Author: Anthony Morgan

8 ZTE Phones At Mobile World Congress

It looks like ZTE are upping their game with 8 new devices to be announced or shown off at this years Mobile World Congress. The event kicks off in just a few days time in Barcelona and we’ll be on site with the latest news. ZTE really are …

Optimus 4X HD Announced Before MWC

LG have announced the Optimus 4X HD handset just days before MWC is due to kick off and this is a quad core monster of a phone with specs to match. We will be at MWC bringing you coverage of this phone starting from next Monday 4.7 Inch …

LG Optimus Vu Announced

LG have today announced their answer to the Galaxy Note and it is called the LG Optimus Vu which was leaked recently but has now been officially announced just a week before Mobile World Congress in Barcelona where we will be in attendance to bring you some hands on impressions …

The Plea To Three

As a mobile network here in the UK, Three are the most vocal when it comes to social media but not only do they communicate with customers online they take the feedback and use it in a positive way.  For example when The One Plan launched on a …

Galaxy S Plus In White Coming To Virgin

Virgin Mobile have said they are exclusively taking the Samsung Galaxy S Plus in white on their UK network and it is available to buy from their website right now. Virgin Mobile are one of the UK’s ‘Virtual Networks’ and have access to the Everything Everywhere network so coverage should …

Skype Gets Updated On Android

Skype have just updated their Android app and is available to update right now via the Android Market.  This new version is 2.7 and any update is always a good update as it helps improve existing features and adds in new ones. Today we have released a new …

iMessage From Your Mac Desktop

Would you like to send free instant messages to friends and family around the world from your Apple computer to their Apple product including iPod and iPhone?. Well now you can thanks to a new feature appearing in 10.8 Mountain Lion. Apple are replacing the iChat application with a new …

The Countdown To Mobile World Congress

Next Sunday (26th) we have the unofficial start to Mobile World Congress in Barcelona…. why unofficial? Well the real conference starts on the 27th but every year more and more manufacturers want to show off their new gadgets a day early, and this year is no different with …

Sky Go On Android – 22nd Feb Launch

It seems that Sky Go on Android has been given a launch date of the 22nd February…. just a few days away!.  This app has been available for iOS devices for a while now and has allowed Sky customers to be able to watch certain TV channels on …

Nokia Lumia 710 Now On Vodafone

Vodafone have today put the new Nokia Lumia 710 on sale with it’s online store and will also be available over the phone or in a Vodafone retail store. No news on PAYG pricing we will find out and then update this post once we have it. There …

Three Web Cube Hands On

We just had a Web Cube arrive from the team at Three UK to test out, review and put though its paces.  Data is something we cover a lot on the site from the AYCE Challenge to other data news you might have seen recently. So when I …

Nokia Lumia 710 Now On Three

Recently we broke the news that the Nokia Lumua 710 was going to cost £199.99 on PAYG with Three as confirmed by a member of staff in store even though there were no price guides or dummy phones out on show. Today on checking the Three site the …

EXCLUSIVE: Nokia Lumia 710 £200 PAYG On Three

Whilst shopping yesterday I went into a Three store and asked about the Nokia Lumia 710 which was on a massive poster at the front of the shop but there was no dummy on display, the new brochures had not come into any stores yet and the phone …

Update x2 – T-Mobile Full Monty Shocking Speed Cap

Breaking – Today (Saturday) at 1.30PM we received notification that T-Mobile provided the incorrect response to this tweet. More information is at the bottom of this story, however it seems that there isn’t a 1Mb/s cap. We will update you with more information as we get it… — …

Pre Order Galaxy Note At Orange

On visiting Orange in Bristol today they have the Samsung Galaxy Note available to preorder and priced free from £46 a month on contract No details on a confirmed launch date apart from this month. Nice to see Orange taking the Note even though it is a monster …

CoolSmartPhone Audio Updates!

Here at CoolSmartPhone we try to vary the way we bring content to you, either by text, picture galleries, live blogging from events or video reviews…. well we are pleased to announce the addition of Audio content to the site via AudioBoo. Using this tool we will be …

T-Mobile Add More Data Options

Today sees the launch of The Full Monty plan from T-Mobile here in the UK which offers 2000 Mins, Unlimited Texts and Internet from £36 a month!. However that is not the only story, before now T-Mobile offered a 500MB data bundle with their deals on the promise …

Samsung Galaxy S Advance Coming To Three

Three have announced today they are going to stock the brand new Samsung Galaxy S Advance which itself was only announced earlier today!, Yet another addition into the Galaxy S range, the S Advance has some impressive specs without being a top of the range expensive phone although we do not know …

T-Mobile Full Monty Plan Announced

T-Mobile have announced a brand new market leading range of price plans called ‘The Full Monty’ and gives customer access to use their smartphone much more than ever before. This is a real rival to The One Plan by Three which, before now, has been the leading plan …

Apple Announce Massive Quarter Earnings

Apple have today announced their quarterly results leading to the 14 weeks until 31st December 2011 with some massive figures lead by the success of the iPhone 4S and the iPad 2. Apples revenue for the 14 weeks period was an astonishing $46.33 billion (£29.71 billion) with profit …

Nokia Lumia 900 Hitting the UK in June!

Carphone Warehouse have put the Nokia Lumia 900 on their Coming Soon section of the website with an estimated launch date of June 2012! The 900 was announced at CES in Las Vegas with AT&T exclusivity but now it seems that this hot new device will be coming …

LG Prada 3.0 Coming T-Mobile

T-Mobile have finally updated their coming soon page and have added the BlackBerry 9790, BlackBerry 9380 but also the new LG Prada phone which we attended the launch for recently No ideas on pricing yet but T-Mobile show the Prada phone coming in February Link: T-Mobile Coming Soon

ZTE Tania Announced

ZTE have announced their first Windows Phone device under the name of ‘Tania’.  Packing a 4.3 inch screen, 1Ghz processor, 5 megapixel camera and 4GB of storage the Tania is going to be one of the more ‘affordable’ Windows Phone devices available. Whilst is looks nice the biggest drawback so …

White Motorola RAZR Available Soon

Clove have sent us an email today with some images of a Motorola RAZR but in WHITE!.  The RAZR which has only been on sale for a short time and which we reviewed recently does look quite smart in white as you will see in the images below. …

Is This The Samsung Galaxy S III?

Whilst doing my lunchtime scan of the internet for news and seeing what is going on in the world of tech, it looks like Samsung might have accidentally outed the Galaxy S III in a YouTube video showing off CES highlights. Now there could be two answers here. …

Netflix Lands In The UK

Popular online streaming company Netflix have launched here in the UK bringing a large range of content to your device for a small monthly charge. For £5.99 you get access to unlimited streaming and this can be used on your Mac or Windows PC, iOS device or Android …

Three To Sell Sony Xperia S

Just announced in Las Vegas and Three have announced they are going to range the new Sony Xperia S on their network here in the UK, The Xperia S is the first Sony branded phone to hit the UK afte Sony bought out Ericsson from their Sony Ericsson …

Nokia Announce Lumia 900

Nokia have just announed a new handset at CES in Las Vegas in their new Lumia range running Windows Phone. The Nokia 900 features LTE, Carl Zeiss 8 megapixel camera, front facing camera for video calls, 1830mAh battery, 1.4Ghz Processor, 4.3 inch Clear Black Display and is available …

Sony Xperia S Leaks Before Launch

Images of the new Sony Xperia S have leaked before launch which is due to be in the next few hours.  Again this is at CES where we saw the Arc announced last year it seems we are in for a real treat this year with a simply …

Three Discuss New Year Data Surge

Whilst on the way home tonight an email from Three popped into my inbox with some interesting information about how their network handled the New Year celebrations all around the UK with some pretty amazing stats In 2010 on 31st December Three handled 14TB of data. In 2011 …

CES – HTC Titan 2 Announced

HTC have announced the Titan 2 over in CES running on AT&T’s LTE network.  Specs of the new HTC Titan II include a 4.7″ WVGA super LCD capacitive screen, a Qualcomm 1.5GHz Snapdragon S2 CPU, a 16 megapixel camera (yes, 16 megapixel!) with dedicated hardware button, autofocus, dual …

AT&T Announce Sony Xperia Ion

AT&T are having a conference right now at CES over on Las Vegas and a handset they just announced was the Sony Xperia Ion (No Ericsson here!). Specs are said to include the following: Android 2.3 Gingerbread (Upgradable to 4.0) 4.6 inch Screen 12 Megapixel Exmor R Camera …

O2 BoostBox Review & Setup

UK network O2 have a new product in testing and that is a Femtocell.  If you do not know what one of these is then consider it a portable mast you plug into your home WiFi network to give you fill 3G signal all around your house even …

White Galaxy Nexus Due Next Month

Clove have reported today that the popular Samsung Galaxy Nexus which recently launched will be coming out in white from next month here in the UK (February). Priced just under £500 this gives anyone interested in the Nexus an interesting choice of colour now. Over on the Clove …

Motorola RAZR Review

Motorola have been around for a long time now making phones, everyone will remember the iconic RAZR phone which went through a few different phases including the V3i, V3xx and the Maxx which the later ones were 3G versions back in the days of 3G first launching here …

Nokia Lumia 710 Coming To Orange

Orange have added the new Nokia Lumia 710 to their coming soon range with January looking the most hopeful for this new Windows Phone from Nokia. Orange are only showing that this will be available on PAYM (Pay Monthly) contracts there is no word on if a PAYG …

ASUS Transformer Prime Bootloader Update

It seems that ASUS have thought again about their locked bootloader policy on the Transformer Prime and have announced the following information over at their FaceBook page which has also been picked up by XDA-Developers.. Oh, and ICS is coming on January 12th too! Good times.. ICS will …

Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus Announced

Samsung have today announced an upgrade to the Ace, the Ace Plus and whilst looking nearly the same its whats inside that makes the most difference. The screen has been made larger from the original 3.5 into to 3.65 inch with a HVGA resolution making the experience much …

Three UK Looking Into Femtocells?

On checking through the Three Blog tonight on a very interesting post about the future of the network and where the company are moving forwards, one of the team ‘Kaz’ has posted a reply to a comment from a customer which you can see below. At present Vodafone …

Xperia Play For A Bargain £149.99!

Last year at Mobile World Congress, Sony Ericsson brought the PSP and Android together into a single phone and called it the Xperia Play.  This large touch screen phone has a slide out Playstation keyboard control pad to get the best from your games. Due to the high …