homescreen which was designed by Orange to give quick access to voicemail, email, calendar and customer information. The new homescreen w...

HTC HD2 Dissected

We're not sure why someone would ever want to do this. It's like taking the engine of a Ferrari apart just to see how it works. Why? Just drive the thing :) Either way, xda-developers.com have shots of a dismembered HTC HD2 which appear to have come f...

Windows Mobile 7 status update – Q3 2010?

It's fair to say that Windows Mobile is on the defensive right now. There's hot Android handsets appearing literally everywhere and manufacturers that Microsoft battled to gain are suddenly jumping ship to Android. The HTC HD2 has suddenly become the ...

Samsung to reduce Windows Mobile use

With Motorola now putting all their eggs in the Android basket, HTC adding Android to their range and Palm dropping WinMo, there's further evidence that Samsung are about to drop Windows Mobile too. Telecoms Korea states that Samsung will use Windows ...

Marketplace Region Switcher available

If you're lucky enough to have Windows Mobile 6.5 or you've grabbed the 6.0 / 6.1 version then you may have stumbled across the region-locking problem. Put simply, you can only view apps for your country. Let's say that there's a great app for the USA...

HTC HD2 Now Available. Yes, now!

We've had our HTC HD2 cruely ripped away by a courier, but you can now get one. Yes, right now. Devicewire.com have just announced that the HD2 is in stock and shipping. There's 11 as I type, so you have to be quick. Link - HTC HD2 @ …

HTC HD2 – Example video from on-board cam

Another HTC HD2 video for you now, but this time it's taken from the phone camera itself. The HD2 is able to record video in 640x480, so I strapped it to the car this morning and took this video. Just click here to download the original movie, or …

HTC HD2 – GPS Test (Video)

This morning I managed to do a quick video showing the GPS in action with a "real life" test. In this video you can see Google Maps in action as I travel up the motorway. The HD2 has QuickGPS on board, so a GPS lock is fast and …

HTC HD2 – Final day (Video)

Now, keep this one under your hat. We've somehow managed to keep hold of the HTC HD2 for an extra day so, late last night I managed to film this extra vid. It's a little dark, but we show the flash in action plus there's more about the …

HTC HD2 Availability Update

We've just had an update on the HTC HD2 situation from devicewire.com. It involves the stock arriving this Friday (13th).. "devicewire.com currently has additional stock not yet allocated to pre-orders. Whilst orders are continuing to be processed d...

HTC HD2 Screens and more cam examples

It looks like the FedEx guy is about to take our HTC HD2 away, but we've just managed to download some more of the photos from the handset. You can click here (taken with flash), here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here to see them direct …

HTC Touch HD November Update

If you own a HTC Touch HD then you may be looking on with envy at the new HD2. HTC however haven't forgotten about you, and there's a new update to add enhanced notifications. HTC say.. "This update for HTC Touch HD combines your SMS function with ou...

HTC HD2 – Day 4

Well, I'm not totally sure where this came from but there appears to be a full overview of the upcoming o2 version of the HTC HD2 ROM here. We've got just a few hours remaining with the HD2 and day 4 is now showing over in our YouTube …

HTC HD2 Video – Day 3 plus example cam shots

Many thanks for all your HTC HD2 questions. We've started answering some of them in todays video so click on to see more about the phone, it's multi-tasking capabilities and more. We've also noticed that our first video got slightly mangled by Youtube...

HTC HD2 – Unlocked units shipping November 13th

You'll see us mentioning devicewire.com quite often here at coolsmartphone.com. They provide SIM Free and Network Unlocked devices minus airtime contracts. If you're eager to grab the HTC HD2 that we've covered this week then click here to get one min...

LG GM750 Now on sale. Got one?

We're not quite sure when this happened, but the LG GM750 Windows Mobile handset is now available to buy on Vodafone UK. We're hearing that it'll also be popping up on AT&T in the US soon too (check this FCC link). We've not been able to play with …

HTC HD2 Photo tour

We've already posted a couple of videos (here and here) and tonight there's a few up-close shots for you guys to gaze at. Despite the 4.3" screen the device is slim and not overly wide. The screen makes even the most non-finger-friendly apps usable an...

HTC HD2 Video – Day 2

Our earlier video was perhaps hampered a little by a rubbish GPRS connection (note to all networks worldwide, we hate GPRS). So I did a second video with full HSDPA pow-pow-power just how mind-bendingly quick the browsing is on Opera. The multi-touch ...

HTC HD2 Hands-on – The saviour ?

It's not often that we make big, brash statements. It took us a good few minutes of serious thinking before we proclaimed that the Hero was an iPhone contender. So, after only a few hours of playing with the HTC HD2, we found the phrase "Windows Mobil...

HD2 Coming to US in 2010, Europe and Asia now

Today it's been made official. The HTC HD2 is now the first Windows Phone with HTC Sense and it'll be launching in Europe and Taiwan very soon. Peter Chou (CEO of HTC) and Steve Ballmer (CEO of Microsoft) were present in Taiwan to announce the phone. ...

T-Mobile HTC HD2 details now even more confused

Yesterday we pointed out that T-Mobile were showing the all-new HTC HD2 as "coming soon" on this page. There were, however, some problems. The screen size was wrong, the product picture was wrong and it stated that "Android Market" would be available ...

HTC HD2 – Get your questions in – quick!

We had a bit of a laugh showing you the HTC HD2 dummy unit last week but, after T-Mobile started showing it off on their site, we noticed a small puddle of drool on the floor that needed mopping up. Luckily we've now managed to secure a HTC …

HD2 Now on T-Mobile website – Coming soon

Oh ! Check it out ! The HTC HD2 has now appeared on the T-Mobile site as "coming soon". We told you a month ago that the Windows Mobile super-phone was coming to the network, and this will no doubt get added to Christmas lists far and wide. …

Video – HTC HD2 Hands-on overview

So yesterday I showed you a snap of the HTC HD2 we'd received and, if we're honest, it caused a bit of a stir. There is, however, something we should mention about this device. The one we have is in fact ... a dummy unit. Yes, we tried …

HTC HD2 Official ROMs on the web

After "Cease and Desist" letters yesterdat there's still no stopping the ROM market. "Official" HTC Leo (HTC HD2) ROM's are now available on some random 4shared.com link with the filename .. "RUU_Leo_HTC_WWE_1.43.405.1_Radio_Signed_15.26.50.07U_2.04.5...

Windows Mobile 6.5 Upgrades – HTC Diamond2

The new Windows Mobile 6.5 Upgrade is now available to HTC Touch Diamond2 users. Download it directly from HTC (where someone has typed "Daimond2" by mistake) and get the very latest features now. Various languages are available and you'll benefit fro...

Our daily HTC HD2 round-up

HTC HD2 news now (well, it's been at least a day since we last mentioned it), and mobiles.co.uk will be expecting stock "early next week". We're still hearing November 11th from others but apparently they'll be doing it for just £39.99 when you purch...

Toshiba TG01 – Getting one?

We reviewed the Toshiba TG01 some time ago. With a hugely fast 1Ghz CPU and large 4.1" W-VGA screen it's selling here on the Orange network. The provided Windows Mobile 6.1 OS and lack of customization did concern us a little but we're now hearing tha...