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A quick walk around Barcelona tonight reveals just how big the Mobile World Congress is. Planes are overbooked and, when you do arrive, the taxi drivers look at you as you juggle your mobile and laptop and say, "The congress?, Si?" We're stopping just...
Unfortunately, there won't be a Mobility next week; I'm away in South Africa, which is also the reason I won't be at MWC with Gears. It's a shame on both counts, but hopefully I'll be able to make up for it with something decent when I get back. …
Pah. Who needs Facebook ? Well, this is what Google are hoping you'll think following the launch of Google Buzz. It's a way to share your photos, videos and updates and it's already integrated into some Gmail accounts. It's also available for your pho...
Next week is the start of the Mobile World Congress. You'll no doubt have seen many sites talking about it - put simply, it's the world's largest exhibition for the mobile industry. Held in Barcelona, you should expect big announcements, revelations, ...
A new material could allow phones to have more pressure-sensitive screens. It would allow tricks like faster scrolling depending on how much pressure is applied on the screen. The technology originally comes from Peratech in Yorkshire, who make the "Q...
Devicewire have been busy. They've just dropped the prices on stacks of HTC kit. The HTC Touch2 (reviewed here) was £275.99 but now it's only £199.95. The HTC Touch Pro2 was £444.99, now it's down to £354.94. Other handsets are down in price too. ...
Are you visiting us to get the latest on new phones? Thirsty for more? Well, have you ever stopped to think about just how much work goes into the manufacturing of mobile phones? It's quite a task, but HTC have it down to a fine art and, in …
Want the new extended life battery for the HD2? It'll be available for £41.11 and you can pre-order one from easydevices.co.uk. Sure, it's a big chunky but you do get a kick-stand on the back and more hours using your HD2 before you dash back to the ...
A quick personal note. Since the site started I've maintained a blog on blogs.coolsmartphone.com. It's been my own special section for quite some time now, however, with the increased size of this site and the introduction of more writers I can no lon...
Yeap. It's an honest-to-god column. My current life/schedual doesn't allow me time to do proper news reporting, so I reasoned the best way I could contribute to this site was by setting down my crazy thoughts on the mobile tech world. Oh, and apologie...
Whether Windows Mobile or Android, you may have stumbled across the Nav4All free navigation at some point. Although it was sometimes criticised for being a little basic, it did the job and didn't cost you a penny. Unfortunately, although it's still in...
A bag of Basmatic rice? What's that got to do with phones? Well, this all came from a conversation I was having with someone last week and I had to actually put it into action this weekend. A friend had told me about a phone he'd dropped in …
Sony Ericsson's latest handset called 'Vivaz' has landed on the Play website with a pre-order price of just £349.99 and a launch date of 29th March 2010 The reason I say 'just' £349.99 is because what other Symbian powered smartphone with ...
So, Apple has finally announced its long-awaited tablet. As almost all our readers will know by now, it's called the iPad, and it's... essentially a glorified iPod Touch. In terms of looks, it's basically a large iPhone, with the same buttons (or lac...
Dual booting into Windows Mobile or Android? Well yes, it could soon be possible thanks to some work over on xda-developers.com. After installing Android on your WinMo phone it'll let you switch between the two OS's using a friendly user interface. T...
Hey. Come close. Are you heading to the Mobile World Congress next month ? If you are, let us know, because we could have a little surprise for you. On a seperate note, we'll be introducing further writers to the site soon. If you'd like to contribute...
We hate to say it, but when you're in the local mobile phone shop the world is a different place. In that world there's excellent 3G / HSDPA connectivity everywhere and you'll never have a flat battery. The reality is slightly different, and many peop...
Well, we asked for your news and we weren't disappointed. First in line is a mail from Aden Earnshaw about the HD2 stylus which is now available from htcaccessorystore.com. Despite the excellent finger-control on the HD2 it looks like this is a popula...
T-Mobile will be ditching their Combi and Flext tariffs next month. All 12 months plans will also be dropped, with the Solo SIM-only tariff getting the boot too. According to Mobile Magazine new plans will include "flexible boosters" of unlimited text...
Last week Tom Ranson pinged us about his new App Review Show and we ran a story about it. Today he emailed us again to promote the new episode where he has a look at the Brodit ProClip mount and CoPilot Live 8. Now, we're not just going …
Next month is the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and, following the fairly quiet Windows Mobile showing at CES, it's been universally assumed that Windows Mobile 7 would get launched at the European event between February 15th and 18th. However.....
Do you work for a PR company, a network, manufacturer, software company or are you a coder wanting recognition ? Let us know we'll take a look and, if it's newsworthy we'll add a post or write a review of your product. We'd also like to know if …
Total Telecom is reporting the the Nexus One handset will actually be available on several networks here in the UK. Vodafone was initially reported as carrying the device here but now there's news that T-Mobile UK and 3 UK are in negotiations to suppo...
Announced today at CES in Las Vegas, this is the HTC Smart - a "more accessible device for global markets". It's up now on the HTC website and is the more "affordable smartphone” with a flavour of the HTC Sense interface. Excited? Well, calm down a ...
Last week we pointed out some great January Sale deals from Orange. We couldn't find a lot of them on the Orange website, however they've since appeared in the PayAsYouGo section. The Toshiba TG01 is now £149.00 + £10 top up (it was £399.99 when we...
We've removed the "retweet" buttons from our main page as they were slowing the site down somewhat. This is an unfortunate side-effect of pulling data from third-party servers constantly, but they're still included in each news item if you click into ...
There's a lot of deals in the January sales so we've had a look at the Windows Mobile and Android devices that have come down in price. The first is the G2 Touch (HTC Hero reviewed here) free on T-Mobile £25 per-month plans until Jan 31st. There's a …
It's Christmas Eve and there's snow falling across the land. It's been quite a big year for coolsmartphone.com. We've added a totally new look-and-feel to the site, overhauled the entire navigation, added Android news and a seperate iPhone news site. ...
Let's face it, the majority of your Christmas presents may end up being a bit naff. I like to buy a Christmas present for myself, so I'd like to recommend this neat accessory. It's a desktop cradle - this one is for the HTC Hero and is available …
Thanks to everyone emailing in about the continuing o2 data problems here in the UK. According to o2 Tweets it's due to an IP addressing problem and they'll have it fixed as soon as possible. Let us know if you're affected, or even if you're not! Upda...
Just yesterday I was browsing rainymood.com and thinking, "That's a bit weird, but I guess I can understand why people would want it". It's basically a website that plays "mood sounds" - in this case rain and the odd crackle of thunder. There's other ...
I want to thank everyone for contributing towards our yearly donation drive. It's fantastic to receive help from you guys and everything we're receiving is going into paying for our server bandwidth and co-lo costs. There's just a few hours left to do...
Yesterday devicewire.com had an offer on the HTC Hero Gift Set. It's an ideal present idea for yourself or anyone who has recently picked up the Hero, and the good news is that the offer has been extended, so you can still get one for just £26.99 wit...
Well, it's that time of year again. A big HTC leak has just hit the web and it shows what appears to be the Q1 / Q2 Global Roadmap from T-Mobile. There's a stack of goodies in here, including an Android handset with a numeric keypad (look Ma, …
I've just read this DailyFinance article and I have to agree on the majority of the findings. Android developers are enjoying quite an open and easy application ecosystem. Apps appear in the Android Market without much difficulty and customers love th...
Remember that HTC Touch B that popped up on mobifrance the other day? Well, we didn't know a fat lot about it and for some reason other sites guessed that it'd run Android. Well, it doesn't. Worse still, it doesn't run Windows Mobile either. It actua...
Although we're in the middle of giving away some stuff already, our friends at Orange have emailed in about some more chances to win. Think back to when you were a kid - sitting around the Christmas tree trying to figure out what presents you'd got. I...
Mobifrance.com has just posted pictures of this, the HTC Touch B. Known also as the HTC Rome it's very similar in appearance to the HTC Touch2 we reviewed some time back. The Google translation doesn't offer up much detail about this device though. If...
We're currently upgrading the coolsmartphone.com server and adding yet more horsepower. It's costing extra cash, which is why I had to ask for donations a few weeks back. We didn't get a huge response, so I've decided to raid the coolsmartphone.com cu...
Hey, are you a Vodafone customer? Well, feel free to burn as much data as you want tomorrow, because Voda UK are letting you use the internet for absolutely nothing tomorrow (November 27th). Vodafone, it seems, are doing this to celebrate the Christma...
