Silence is golden.. sometimes
I’m out in America at the moment. I’ll admit that I’m very lucky, and have had the opportunity to visit a good many times now. I usually plan things out and ensure that my phone, which is unlocked, has a [...]
Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini – Pre-order and get a free tablet
The nice people at Phones 4u have just let us know about an offer they have on. Right now, if you pre-order the Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini from them you’ll receive a free 7″ Samsung Galaxy Tab 2. The S4 [...]
Tapatalk for Android and iOS is now Free
Here at Coolsmartphone we love bargains and there’s nothing better than something for nothing. At the moment the fantastic forum app Tapatalk is now free. If you subscribe to a lot of Forums Tapatalk is the app for you as [...]
Rearth Ringke Fusion case for Samsung Galaxy S4 – Review
Phone cases are a part of my daily routine, wake up, pick which phone case to use, get out of bed, brush teeth, itch, you know, all the normal stuff. I find phone cases fall into three different types. Minimal – [...]
Huawei announce the Ascend P6
This afternoon we are attending the unveiling of the Huawei Ascend P6 and they’ve gone and published the press information a little bit earlier than the event. So here it is the Huawei Ascend P6. Spec wise the P6 is [...]
Microsoft update their burst mode camera app Blink
Blink for Windows Phone has been around for a while, it allows you to take a load of pictures at once and then pick the best one and save it for viewing at a later date. Ideal for photographing twitchy [...]
Android App Review – Yandex Shell
Many many years ago SPB used to make apps for Windows Mobile. The had something called SPB Shell, it was basically a launcher for Windows Mobile. Me and millions of others enjoyed it. Fast forward a few years and SPB [...]
Beauty Worth Waiting For
Feathers, a Dragonfly, water droplets and snowflakes. What could it all mean? What we do know is that this afternoon we will be at the Huawei event in London and whatever they unveil we’ll be on hand to show you. [...]
Vodafone Smart III Android phone – Review
The Vodafone Smart III is a budget Android phone (real name Alcatel 975), designed to introduce the world of smartphones to those who haven’t discovered it yet. It’s fun, colourful and comes with some innovative thinking behind it. However, does [...]
Ex-HTC execs to launch a new range of smartphones
Well, as if the loss of all those big names from HTC wasn’t enough, now two of them are to launch a competing range of mobile handsets. Based on their press release (below) it looks like they’ll be branding handsets [...]
Otterbox Commuter case for the Samsung Galaxy S4 – Review
I’ve said this many times before, or something similar anyway. An expensive phone deserves a decent case So when the Samsung Galaxy S4 arrived on my desk the first thing I did was get a case for it. Over the [...]
Samsung to release a faster Galaxy S4, but what will they call it?
Samsung have said that there will an updated version of the Galaxy S4 released. With a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 chip and LTE Advanced, meaning not only will the phone be faster but the internet speed will be a whole lot [...]
Windows Phone App Review – Simple Calendar
I like to be organised, sometimes a little bit too organised. I add allsorts of things to my calendar, from reminders to go home, my holidays, the weekly podcast and some other stuff. The basic Windows Phone Calendar tile doesn’t [...]
Popular CPU identification utility CPU-Z is now available for Android
People have been getting information about the CPU of their computers using CPU-Z for a good few years now. Now they can continue using it but on their Android devices. Android version of the popular CPU identification tool for PC/Windows., [...]
Motorola X Phone specs leak – more like a meh-phone?
The Motorola X Phone seems to be a mythical beast. Ever since Google bought Motorola Mobility early last year there have been rumours of some sort of amazing Google phone being produced by Motorola. Would it be a Nexus? Will [...]
Despicable Me for Android is now available
Despicable Me was a great film and the Minions for me made it a bit better. Most people you talk to about the film refer to them at some point and what better way to get people excited about the [...]
TeamViewer for Windows Phone 8 is now available
Whether you like it or not at some point in life you’ll utter the words. I wish I could just access my home computer from this cosy pub sofa Or something along those lines. There are a lot of options [...]
Asus Nexus K009 tablet takes a visit to FCC for approval
Asus look to be building on the success of their original Nexus tablet, if newly published FCC test results are to be trusted. They’ve been playing about with a tablet that’s referred to as the Nexus K900. Tech specs aren’t [...]
Huawei Ascend Mate – Review
Pop along to any major supermarket and you’ll no doubt find a bargain-basement 7″ tablet. Those cheap tablets will usually have a fairly large frame around the edge of the device but, for keeping the kids entertained, they will do. [...]
Google Play Music gets updated and it shouldn’t gobble up as much data now
Since Google recently updated the Play Music Android app I’ve seen hundreds a few people who have accidentally used up a lot of data by streaming music over 3G. It seemed the app was caching tracks a bit too pro [...]
