Tag: windows phone

Omnia Pro / Louvre gets leaked in press shots

Whoops. What's the last thing you want to do before a massive press event? Yup, you definitely don't want to put pictures of the new Samsung Omnia Pro on your own press website. Here's the Louvre / B7610 / Pro once again, but in official Samsung shots...

The HTC Snap arrives in the New World

Poor old Steve1949 from the Vodafone forums is fast becoming a celebrity over at engadget (sorry man), but whilst we were browsing around this story caught our eye. The HTC Snap, which we got to review just recently, is about to land on the Sprint Net...

Samsung Louvre Specs get firmed up

Details on the Samsung Louvre we mentioned back in April. It's rumoured to have an AMOLED 3.5" screen with WVGA 800x480 resolution, Bluetooth, WiFi, GPS, accelerometer, FM radio and 3G / HSPDA connectivity. Inside there'll be 1GB of on-board memory an...

Survey results – What you want from your phone!

Quick, before you all go home, there's just time to tell you a bit more about our survey results. Loads of you responded and we wanted to know what you'd like to see more of. What are Windows Mobile handsets missing? The results ? In the top spot …

PointUI Home gets 2.1 Upgrade

You probably know about PointUI Home by now. It's a swish interface for your Windows Mobile touchscreen device and there's a free version to try too. Version 2.1 is now out with more speed, less bugs and a new default template. Try the free version o...

Wot no WinMo Armani Phone?

Remember this story from a few days back? The word on the street suggested a new handset from Samsung would be appearing with Armani design and Windows Mobile under the hood. Yesterday, according to the invite spotted on puntocellulare.it, the event s...

Lucky Vodafone customers grab the Touch Pro2

It looks like the Vodafone branded HTC Touch Pro2 is now starting to ship. One lucky person in the Vodafone forums has posted this picture of himself holding his new Touch Pro2. It's still showing as coming soon on the Voda site but this is a thin gli...

More Xperia X2 shots, this time in silver

OK, so we've had blurry pictures and slightly less blurry pictures. How about another photo, but this time of the silver version? Yep, you got it - this is the Sony Ericsson Xperia X2 running Windows Mobile 6.5. The MSM7200 CPU from Qualcomm gets deta...

MDA Vario V MIA on T-Mobile UK ?

We've been scouring the T-Mobile UK website for some time now but there's still no sign of either the Compact V or the Vario V on the site. Worst still, Alex Roebuck has emailed after receiving a call-back from T-Mobile Business. He enquired about a r...

Samsung Omnia II captured on video

Following on from our earlier story there's now video of the supposed Omnia II on YouTube. This comes just days before the Samsung Unpacked event where we think this Samsung I8000 will be announced as the Omnia II. Initial impressions aren't too hot a...

Samsung Omnia II to be announced on June 15th?

There's still some time to go until the big Samsung Unpacked event but there's growing rumours on the t'interwebs that the GT-I8000 will be launched as the Samsung Omnia II next Monday. Leaked specs state that this will be another handset with an 8.1 ...

Over half wouldn’t buy WinMo without third-party interfaces

Today marks the launch of the iPhone 3GS. It's faster, it's got a better camera, digital compass, video recording, greater storage capacity and better battery life. You can get further details on our sister-site - iPhoneBANG - but the launch of yet an...

myPlayer – Watch ITV Player and iPlayer

myPlayer is a free, light-weight app for watching BBC iPlayer and ITV Player content direct from your phone. It's packed with features, including live TV and radio stations, custom radio stations and search options.You should be able to use the in-bui...

Opera 9.7 available. Faster than ever before

Opera Mobile has just been announced and is now available to download it includes Opera Turbo which compresses network traffic by up to 80% to speed up your browsing experience and save money on data charges. There's also widgets which run web apps on...

Nitrogen – Amazingly quick and free music player

Following our revelation that 40% buy WinMo purely because of unofficial ROMs from sites like xda-developers.com, we'd just like to point out that xda-devs isn't just about tweaked firmware updates. This is just one of the useful apps on the site that...

Elecont Weather now faster with less data overhead

Elecont has released a new version of Elecont Weather and Barometer. This new edition reduces internet usage and is faster too. Find out if your day is going to be a sunny or wet, and get the information shown on your sliding panel, home screen or fro...

Xperia X2 – Further pics reveal an 8.1 megapixel cam!

Remember that fuzzy-looking Xperia X2 that we poo-poo'ed just days ago? OK, we take it all back. Looks like the images were real and here's more, courtesy of "Sunrise" from forum.fanklub.se. This time we get to see the back too and there's what looks ...

Survey results – A quarter will skip WinMo 6.5

Yesterday we revealed one of the real reasons you choose Windows Mobile. Our huge survey revealed several key areas for change and during the next few days we'll be revealing more results. Today we cover the competition and your opinions on the new Wi...

Toshiba TG01 on o2 Germany

The Toshiba TG01 is all set to arrive on o2 Germany shortly according to this o2 news. Packing an ultra-fast 1Ghz CPU and a 4.1" display it'll sell with a flat-rate internet plan available to make the most of the browsing capability. The TG01 combine...

HTC Snap unboxing video

We've now got the full unboxing video of the HTC Snap online. It's a massive 24 minutes of High Definition first look at the device, which packs Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard (non-touch), GPS, WiFi, 2 megapixel camera and an easy-to-use QWERTY up front ...

The HTC Snap is here!

Hot new devices are now stacking up at Coolsmartphone HQ. Today the HTC Snap arrived. It only became available yesterday but we've got one here. First up we wanted to take lots of snaps.. of the .. err.. Snap, so there's the usual up-close shots below...

HTC tease. What will June 24th have in store?

Hello, hello. What's this then? A big event in London hosted by HTC? Honestly, we have no idea what could or might be announced here but we'll be there on June 24th to let you know. Anyone care to guess? We know about the HTC Touch Pro2, Touch …

Last chance to take our Windows Mobile survey

Our big survey has been running for over two weeks now and our initial plan was to let it run until the end of June. However, we've been bombarded with your responses and we now have more than enough to show just how you feel on Windows Mobile. …

o2 XDA Guide – Action videos

Following the o2 XDA Joggler we now have another bit of o2 kit to look at. We're back to Windows Mobile and the o2 XDA Guide. Following our earlier pictures we now have some video snippets for you to enjoy. First up, the video unboxing, which you can …

HTC Snap available on Wednesday

If you're on the look-out for a HTC Snap then get ready, the peeps at devicewire.com have just told me that the unlocked version will be arriving in their warehouse on Wednesday, June 3rd. The Snap marks the return of the HTC messenger phone - a thin ...

Touch Pro2 – Full review spotted online

Whilst we still try and get our hands on one, the guys at pocketnow.com have a quite substantial HTC Touch Pro2 review online which combines video, photos, comparisons and screenshots. It looks like they've highlighted a lot of the things we loved abo...

Xperia X1 gets official R3A update

A new Sony Ericsson Xperia ROM has just appeared through the official X1 update system. The new update, R3A, apparently brings better touch response, a quicker media panel, better texting. brigher keyboard and more. Overall you should get much better ...

Armani-branded Samsung en-route

On June 11th in Milan a Samsung handset will be unveiled which will have Giorgio Armani branding and Microsoft under the hood. We've not really seen a fashion brand getting into the Windows Mobile space since Ted Baker went all pink and created the "N...

Yet more Touch Pro2 deals appear

A few of you lovely people have emailed in to point at this Touch Pro 2 deal on mobilephonesdirect.co.uk. For a measly £39.15 per month you'll get the phone absolutely free and you'll bag 700 minutes, 250 texts, unlimited landline calls and unlimited...

Kinoma Play adds further features

Kinoma Play has, in our opinion, always been the best all-rounder when it comes to watching and listening to media on your device. It'll handle a range of formats with ease and we last time we looked it looked hotter than the sun, but somehow they've ...

Skyfire – Out of beta, still free, still bloody fantastic

Remember Skyfire? Yeah, that's the one - the browser that let's you watch YouTube, listen to Quicktime streams, the lot. Double-tap to zoom, search direct from the address bar and browse pretty much every site on the web without restrictions. Now it's...

GPS Fixes released for HTC Diamond and Touch Pro

Do you own a HTC Touch Diamond or Touch Pro? Are you finding it difficult to get a GPS lock on your device? Are you still lost, camped out in a field somewhere, just hoping that a passing helicopter will see the "SOS" sign you made out of …

Unlocked Touch Pro2 now available

Today is my birthday, and there's more to celebrate thanks to the HTC Touch Pro2 arriving just minutes ago over at Devicewire.com. As usual it's first come first serve, with 50 of the blighters sitting in the warehouse as I type. For those of you won...

o2 XDA Guide reviewed

Looking to buy the new o2 XDA Guide? Head on over to techradar.com for a full review of this new handset including details of the CoPilot Live navigation software, screenshots of the HTC TouchFLO system and example camera shots. The XDA Guide is the o...

o2 XDA Updates online

A couple of software updates for you XDA owners have just appeared. The first is for the XDA Zest and is a full firmware update. Browse to the my-xda.com page, choose "Software updates" from the menu and then select the appropriate update from the dro...

HTC Touch Diamond2 on show and in your hands

You may have read about HTC's current TV ads here in the UK. They're part of a 6 month sponsorship of the 9 o'clock movie on Film4 here in the UK. If you missed the ad last night you can watch it here or read on. The Touch …

Sprint branded Touch Pro2 appears

The Touch Pro2 has been spotted in the USA branded with the Sprint network logos. SprintUsers.com user "bigchico68" got to play with it and snap some photos. There's a rumoured mid-June released date and further news that the HTC Snap will arrive in J...

MDA Compact V just hours away

Last month we heard that the MDA Compact V (aka Diamond2) would appear some time in May. Now further confirmation is appearing in magazines like Mobile News which shows a launch date of May 21st - this Thursday. The phone will be free on plans costing...

Microsoft MyPhone now for all

Back in February we took a look at MyPhone. The service is part of the Windows Mobile 6.5 offering but anyone can use it, yes even with 6.1 :) Simply put it's a way to backup and restore your phone information to a secure website. The whole thing …

o2 XDA Guide coming soon – the HTC Iolite

The HTC Iolite leaked earlier this year when expansys.com splashed it across their site. Now it's been given some o2 branding and has appeared on the my-xda.com site as the "XDA Guide". Guide. Geddit? GPS? Google Maps? :) CoPilot will be supplied with...