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Looking for a gift idea this Christmas?

The festive season is about to hit us head-on, so if you’re looking for present ideas you’ve come to the right place. In the last few weeks we’ve already added a number of reviews and features, but there’s more to come. If you’ve missed the ones we’ve published …

Testing my sobriety .. with a smartphone

With the festive season fast approaching it’s important to remember that drinking and driving really don’t mix. For those that have had a few the night before, or who’s job requires regular testing, there’s now a new breathalyser which is small enough to hang off your keys. Not …

HTC announces the HTC One in gold

Remember the £2700 ‘real gold’ HTC One? Well, this one’s more of a cheaper ‘champagne’ version. HTC has announced a new “golden” version of the HTC One to go alongside the silver, black, red and blue versions. In this version the aluminum chassis has been treated with a …

Vodafone want you to feature in the movies

Well, almost. Orange / EE customers have long enjoyed the “Orange Wednesdays” promotion, which gives their customers 2 for 1 entry to films. Now Vodafone are getting in on the act too, giving their Pay as you go customers £10 to spend at the cinema every month for …

Tesco Finest tablet cases going cheap

The supermarket chain have slashed prices on their range of posh “Finest” tablet cases. There’s a fairly sizable range to choose from and they make rather nice presents too. Whilst looking for my “special cream” I found these. Firstly, this canvas iPad Mini car is down from £15 …

New hassle-free data SIM providers rock up

Data. You want it. You want it right now. You want big, fat, sweaty piles of data and as quick as possible. You filthy, filthy monkey. You disgust me. How’s 99p per GB sound? That sound good? Huh? Got yourself a cheap enough deal there? How about a …

Moto G – Motorola are still kicking

As we head into the festive period Motorola look to have a little surprise for us. They’re not telling us a great deal at the moment, other than the fact that we should stand by for further details on Wednesday 13th November. However, a leak has possibly already …

Coolsmartphone Gift Guide – Touchscreen Gloves

Over the next few weeks you’ll be seeing more from our “Gift Guide” series. We’ll be covering the best accessories, gadgets and smartphones to stuff into the stocking this festive season. First, gloves. Gloves are great. They’re obviously practical at this time of year. Winter is on the …

Make Christmas that little bit cheaper

Regular as clockwork, the utility companies have ramped up their prices. With Christmas round the corner and your wallet becoming emptier by the day, it’s time to look at some money saving tips. We’ve already covered many ways of cutting your gadget expenditure. You can buy a cheaper …

Lumia 1520 – More shots appear

It’s a phablet Jim, but not as we know it. Yes, it’s a big phone / small tablet hybrid but no, it’s not powered by Android or iOS. Someone doesn’t seem to be shy to wave this particular 6 incher around, and this time the shots are from …

Angry Birds Seasons now available on Windows Phone 8

For Windows Phone 8 users the wait as finally over as Angry Birds Seasons arrives! Joining Angry Birds Space and Angry Birds Star Wars, Seasons offers more than 300 levels across a variety of special seasons including Halloween and Christmas. The style of the gameplay sticks close to …

comScore – Windows Phone share shrinking. Yes, shrinking.

The latest figures from analytics firm comScore are out and the news, based on these figures, is pretty bad. The figures go all the way up to December 2012, when shiny Windows Phone 8 handsets like the Lumia 920 were sitting on shelves at the height of the …

Motorola RAZR i Coming in White

Motorola have today announced a new version of their RAZR i Edge to Edge smartphone. The new version will appear first in Phones4U sporting a brand new fetching all white look. Featuring a 4.3″ Super AMOLED Corning Gorilla Glass display together with Motorola’s edge to edge display, the …

Boxes is now available in a Christmas style

It was only a few days ago that we reviewed “Boxes” for Windows Phone (details here), which is a rather cool Tetris style game which uses cardboard boxes to recreate the falling shapes. Well yesterday the developers got in touch to let us know that their festive version …

Warm your ears whilst listening to some banging beats

The wife wanted me to take her to one of those festive German Markets this weekend. She wasn’t too please when I pulled into Aldi, but hey – £2.38 for four cans of lager? You can’t argue with that. If you are planning on actually going out to …

Three offer up the iPad mini today too

Just how can we make this paricular story more than one paragraph in length? Should I mention our festive Coolsmartphone logo? Or the fact that my wife just filled my diesel car up with petrol? No… That wouldn’t work, surely. Three, hot on the heals of EE, have …

Christmas Gift Guide Part 2

  Christmas is nearly upon us and sometimes it can be a struggle to find a present to give for that one particular person. As mentioned in our first Christmas Gift Guide, we have teamed up with some of the leading retailers in the industry to bring you …

Virgin Media offer up unlimited data for £10 a month

Data. We all want more, even if we don’t really need it. Now Virgin Media have announced some new Pay-As-You-Go plans and now unlimited data starts at just £10 a month. It’s a simple setup. There’s two plans – “Big Data & Texts” and “Big Talk”. For £10 …

News roundup from over Christmas

Over Christmas the last thing I want to do is read what is going on in the world. I like to eat, drink and buy stuff in the sales that I don’t really need (HTC Flyer). Today I’m back at work and thought I’d round up various articles from …

Christmas wishes from all of us at Coolsmartphone

Hello. It’s that festive time of year again. After the mince pies and Christmas puddings have been eaten we’ll be entering our tenth year online. It’s pretty hard to believe that one page has turned into this monster, and I wanted to send a big thanks out to …

Classic retro gaming – Duke 3D free and ad-free for 2 days

Fancy spending a few hours playing a classic first-person shooter? Duke 3D is now available for free in the Market, and there’s no adverts either. It’s the ideal distraction from tense family festive meals or when you’re getting dragged around the shops. Just don’t start shouting “Got ya …

A shooting Ray of light

There has been quite a lot of activity from the Sony Ericsson design team this year and the latest device to be brought forth from their creative minds is the Xperia Ray. This phone is not your usual fair from SE in that it does not fall into …

Free headphones this Christmas

Fancy some funky headphones when you buy a Pay As You Go Phone ? Have a look at the latest offer from Orange. They’re giving away these rather lovely headphones, which are worth 60 quid, when you buy a phone costing £30 or more. Customers buying a Pay …

Angry Birds Seasons released for Android

Us Android users felt a bit left out when Rovio released a Halloween Special of Angry Birds for iPhones, but fear not, as they have just released a festive version of Angry Birds for Android!  This seasonal version has a "surprise" for each day o...

Tango – Give free video calling a try

One app we've perhaps not covered here at coolsmartphone is Tango. It's a way of making free mobile video calls to other Tango users. An updated version was added to the Android Market on November 19th. Even without a face-pointing camera it's still ...

Merry Christmas from Coolsmartphone.com !

I've just spent 30 minutes looking for a parking space, 5 minutes sitting behind a guy who was arguing about a parking space, 30 minutes queuing in the bank and an hour battling through shops. Then, in the local supermarket, I witnessed the utter madn...

Christmas comes early – Get Snowed in 6 for free!

So there you are, minding your own business when someone says, "It's Christmas!" You're instantly force-fed adverts featuring expensive toys, electrical items and gifts .. but it's still November. Bah! :) Still, if you're in a winter mood (and I was ...

Free Game for Windows Mobile – Snowed in 5 – Flaked Out

I'm guessing that a lot of alcohol was consumed in the making of this new promo video from our friends at ClickApps and ClickGamer, however we're prepared go with it because they're promoting "Snowed In 5 - Flaked Out". It's now available for Windows ...

Audio X Transmitters ..and the winners are..

Last week we started getting all festive and ran a competition in association with ClickGamer to give away one of three Audio X FM Transmitters. These natty devices let you broadcast your mobile MP3's onto any FM radio so you can bop along as you driv...

Christmas Time

Christmas time and another year is almost done. This is the point where a lot of sites do a "year in review" thing - however I couldn't be arsed so I'm here instead to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. :) 2004 …