Tag: windows phone

LG GM750 Gets handled on video

The LG GM750 marks the beginning of the "LG WinMo Assault" and it should be available any day now from Vodafone. There's a 5 megapixel camera, GPS, WiFi and a 3" touch screen. You can see it in action in this all too brief video from FoneHomeUK. There...

HTC HD2 coming to T-Mobile too

Yes, another post about the HTC HD2. It used to be called the HTC Leo but - whatever you want to call it - the device is really stirring interest. HTC have thrown everything at it - a 1Ghz CPU, 5 megapixel camera with auto-focus and flash, a …

HTC Leo / HD2 in o2 Catalogues – Snapped

It's fairly safe to say that o2 are probably a little upset to lose the iPhone exclusive. They're now looking around for powerful handsets to bulk up their range and they already have the exclusive on the Pre. Today there's the concrete proof that the...

Omnia Pro B7610 looking fine in promo vid

We've not really seen much of the Omnia Pro B7610 since it got announced some months back but, if this YouTube video is right, it's had a certain amount of magic fairy dust thrown over it. The official Samsung video, shown here, shows a different des...

Get the Omnia Lite for free

Monkey Boy Moon Head (yes, really) has spotted the Samsung Omnia Lite over on Carphone Warehouse as coming soon. It's showing on an Orange tariff but we're still not entirely sure which network which actually be carrying this in their range. The Omni...

HTC Touch2 and Tattoo for less than £300 each

We've got the HTC Touch2 right here and you may have already seen the unboxing video. We'll have the review online next Tuesday - it's a Windows Mobile 6.5 device with WiFi, GPS, 3.2 megapixel camera and a 3.5mm audio jack. If you're interested in on...

SPB Mobile Shell 3.5 Released

SPB Mobile Shell has always been good but now the very latest version brings enhanced personalization and customization. Widgets are now included which support Facebook and Twitter plus there's new enhanced Internet searching. Available from today you...

CoPilot Competition – The winner is…

A few days back we launched a competition to win CoPilot Live 8. The sat-nav software comes courtesy of our friends at devicewire.com, where you can buy it for £73.99. We had hundreds of entries and our randomizer has picked out Bizhan Shokouhi as th...

ROM Updates for Touch Pro2 users

Two ROM updates have just appeared on the HTC support site for the HTC Touch Pro2. An update is available for the Vodafone and Orange versions to bring your device up to the latest version. There's no real detail on what is improved here, but if you w...

HTC Leo / HD2 Benchmarks blown apart

Seriously, how much are we probably going to love the HTC Leo when it arrives ? The benchmarks are now available at it shows the 1Ghz CPU leaving skid marks all over the shop. The stats show a 300% speed boost over the existing Touch HD on 3D …

HTC Touch2 Unboxing video

We've added a video showing the Touch2 being unboxed. It's a preview unit, but we've got WinMo 6.5 and TouchFLO on board and it's looking all ready for the October 6th launch. We take a look around the handset, contents of the box and the all-new Wind...

i-mate bought out, continues trading

We reported a week back that i-mate had closed up shop and CEO Jim Morrison had left the country. Then, just recently, Jim popped up to state that "fraud" had caused the company to suspend operations for a while. Now, though, it's emerged that the ope...

o2 HTC Leo Promo material appears

We doubted it. We couldn't understand why o2 would want to pick up a potential competitor to the iPhone, especially when they have the exclusive on it. Following the earlier story the guys at engadget have had a picture showing promo material with the...

Leo / HD2 missing global multi-touch

Shh.. Keep this on the down-low. pocketnow.com have just got some more bits of information regarding the HTC Leo / HTC HD2. Yes, it will be called the HD2 and yes, it does have a 5 megapixel camera with dual LED flash. The BIG 4.3" WVGA capacitive scr...

Touch2 in the house!

Look what just arrived - the HTC Touch2. It comes equipped with Windows Mobile 6.5 and has a 3.2 megapixel camera, 2.8" QVGA screen, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1, GPS, 3.5mm audio jack and microSD expansion. A review will be online in a few days and we'll have...

Steve Ballmer admits – "We screwed up" with Windows Mobile

Before the video interview took place Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer admitted a few things that we kinda already knew at the Venture Capital Summit in Silicon Valley. People in the audience posted Tweets as the event took place. Twitter user beninato tel...

Steve Ballmer interviewed about the "Microsoft Phone"

There's an interesting interview with Steve Ballmer over at TechCrunch today. He did touch on mobility, discussing the "Microsoft Phone" that kinda got revealed yesterday with two phones appearing based on Sharp hardware. Although they're not "built b...

Stop! We’re not done yet! Says i-mate

Just a few days ago we said our goodbyes to i-mate. It was a sad farewell but, just when you thought CEO Jim Morrison had packed up and headed into the sunset, he then re-appears. Apparently the company is merely going through some "troubles" which a...

HTC HD2 / Leo coming to o2 October 12th?

It seems that the HTC Leo is becoming more popular by the day. Now there's even more juicy information - the Leo is apparently due to appear on o2 on October 12th. According to engadgetmobile.com... "A trusted tipster with a proven past just gave us t...

Twitter tab and more spotted in latest ROM

Got Windows Mobile ? Want to stay with it ? I don't blame you. However, you've probably experienced a small amount of envy when you see how well Twitter is integrated into the HTC Sense experience on the HTC Hero (well, if it worked). There's news fro...

The Project Pink Phones seen at last

We've been told several times that Microsoft Pink doesn't exist. We've also been told even more times that an Microsoft "own branded phone" doesn't exist. Well, the latter is partially true, there won't be a phone "built by" Microsoft but it may have ...

3G Test – Check your network connectivity

There's a great little utility here for doing network tests like ping, traceroute and upconfig on your Windows Mobile. It's completely free and also shows you ping trip times, DNS lookup times and more. There's a couple of ways to download it and it'l...

Yet more HTC Leo pics

The HTC Leo, Pro.Three, HTC Touch HD2. Call it what you will this is one very nice device indeed. XDA-Developers member "B3ler3fonte" has got some more shots of the device including a comparison shot of it sitting next to the HTC Hero. Although we've ...

Over 30 new Windows Mobiles before 2009 is out?

Over 30 new Windows Mobile 6.5 devices before the end of 2009? Yes, according to DigiTimes there'll be 30 devices from 15 different manufacturers. Benjamin Tan, Senior Director in the "GCR Mobile Team" at Microsoft China revealed the tit-bit of inform...

Gmail direct to your WinMo

Got Gmail ? Got Windows Mobile? Cool. There's some good news from Google. Now you can get your Gmail sent directly down to your phone via the push-email / Exchange protocol. It means that mail comes directly into your WinMo mail client. Try it out he...

Xperia X2 Unboxing Video

Arne from theunwired.net has managed to get one of those generic boxes we love messing with. Inside is the Sony Ericsson Xperia X2 - the new Windows Mobile device with 8.1 megapixel shooter, laptop-esque sliding QWERTY keys, WiFi, aGPS, 3.5mm headset ...

Pro.Three? HTC Leo? No, it’s the HD2

The Leo. We've added post after post here at coolsmartphone,com and although we already kinda knew it'd be the Touch HD successor there's now even more evidence courtesy of these pics from techblog.gr. Now sure, round the back there's some nice "HTC P...

Microsoft clarifies the Marketplace remote kill

With many competitors already doing great business from their application stores Microsoft have recently discussed the inner-workings of their own "Marketplace". The Microsoft app store will be on Windows Mobile 6.5 devices launching on October 6th an...

HTC Leo. Another video. Still pretty amazing

Another video of the HTC Leo - this time even longer - is now available online. Labelled with the new "HTC Pro Three" branding it certainly looks pretty slick. The Leo is quickly becoming the most saught-after WinMo in the land with a super-fast 1Ghz ...

Touch Diamond2 hotfixes

Owners of the unlocked HTC Touch Diamond2 can now download a hotfix to sort a small but annoying bug. The issue relates to the LED not showing "green" when the battery is fully charged. Grab the patch on the link below, and don't forget the Caller ID ...

Acer F1 handset to arrive on October 6th

The Acer F1 is a powerful beast. Powered by a 1Ghz Qualcomm 8250 CPU it's got a 3.8" WVGA screen, 5 megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash. All the other goodies are in there, including WiFi 802.11 b/g, Bluetooth 2.1 with EDR, aGPS, microSD exp...

Windows Mobile 7 to immerse you in social networks

With Windows Mobile 6.5 still not (quite) available there's yet more detail on the next version - Windows Mobile 7. According to Micorosoft job adverts there's a heavy shift towards integrating social networking into version 7. The ad states that.. "T...

Palm ends the love affair with Windows Mobile

Agh. More bullets for Windows Mobile. Today Jon Rubinstein, CEO at Palm, confirmed in a financial results conference call that Windows Mobile was no longer part of their future line-up. He stated that... "Due to importance of webOS to our overall stra...

Goodbye i-mate.

We'd heard the rumours but now it's becoming more official by the hour - i-mate is gone. The company, headed up by Jim Morrison, closed it's Dubai office today. Staff were told to take "compulsory two months unpaid leave" in an email last Wednesday, w...

HTC Leo shows off multi-touch

We carried news on the new HTC Leo earlier this week, but now a video has popped onto the interwebs showing it doing multitouch. This massive screen is capacitive too! Blimey! The new device may stretch the pockets of future owners but it looks like t...

Opera Mini 5 Beta available

Opera Mobile is already part of some new Windows Mobile devices from HTC, but if you would like to try Opera Mini - the free Java variant - then click onto m.opera.com/next to get the beta of Opera Mini 5. There's tabbed browsing, speed dial and passw...

HTC Leo – Touch HD successor – snapped

We've heard the rumours but now it's here - the HTC Leo. This is the device which is being prepped to succeed the HTC Touch HD and, as you can see, it's running WinMo - not Android as reported. The pictures at pda.pl confirm that this is running …

Yomomedia- Your content, everywhere.

Yomomedia is a new app for getting the internet onto your handset in an easily digestible way. It combines blogs, feeds, news, podcasts, audio and video onto your handset when you want it. It provides one-click subscriptions and the ability to "Discov...

A taste of what’s to come in Marketplace

The all-new Windows Marketplace will launch on October 6th for those lucky enough to own a new WinMo 6.5 handset. Information about what exactly will be in the Marketplace is (sort-of) coming to light via this facebook.com post from the Windows Mobile...

Samsung Apps store – doors now open

The Samsung Application Store is now open for business. Available for the Omnia i900 the interface is well thought-out with categories, descriptions and screenshots. There's a search function, "top apps" tab and direct installation via CAB files to yo...