Got £640,000 going spare?
Well if you have (I did, but I’ve gone and spent it) you can buy a gold plated iPhone 5. Luxury gold plating company Goldgenie has launched an exquisite new limited edition range, featuring a £64,000 iPhone 5 which is [...]
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 [...]
iOS 7 ‘Still a work in progress’ claims TNW
Many people have differing opinions on iOS 7′s re-design, and many people have taken to the internet to express these views, including myself. However, whether you are a lover or hater of the new design, you cannot argue that Apple [...]
Samsung Galaxy S4 v Apple iPhone 5 – What is the best option?
Two of the biggest and best smartphones available on today’s market are the Samsung Galaxy S4 and the Apple iPhone 5. With both devices possessing impressive performance specifications, immersive touchscreen displays and multi-tasking capabilities, it is certainly a close battle. [...]
Google Buys Waze
It has been reported that Google has bought the social mapping/GPS app Waze. Never used Waze? Well, we’ve been tracking it for a while now and reviewed it in 2011. Waze is a free GPS app that’s available on both [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
iOS 7 announced – here’s the feature lowdown
Just in case you missed it, Apple have announced a new version of their popular iOS operating system – iOS 7. This new version of iOS is seen as an evolutionary step for the mobile platform, with Apple CEO Tim [...]
WWDC Keynote 2013 – Live with Coolsmartphone
Join the Coolsmartphone team from 6PM BST as we cover Apple’s 2013 WWDC keynote. We expect to see new versions of iOS and Mac OSX, as well as a few new hardware goodies – a lack of leaks this year [...]
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 [...]
Fotor – Edit your snaps on any platform, anywhere
So you’ve taken a nice picture and want to edit it. What do you do? Well, some handsets have some on-board editing tools and you could shove a picture into Instagram but here’s something a bit more in-depth. Fotor is [...]
Samsung Galaxy S4 and the iPhone 5 take a flight
You know what’s going to happen here don’t you? Two very expensive phones are going to get completely ruined just to show us how breakable they are. The footage below has been filmed by a mobile insurance company called Protect [...]
Gripmount iPhone 5 Lightning Car Charger and Mount Kit – Review
What do you do if you share a car with someone who has a different phone to you, but you both want to use a car kit when driving? Get a universal phone mount, of course, Einstein! But which one? [...]
Gmail update brings multiple inboxes
In what is a fairly major update, Google have added multiple Inboxes to Gmail on the web and to its Gmail and iOS apps. The inboxes take the form of tabs, with categories for Primary, Social, Promotions, Updates and [...]
Low cost iPhone a reality……..
What would you sacrifice to own an iPhone? A can of coke a day, perhaps a chocolate bar. How about 2 cigarettes a day? Well, thanks to Carphone Warehouse you can now own a sparkly slab of iPhone deliciousness for [...]
What on earth are these “My choice of apps” articles about
We all use apps on our phones, some more than others, some install huge games that take several GB of space, some install dozens of Social Network apps, some install bafflingly pointless apps like fart apps or soundboards. It really [...]
Bill Gates – iPad users are frustrated and should get the Surface instead
Seriously, don’t do drugs kids. Bill Gates, yes, the Bill Gates, is a very clever chap. Today though he’s stated that iPad users are frustrated and.. oh my… they’re .. mad and … can’t cope with the thing any more. [...]
Google Now comes to iOS
Google Now. Love it or hate it, it’s a very clever do-hickey. Up until now it’s been firmly sat in the Android camp, but now it’s coming to iPhone too. Google Now, for those that aren’t aware, pops up some [...]
Don’t fight, just switch
Apple fans and Samsung fans don’t half love a good argument about whose phone is better. That’s exactly the point that Microsoft have gone with for their latest Windows Phone advert. It made me chuckle, which is always a good [...]
