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Can you remember a few weeks ago we all posted our phone histories and some of us had a rather long list of devices. Well one anonymous reader who wanted to show their stash sent this picture in. I’m amazed at how they still have most of their …
Telmap the Intel owned mapping solution firm have been working on various mapping apps and today the have released their latest versions. For iPhone and Android. The M8 your local mate offers a whole host of features with their apps, such as: Full navigation in the UK – …
Our top techies have been working away all weekend to add some rather crucial speed to the site. Following two days of watching Star Wars, playing online games and eating Skittles, they’ve done the near-impossible. This morning you should be seeing several lean, mean, fighting machines serving up …
A few weeks ago UK network Three introduced their new Euro Internet Pass scheme (which Dan reviewed here), where for a small charge you cab get unlimited mobile internet on your phone on a day by day basis. It all sounded like a great, albeit slightly complicated idea. …
It might surprise you, but I’m a bit simple at heart. OK. Who’s laughing? I have a Samsung Galaxy SII and a laptop, that’s about it. Call it a netbook, call it an ultrabook, whatever, you can get affordable notebooks online pretty easily now and hook up to …
It has been quite a while since Vodafone stocked any Sony (or Sony Ericsson) devices, thankfully that has all changed and the UK network has now welcomed the Xperia T and Miro into their list, and both can be picked up direct at Vodafone from today. There is …
We broke the news a couple of weeks ago that the ebay app had been updated from version 1.8 to 2.0 and immediately started causing errors that stopped users doing anything useful with it at all. Later that evening it seemed to have been fixed, but ebay soon …
Back in the summer at the Samsung Unpacked press event in Berlin the Galaxy Note II and Ativ suite of Windows devices were announced in a flurry of excitement, but what they also announced on the same day was something they referred to as the ‘camera reborn’, the …
It’s that time of the week again and we are preparing to record our next podcast. This week has been a little bit quiet on the news front, the Apple bashing continued and the excitement about Windows Phone 8 didn’t disapate. Oh and a few of the team …
Not that all you Android and iPhone afficionado’s out there will notice or care, but the Blackberry Jam: America’s conference is underway, and along with the traditional sneak peeks at up-and-coming goodies, they promo’d their latest OS developments. Its been a while since we’ve had some truly simple …
We’d all like to see 4G rolled out throughout the country sooner rather than later. The latest report are that the talks designed to move the auction timetable up and to find ways of clearing out the spectrum to be under strain as it enters the final …
“Because sometimes it just has to be said through music”. We suspect someone in RIM uttered those words, and to show the world that the RIM execs have a sense of humour, a music video was born and posted on youtube. One of the most amusing thing has …
You may have noticed that maps have been in the news quite a lot recently. It seems that Google are enjoying the attention their main competitor is getting, and has decided to launch the latest addition to their navigation suite: Underwater Maps! The first places to be mapped …
It’s fair to say that I’ve followed the mobile landscape for some time now. I sometimes forget that many of you may not remember a time before mobile phones existed, and some of you perhaps don’t even recall handsets without colour screens. Something struck me on a recent …
Google has updated its books app bringing a heap of improvements. According to the Google Android Blog, you will now be able to tap on a location mentioned in a book to learn more about it. An info card will appear with a Google Map and the option …
Any time now we’re all expecting Google to announce a new Nexus (or even maybe some Nexi) along with the next big version of Android: Key Lime Pie. Now while I love Android and have been seriously impressed with ICS and JB, there are still plenty of areas …
Here at Coolsmartphone each of the writers goes through an inordinate amount of handsets and accessories that go with them. We each have our own favourite suppliers that we find to be reliable and prompt. We therefore thought that we would bring a profile of the ones that …
Found us recently? Great. Want more? No problem. We’ve got lots for you to enjoy… Our weekly podcast is a great place to start. Each week we discuss the recent mobile news and gossip. You can subscribe to the feed or catch us on iTunes. It’s your chance …
Firstly, thanks for making our launch a huge success! We’ve had a lot of traffic since launch, although our first day was marred by issues with the CloudFlare network that took down a few hundred sites (it wasn’t just us). Secondly, we’ve got a totally new look! We …
Since we published our DIY nano-SIM story the gates have well and truly opened. Many giffgaff members have already gone and bought themselves a nano-SIM cutter to hack down a standard-sized SIM. This is being done purely because, at present, giffgaff aren’t providing them and iPhone 5 owners …
Now the long awaited iPhone 5 has arrived not everyone will be able to use it. Apple uses a new SIM card – the nano-SIM. Although all the major carriers here in the UK are supplying the nano-SIM to their customers, there is a select number of MVNO’s …
So we now know what they iPhone 5 looks like, and its a very pretty thing, with its precision machined aluminium back and sides. Indeed a masterpiece of engineering for iOS fans. We’ve also a plethora of Windows Phone 8 devices launched by Nokia, Samsung and HTC to …
It’s that time of the week again and we are preparing for our podcast, which we will record tonight and publish tomorrow. Some of you may be glad to hear that this week is pretty much Apple free, there is a reason for that which will be revealed …
This is a topic that is close to my heart and with the announcement of the latest round of Lumia devices having this capability it’s back in the limelight! I wanted to just share my thoughts on a technology that isn’t really very new at all. I suppose the …
Things are hotting up in the world of Windows Phone. HTC, Nokia and Samsung have all announced some amazing looking devices and they all have very similar specs. So which do you go for then? Personally I have no idea which to go for, I have a gut …
If you’re a regular CoolSmartPhone reader, you’ve probably read Jamie Ryan’s post last week about their new ad campaign that bears the tagline “It doesn’t take a genius”. The ad was designed to take momentum away from the iPhone 5 launch and divert attention to the Samsung Galaxy S3, which …
The time has come for one of the first UK unboxings of the new Xperia T. As you may or may not know I am a Sony Mobile Ambassador in my other life (when not working or writing on here). This gives me several perks, one of which …
Rovio has had it’s Pig-centric successor to Angry Birds in the fryer for quite a while now and it seems the game is nearly ready for release! The trailer below will give you a pretty good idea of the sort of game play we can expect to see, …
Tomorrow is an exciting day for Intel fans with Motorola taking the reins and treating us to something they promise to be spectacular. Along side the three devices announced the rumour mill is abuzz with mention of a bezel-less smart phone and the invite hints at this just …
With the enormous success of Coolsmartphone we decided to launch another website, TheCoolGamer.com, which focuses on Games and Applications across Mobile, Console and PC platforms. On a daily basis Coolsmartphone gets tips about games and apps from you guys (our loyal readers) and the developers that create them. …
Teamviewer, the remote desktop application has announced an update that now enables file transfers between your android device and your computer from anywhere in the world with a data connection. The computer can be a Mac or a PC running Windows or Linux. The data is sent using …
The ebay app has been having some issues recently, as we reported the other night. Well, it looked like it was fixed. However, as the email and screenshot below explain, ebay are having so many problems with it they have rolled back to the old version for now. …
TheCoolGamer has launched! Hello! After a lot of coffee, code, and hard work, TheCoolGamer.com is finally ready for your consumption! We hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed creating it. There’s been a lot of blood, sweat and tears along the way, but we hope that …
So what happens when you drop a couple of billion dollars on a fledgling smartphone operating system, make a couple of phones and a tablet with it and then fire sale the lot? Well if your name’s HP you might realise you made a little mistake! For HP, …
Earlier we bought you news that Orange and T-Mobile had announced their pricing for the iPhone 5. Well now O2 are getting in on the act and have posted up some prices of their own, things aren’t looking too cheap over on the blue side of the fence …
Several times a year I go on holiday, I like to totally disconnect from the world. No Internet, no work, no contact with home. Just me, the wife and our cameras. The internet is a huge resource for the traveller, before we go away we print off no …
Pricing for the iPhone 5 has been revealed by Orange and T-Mobile. Hold tight, because if you want the cheapest iPhone 5 (16GB) free you’re going to have to stump up £46 a month. For that you do get 3GB of internet and unlimited texts, unlimited calls. If …
Three are also taking pre-orders for the iPhone and their prices are looking similar to the ones Vodafone announced earlier. 16GB in white or black The One Plan 24 month contract · All-you-can-eat data · 2000 any network minutes · 5000 texts · 5000 Three-to-Three minutes £36 a …
Vodafone have started to take pre-orders for the upcoming iPhone 5. Here are their prices. Example pricing and details for iPhone (24 month contracts): Plan 100 Plan Vodafone Red Vodafone Red Red Data Monthly Fee £25 £37 £42 £47 Voice (minutes) 100 Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Texts Unlimited Unlimited …
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