Tag: windows phone
The brand-spanking new Orange SPV C550 is available to you guys right NOW - no pre-orders, this is the real deal. We've been bugging our mates at fonetasticmobile.com for quite a bit, and now we've managed to get some great deals out of them. I know m...
In an update to our earlier story we now have confirmation that the Orange SPV C550 is available online for customers in the Netherlands. Just click here for more information. Unfortunately we still haven't seen a C550 in a shop here in the UK yet, bu...
Remember this news story from last week? Well, Opera has finally come out of beta - however it didn't seem to load on SPV C500's at all. Oh dear. Opera have now identified the problem and announced a fix for it, which should be available as a complete...
Now available for the Smartphone is Battery Pack Pro, an excellent package of tools which allow you to clean and monitor your phone. There's a Battery Bar which displays battery, memory, storage card, time etc on the home screen. Plus there's Power Ta...
Doah! Come on Orange UK! :) MSMobiles.com are reporting that the C550 is on the shelves in Orange Shops across the water in Holland. Apparently shops in Dordrecht, South-East of Rotterdam, have been spotted stocking the device. Hopefully, sometime nex...
We're now just days from the release of the C550, which we reckon will be out next Monday. More info is being drip-fed through to us now including these specs and adverts that MoDaCo have picked up. It's interesting to note that the C550 will come wi...
Although the M500 doesn't appear to be fully available just yet, the manual is at least online at Orange.co.uk. Just click onto Orange.co.uk, choose "Help and Support", then switch "My Phone" to the Orange SPV M500 to download the manual. You can also...
Over at MoDaCo is news of a new free utility allowing better memory management on your Smartphone. PocketMem, available here, lets you view the biggest folders and files, plus the newest or last-changed files. This can be helpful in diagnosing why an ...
Yesterday at TechEd 2005 Orange showed off their latest handset - due to arrive later this year we believe - to the crowd. It's the Orange SPV M5000, which we saw back in February as the "3G SPV". MSMobiles.com have the story on this device, which is ...
One thing gets me about Pocket Internet Explorer on the Smartphone. It doesn't support frames. Even in Windows Mobile 5, it still doesn't support frames. Why-oh-why-oh-why ? But wait, Opera browser for the Smartphone has now entered the non-beta stage...
Simbsoft now have 30% off Volleyball 1.1 for Smartphone. You can grab it here or try it out. The object of Volleyball is to win volleyball match with jelly boy. Yes.. yes.. Jelly boy. Don't ask me, I'm not sure. I'm really not sure. Anyway, you can c...
The guys at Jeyo.com are a little too modest in my opinion. They've released version 2 of the excellent Jeyo Mobile Extender for Outlook with bug fixes (remember these bugs we mentioned in our review of version 1.11 ?) and a free upgrade path for exis...
Quick ! You've only got a few days to get an amazing 50% off excellent puzzles like Quartz 2 for JUST £1.90 ($3.48 | €2.86), Octopuzzle Deluxe for JUST £2.18 ($3.98 | €3.27), Fruit Bomb for £3.27 ($5.98 | €4.92), Candy Catchup for £2.74 ($5....
I forgot to mention this, but SmartPhoneThoughts.com have a good write-up on the "first thoughts" of a Windows Mobile 5 Smartphone. Check it out here.
XS Portfolio (MS Smartphone) 1.21 by XCite Software now has a 30% discount !XS Portfolio is the ultimate in stock management. A complete stock system and packed with features: *Multiple stock exchange support*Long / Short / Watch stocks*Multiple portf...
Remember this story from just a few short days ago ? Well, it appears that this Pocket PC handset is now on sale on T-Mobile Germany. It's available as part of the T-Mobile "Take-Away" promotion which is aimed at the business customer This device is G...
Blimey, we'd almost forgotten about the Peabody. It's a cheapo mass-market handset made by Flextronics and will run Microsoft's Windows Mobile 5.0. If you've not heard of Flextronics then prepare to be quite amazed. They're actually one of the world'...
If you've gone out and bought the excellent Pocket Mini Golf 2 (more info on this game in our earlier story here), then you'll no doubt be gagging for more. Step forth Fire Island - an excellent expansion pack for Pocket Mini Golf 2 and exclusively av...
Yet more excellent Windows Mobile devices are on the way. Today Orange - the network that brought us the first ever Windows Smartphone back in 2002 - put the Orange SPV C550 and the Orange SPV M500 on their shop in the "Coming soon" section. Click he...
Slashphone have themselves a Dopod 828, which is pretty much identical to the forthcoming Orange M500. Running Windows Mobile 2003 SE this mini Pocket PC phone has an Intel XScale PXA272 416MHz CPU, 64MB ROM / 128MB SDRAM, a 1.3 Megapixel camera, an S...
This, according to Mobiles-actus.com, is the Orange SPV C600. As far as I can see, it's the T-Mobile SDA Music in a silver colour with an Orange badge on. Confused? Well, it looks like the image has been fudged. I doubt that this will be the C600 at …
MySmartPhone.ch have managed to get their hands on the new Orange SPV C550 and have put a review online with hi-res pictures of the phone and screenshots of the software. The review confirms that the handset will be on sale mid-July and also mentions ...
Alexander from MySmartphone.no has this article on the new HP HW6515, which looks a tad like the BenQ P50. While I can't understand much of the article, it does have lots of pretty pictures in hi-resolution. The HP HW6515 comes with... - Integrated G...
Over at Phonemag.com is yet another story about yet another Windows Mobile-powered phone from Samsung. This time it's a SGH-i300 running the Smartphone version of Windows Mobile on the SGH-i300. The SGH-i300 comes with an inbuilt 3Gb hard drive and is...
Slashphone.com have more pictures from the Samsung booth and CommunicAsia. Here you can see the Samsung SGH-i750 which instead of a slide-out keyboard like the SGH-i730 or the SPH-M7000 has a.. slide out... numeric keypad. Yes, those Smartphone / Poc...
Phonemag are at CommunicAsia (big trade show thing) and have a feature on the SPH-M7000 Pocket PC Phone from Samsung. Although we don't think it'll appear in this country, it's another interesting design which successfully integrates a full QWERTY-st...
According to Slashphone, the BenQ P50 Pocket PC Phone will be out in Taiwan next week.Specs below..Mode GSM Quadband 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 OS Microsoft Windows Mobile 2003 Pocket PC Phone Edition Second Edition Dimensions&nbs...
For those owning an Orange SPV M2000 there appears to be an OS Update for it. We can't find any mention of it on the Orange website, however the download itself is from http://www.orange.co.uk/download/m2000, so we're guessing it must be OK to install...
Astraware have announced that their hot new "Fun In The Sun" promotion begins today! 14 days, 14 games, and big discounts to help you ease into Summer. Each day for 14 days from June 8th-21st a different great title will be featured with a big disco...
Well ok, it's not strictly a C550, it's a QTek 8200 - however the handset is the same. Alexander from MySmartPhone.no has the scoop with pictures and details galore. These shots finally put to rest some of the Orange SPV C550 rumours.. 1) No WiFi or ...
We've mentioned the excellent Skweezer before but now there's an updated version available. For those that aren't aware, Skweezer is a great way to lower your GPRS bills by cramming down regular websites into a perfect small-screen version. The new up...
Keni texted me this morning following the news that BenQ are to buy Siemens Mobile. What does this mean for Siemens Windows Mobiles such as the SX66 ? Will BenQ be looking at making a Windows Mobile phone ? Have a read of Keni's blog for these and …
From Pocket PC Italy comes this picture of the HTC Wizard. It's a new device from the guys who've brought us the Audiovox SMT 5600, the Orange SPV C500, M2000 etc etc. This new design includes a new side-ways slide out QWERTY keypad (the M2000 we revi...
3D Volcano Island for Smartphone 1.0: Discount 30% off! Now only $6.95!Escape the everyday for an enchanted tropical adventure. This frantic action game starts when our hero is mysteriously swept away from his vacation cruise and finds himself on a ha...
Lingvosoft.com have just told me about another fantastic deal exclusively for CoolSmartPhone readers! You can now get a whacking great 30% off all dictionary software - last time it was only 25% off :) To receive this discount, simply enter your gi...
Over at MoDaCo there's a very early version of some SIM unlocking software for Orange SPV C500 handsets (only!). Coded by Zone-MR and available for application-unlocked handsets this appears to be a new, free way to get your Orange SPV C500 working on...
If you're a fan of TV Show "24" then it may be worth checking out this story from mysmartphone.no. The Orange SPV M2000 / QTek 9090 / AudioVox 6600 / VPA III / Siemens SX66 is actually shown in the episode as a Sprint PPC 660, available here …
Good to see that the Orange SPV C500 and the iMate JAM are in the top 5 best smartphones in Total Mobile Magazine this month. Also, it would appear that our our earlier story regarding the HP Smartphone could indeed be true. We've had an anonymous ema...
Rumours still surround the Pocket PC Samsung i730 Phone, coming soon from Verizon Wireless. Shown here running Windows Mobile 2003SE it's capable of high speed surfing and mail collection through the EVDO (3G). Dates for release of this handset, which...
Jason over at Smartphonethoughts seems to have his priorities mixed up. ;) In this story about the Samsung i300 phone he's included some publicity shots of this lovely lady holding the phone while bent over a table (leave it, leave it!) The camera-guy...
