Category: Android

Xperia S losing power, even when plugged in?

Now, don’t get us wrong, we know that the USB port on your laptop or PC isn’t the most ideal place to put your phone if you need a quick battery charge. It will, at best, provide a “trickle charge” but isn’t as good as the usual wall …

Some answers about the Nokia Lumia 900 and 800

We saw the upcoming Nokia Lumia 900 at the MWC the other week. It is a larger version of the Lumia 800 and there are a few questions people have about the device. Well Nokia Connects have asked Nokia a whole host of questions and some of them …

Cut the Rope: Experiments is now available on Android

Zeptolab have released the sequel to the hugely popular game Cut the Rope. It is a very addictive puzzle game involving a weird little green creature, some annoying spiders and lots of candy. Cut the ropes, deliver candy to Om Nom, collect stars, and unlock new levels.The follow-up …

Late developer payments for Android devs

Google. An amazing company. Amazing products, an amazing experience. However, their customer service has always been a massive fail. I’ve seen websites vanish from Google after getting removed from search listings and, for over 10 years now, we’ve tried unsuccessfully to get into Google News, every time with …

Microsoft, Nokia and Phones 4U in another advertising blitz

If you bought The Sun this Saturday then you might have seen one of the SEVEN massive Nokia Lumia advertisements. There’s an advert for the Android-powered Galaxy in there too, but its mostly Windows Phone all the way. Link – Phones 4U

Solar Charger app pokes fun at those daft enough to believe

Browsing around the Android Market Google Play last night, I couldn’t help but notice this Solar Charger app. It’s had hundreds of thousands of downloads and converts your screen into a solar panel. Magic eh? Well yes. It’s actually more of a trick really. The app doesn’t actually …

Signal Boost now available on more handsets

It’s been a good few months since we looked at the Orange Signal Boost technology. Now it’s available in more and more handsets on Orange and solves that “in building coverage problem” you may have experienced. During my completely unscientific research, I’ve found that networks using the 900MHz …

Three offer up the Samsung Galaxy Note

Fancy getting yourself the original Galaxy Note on Three? They’ll be offering up the device on Pay As You Go for £499 or on contracts like the Essential 500 for £32 a month (with 5000 texts, 500 minutes and 250MB of data). The Galaxy Note, which we reviewed …

Tasks Arranger for Windows Phone

Tasks Arranger is to-do list manager. It is a nice and simple one at that. Quite often to-do list apps get way to complicated, getting bogged down with syncing information to some pointless cloud server or making you prioritiser the task. I’ve tried out many over the years …

Wanna be a ROM chef? The devs make it easy for you!

So to paint a picture.. I am an enthusiast of all things Android. I’ve been an enthusiast since the very first days of Android’s public release. So over time I’ve grown to know what I’m dealing with when it comes to modding my phone’s operating system. Zip flashing …

HTC Radar, now down to just £199

We seem to be finding a good selection of cheap Windows Phones lately. Now it’s the turn of the HTC Radar, which has been reduced to £199 on eBuyer. The Radar has 8GB of storage on board, a 3.8″ screen, 5 megapixel camera and 1GHz CPU. Link – …

Xperia S available unlocked from Expansys

If you’re after the Sony Xperia S and don’t want to dive into one of the many contract deals the Expansys have the unlocked version for £449.99 with free postage and packing. They’re expecting stock in a few days and the Xperia S is the showpiece of the …

Project Chameleon for Android Tablets

Now and again I come across things on the web that truly amaze me. Well this is one of those times. Teknision are the company behind the Blackberry Playbook interface, which is a nice well thought out launcher. They have come up with a prototype launcher for Android …

Coolsmartphone Recommended Android app – Android Pro Widgets

I have been slowly getting used to Ice Cream Sandwich. At times it feels like Google have just took Honeycomb and squashed it onto a phone. The widgets I used to use on my Honeycomb tablets are still present, which is nice but at times I think about …

HTC Ice Cream Sandwich updates begin!

HTC have posted on their blog that they have begun to roll out their Ice Cream Sandwich update to Sensation and Sensation XE devices. This is the start of the roll out to all HTC devices that are getting the update (see list below), and will happen country …

Doro bring Android tech to the elderly

Many, many years ago I took a look at one of the Doro phones. It was, if I’m honest, a simple phone which was modelled on a big-button calculator. Since then Doro have gained momentum. Tesco sell the Phone Easy 409s for less than £50 and it was …

JCB Announce the Pro Smart

Smartphones. Take a look at them in your local store and you’ll notice that they normally have a big screen and a camera round the back. Most of the time you’re going to need to take care of them and perhaps invest in a case of some sort. …

Sony Xperia S now selling on O2 too

Earlier we spotted the Xperia S hanging about on the Orange website. Now it’s popped up on O2 too. It’s available for absolutely nothing on plans costing more than just £21.50 a month. This is a plan that has been advertised today in our usual broadsheet newspaper The …

Galaxy SII ICS Upgrade set for Monday ?

So, we’ve had a few dates regarding the Galaxy SII Ice Cream Sandwich update. Last we heard, it was sometime soon and we’ve previously heard dates ranging from Q1 to March 1st. Now best-mobile-contracts have a confirmed date of March 19th, which is this coming Monday. They have …

Motorola Motoluxe might get an update to Ice Cream Sandwich

The other week we saw the Motorola Motoluxe, details here and the various PR people on hand didn’t really know anything about the future updates of the new budget device. Well Eurodroid have got there hands on an updated ICS update schedule which now shows the Motoluxe as “In …

Xperia S, now available to buy on Orange

Matt Gough has mailed in because the new Sony Xperia S has just become available on Orange. It’s available for free on plans costing £36. Matt has a big question though.. Do I get this, or wait for the HTC One X to replace my Desire? Hmm.. now …

Tango to be called Windows Phone 7.5 Refresh

So, someone somewhere apparently decided to brand Windows Phone “Tango” as “Windows Phone 7.5 Refresh”. The details have come out during an interview with that WindowsPhoneItaly conducted with Stefania Duico from Microsoft Italy. Now, turn the clock back to 2010 when “Windows Phone 7 Series” was launched. Shortly …

Sony Announce Xperia Sola

Sony have today announced the Xperia Sola which is in addition to those announced at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona just a few weeks go. We have had the full press release and images through just now to share with you. The Xperia Sola is the Pepper we …

Xperia MT27i “Pepper” Rendered

A render of the Sony MT27i “Pepper” handset have appeared online. This is a device which, according to the earlier leak, should be appearing in April. Now, sit tight, because according to what we know.. – The Xperia P is the MT22i – The Xperia U is the …

Samsung Galaxy SIII Pictured and ready for pre-order?

If you’re an online retailer looking to get some hits, you could try adding a slightly mocked-up Samsung Galaxy SIII and just wait for the clicks to arrive. Right now mobilecityonline have possibly done just that, with the phone now on their site ready for pre-order at $799.99. …

Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 Up for pre-order

If you’re after the Galaxy Ace 2 then head over to Unlocked Mobiles – they’ve got it on pre-order for £249.98 with the VAT. The Ace 2 has an 800 MHz dual-core CPU, a 3.8″ WVGA screen and two cameras – a 5 megapixel shooter at the rear …

Coolsmartphone Recommended Android app – ex Dialer and Contacts

Ice Cream Sandwich has for a while been flaunted as the pinnacle of Android development. Yes many problems with the Android OS did indeed get fixed with the release of Android 4.0. But I keep coming across new problems. I have been using a Samsung Galaxy Nexus for …

Angry Birds Space caught on video

The other week we mentioned that the new version of Angry Birds would be based in space. Well Rovio the games developer has been showing the new version of the game off at South by Southwest in America and Intomobile caught it on film. Here is the quick …

Cloud storage – Have you tried HiDrive?

You want online storage, you go to Dropbox, right? Well yes, you could, but there’s other providers to choose from. HiDrive free gives new users 5GB of storage and it’s all stored in super-secure datacentres in Germany that are owned and operated by Strato – the people behind …

Did the earth move for you?

Love them or hate them Apple are certainly good at stirring up the entire tech world. Although this time around the world didn’t change quite as much. But what Apple did introduce will still shake things up for many many months to come. Whenever Apple are due to …

Coolsmartphone Recommended Android app – File Browser Widget

One thing I have wanted for a while is a widget that lets you browse your files. I have had to resort to opening up another app and browsing through the file structure until I find the files I want. Well luckily I came across something that lets …

Angry Birds goes into orbit

PIGS IN SPACE !!! Oh come on, that’s a classic, and you can shortly get the modern classic too – Angry Birds Space is coming. Available for Android and iOS on March 22nd there’s a nice preview video below showing the gameplay. It’s a bit epic and the …

Utilitas – Lots of useful apps, all in one place

Usually on a daily or weekly basis you’ll want to use one of those “useful” apps. Y’know – using your phone as a torch, timing something with a stopwatch, converting units and so on. Now utilitas is here to bring all those apps together in one big friendly …

Sony Xperia S Review

Just in case you did not know, recently Sony Ericsson decided to part ways with Sony buying up the Ericsson part of the business. This means all future phones will be Sony branded and this Xperia S is the first of this new batch of android powered smartphones. …

Motorola Motoluxe now available on T-Mobile

Last night we went to the Motorola Motoluxe event more details here. The phone explanation type people at the event mentioned that you would be able to buy the Motoluxe as of today on T-Mobile. Well guess what? They were telling the truth! You can get the Motoluxe …

Motorola Motoluxe event

Last night we attended an event announcing the already announced new device from Motorola. The Motoluxe. It can be bought in various outlets already for about £250 pounds and also rather cheaply on contracts as well. According to the Motorola PR people present at the event the Motoluxe …

Archos G9 Ice Cream Sandwich Update ready

Got yourself an Archos G9 ? You do ? Lookie here, it’s the Ice Cream Sandwich update, complete with oodles of goodies too. “Hatch” has tipped us off and is busy downloading his update now. The full feature list is below.. Link – Archos.com Version 4.0.4 – March …

Marketplace for Windows Mobile 6.x – Two months and counting

Back in June last year we heard that Windows Marketplace was headed for the bin and now it looks like that’s happening. Emails are going out to say that the shut-down begins on May 9th, which is just two months away. A huge number of you have sent …