The Palm Treo 800w apparently didn’t like recognizing certain USB devices, and had some problems charging a completely dead and drained battery. Both issues have been recognized by Palm and fixes are now available in the new Palm Treo 800w software update.

If your Palm Treo 800w is sitting dead on your desk with a completely drained battery, unable to start charging through the wall-charger, you’ll want to “trickle charge” the Palm Treo 800w battery by connecting it via USB cable to your computer. The USB port on your computer should start charging your Palm Treo 800w, and once the battery hits 25%, you’re good to start the software update.

Even better is news that the software update can be both downloaded and applied through your computer or simply applied as an OTA (over-the-air) update. You can find the software update download link here. To update your Palm Treo 800w over the air, simply point your 800w’s IE browser to palm.com/800wusbota and follow the onscreen instructions.

With this latest software update and our previous hack that should open up faster upload data speeds, your Palm Treo 800w should be humming along quite nicely.

Palm

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Konami’s classic footie game, Pro Evolution Soccer, has won the “best mobile game” award at the Leipzig Games Convention. The award was given to the 2009 incarntion of the game, published by Glu in it’s Mobile format.

The judges were apparently of the opinion that the control system meant the game rocked, and that the Bluetooth multiplayer mode also made it worthy of the win.

And yes, I know, the image above is of the 2008 iteration of the game - but that’s the one that you can easily get your mitts on via Glu’s website.

[Via: Mobile Entertainment]

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The T-Mobile Shadow II (2) has been floating around of late, with various spy pics and details leaking out on to the various interwebs. It was only a matter of time before definitive pricing and availability information was released.

The T-Mobile Shadow II will apparently launch on T-Mobile (naturally) on October 15 with a $149.99 price tag (after rebate and new contract, of course). The release date falls nicely in line with our Q4 2008 launch expectations.

The T-Mobile Shadow successor is set to hit the scene with Windows Mobile 6.1 in tow, and should make quick work of web surfing or VoIP calling with integrated WiFi. The inclusion of WiFi also means the T-Mobile Shadow II will be getting down with the carrier’s T-Mobile HotSpot @Home UMA service for those times when you just don’t want to use wireless minutes to make a call from your home.

The T-Mobile Shadow II is, just like its predecessor, based on hardware from HTC. This time around, T-Mobile has taken the HTC Cleopatra and re-branded the handset as the T-Mobile Shadow II.

What’s not clear is whether or not the T-Mobile Shadow II will support T-Mobile’s nascent 3G network on the 1700Mhz AWS band. T-Mobile, for some reason, isn’t all that forthcoming about which of their new handsets will be compatible with the up-and-coming 1700Mhz 3G network. The carrier has previously failed to mention 3G compatibility on upcoming handsets like the Sony Ericsson TM506 Bella, only to turn around later and admit that the handset was 1700Mhz 3G-compatible all along. So, the T-Mobile Shadow II will likely be a 3G T-Mobile handset, but we’ll stop short of declaring it so.

[Via: TmoNews]

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My favourite online shop, Expansys, have emailed to let me know that I can know pick up a WinMo 6 O/S Smartphone for under a ton! Yes, just less than 100 GBP (exc. postage) will see this little beauty making it’s way in to your ownership… highlighted features are:

• Operating System Windows Mobile™ 6 standard
• Integrated camera 2.0 megapixels
• Display 240X320, 2″ , 65K color TFT LCD
• Video Functions : MPEG4, WMV, H.264 , 3GP Both recording and playback
• Audio Functions : MP3, WAV, WMA, AAC, AAC+ Music background playing
• Messaging : SMS, MMS, Email, MSN, Mundu IM
• WLAN 802.11b/g
• Bluetooth® 2.0
• USB 2.0
• Internal memory: 128MB Flash ROM + 64MB DDR RAM
• Extended memory: microSD™ Card supported up to 2GB
• Weight 90g

In a period where we are all tightening our belts, you could do a lot worse than this - if you fancy a piece of BenQ pie, then visit Expansys here.

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Arguably the single coolest looking Windows Mobile smartphone will be hitting Sprint’s offering in 10 days. According to PC Magazine, we’re talking about September 14th here when both existing and potential Sprint customers will be able to grab the all-touchscreen device for $249.99 on a two-year contract and after a $100 rebate. That’s kinda steep when you consider the iPhone 3G could be yours for $199, but then again, you won’t have to sign-up for iPhone-like expensive plan. Or that’s my take, at least. We’re eagerly counting the last days before the Touch.

[Via: Engadget Mobile]

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In an effort that seems designed to get new customers to love the Centro, Sprint and Palm will apparently be launching the popular smartphone in new colors. From what we can tell from the images above, we’re talking about the rose and some green/wasabi/pistachio Centros here. And while we don’t know the official color names at this stage, remembering “green” and “rose” is quite enough for now.

We’ll keep watching Sprint’s and Palm’s moves and let you know as soon as we have something new to report, k?

[Via: PalmInfoCenter]

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You simply need to follow this step by step guide in getting your own Wikio RSS button.

• Get yourself over to http://www.wikio.co.uk/tools/universalsubscription

• Enter the URL of the page you want the RSS Button for in the area as shown below

• Choose your button type and grab the code presented to you in the box beneath (see screen shot) and get it to your site.

The general idea is that this button will allow you to put just one single RSS button on your blog. Clicking on this button will then enable your readers to subscribe to your blogg via the RSS feed using the RSS service of their choice, and it thus means you no longer have to display a long list of various RSS services and their corresponding buttons.

Clicking on the button once it's been installed on your site should open a new page containing a selection of the most popular RSS subscription buttons.

See, it's that simple....... enjoy!

Posted by: John

[Post tag(s): smartphone blog, RSS, wikio, Treo 850, Tracy & Matt]

Sony Ericsson isn’t exactly sitting pretty on top of the cell phone world at this point in time, but they aren’t down in the doldrums to accompany Motorola either. They’re tucked away safely in the middle, but I am pretty sure that Sony Ericsson executives can’t wait to hit the jackpot with one of their handsets - better sooner than later, of course. The Sony Ericsson X1 Xperia could be a potential winner here, creating plenty of buzz when it was announced back in February this year. The long wait (well, anything more than half a year in the world of technology is just too long, especially when the device is extremely desirable) will soon be over as it will be available in retail stores across the UK within one month from now. No idea on pricing though, but it looks set to be on the high end of the spectrum. More on the specifications and features of the X1 Xperia right after the jump.

Check out the features as shown below and get a Kleenex, since you’ll probably be wiping a fair bit of drool once you’re done.

• 256MB RAM
• 400MB internal memory
• 512MB storage memory
• 3″ TFT touch screen display
• Arc Sliding QWERTY keyboard
• 3.15 megapixel camera
• A-GPS
• Handwriting recognition
• Windows Mobile 6.1 operating system
• Office Mobile and Outlook mobile
• 3G and Video calling capability
• Wi-Fi connectivity

This feature packed smartphone not only looks good, it ought to keep just about anyone happy. The Arc sliding QWERTY keyboard might seem familiar to some, that’s because it is similar to that of the HTC Tytn. Good to know that you have a decent keyboard to compose your text messages, emails as well as long Office documents while you’re out of the office without suffering from any serious thumb cramps. When not in use, just slide the QWERTY keyboard back in and you’re good to go with a sleek-looking smartphone, ready to wow all and sundry who lay their eyes on it.

This might sound like a business handset from the specifications, but it also functions as a recreational device equally well. The 3.15 megapixel camera isn’t anything to shout about, since it doesn’t carry a well-known lens as found on other Sony Ericsson Cybershot models or Nokia’s N Series, but it ought to do a decent enough job when capturing impromptu moments - just make sure the subject is not moving about too quickly and there is ample light in the immediate vicinity. In addition, the X1 comes with a dedicated video chip that enables it to record video at 30 fps, capturing near DVD quality memories for posterity.

Do you happen to need to remain connected at all times, whether you’re at home, at the office or out from both places? The X1 Xperia is more than able to satisfy your lust for Internet connectivity, thanks to the Wi-fi capability which lets you leech off free wireless hotspots in a jiffy, while the HSUPA capability makes sure you get the best connection possible no matter where you are (dependant on the signal strength and coverage area, of course). It would be ideal to get an unlimited data account with the X1 Xperia if you plan to take advantage of its HSUPA connectivity, since we all know mobile data charges do add up to an insane amount if left unchecked on a pay-per-use basis.

As for the user interface, the highly customizable 9 panel interface makes it a snap to navigate through a plethora of applications, and good thing the X1 Xperia is no slouch when it comes to processing power, allowing you to run multiple applications simultaneously without suffering from any lag or slowdown. If you are looking to upgrade your smartphone experience, would you choose this over the iPhone 3G? After all, the user interface here might not live up to Apple’s iPhone experience, but it is definitely much more dummy-proof compared to a plain Jane Windows Mobile 6.1 system.

Source: Dial a Phone.
[ Sony X1 Xperia Smartphone copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

The latest handset to win Telstra’s “Blue Tick” nod of approval is the Palm Treo Pro. Apparently, the Windows Mobile-powered smartphone isn’t just good for tapping out emails and editing documents, it’s good for making calls in the Australian outback too! The Telstra Palm Treo Pro has become the “first smartphone on the Next G™ network to be accredited with Telstra’s Blue Tick of approval showing that it is recommended for handheld use in metro, rural and regional areas.”

The Palm Treo Pro is slated to go on sale for free on qualifying service contracts come mid-September. Rural Telstra customer and business users willprobably want to at least consider the Palm Treo Pro as their cellular-signal hunting handset of choice.

Press release

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