Category: Android
You want Office Mobile on your Android? You want it. You want it don’t you? Oh yes you do. Well, it’s easy. Just head here and grab Office Mobile for Office 365. Provided you’ve got an Office 365 subscription you can access, edit and view Word, Excel and …
We had a question from a reader why no-one seemed to be covering a transparent phone which promised to also allow the owner to build their own phone by selecting the processor, screen size, memory, camera almost as if you were building your own PC. Somewhat intrigued by the …
A few days ago we told you about Robert Downey Jr signing up for HTC. The company has now launched their “Here’s To Change” advertising campaign with the help of the actor, and you’ll be seeing plenty more of this over the next two years. The first advert, …
Specs for a new Nokia, allegedly to be called the Lumia 825 have surfaced on the internet. The device is powered by a quad core Snapdragon 400 1.2GHz processor, which implies it will be released after the GDR3 update; the current software only supports up to dual core. The other …
Forget WhatsApp, leave Viber alone, and move along Google Hangouts. Yep, yuilop is here to let you talk, text, message and group chat as much as you want. For FREE! Wellll, almost. When you hear something that’s surely too good to be true, you have to wonder, so …
Nokia have just announced the UK pricing and availability of the Lumia 625. The Lumia 625 offers 4G connectivity and a large screen Windows Phone experience for people on a budget. The key features of the Nokia Lumia 625 include: · Choice of 5 semi-transparent changeable shells – …
The upcoming US only Motorola Moto X has quite a few nice software features. In my eyes the rather fancy lockscreen notifications are a great idea, allowing you to quickly see what the latest notification is without having to turn your phone on. As I have a few …
The HTC One Mini is now available on Vodafone. The slightly smaller brother of the HTC One is slowly becoming available around the UK with various networks and retailers stocking it. The HTC One mini will be free on Vodafone Red 4G-ready from £34 per month. The various …
Remember the oddly shaped LG Optimus Vu devices with the 4:3 aspect ratio? Well LG is purportedly planning a new edition with a larger display and more powerful internals for later this year. As with LG G2, the Vu III will drop the “Optimus” branding and pick up …
So you really want a Sony Xperia Z Ultra with its elephantine 6.44-inch HD screen, right? But you really want a Sony SmartWatch 2. A Sony SBH20 stereo Bluetooth headset is on the list too. The trouble is that you only have £612 to spend and there’s no …
Looking to get an LG G2 without getting shot in the process? Independent retailer Clove Technology is first with a pre-order listing, showing the G2 priced at a surprisingly reasonable £468 including VAT (£390 exc. VAT), not cheap but a flagship device, it’s around £100 less than the …
Right, I’ve been asked a few times last night about the ISS, aka the International Space Station. If it’s relatively cloud-free you can turn all the lights off and stand in your garden and see it whizzing past…. at night, obviously. Well, it’d certainly make it easier. Last …
In what will be a very confusing name for many people to remember, Three today announced the LG Optimus L1 II. It’ll be exclusive to their network in white and features a bright 3″ screen. This low value affordable phone is a great way to get introduced to …
Having a Nexus is the pinnacle for the purist Android lover, right? Always up to date, always on the cutting edge, never left awaiting features your friends have; what a joy. That’s an opinion I’d have agreed with two years ago. Owning a Nexus S and a Galaxy …
BlackBerry are against the ropes. They could be sold off as Microsoft eat up the remaining market share. However, a video has popped onto the internet today showing one of their new handsets – the BlackBerry Z30. This is reported to be powered by a dual-core Qualcomm S4 …
A 5.68″ Full HD Super AMOLED screen, 3GB LPDDR3 RAM and 3200mAh battery. Just some of the features said to be arriving in the new Galaxy Note III. A “trusted source” has tipped off the guys at SamMobile and it’ll appear in two slightly different variants. Both will …
Sony make a lot of the cameras on their phones, but now they have gone a step further with lenses that clip onto various phones. There are two lenses rumoured which are both G lens branded; this has become synonymous with quality in the digital camera world. The …
The LG G2 and it’s rather unique rear buttons has certainly got tongues wagging. I’m so unsure whether or not the rear button is going to be rubbish or not, I think I could only tell by using the thing. LG have posted this video on their YouTube …
In a less than ideal start to LG’s marketing efforts for its new G2 smartphone, twenty people were injured at a recent promotional event in South Korea. According to the Korea Times, the event in Seoul saw balloons filled with coupons redeemable for a free LG G2 released …
Got yourself a Sony Xperia Z? Well first up, if you’re waiting for the Android 4.2.2 update then it’s not arriving over the air. You need to do an update via the PC Companion suite and then it should update your handset. Details are just coming in, …
A few days ago I posted an article about wireless charging. It was all about some receiver cards that attach to the battery in either your Galaxy S4 or Note II. I bought one for my Note II and I’ve spent the last few days playing about with …
We’re all working twice as hard for half the money so, during the last month or two, I’ve been looking at SIM-only deals and cheap-but-powerful SIM free phones. This week it’s the turn of the LG Optimus L9, down to £204.99 this week from those boys at Expansys. …
In the olden days picking a new mobile phone was easy. I used to grab the Argos catalogue and flick through until I found a reasonably priced phone and then I’d buy it. Done. Simple. Fast forward a few years decades and the list of specifications, manufacturers, software …
Chaplin, US Marshals, Iron Man and now… HTC adverts. Robert Downey Jr had just signed a two year agreement with the company and there’s a 15 second preview of what you’ll soon be seeing below. http://youtu.be/UpGUV6ZrYFw He’ll be helping to promote and celebrate the impact that HTC have …
Are you an S-Pen pusher scribbling away on your Galaxy Note 8 with 3G connectivity? Well you lucky blighters will be receiving your update to Android 4.2.2 very soon. The roll-out has started in Germany and is expected to spread through Europe over the next few days. Along …
The HTC One Max is the next weapon in HTCs constant attempt to keep afloat. Regular leaker evleaks has posted a non final piece of artwork of the upcoming monster from HTC. This might actually be the ONE for me. The HTC One Max is rumoured to be …
Despite never receiving and official British launch, online tech retailer Expansys has a stock of white Nexus 4 for sale. Expansys states in their listing that this is an EU product supplied with a UK AC adaptor, and now it’s no longer available from Google Play in the …
The Sony Honami is said to be the successor of the Xperia Z, which we’ve been waiting a while for. Things are getting tantalisingly close now though. There has already been an official teaser released (above) with the date and location as 4th September in Berlin, but now …
It was only the other day when we thought that the entire Nexus program was going to change forever, people resigning, partitions springing up online, people like me considering not buying the new Nexus 7. But in an interesting twist Google have published the factory images and relevant …
An updated version of Windows Phone 8 is on the horizon and GDR3, as it’s known, will contain a number of minor improvements. The rumoured changes include 1080p resolution support, the ability to have 3 medium-sized tiles in a row, orientation lock and a “Driver Mode” which will …
Nvidia are famed for their chipsets, which can be found in devices such as the Asus Transformer range and the HTC One X+, as well as graphics cards in PC’s and the like. Now though, they’re looking at making their own 7 inch tablet – the Tegra Tab. …
HTC have just begun rolling out a major update for the Tegra 3-powered HTC One X+. The update brings the device up to Android 4.2.2 and, as a extra bonus, Sense 5. Engadget reported earlier today that a leaked RUU was made available for the update, but it …
Many years ago when Google started the Nexus program they would be the most open devices available. You could unlock whatever you wanted, flash anything, just generally do what the heck you wanted to with it. Knowing full well that you could download a factory image and flash …
I’ve used a lot of different Android launchers in my time, some have stayed with me for years like ADW, some I’ve tried out have been a bit odd like Regina and some are unlike anything I’ve ever seen before. 3D Home for Android has just had an …
So yesterday we saw the LG G2. Many, I’m sure, will be wanting the LG logo to vanish and a Google Nexus one to appear instead. You do have to wonder how successful this would be if it was branded as a Nexus.. It’s coming to Three and …
If you’ve ever used Windows 8 or Windows RT you’ve possibly come across the news, weather, stocks or sport apps. I always thought that it would be nice if they ported them across to Windows Phone 8. Well guess what? Microsoft have done just that. Here is the …
Remember how I reviewed the Huawei Ascend P1 and said it was really rather amazing? Well, it is. I mean sure, I reviewed it a year ago but it’s still good. Now we’ve got a bit of news, can you guess what the best selling phone is at …
Aren’t modern browsers great? They have loads of great features, like remembering your passwords and auto-filling them in for you whenever needed. But what if those stored passwords were easily discoverable by anyone with access to your computer? That’s the situation with Google Chrome. Going through the Settings …
You’ll see this news appearing all over the web today so I’ll try and sum up the figures as briefly as possible. It’s smartphone share day and, by the looks of the IDC figures, Android is still on the rise. Android added a 73.5% volume gain and grabbed …
Welcome aboard. Take your seats for the live feed. Popcorn and drinks are available from your friendly Coolsmartphone staff. The live coverage is below, but if you want more we’ve managed to grab a big truck-load of videos to show off the new LG G2, so if you …
