Category: General

Three UK… Moving Towards 4G

Three have today posted a very interesting article and this was tweeted by @ThreeUK.  The blog post talks about 4G and the next wave of network upgrades to bring customers faster and more reliable internet access on their phone using new HSPA+ technology which their new Premium Dongle …

Where is Android’s iPod Touch?

Although I’ve been an Android user for nearly two years now I’ve had an iPod Touch for around six months and use it every day. I bought it mainly because I wanted a new gadget and thought it’d be a good way to try out iOS and get …

Xperia PLAY on O2 – Now arriving in June

O2 hit a few niggles with their Xperia PLAY and decided to iron out some bugs first. They’ve now announced that the phone will be arriving at the start of June. Although other networks are already selling this gaming handset, O2 seem to have found some bugs and …

HTC Sensation available for pre-order on Vodafone

The HTC Sensation, announced last month, is now available for pre-order on Vodafone. It’s free with plans costing £35 per month (2 year contract). For your money you’ll also get 100 minutes, 500 texts and 500MB of internet browsing. It’s not The all-new HTC Sensation has a 1.2Ghz …

One Plan Sim, One Month Contract!!

Three have blown everyone away today with a new Sim Only price plan offering The One Plan contract on just a single one month rolling contract instead of a 12 month agreement… for the same price of just £25 a month! One Plan customers get an insane amount …

Samsung Galaxy S2 Now On Three

Three have just launched the Samsung Galaxy S2 and as always released a blog video giving you some information about the phone and what you can expect The link posted on Twitter which points to the Samsung section of the website at the time of writing this does …

Motorola ATRIX arriving tomorrow on Orange

So, the Motorola Atrix then. Orange are pushing this one quite a bit, and rightfully so. Launching tomorrow, the Atrix can quickly change from a phone to a Netbook or PC. As per our earlier story the device will be free on £35 p/m plans over 24 months. …

Tweetdeck bought by Twitter….

TechCrunch is reporting that Twitter has bought the immensely popular Tweetdeck. This was rumoured a few weeks ago but it went quiet, now TechCrunch claim they have inside knowledge that the deal has been done and will be officially announced in the next few days. The sub plot is that …

BlackBerry Bold 9900/9930 officially announced.

Rim have officially announced the latest BlackBerry smartphones, the Bold 990/9930. Sporting a 1.2GHz Cpu,2.8″ touchscreen, 5Mp camera and 8GB of onboard storage these phones are good news for BlackBerry fans. Full press release below. Many thanks to BGR for this story.     FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RIM …

Coolsmartphone Recommended Android App – Desktop Visualizer

Android customization is a huge topic, there are so many different apps that let you change a different parts of your phone. Desktop Visualizer lets you create shortcuts for programs in a variety of different sizes. The basic idea behind it is to create 1×1 shortcuts to run …

Galaxy S II gets £499.99 price-tag on Three Pay As You Go

Dan has just fired over this picture of the Samsung Galaxy S II sitting within the latest Three catalogue. The S II is a very potent device. Powered by a dual-core CPU it has an 8 megapixel around the back, 1.3 megapixel up the front. Whilst O2 are …

Looking for a Windows tablet or notebook ?

Meet the Acer Iconia Tab W500. It has a slight personality disorder and can be a Tablet or a notebook. It has an AMD C50 Dual-core 1GHz CPU, 10.1″ 1280×800 pixel WXGA screen, 2GB DDR3 RAM, WiFi, Bluetooth 3.0 and oh.. Windows 7. There’s also a 32GB SSD …

CyanogenMod… What’s all the fuss?

In the New Year, I decided to take a nose dive into custom ROMs for my Desire.  Oh we had been getting along just great for a while, but I realised I needed more… Wanted more.  It needed to be faster, and easier to use and not as …

Dropin for Android – automatically sync your photos to your Dropbox

I’ve been meaning to give Dropin a mention for a while now. It’s a great little app which provides some much needed functionality that I’ve always thought the native Dropbox app should have had from the start. Dropin automatically syncs all your photos and videos from your phone …

QFS (Quick File Share) – First Look

For this week I have been sent QFS or Quick File Share. It’s a very basic application for sharing your files on your phone with anyone. Here is the first look video, the full review will be along next week. Also I would like to mention that the …

Editorial – A story from my local paper

Hello. Forgive my indulgence here but I’ve just read our local paper and I felt compelled to do something about this. Meet Cameron, he’s eight. In 2010 he was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer called rhabdomyosarcoma. He had chemotherapy and radiotherapy and was a really brave …

World of Goo for iPhone/iPod Touch

  Those gamers among you will likely already have heard about World of Goo. Over the last few years it’s built up a reputation as a cult classic among puzzle games. Originally released on PC before making its way to Wii and then the iPad, last week developer …

Coolsmartphone Recommended App: LiveProfile

LiveProfile is a device-to-device messaging app for Android, iOS, and Blackberry. It works on a similar basis to Blackberry Messenger, whereby you are required to create an account and then you are assigned a PIN. Other LiveProfile users who have your PIN can become friends with you, and …

iPhone 4 Now On Three PAYG

Three have now released the Apple iPhone 4 on PAYG (Pas As You Go) and will be selling both the 16GB and 32GB models online, over the phone and in their retail stores. A 16GB iPhone will cost you £499.99 where as a 32GB will cost you £599.99 …

Coolsmartphone goes mobile

Right, I’ve had a fair amount of stick about this. During our huge facelift earlier this year we dumped the original mobile site. A lot of you use mobile websites and wanted this functionality back. An even greater number found that our new site didn’t render properly in …

Samsung Galaxy Tab – Just £299 from O2

Earlier today we spotted a T-Mobile offer which gave you the Galaxy Tab for just £15 per month. However, over at O2 they seem to be selling it without a contract for £299. That’s cheaper than everywhere else we looked – even most eBay listings. Check our hands-on …

Motorola Xoom Videos – What Do You Want To See?

So I posted my immediate thoughts after having my Motorola Xoom WiFi only a short period earlier in the week. If you missed the post, you can have a read here. With so much chatter around debating the strengths and weaknesses of Android’s latest OS on the Xoom, …

Mobile Tech Addicts Podcast

Recently I was asked if I would like to take part in The Mobile Tech Addicts Podcast which is run by our friends at Tracy & Matt and their team to which of course I agreed. As a listener of the podcast for a while it was a real honour …

T-Mobile Update Coming Soon Page

T-Mobile UK have just updated their Coming Soon page and have added some new phones and release dates, all running Android OS. In case you can’t see the images above here are the estimated release dates of the handsets LG Optimus Black (May) Sony Ericsson Neo (July) Samsung …

My iOS annoyances

I’ve been an iOS user for nearly eight months now having bought a 4G iPod Touch to find out what Apple’s mobile OS is all about. Having used Android for the last two years and Windows Mobile for the six before that it’s fair to say that I’ve …

Xperia arc now selling on o2

The Sony Ericsson Xperia arc is now showing on the O2 website. You can buy it on Pay & Go for £359.99, which seems like a pretty good deal. If you’re after a contract then you can grab it for nothing on a £27 p/m deal over 2 …

Pricing and more – Motorola Atrix on Orange

The Motorola Atrix will arrive on Orange in early May for free on £35 per month plans over 24 months. This deal includes 600 minutes, 750MB internet allowance, 50 MMS and unlimited texts. If you buy the Atrix Orange will also offer a “Work and Play” kit which …

Throwback: Motorola RAZR V3

Ah the V3, this brings back fond memories for me. Released in 2005, the V3 was the thinnest and most amazing phone I’d ever seen. It also had some (at the time) pretty outstanding features, like a VGA camera with video capture (gulp!), MP3 ringtones, and a metal …

Crane Driver – iPhone Game Review

  Crane Driver – iPhone and iPod Touch “Game mission is to operate a crane and to relocate load from one place to another preserving position relative to each of its parts.” Version Reviewed: 1.1 Developer: PaBusily Co Ltd Price as of Review: £0.59 Current iTunes Rating: 4+ …

Which App Shall I Review?

So you can all see that the ‘Android App Review Show’ is back up and running. I no longer have the stress and strain of University to distract me, and I have a degree in Multimedia Technology and Design under my belt to help me make a professional …

Xperia PLAY on O2 – Nearly there..

A few of you have asked about the Xperia PLAY on O2. The official line is that it’s still “Coming Soon” and you can register your interest on their mini-site. O2 are saying that the handset has been delayed due to testing and bugs. We’re not quite sure …

The T-Mobile Royal Wedding – Get dancing !

So, we’ve been sent this T-Mobile Royal Wedding spoof. It’s to celebrate the marriage of Prince William and Catherine Middleton on Friday April 29th. William is batting way above his average and most of us will no doubt be in the pub enjoying proceedings with a pint or …

Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY – Available on T-Mobile

The Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY is now available to buy on the T-Mobile UK website. It now sits alongside the Sony Ericsson Xperia arc which we reviewed recently and the Samsung Galaxy Ace we reviewed a week or two ago. T-Mobile also have the Motorola Atrix and LG …

Apple Releases iOS 4.3.2

Today Apple has released a minor update to the iOS platform. The update fixes minor bugs that users noticed causing FaceTime to display a blank screen or on some occasions cause the app to freeze. It also provides a fix for those 3G iPad owners that have been …

Vodafone start selling Xperia PLAY – Immediately sells out

Vodafone have started selling the Xperia PLAY today too. The handset is available for free on plans costing £35 or more. It comes with 6 pre-loaded games – Crash Bandicoot, Fifa 10, Star Battalion, Tetris, Sims 3 andBruce Lee. We’ve already had a hands-on and there’s a great …

HTC Sensation coming to T-Mobile too

We’ve just had word that the HTC Sensation will be arriving on T-Mobile too. Yesterday we received confirmation that the device would be arriving on Orange. Three will also be carrying it after the short Vodafone exclusivity deal ends. The handset features a dual-core 1.2GHz Snapdragon CPU, 1GB …

Confirmed – HTC Sensation coming to Orange in June

You may know Conor by now, he’s the PR guy from Orange. We’ve emailed him to ask whether the HTC Sensation will be available on their network. Turns on it will and you’ve only got to wait until June. If you haven’t done so already, have a look …

The Smartphone Killed Flip

Flip, makers of the popular Mino camcorder, is to be axed by most recent owners, Cisco. What was the cause of Flip’s demise? The integration of high-quality video capture into smartphones. Unfortunately, it looks like more companies like Flip will see their demise, as our smartphones start to …

HTC Sensation Coming To Three

With the HTC Sensation now official the guys at Three have stepped forward to confirm that they will be offering the dual-core 1.2GHz beast “soon”. Vodafone have got a one month exclusivity deal on the HTC Sensation, so we’re guessing it’ll arrive on Three in May sometime. The …