About Leigh Geary
Editor / Founder of Coolsmartphone. I’m the one who films hands-on videos in the car. :) News, reviews, gossip – anything phone / tablet related – I love it.
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New and innovative ways to use your smartphone
How would you feel if you were classed as legally blind by the age of 17? That’s what happened to Simon Wheatcroft. He’s decided to talk to the people at Carphone Warehouse about his condition and how he's overcoming his diagnosis [...]
Most mobile sites just aren’t up to scratch
At the minute I’m spending a lot of time on my phone. This means that every time I visit a website I’m getting a completely broken experience. Some websites show me the default desktop version, some show me a mobile [...]
Like a P6? Pre-order one now
You’ve seen our hands-on pictures and videos, you’ve checked the specs and now you have “like a G6” going around your head even though it’s a P6. Either way, if you’d like a P6, Carphone Warehouse will be making them [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
Be part of a TV documentary, get involved here
Yes, it’s happened at last. We all knew that it was just a matter of time, but now I’ve received an email from someone working on a TV show and they want young, handsome people who love smartphones. They want [...]
91% of American adults now have a mobile phone
Over here in Europe we’ve become accustomed to everyone having a mobile handset.. maybe two..maybe three. In the US they were slow to start, but now ownership has hit 91% of adults, with Pew Research declaring that 56% of American [...]
Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom now official
Well, we expected it, you all saw the leaked images. It’s the love child of the Samsung Galaxy Camera and Samsung Galaxy S4. That x10 Optical Zoom camera is a 16 megapixel unit and has “enhanced SMART modes, IOS 24-240mm, F3.1-F6.3″ (I’m [...]
Nokia Lumia 925 availability update
We’ve been keeping you up to date with the various networks offering this handset, but here’s a round-up. The handset has a metal design and uses the latest PureView camera innovation. There’s also a Man of Steel app on there, [...]
Retro, baby – Snake is back!
Do you remember Snake? Back in the days of the earlier Nokia handsets I remember playing the brand-new “Snake” game in the pub… oh, no sorry.. err.. I mean I was in Primary school. Yes, that’s where I was. Now, [...]
Huawei Ascend P2 exclusive to Phones 4u … in white
There’s no denying it, Huawei make some very good phones. The Ascend P2 is just around the corner now and Phones 4u will have an exclusive onthe little blighter in white. The handset, which you can pre-order it on their [...]
Tim Cook calls Android “a pretty bleak story”
On stage yesterday the Apple CEO stood to talk to developers about why they should choose iOS over anything. Mentioning competitors directly, he showed the OS version fragmentation on Android and compared it to iOS. Some 93% of iOS users [...]
Lorain Wong joins HTC as Vice President of Global PR
A few people have left HTC recently and now they’re continuing with the re-shuffle. Meet Lorain Wong, she’s going to report directly to Chief Marketing Officer, Benjamin Ho. Wong will be in control of public relations, media and analyst relations [...]
Cubemen 2 arrives – Stand to attention!
If you’ve heard of Cubemen then you’ll probably already be paying a bit more interest right now. The follow-up, Cubemen 2, is now available for iOS devices for a special price of £1.49 / 1,79€. It’s basically a good vs. [...]
Saving money and managing your life, whilst in the garage on your phone
Lately I’ve been changing things around at home. No, before you even think it, I’m still happily married and no, it’s got nothing to do with a new kitchen. This is all about saving some cash… although, at the same [...]
Samsung Galaxy S4 not selling quite as many as hoped?
A few weeks back we expected the Samsung Galaxy S4 to sell more than 10 million handsets. The Samsung Electronics co-CEO Shin Jong-kyun told reporters that it would happen last month but according to analysts this hasn’t happened. Shares dipped [...]
The Disgo 9200 tablet – now available
Nope, I’ve never heard of them either, but they’ve sent us a press release to promote the release of this, the quad-core disgo 9200. £179.99 will get you an Android 4.1 tablet with a 1024×768 pixel 9.7″ capacitive display. 2GB [...]
Samsung Galaxy Ace 3 goes official
Just yesterday we spotted this leaked picture of the Samsung Galaxy Ace 3. Now it’s all official, and we’ve just received the press release below to confirm. Powered by Android 4.2 (Jellybean) it has a 4″ 480×800 WVGA display, 1.2GHz [...]
