Can’t really add much to the title! Big news as Steve Jobs IS Apple to a lot of people, he is widely credited with turning Apple into the massive company it is now. Edit: Apple shares have dropped 7% approximately an [...]
Well this caught us all out! HP have just announced that they are to “discontinue operations for WebOS, specifically Touchpad and WebOS phones” – that’ll be the just about/to be launched Pre3. The handset is just about available but it [...]
Ok, the title isn’t exactly right, but there isn’t room to put the detail! According to BGR Apple have won a preliminary injunction in Germany that could effectively block the sales of the Galaxy Tab in all Euro union countries except Holland where [...]
ZTE sent us some information about their sales figures today, highlights listed below: 60 million terminal products shipped, including… 35 million handsets This represents a year on year 30% increase in handsets shipped. A 400% increase in smartphone sales! According to Market [...]
Slightly cryptic I know, plus I’m abusing my position here at Coolsmartphone promoting this but I’m sure Leigh won’t mind. Basically GiffGaff are running a promotion that for every SIM activated they will “free” a battery chicken. Two reasons to [...]
The long awaited Gingerbread update for the HTC Desire looks like it has arrived, but don’t get too excited…. Now cast your mind back a few months, HTC announced they wouldn’t be bringing Gingerbread to the desire, they then changed [...]
Sorry about this, but I’m posting another story about a Beta test app. This time it’s Touchpal. Touchpal was on Windows mobile devices a few years ago, but has recently not been around, yesterday they tweeted asking for beta testers [...]
We’ve got Android, Windows Phone and Apple iOS. However, another OS could be joining the list with Mozilla developing “Boot to Gecko” or B2G. It seems that Mozilla want to build their own OS with bits of Android and their [...]
A couple of days ago we were sent one of JCB’s Toughphones to test. No, we didn’t know that JCB made phones either, but they told us to chuck it in some water so we just had to give it [...]
Apologies, this isn’t really a news story, but I know there is some interest in the Andypad. The Andypad is a tablet soon to be released (37 days away…) , aimed at the budget end of the market there are [...]
So, we know we’re asking for trouble here. We’ve no doubt that you’ll all chip in with better deals (which is great, by the way), but Amazon have this SanDisk 32GB microSD card for just £37.13. It was originally for [...]
HTC Boss, Peter Chou, has spoken to the BBC about the continuing patent battle with Apple. In the interview he says that the company will “make a stand” and are “confident that we have a strong case”. The recent Apple [...]
Now, I know this is a UK based site and we have the Optimus 2X, not the G2X our American friends have, but they are pretty well the same phone so this does have some relevance. A user on XDA [...]
No real surprise this, but today Nokia posted it’s Q2 figures and they are grim reading. The “Smart Devices” section saw a 33% drop in sales – down to €2.368 billion from €3.503 billion just a year ago. There was [...]
Well finally all you Apple fans can get Google+ on your devices, Apple have today approved the G+ app and it’s available for download at the App store HERE. Available for iOS 3.1 and above, requires iphone 3G, 3GS and 4, [...]
Apologies, but I have said phone and it’s frankly a bit embarrassed that the flagship Android phone from LG has : A: shipped with 2.2 Froyo and B: has taken this long to be updated to 2.3 Gingerbread.. As I say, [...]
So the question is, do we believe this? Samsung have apparently let the cat out of the bag regarding the next in the line of Nexus phones via their official Romania twitter account. A series of tweets suggests that yes, [...]
Now, the mention of Nasa should appeal to the schoolboy in you all, so this app should be of interest to most. Availible on Iphone,ipad and Android for free, it features lots of different things including Images, on demand videos, [...]
A federal judge has kicked out Apple’s attempt to get a preliminary injunction to stop Amazon using the Term ‘App store’. Apple had been trying to force Amazon ( and by default others…) to stop them using the term app store for [...]
Today LG announced the launch of the Optimus 3D in Korea, bundling three pre installed Gameloft games to show off the device. LG issued a press release introducing the Optimus 3D , it’s tie in with Gameloft and it’s introduction of [...]
