Category: General
Go Contacts is a replacement for your normal contacts app. If you run HTC Sense there is not much point in reading this as your “People” app does everything this does. This app is more for the people who have an Android device without a fancy skin on …
We’ve just added another server to our cluster for extra speed and reliability. You should hopefully see an improvement in page loading, especially on the main page. For the tech-heads our main server is an Intel Core i7-920 Quadcore with Hyper-threading and 12GB of DDR3 RAM. Content Delivery …
New versions of some of Google’s official Android apps have leaked online and also been made available for download. The highlight is probably a new version of the default Android Music Player which has been brought in line with it’s Honeycomb counterpart. There is a greater emphasis on …
Three have just stuck the HTC Desire S on their shelves. It’s available from £359.99 for PAYG customer and you can then add a £15 “All in One 15” top-up for 30-days of all-you-can-eat data. For contract customers you can buy the phone for £30 per month. We’ll …
Swiftkey is a great keyboard that has been available for a while now. “Swiftkey predicts your most likely next word based on what you’ve already written. It learns as you use it from your message archive to make predictions amazingly accurate over time”. They have two new free …
Remember how Huawei were planning on covering the London Underground with a mobile signal? Well, it’s not gonna happen. It turns out that Everything Everywhere, Three, O2 and Vodafone were all involved, with Huawei ready to add £50 million of equipment. It seems that an agreement couldn’t be …
Well, this isn’t strictly smartphone news, but some of them are related to phones, plus it’s Friday and we all need a chuckle. Enjoy. Please add links in the comments and I’ll add them to the feature. (If I’m feeling generous!) It started off for me when I …
The Sony Ericsson Xperia arc is now available on Three. It’ll be free on contracts over £35 a month and you can enjoy All-You-Can-Eat Data (and it really, really is because we tested it) on The One Plan for £40 a month with 2000 anytime, any network minutes …
SPB have been making software for smartphones for years now, they started with Windows Mobile, they recently have been making software for Symbian and in the last year or so have been making software for Android. SPB Shell 3D is their latest creation. The name may sound familiar as they had …
Three have announced a new Premium Dongle which will be heading to stores on April 7th. It offers “up to” 40% faster browsing and features HSPA+ connectivity. This new Huawei E367 also has a rotating head for better connection and will stand vertically for better signal coverage and …
This is quite a simple app. It lets you continuously take photos with your camera. You run this app instead of your camera app, press the shutter button and of it goes, trying to fill up your memory card as fast as it can! When you have had …
I recently bought a Zeemote. It is a bluetooth game controller that has drivers available for Android, Windows Mobile, Blackberry, Symbian and Windows. Here are some pictures of the joystick. This joystick has been around for a while now, the manufacturers Zeemote originally bundled these with various Nokia …
Earlier this week Opera released a new version of Opera Mini for Android. The new version has an updated look and feel which is more polished than before. There are also new features with the browser offering support for pinch to zoom for the first time. The …
I’ve been thinking of getting a Mobile Broadband USB stick. Mobile broadband and data limits have been a hot topic for a long time so I thought I’d do some digging. I’ve only done some quick research but it’s definitely worth checking out each network carefully and, in …
18/10/2016 – A lot of you have been in touch about this article. It’s five years old now and sadly Ofcom have taken the decision to remove their Sitefinder system. However, we’ve managed to get all the data viewable here so head to our newer article to find …
Floating Image is a replacement for your gallery app, the app also contains a live wallpaper. It shows a nice 3D floating thumbnail slideshow of your images. By default it uses your “DCIM” folder on your memory card plus a random selection of photos from Flickr’s top 500 images, …
Earlier today Amazon officially launched their Appstore for Android. The store will feature apps that have been given Amazon’s seal of approval which we hope means that it will be free of all the crapware that plagues the Android Market. Amazon will be giving away a free app …
Platform wars, is Apples way the only way? With the enormous growth of the smartphone, and the never ending war between platform makers to be the dominant force, are we looking at a future dominated by the curated, closed platforms, and will Android have to become more regulated …
Sweet Home! is a backup tool, tt works over wifi and creates a backup of your images. What you need for this app to work is wifi and a shared folder somewhere on your network. This folder can be on a network attached storage drive (NAS), a shared …
This is some MASSIVE news to any of our followers who live in the States, and at first I did not believe it myself but Engadget have just posted the full press release which states Deutsche Telekom have agreed to sell theie T-Mobile USA network to AT&T for …
The people behind Xobni, the superb plug-in for Outlook, are looking for beta testers for Gmail ,iPhone and Android. For those that don’t know what Xobni is (Inbox backwards….), this is a free plug-in for your Outlook email on the PC and Blackberry. It is basically a powerful search …
T-Mobile have just reduced the Pulse Mini handset to £29.99 when purchased with a £10 topup. Included in that quite amazing price is 6 months free internet worth £20, plus 100 Minutes next month and every month you topup by £10. Running Android 2.1 (Eclair), 3.2 megapixel camera, …
Earlier this week Google released a new version of their Google Mobile App for iOS. The newly dubbed Google Search App has a new UI which in my opinion makes it nicer to use than Google Search on Android. The default view gives you a text search box …
Three have now launched a full Facebook portal for fans or customers to ask questions, see the latest content and find out what is happning with the network. Three have also done a step further and added on information on new devices including being able to comment and like them, …
Quick System Info is a great app, it’s main purpose is to give you detailed information on your SD card storage, A2SD storage, Internal storage, System storage, System cache, Memory and your Processor. Once you select a piece of information you get a breakdown of capacity, used and …
Earlier on today we brought you the news that T-Mobile are to stock the Motorola Atrix in June, however they also have another FOUR devices due on their network over the next month all running Android. The Optimus Black is due in late March with it’s new NOVA …
It’s sometimes difficult to think that the tablet that has spawned so many imitators this year, Apple’s iPad, was only released last year. At this year’s MWC there were tablets everywhere – Samsung, Motorola, HTC and HP to name but a few are all coming out with their …
SMS Backup & Restore lets you backup and restore your sms messages! This could be helpful for many reasons, you could be swapping phones, you could have a new phone, you could have recently reset your phone or you could have installed a custom rom to your phone. …
The title says it all really. With the Amazon app market coming up soon, do we really need another app market? I know that some of these markets offer an alternative market for tablets that do not have market access, such as Archos using Appslib and there are some markets which let …
Vodafone have confirmed they are to sell the new Apple iPad 2 and have opened a page on their site to allow people to register their interest. Below is the full press release which was published today. Vodafone UK today announced it will offer iPad 2 with Wi-Fi + 3G and also …
Triposo Travel Guides have guides for various cities around the world. I first found out these guides in a post Andrew Fraser wrote about his trip to Italy. These travel guides all contain information and maps of the relevant cities that is stored on the device. You can …
Crimes Near Me is a great app that is informative and helpful. It allows you to see Police crime statistics for the area you are currently in. If you were thinking of moving house you could search for the postcode and see crime statistics for the area. The …
I’m not looking to promote another site. Let me make this clear. However, Endgadet are experiencing some changes. A couple of weeks ago, Paul Miller, a senior editor announced he was leaving. Then tonight, Nilay Patel and Editor in chief Josh Topalsky have announced that they are leaving. …
A new version of the Official eBay application now brings barcode scanning, bid alerts on item view screen, improved performance, bug fixes and the ability to create, view, launch and delete Saved Searches. If you have Android 2.2 or above, you’ll also get instant push notifications and alerts. …
My 18 months contract with Orange for my HTC Hero expired last month and for the first time ever I’ve plumped for a 12 month SIM only deal. My Hero, great phone as it was, only lasted me 7 months before I caved in and bought a HTC …
Cordy is a fairly new game with incredible graphics. To quote the market description “Help Cordy power-up his mechanical planet! Use special powers, solve exciting puzzles and explore engaging environments. Cordy is FREE, with many thrilling updates coming soon. Download now and get ready to harness the power …
Some of you may have noticed a new magnifying glass icon appearing next to your search results over the last few days. Clicking on these icons launches a new Instant Previews feature which Google has just introduced. They provide a great way for visually searching through sites when …
A few years ago I bought a DAB radio. At the time it was pretty expensive but the guy in the shop told me it would offer more choice and a crisp sound. I took it home and quickly realised it was pretty rubbish. Only a small amount …
I have been looking at various different clock widgets trying to come up with one to recommend. This is an almost impossible task. There are so many different designs and styles out there. There are three main types of clock widgets “fully featured”, “minimal” and “ordinary”. I will …
A little bit self congratulatory this, but Cision has rated Coolsmartphone as number 4 in it’s list of top UK Consumer Technology blogs! Nice. So Well done to Leigh and Dan! Hopefully we can lift it to Number one! Thanks to Johannawhitaker for the tip, she is involved …
