Category: Android
I’m quite a fan of large phones, I’ve owned both of the Galaxy Notes and before that I owned a Dell Streak. With each and every one I always found myself balancing the phone on a narrow edge or just shoving it my rucksack to carry it around. For …
It’s safe to say that there’s been a seismic shift in the way we use and access the Internet. Back in the old days you’d go and buy some incredibly overpriced PC and then spend several years upgrading it, installing apps from DVD’s and suffering those “interesting” Windows …
Do you know that feeling when you just have to have something? Well during my time with the Nexus 7 I have experienced it three times. First of all when the damn thing came out. The thought of a Nexus branded tablet was too much for me and …
There is something appealing and somewhat geeky about a phone with two SIM cards in it. Having your work and your personal SIM cards in one phone is the main use for this sort of phone. When I tested one out a while back I used a Giff …
With MWC creeping closer every day, more and more leaks are appearing of gadgets that are expected to be announced at the event… the latest is the Asus Memo Pad 10. The bigger brother of the Asus Memo Pad 7, the Memo Pad 10 looks like it’ll have: …
Morning Coolsmartphoners. Got a few quid knocking around? You do? Fancy investing in an “iffy” Android tablet which probably won’t hold its charge and will be rubbish on WiFi when you’re more than 4 feet from the access point? You DO?! Well, have a nose at this. It’s …
We’re pretty much expecting the HTC M7 on February 19th but, like things do at this time of year, leaks are revealing a little more. Two additional HTC devices could be on the way – the HTC M4 and the HTC G2. Wait, the G2? Surely we’ve seen …
The HTC M7 is becoming yet another badly-kept secret. We’ve had shots of the ROM and the phone itself. We’re already been invited to a big HTC launch part and it’s to take place in a couple of weeks, meaning that the company will be one of the …
Like a few of the other writers on the team I was fortunate to get a Nexus 4 out of the second batch of shipments. Although I would love to use the phone naked I am paranoid that it may get scratched or worse. To resolve this I …
It was a bit of a surprise when it was announced that the new Blackberry Z10 wouldn’t be available in the USA for another month, and that appears to have instantly created a bit of an “import opportunity”. I must admit when I saw Blackberry’s were going for …
Can you see that man above? He’s boring his son with all of the new features on his Xperia T running Jelly Bean. As is always the way with Sony Xperia phones they are released with software from several months before and early adopters have to cope until …
IDC have released the figures for their Tablets sales tracker for the last 3 months of 2012, and nearly everyone is doing well. The figures show sales worldwide for all tablets, with 52,500,000 tablets sold in the last quarter of 2012 – a 75% increase in tablet sales …
The Xperia Z is coming, and you can pre-order it right now. Better still, if you decide to put your name down on the Sony website you’ll receive some rather posh Sony MDR-1R headphones, and they’re worth £299. The headphones were created with my best mates – Katy …
Three have this morning announced the highly awaited Xperia Z flagship phone is available to order on the network with a launch date of 28th Feb. There is also a competition to win one of three devices starting at 11am this morning! We’re running a twitter comp from …
My morning routine normally consists of switching on the personal mobile (Nexus 4), checking Facebook and Twitter. Then switch on the work phone (Nokia Lumia 800), check the work emails, and then get out of bed. This morning however was different, I was greeted by an update notification on the …
I originally posted about this app almost a few weeks ago. It amazed me then, but it did have its issues with random force closes and lack of features. Now, however, this app has really changed a lot. I encourage everyone to check it out. Basically, without re-writing …
These are some pretty sweet jeans, I am not going to lie. They are not up there in techy coolness like clothing that has solar panels to charge your devices or circuitry to boost your cell phone signal, BUT, these are probably much sexier, at least the manufacturer …
Right you lucky people who are in possession of a Nexus 4, (THEY ARE CURRENTLY SHOWING AS IN STOCK ON THE PLAY STORE.) You know what it is like with the announcement of any official Nexus, there are a number of sexy accessories that are shown off at …
Yesterday we saw the Blackberry Z10 and a white Nexus 4. Not to be outdone, Blackberry also gave us a little teaser of the Q10 in white. Take that LG! Whilst everyone else were crowding around the Z10 for their first look, Blackberry CMO Frank Boulben whipped a …
Yesterday saw one of the biggest names in the mobile industry announce some seriously impressive stuff. New devices and a new OS. BlackBerry 10 is possibly RIM’s BlackBerry’s last chance to be current, competitive and profitable. They should be allowed their five minutes to say their piece and …
New Windows Phone owners can breathe a sigh of relief. Recently Google announced as part of it’s “Winter Cleaning” process that it would be dropping support for new connections via Google Sync, which is the method that people like me who own Android and Windows Phone device use …
We’ll be updating this post with our latest posts on the BlackBerry 10 launch earlier today. So far, we have published: Blackberry 10 – Live with Coolsmartphone BlackBerry Z10 coming to Three UK Developers partner with BlackBerry for BB10 launch Vodafone UK launches its first ‘4G-ready’ phone, the …
Something else to come out of today’s BB10 announcement was that Research In Motion are rebranding to become BlackBerry, representing a unification of the devices and the brand behind them. It shows how RIM are playing hard to re-invent themselves in a rapidly changing mobile environment, and I …
If you’ve been following our liveblog, you will have noticed that today RIM have been busy showing off their new mobile platform, BB10. Well, we heard from Three earlier that they would be stocking the new smartphone, but now we’ve got further confirmations from both retailers and networks …
Also announced by BlackBerry today was big brand partners for the BlackBerry World launch on BB10. Along with the tens of thousands of applications submitted over the past two Port-a-thon weekends, Rovio Mobile, 2DBoy (creators of World of Goo) and Facebook are amongst the big names to have …
Brendan from Three has just announced the UK network will be stocking the BlackBerry Z10 which was shown just minutes ago at a live event around the world. The BlackBerry Z10 is the full touch screen handset running the latest BlackBerry 10 operating system We are covering the …
You know the deal by now. These things are a pain to get hold of, so when they appear on the Google Play store you go and get one. The 8GB is sitting in my basket right now. Unlocked, it’s a snip at £239. We mentioned earlier that …
Follow the action as Research in Motion unwrap their latest operating system, BB10. We’ll be covering it live below! Have your say on matters over in our forum, we’ll be taking the best posts and injecting them into the stream as the event progresses. We’re split across platforms, …
Want a Nexus 4 but don’t want the common old black version that everyone else has? Well, you may be in luck as it looks like there could be a white one on the way! Vietnamese tech site Tinh te has a series of photos which show a …
The Nexus 7 brought respect to cheap Android tablets – good spec, latest OS and very reasonable price. This has forced other manufacturers to up their game a bit – and a good thing that is. With that in mind, Ebuyer have Sumvision’s Cyclone range at some very …
For years people have sat around listening to others chat about a varied range of topics on the radio. The invention of the podcast changed the way that many listen to such conversations and gave us the ability to hear said recordings where and whenever we want. Of …
The issues surrounding Google’s flagship Android Jellybean-touting handset are well documented. Google and LG have blamed each other for the worldwide shortage and customers have been left rather angry and miffed at the lack of ability to order the cut price handset. Well, various Play stores around the …
The phrase “cheap Android tablet” usually makes me shudder a little bit and then it makes me cross my fingers hoping I’m not forced to review one of the wretched things. Yesterday I got an interesting email, you know the sort you get from a company you once …
HTC is up to something. Barcelona and the huge Mobile World Congress event is now just weeks away. It’s going to be bigger than ever and the competition to have your new phone hitting headlines is fierce. In those few days at MWC there’s press release after press …
So, we’ve asked you why Siri isn’t missed on Android but there are still some very clever alternatives. We’ve covered one in particular – Speaktoit – a while back now, but they’ve recently had a pretty major overhaul. First up, there’s a new “teach” facility. You tell your …
It feels like not a day goes by when Samsung isn’t coming up with something to add to their Galaxy line of smartphones. They are pretty cool though. The latest addition is this new Galaxy Express, an international version of the AT&T handset already available in the states. Although not …
One of the big shocks when Surface came out, was how much room Windows RT itself took up in the device’s internal storage. Although the base model came with 32GB, half that was used up for the OS, giving only 16GB usable storage. And even that decreases with …
I love my MiFi, it’s an old unlocked unit I got on eBay a few years ago, I dig it out for days where I need my laptop out on the road. At times though it struggles to provide 2G speeds never mind 3G or even 4G. Maybe …
My wife loves the Galaxy SIII. Her only gripe, when we bought it, was that it was a bit too large. Sadly we purchased it just months before the SIII Mini appeared and now, if you’ve got some cash washing about after Christmas, you can get the blue …
I’m going to start with a sentence that makes me wonder where time had gone. Was it really only three years ago yesterday that Steve Jobs announced a product that would ultimately change the way we communicate? The answer is, of course, yes. Like the iPhone, there were …
