Tag: windows phone
If you've read our Vodadone Treo 750v review then you'll no doubt be aware how highly we think of it. The text messaging application stood out as a pioneering and ideal solution to tracking conversations with people. Due to the popularity of it there ...
Now, I may have had a bit too much wine but I'm sure I've just spotted the Samsung i320 on Vodafone UK. I've certainly not seen it there before, but here it is and it costs from anywhere between nothing and £119.15. I'm actually using one of these …
With nothing but bilge on TV over Christmas it's good to see plenty of news in the Windows Mobile world. HPC.ru have managed to get their hands on more of the HTC roadmap for 2007. The HTC Kaiser, shown top left, is first up and comes in a …
If you're on the go and in the mood for some gaming fun then check out the new service from Astraware.com. Simply browse to www.astraware.com mobile device and you'll be transported to a magical mobile flavour of the site where you can easily browse a...
Check this out. You're looking at K-Rally. This amazing 3D top-down racing game has astounded all those who've played it. PocketGamer says of this game... "There is just no comparison: K-Rally simply blasts them both away in almost every respect. K-Ra...
I don't know about you but I'd be completely lost without Notepad on my PC - I use it for making notes, writing articles and stories. It's simple and easy to use (just like me, some would say). If you're looking for something similar on your Windows M...
FPSEce.net have released the newest version of their Playstation X/1 Emulator for Windows Mobile. This free software, once installed and fed the appropriate BIOS and ISO, will let you play Playstation games on your Pocket PC. There's a list of compati...
It's Christmas so it's an ideal time to mention ChristMassMessage (geddit?). This is a brilliant application which lets you send texts out to groups of numbers. It's something I've been wanting for years from Microsoft but you can now get it free (a d...
This weekend there'll no doubt be thousands of people running around attempting to get those last-minute Christmas gifts for friends and family. Usually you'll probably end up with something really naff like a pair of socks or a hat and scarf set, but...
Do you have a Windows Media Center and a Windows Mobile phone? Yes? Well listen up! Makayama Mobile TV Center lets you watch your recorded Windows Media TV shows on more than 500 mobile devices. Install the software on your Windows Media Center PC t...
Here's the UMPC known as the HTC Athena. Err.. wait.. is it a UMPC (Ultra Mobile PC) ? In fact no, it's running Windows Mobile (Pocket PC) and comes with a detachable keyboard. We first started seeing computer generated images of this device a while ...
The o2 Graphite has now appeared on the seeo2.com website. WiFi and 3G are confirmed, as is the Intel XScale® PXA 270 Processor running at a brisk 416 MHz, a 2 Megapixel camera, secondary face-pointing camera for video calls, flash, 128Mb ROM / 64Mb ...
Most of us will have already suffered the pain of rubbish singers and C-list celebs like Jordan who decide to make their pop songs slightly less awful by pitch-bending and regulating their voices through a computer. Step forth singtone.com, who will m...
Our T-Mobile MDA Compact III review is now online. Sure, you may have seen reviews before but there's nothing quite like a CoolSmartPhone review. Filled to the brim with pictures, screenshots and movies it also comes with a look into CoPilot too. The...
Eric has just emailed in about a new game called Ballistic. Available to try or buy (£4.06) you have the deceptively simple task of getting the ball into the pot. To make things a bit trickier you've got moving platforms, explosions, homing missiles ...
Do you want to get into Today screen or Home screen design? Well, look no further than the PhoneThemes Studio toolkit. Hundreds of people were involved in beta tests for the application so it's already tried and tested. PhoneThemes Studio is a one-sto...
The HTC Vox - a QWERTY / numeric keypad-combo device - has yet again appeared on the internet. You'll have to excuse the badly placed Smartphone screenshot, however it does tally with previous suspisions of a Smartphone OS... then again, who knows?! W...
Everybody has heard of Skype. Thanks to Skype I called the UK from Boston and Seattle for hours on end and yet it only cost me about £6. All it took was a Pocket PC and a WiFi connection, however it's now properly available for the Smartphone too. …
Virgin Mobile Lobster 700TV owners will now be able to enjoy Channel 4 Live. Previously only available in "bite size" edited chunks, Channel 4 will add to the existing BBC One*, ITV1, E4 and ITN News. There's already some fantastic offers available on...
I'm guessing that a lot of alcohol was consumed in the making of this new promo video from our friends at ClickApps and ClickGamer, however we're prepared go with it because they're promoting "Snowed In 5 - Flaked Out". It's now available for Windows ...
Remember how we told you how cheap the Virgin Mobile Lobster 700TV was ? Well, how about getting it for absolutely nothing ?! Yup, on the Virgin £25 contract or above you get the phone for absolutely nothing but wait - even if you want just the £20 …
I have a slight dilema. Granted it's not your "every day" dilema, however I'm going to try and turn it into a very useful article for you guys. The problem? Well, take a look at the picture. I now have not one, but two T-Mobile MDA Compact III …
GadgetApps have just released GA Ringtone Manager. For just £3.02 you can get this easy-to-use program which lets you add, change or remove ringtones on your Smartphone. MP3, WMA, WAV or MIDI files are supported as ringtones plus you can also tweak y...
I've had quite a few emails and there's already been some questions in the forum about this. Let's imagine the scene - you've had a Pocket PC for a while and you've gone out and purchased TomTom for it. Then, some months later, you upgrade to the T-Mo...
Here's the Lobster 700TV handset that we reviewed earlier. Paul at MoDaCo has done some fishing around and he's found it selling for £90.98 with £50 worth of call credit! How good is that eh? To get this offer you just need to visit this page and no...
Wehay! Look what arrived this morning (larger picture here). It's a T-Mobile MDA Compact III along with CoPilot Live 6 ! Strictly speaking this is actually my work phone, but I did "encourage" them to go with Windows Mobile handsets so there's now an ...
I'm sorry, but if any other company in the UK sends me a press release that says, "Happy Holidays" or "Out in time for the Holidays", I think I'm going to go insane. I don't know of anybody I've ever met who is offended by me saying, "Merry …
Ascender have just released the Ascender Personality Kit for both Pocket PC and Smartphone. It combines ringtones, themes, background images and fonts into categorized sets which you can easily choose from and apply. I've tried this out on a Samsung i...
With all these dark, wet, windy days we need something to cheer us all up. How about a new game? The guys at Momentum Games have been busy working on a new hit since the release of their Pocket Mini Golf 2 smash. Here it is - Meltdown. …
A new version of Mobile Manager has been released by synchronica.com. Version 1.3 brings support for a wider range of handsets and additional management functions to support the latest AKU updates in Windows Mobile 5.0. Mobile Manager is aimed at busi...
We've seen quite a few new devices from HTC of late - the Excalibur, Herald and the Hermes that we've already reviewed as the T-Mobile MDA Vario II and Orange SPV M3100. Now here's another - a QWERTY sliding... Smartphone. It's got quad-band GSM / EDG...
As you'll all know by now the holiday season is upon us. There's still even a select few of us who like to call it "Christmas" too. If you're looking for a Christmas present idea for a mobile gamer then look no further than Astraware. They have gift …
This is the smoking Treo smiley. In a world which is rapidly turning against smoking in public it's a little strange to see it appear when Treo users type :! on their phones. On the Treo 650 or 680 you'll get smokey joe when you enter a colon …
Looking for some sat-nav software for your Windows Mobile Pocket PC? The AA have just launched AA Navigator 2007 for £79.99 (UK & ROI) or £99.99 for the whole of Europe. The AA tell me that "AA Navigator has been designed for motorists, not for gadg...
It's official - the Samsung "Ultra Messaging" i600. Powered by Windows Mobile 5.0 (Smartphone) this device should be available early 2007 across the Asia Pacific and Europe. It's waded into the contentious "thin" debate by claiming the worlds thinnest...
Crumbs! It's December 1st! Soon it'll be that time of year when I'll be eating turkey and getting more drunk than usual. So, it's time to think about Christmas presents and top of the list for many people is a sat-nav system like TomTom etc. A lot of …
We were first to tell you about the availability of the o2 XDA Orbit the other day. This, of course, means that there's room for new handsets on o2's "coming soon" page .. well, lookie here! It's none other than the o2 XDA Zinc with it's Intel PXA270 …
Opera have launched a new version of the Java-based internet browser - Opera Mini. The free Web browser is available for all mobile phones and now includes new features such as photo blogging, RSS and secure connections. To install, just browse to Op...
Just 20 days ago we were first with the news that o2 UK were getting ready to push the GPS-equipped XDA Orbit. Well, the news gets even better - it's now available to buy from £85.10 and it comes with free CoPilot sat-nav worth £159.99! (Yes, you re...
The Italian people are fantastic. They're responsible for pizza, pasta and some rather excellent cars. They also get scoops, with the first ever shots of the HTC Cavalier showing online here. Looking pretty much identical to the HTC Excalibur it's a w...
