Tag: iphone

Cut your own nano-SIM

Now the long awaited iPhone 5 has arrived not everyone will be able to use it. Apple uses a new SIM card – the nano-SIM. Although all the major carriers here in the UK are supplying the nano-SIM to their customers, there is a select number of MVNO’s …

Give me metal!

So we now know what they iPhone 5 looks like, and its a very pretty thing, with its precision machined aluminium back and sides. Indeed a masterpiece of engineering for iOS fans. We’ve also a plethora of Windows Phone 8 devices launched by Nokia, Samsung and HTC to …

UK Satellite images in iOS 6 – One word. Rubbish.

I, like a lot of you lovely intelligent people, live in the UK. Unfortunately, after watching TV ads showing cool new phone features, we can find that things don’t work quite so well here in Blighty. Mapping on the iPhone and iPad has changed in iOS 6. Most …

Opinion: Have Samsung’s Apple comparison ads gone too far?

If you’re a regular CoolSmartPhone reader, you’ve probably read Jamie Ryan’s post last week about their new ad campaign that bears the tagline “It doesn’t take a genius”. The ad was designed to take momentum away from the iPhone 5 launch and divert attention to the Samsung Galaxy S3, which …

iOS 6 is now available.

The moment you’ve probably been waiting for since WWDC in June has arrived, iOS 6 is now available for download. You can either update on your device through the settings app or you can connect to iTunes. As always, we would recommend backing your data first just in …

iPhone 5 – The queues have already started

Sure, you could just pre-order an iPhone. Just a couple of clicks, then you’re free to sit in front of your favourite TV show or perhaps pop to the pub. However, down in Regent Street, there’s people waiting for the new iPhone 5. It’ll be available to buy …

Twitter for iOS updated with refreshed iPad UI (Update: Android too)

Twitter haven’t exactly been the best at updating their apps (Twitter for Mac hasn’t had an update since last year) but they’ve just rolled out a new update for the iPhone and iPad which includes a refreshed UI for the iPad version. New features include an expanded view …

Tesco Mobile To Carry iPhone 5

Word has reached us here at Coolsmartphone that Tesco Mobile are to carry the iPhone 5. Whilst there is no word yet of pricing or tariffs the Tesco Mobile website is now showing a “Register your interest” page whereby you can, well, register your interest! As soon as …

Apple announces iPhone 5 pre-orders reach 2 Million in 24 hours.

Apple has announced that the iPhone 5 topped 2 Million pre-orders in its first 24 hours, breaking the record previously held by the iPhone 4S which was 1 million. Almost everything about the event on Wednesday was leaked ahead of time but that doesn’t seem to have slowed …

iPhone 5 shows up in Geekbench

The iPhone 5 has appeared on popular benchmarking tool Geekbench. As well as already known specs, the results seem to indicate that the latest phone from Apple is a 1GHZ Dual Core ARMv7 processor with 1GB of RAM. Apple doesn’t confirm specifications like this for iOS devices so …

O2 announce iPhone 5 pricing too!

Earlier we bought you news that Orange and T-Mobile had announced their pricing for the iPhone 5. Well now O2 are getting in on the act and have posted up some prices of their own, things aren’t looking too cheap over on the blue side of the fence …

Pre-order the iPhone direct

So, if you don’t fancy shackling yourself into a contract and you’ve got pots of money just hanging around your house, why not pre-order one without a contract? Both the black and white version (16GB) come in at £529 but they will limit sales to two per customer …

Three taking pre-orders for the iPhone 5

Three are also taking pre-orders for the iPhone and their prices are looking similar to the ones Vodafone announced earlier. 16GB in white or black The One Plan 24 month contract ·         All-you-can-eat data ·         2000 any network minutes ·         5000 texts ·         5000 Three-to-Three minutes £36 a …

iPhone 5 – 4G capability will only work on EE in the UK

Orange and T-Mobile, in the shape of “EE”, grabbed headlines earlier this week by rolling out UK’s first 4G service. That left Vodafone and O2 green with envy, waiting for a slice of the 4G pie through the auctions. O2 are now pushing hard to get their 4G …

Watch the iPhone 5 Launch here

Missed all the fun last night? You can now watch the special launch event on Apple.com, however it’s already been ripped to YouTube. It’s nearly 2 hours long, so get yourself a coffee … and some food… The Foo Fighters are sadly missing… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-T8CpYo7Kw&feature=youtu.be

Three to carry the iPhone 5

Three have just confirmed to us that they will make the iPhone 5 available from next Friday, September 21st. To get more details on this new Apple handset, check out our iPhone details or dive into the pictures below. No word yet on pricing, but we do know …

iPhone 5 priced at £529

Unlike some other companies (*cough* Nokia!) Apple are actually pretty good at releasing important information alongside their product announcements. Perhaps the one detail they missed earlier this evening was the UK price. However now that the UK Apple store has been updated, we now know that Apple’s latest …

iOS 6 will be available on 19th September

Apple has just announced at their ongoing press event that  iOS 6 will be will be rolled out to customers on the 19th of September. We assume a GM seed will be given to developers a little before then to allow them to make adjustments for apps before …

Apple announces the iPhone 5

Apple has announced the iPhone 5. Currently the device looks a lot like the leaks we’ve seen… – Screen is 1136 x 640, 4″ and 16:9 aspect ratio. – The device is 7.6mm thin, 18% thinner than the iPhone 4S. Also 20% lighter… that is a lot! – Some …

Apple Event – Live

The iPhone 5, possibly a smaller iPad, maybe more. All will be revealed today. We’ll be blogging live as it happens from 6PM BST.

iPhone 5 appears on Apple website

Hold your horses, there’s no image or juicy information just yet, but the “iPhone 5” name has at least appeared on Apple.com. Searches for “iPhone 5” and “iPhone-5” seem to reveal links that aren’t live yet, including.. http://www.apple.com/iphone/iphone-5/tips/ http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2012/09/12/Apple-Introduces-iPhone-5.html More as we get it. Our live coverage starts …

Confirmed – iPhone 5 will run on 4G, coming to EE

The new iPhone, to be launched this evening will, as expected, run on EE’s new 4G network. It’s been rumoured for a while that the new iPhone will contain 4G technology, and while EE would only say “other devices will follow very soon” yesterday, a source has confirmed …

iOS app review – 5K Runmeter

All my life I’ve been a hopeless runner. No matter how hard I tried I’ve never been able to run for more than a couple of minutes. I was determined to change that, so a few months ago I started following the Couch to 5k program, and lo …

Why I’m not getting too excited about the (new) iPhone 5

So we’re just hours away from the biggest product announcement of the year. Make no mistake, whatever Apple announces this evening will be talked about and scrutinised for the next several weeks. It will sell in enormous number that will put every other device firmly in the shade. …

Official iPhone 5 Promo Video ?

Real? Well, with the event just hours away why would you spend so many hours faking this? We’re going to have to assume it’s the real deal for now but we’ll know more when or live coverage starts tomorrow. 🙂 The video seems to reveal fingerprint recognition and …

Google launches standalone YouTube app for iOS.

  You may remember that we reported last month that Apple had chosen not to renew the availability of YouTube on iOS 6 and that Google was working on an App Store version instead. Well that day has arrived and the native (yes native) YouTube app has now …

Apple preps Yerba Buena Centre with surprising detail

As you’ll probably be aware by now, Apple is holding an event on Wednesday to launch the new iPhone. In traditional Apple style the event is being held at the Yerba Buena Centre for the Arts in San Francisco, the site of numerous other Apple announcements. Apple always …

The life of a fanboi

Just how do you upset someone? Do you call them ugly? Do you insult a member of their family? Do you question the size of their manhood? No, no, no. You merely have to criticise their choice of phone or Operating System. Talk to the SysAdmin guy in …

DIY iPhone stand

Want to be eco-friendly? Try this Eco iP4 stand. It’s made from a simple piece of A4 card and supports your iPhone 4 or iPhone 4S. You can also use the USB cable at the bottom too. Best yet, you don’t even need to have it delivered. Just …

Alleged New iPhone shown on video, boots up partially

This video allegedly shows the new iPhone, which has been taken from a Foxconn factory in china, being compared to an iPhone 4S. The device is then booted to the setup screen where an error message is given. The hardware certainly looks final and the error could very …

Apple and FBI issue statements about UDID theft

You may remember the story  from earlier this week that hacker group AntiSec allegedly acquired 12m iOS device UDID’s and made 1m of them public. They claimed to have gotten them from an FBI laptop but the FBI released a statement saying:  The FBI is aware of published …

Apple Event confirmed for September the 12th

  It’s official, Apple will hold an event next Wednesday, the 12th of September, to launch the new iPhone. Rumours had been circling for a while but confirmation came today when several media outlets received their invites. The event will be held at the Yerba Buena centre for …

1 Million iOS Device ID’s Leaked by Hackers

  The hacking group AntiSec have today released the Unique Identifiers pertaining to 1,000,001 iOS devices allegedly obtained from a hacked FBI laptop that was holding over 12 million Apple device ID’s and the corresponding personal information. AntiSec say that they have the numbers of 12,367,232 iPhones and …

What will the new iPhone have? This guy knows.

As the speculation around Apple’s new iPhone accelerates towards hysteric levels, you could go crazy trying to keep up with all the rumours and leaks. So here’s some light relief for us all, with Dilbert’s take on matters. Source: Dilbert

BBC iPlayer to allow mobile downloads

The BBC have announced that starting with the iOS version they will be updating their iPlayer apps to support mobile downloads. The download is meant to be valid for thirty days, which makes me think we might see a few issues with jailbroke and rooted devices. The Android …

New Apple “Anti-Mod” Screw Turns Out To Be A Hoax

Every day it seems there is a new Apple rumour to try and decipher and last week was no different. There was talk that Apple was going to begin using a custom made screw that would stop people from modding their iPhones. The community at large was unhappy …

BBC Top Gear News App Now Available For All Platforms

At the risk of sounding sexist, ask a man what his main interests are and outside of women and beer the answer for the vast majority would be gadgets and cars. Hopefully we here at Coolsmartphone bring you your fill of phone related gadgets and now we can …