Category: Android
We brought you news of the HTC One X and HTC One X+ update coming to Taiwan earlier this month, and according to Twitter this update is now coming to the UK. XDA TV Producer (and HTC fan) Shen Ye posted two images on Twitter earlier this evening, …
OPPO like teasing us on bank holiday weekends. The bank holiday at the end of May was when they launched the Find 5 in Europe. This bank holiday they’re asking for suggestions as to what to call their mysterious back side navigation (you can see why!). Not only …
The original Nexus 7 was something special, up until then small 7″ tablets had either been awful or stupidly expensive. The original Nexus 7 showed us that you could have a well specified device at a reasonable cost. It quickly became the most popular Android tablet ever, I …
About a week ago I reviewed an app called ActiveNotifications, it gives you Moto X style lockscreen notifications, as long as you’ve got an AMOLED display on your devic. Overall I really liked it. Yesterday the app got an update, which not only added new premium features it …
Google Search for Android has just been updated adding a range of new Google Now cards. Google Search for Android is becoming way more than just a search tool, it’s becoming a life management system (almost). Personally I have Google Now disabled to save on battery as the …
Steve Ballmer, top dog at Microsoft, is set to retire. Over the years Steve has been more than just the CEO, he’s been a rather vocal and infamous figurehead who doesn’t shy away from the limelight. His retirement date is set to be sometime within the next 12 …
Google is today pushing out its first post-release update for the 2013 Nexus 7. Google’s Paul Wilcox confirmed on the company’s product forums that new firmware is indeed rolling out to fix touchscreen sensitivity issues reported by some Nexus 7 owners: As a couple of you have mentioned, …
Chrome for Android has pretty much become “the” go to web browser for me, I barely ever use any other browser. Google have another version of Chrome as well, in the beta test version you can test out the latest and sometimes experimental features. The latest update has …
We’ve always got an eye out for a deal here at CoolSmartPhone, especially one of good pedigree. With this in mind a report of a Nexus 4 16gb on sale for £259.99 does raise an inquisitive eyebrow and also a couple of questions: 1) Wow what a good …
The new Nexus 7 has been an elusive beast, but if you head over to the phoenix of Woolworth’s ashes now you will be able to pick a 32GB model up for £239, or a 16GB one for £199. They’re in stock at the time of writing, but …
I’ve become a bit of a battery pack convert recently, choosing to charge up wherever I am and not worrying about where the nearest power socket is. I recently purchased one of those huge 13000 mAh battery packs which is fine when you can carry a large weighty …
I’ve always been a fan of large oversized phones and also dual SIM phones, so imagine what I was like when a large white device with dual SIM slots arrived on my desk. I opened it up and I did a double take, I was hit with a …
Well, sadly, we knew this was coming. The crowd-funding system had worked well for some, but when you’re looking to source a cool $32 million, it’s a really, really big ask. Under the rules of the IndieGoGo crowd-funded site, the campaign would have only received funds if at …
So, just 9 hours remaining and Ubuntu are some $19.5 milllion short of their goal. What goal you say? Well, it’s a crowd-funded project to build the Ubuntu Edge, a smartphone that dual-boots into Ubuntu Mobile and Android whilst also converting into a full desktop PC. It’s going …
OPPO are making a big fuss about their new camera-centric phone, the N1. Only yesterday we reported that they had leaked a photo of a small part of the phone, along with a teasing advert showing a timeline of their previous products and a blank space where the …
Google have released an update to Keep which brings several noteworthy features to its up till now fairly bare bones functionality. Of most note (no pun intended), is the ability to add reminders to notes, which can be both time and location based. This is integrated with Google …
Flip phones. Ahh – I remember them. The Motorola MPx200 was a particular favourite and, deep down, I kinda miss the way you could slam the flap shut after a call. Samsung have today announced the Galaxy Golden, another flipper from the company. Yes, an actual physical numeric …
If you have come across it, you will know that Microsoft run an open beta program for their Facebook app for Windows Phone 8, which is always a few steps ahead of their official release. Beta is doing it a bit of a disservice, as its normally perfectly …
I do love a good phone case and now and again I’ve gone a bit mad and bought an Otterbox case or two. Normally when buying cases I just search for the lowest prices I can find and never really consider that what I’m buying could be a …
Yes, I’m busy writing another review, but I figured you’d like to see some up-close shots of the new Ascend P6 from Huawei. The specs include a 4.7″ 1280×720 display, a quad-core 1.5GHz processor, Android 4.2 and is an just 7mm thick. On the lower left of the …
Windows Phone. Things are actually looking up. Grabbing share from BlackBerry, they now seem to be shifting a lot of budget handsets too. The Nokia Lumia 520 seems to be taking a big slice of the Windows Phone 8 pie right now, at least if the numbers from …
SwiftKey Cloud has been in beta testing for a few weeks now and it allows you to sync your SwiftKey keyboard word predictions between devices, so when you get a new phone it doesn’t have to relearn all of your made up words. To sync with the Cloud …
There’s a fresh, clean look to the YouTube app in the newly updated version, released today. Get the latest version now and, when clicking on the top left of the video, you can pop the video out like this… It basically means that you can then search for …
“I’m a huge fan of your site”. Always a good start that. Well done PetziConnect. They launched an IndieGoGo campaign and had a goal of $30k. They’ve blown past that now and are at nearly $59k. What is it? Well, it’s a magical doo-hickey that’ll let you interact …
You know Example, but did you know that his real name is Elliot Gleave? Ooo.. bet you didn’t know that. Anyhoo, his next single is released on September 8th and it’s called “All The Wrong Places”. Y’know, the one that goes “I don’t know where we are, but …
It can be a curse having such chunky fingers, but you know what they say about men with large fingers don’t you? Yep, ill-fitting gloves. Here then is Minuum keyboard. Yes, it’s a replacement for the stock Android keyboard. Yes, you’ve seen various types of keyboard already (including …
HTC One X owners have finally got something to be happy about. After many, many long tiresome months they are finally getting an update to their phones! Pigs have yet to be seen flying, but it is actually true, the One X is getting Android 4.2.2 and Sense …
We recently reported that OPPO are going to make a camera-based phone, called the N1, to compete with the likes of the Nokia Lumia 1020 and Samsung Galaxy Zoom. Today the little teasers over on the OPPO Weibo microblog have published a sneaky peak at a bit of …
HTC have a few great devices at the moment, what with the One range and the Desire range. Well know another device has leaked out online by regular leaker @evleaks on Google+ It is apparently called the HTC Zara, which I guess is the codename for it. Evleaks …
Earlier on today Oppo announced the R819 which looks to take on the Android mid range market. Oppo Style, who are the European distribution company, have the R819 up for pre order already, at a rather tempting price of €269. An interesting thing though is that even the …
The 7-8″ tablet market is a rather competitive one, with Apple and Asus at the top of the pile. The iPad Mini and the Google Nexus 7 are undoubtedly the market leaders and there are many other manufacturers trying to get in on the action, Acer, Amazon, Gemini, …
OPPO have announced the launch of the rather catchy named “R819” which I hope isn’t its final name, the R819 is apparently one of the thinnest and lightest smartphones in the world. Weighing in at just 110 grams, the R819 packs a sharp display, long-lasting battery life, and …
Three have just announced the Galaxy Note 8 tablet is available on various mobile broadband plans. The Note 8 is also 4G ready, so you can pick up 4G speeds later this year. Until then until then can still enjoy up to 42Mbps thanks to the Ultrafast Three …
Good alarms are hard to find… If it doesn’t work properly, or have the necessary functionality then no matter how pretty the app is, or whether the app conforms to the Holo style guide, its dead to me. Enter Neon Alarm. Good Points It is pretty intuitive. A …
The Huawei Ascend P6 is one of those devices that spend their lifetimes being compared to others. We have reduced the price of the Black Huawei Ascend P6 to £260.00 (+VAT) , down from £283.00 (+VAT). Please not that this price drop only applies to the black variant …
What do you buy if you want a compact high-end phone? Yup, the iPhone. It’s your only choice… Maybe not for much longer though. The trouble with Android flagship phones is that they’re all pretty big, and when the smaller versions come out they’re cut down in specs …
Earlier in the week we posted an intriguing article about a pair of clip-on 18MP optical zoom Sony camera attachments for mobile phones. We spoke about them at length on the podcast and couldn’t decide whether they were practical, silly, a hoax, or all three! Today we’ve got …
OPPO are leaking like a teabag at the moment, and this time it’s evleaks who’ve published a photo of an unknown device with the Tweet, “Hello, OPPO” accompanying it. What could it be? Here’s the photo: It’s quite different to the current flagship, the Find 5, which is …
The Amber update is a Nokia exclusive update on top of the GDR2 software release from Microsoft for the Lumia range of Nokia phones. The update has the following extra features: Glance screen to check notifications, time and battery (not on 520 or 625) Flip to silence FM …
The BBC have just released a new app to keep your little ones occupied over the summer holidays. Let’s face it, kids do get hold of your phone or tablet and, after just a few minutes using it, they’ve installed a whole heap of rubbish apps which are …
