Category: General
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 …
Plug In Launcher is a neat little program that activates when you plug your charger in or when you plug your headset in. So when you plug your phone in to charge at night it can load your ebook reader, your desk clock, run angry birds or open …
Comscore recently released it’s updated figures for US Smartphone sales and it was good news for Android fans and bad news for Rim and Microsoft. Smartphone market share for Google/Android went up from 23% to 31%, just nudging ahead of Rim(Blackberry) on 30% a jump of 7%, a …
The network Three have just announced the next step in their All You Can Eat data campaign which staeted back in December on The One Plan. You might have seen we recently put this ‘All You Can Eat’ data statement to the extreme and went through over 45GB in …
Three have just announced they are to sell the new Samsung Galaxy Pro here in the UK. The Galaxy pro is an Android device will QWERTY keyboard (like a BlackBerry) Samsung has just announced their Samsung Galaxy Pro and I’m happy to confirm that it’ll be coming soonto Three. The …
The Vodafone website now includes the Samsung Galaxy Ace device which is an Android phone running OS 2.2 FroYo and 800mhz processor in a small package. The Samsung Galaxy Ace is available free of charge from £25 a month over 24 months which will get you 300 Minutes, …
T-Mobile are going to be stocking the LG Optimus Black here in the UK, and their latest price guide shows it free from just £25 a month on a 24 month contract It is not clear yet what you will get for this £25 a month yet but …
“Wave Launcher is a unique, gesture enabled quick action bar for Android. It resembles a well known and loved feature on WebOS phones like the Palm Pre” that is what the developers say about this app on the Android Market. What I say about it is “it is …
I first used SPB apps many years ago on my T-Mobile Ameo. It came bundled with the original version of this app. In those days SPB were one of the premium app developers for windows mobile. In the last few months they have redesigned SPB Shell which is currently …
Yep, expect to see BBM (BlackBerry Messenger) appearing sometime soon for Android and Apple devices pretty soon. BGR has news from “insiders” who state that, following a payment, non-BlackBerry handsest will be able to access the BBM service. It sounds like a “lightweight” version and the Android version …
Wifi Analyzer is an app that will graph out your wifi and your neighbours wifi. When it opens and scans your surroundings it will display a graph, the default graph is of Signal Strength and Wifi Channels which allows you to see if your network is clashing with …
CircleLauncher is an app that gives you several shortcuts attached to one icon. Clicking on the icon brings up a circle on which the shortcuts sit. These shortcuts can be frequently used apps, contacts or bookmarks. There is a full version as well that costs £0.85 which allows …
Wow what a manic two weeks that really was. When I approached Three about this challenge I gave myself a whole month but due to my bill being generated on the 2nd of every month and being away at Mobile World Congress for a week I ended up …
Ask any geek why Android is great and more often than not the answer will include the word open. One of Android’s biggest purported benefits is it’s openness, which we’re told leads to more innovation and greater customisability. Unfortunately, I’d argue that in practice it’s also a big …
Dropbox is an easy way to synchronise files between your phone, your desktop computer, your laptop, your ipad, your iphone, your ipod touch or your blackberry, in fact most mobile devices or computers have software to suit. To sign up for an account is free, you get 2gb …
What a trip! Well, as I promised a little while ago here is a review of some apps that I used while trying to navigate around Rome and Florence on a fantastic sightseeing trip. To make it easier (and shorter) I will list the apps and what I …
Three have now started to stock the Samsung Galaxy Tab on their network direct and give you a very healthy amount of data to get through in a month with two options available. The two options for the Tab available from Three are: £15.99 a month on a …
Using your mobile to browse the web is great and, when that pesky “GPRS” symbol is replaced with “3G” or “H” you can scoot around the internet fairly quickly. Most networks will also employ some clever technology to make sure you’re not viewing adult material or trying to …
Keeping track of what is stored in our phones memory is at times a struggle. Newer phones like the Nexus S, Desire Z and Desire HD have a large internal memory and large memory cards. Keeping track of what is taking up space is becoming harder. I came …
Mondays eh? Don’t you hate them? Some people at Vodafone had a great start to the week with (I’m sure) a flurry of panicked calls telling maintenance staff to get the their Exchange centre at Basingstoke ” Bloody smartish”! ( Not an actual quote…) as it seemed that some nasty …
The o2 Coming Soon pages are now awash with Android handsets. In addition to their exclusive white Xperia PLAY and the Xperia Arc they’ll also be selling the HTC Desire S in April. Before that you can now expect to see the Galaxy Ace and Galaxy Mini. Link …
Swipepad is a fairly new app that allows you to hide up to 12 shortcuts behind your homescreen. You can add shortcuts to contacts, audio profiles, settings or apps. If used in conjunction with a program like folder organizer you can create many more custom shortcuts it also …
Blog post:These are my thoughts only and not the opinions of Coolsmartphone.com. Well, it’s Sunday and things are quiet on the phone news front, so I’d thought I’d share my thoughts on a few things that are annoying the hell out of me! Phone manufacturers, we understand you …
As was mentioned in a post a while back Vodafone kindly loaned me a Apple iPhone4 to use whilst at MWC in Barcelona. This was ideal for me as I am already a Vodafone customer and had a contract which gave me 25MB a day to use whilst …
I have read no end of “top ten android apps” type articles and they are all very similar. Google maps is usually their top app, followed by some sort of task killer! These articles are great for beginners though, they show new users what is possible with their new …
O2 have just launched a new auto top-up feature for their Pay & Go customers which will top-up your mobile automatically. Sign into your O2 online account, choose a top-up amount and then tell O2 whether you’d like your account increased on a certain day or date. You …
T-Mobile UK have now launched the iPhone app for tracking your account on your phone, check your remaining allowances, boosters and get help or support. Having used this app which is already on Android it s great to finally see T-Mobile allowing people to manage their own accounts …
Do mobile phones fry your brain ? Well, despite several years of studies and reports there still seems to be a certain amount of uncertainty. Today US Government scientists revealed that using a mobile for a prolonged period does indeed increase brain activity in the area closest to …
Over the weekend we spotted news of a deal to finally provide mobile coverage to the Tube here in London. Huawei is said to be sucking up the fairly substantial installation costs and will recoup some cash through maintenance agreements. It’s thought that Huawei will be using this …
O2-UK have got an exclusive White version of the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play due on it’s network in the near future instead of the original Black version. Steve Adler in charge of Devices at O2 said “Selling the Xperia Play in an exclusive white colour will help give …
You might have seen a few tweets recently around a plan we have with Three to prove their ‘All You Can Eat’ (AYCE) data on The One Plan really is as much as you like. I met with some of the @threeuk team in London last week and …
T-Mobile UK have just tweeted that the 2.1 OS for the T-Mobile Pulse is now available as a free download for customers. Pulse 2.1 update Posted: 15 minutes ago Hi folks Good news for all your T-Mobile Pulse users, the 2.1 Android software update is available for download via …
We were lucky enough to be given a near 20 minute tour of the LG booth with one of the reps there, no having to fight through crowds of people to get hands on with the devices, they brought them to us and gave us a talk through …
Let’s face it, going abroad is expensive if you use your phone. You can be careful, you can sign up to a network or package which allows a certain amount of data or calling when you’re abroad or… you could do it my way. If you’ve never heard …
Verizon have launched a 4G LTE network over in the States offering super fast speeds, new devices and true internet on the move whilst here in the UK we have a good 2-3 year wait before we get to enjoy LTE. Being a bit of a Verizon fan …
OK, we give in. It’s been a hectic few days and we’d walked past this particular stand a number of times and resisted the temptation. Today the girls at CBOSS got the better of us and we just had to take a few snaps. CBOSS do “convergent IT …
So we are now nearly at the end of Mobile World Congress for 2011 and there have been a lot of new devices announced or shown off to press and media around the world. Vodafone have uploaded a few YouTube videos to their account of some of the …
Woaha, and I really mean “Woaha!”. We really weren’t expecting that. Apologies for the downtime last night (Wednesday morning). We appear to have had a LOT more traffic than we could have ever expected.. and I mean.. A LOT. This effectively knocked the main server clean over last …
