Art. It’s a subjective topic. One man’s idea of a masterpiece is another man’s Samsung Galaxy S4 cooked to death. Yes, if you like your smartphones burnt to a crisp then you probably need to meet this man. (Tip, don’t go alone!) His name is Kenny Irwin, and …
Yesterday we updated our HTC One with the very latest patches and tried some low-light shots. We compared it against the 13-megapixel shooter on the Sony Xperia T. Both phones had HDR mode turned on during the test. HDR images capture a greater dynamic range between the lightest …
A BlackBerry, complete with an actual keyboard (I know! Weird!) will be available exclusively this weekend from Mr Selfridge. This is available at all the Selfridges stores – London, Birmingham and Manchester, Anyways, if you head into Selfridges this weekend you’ll find that the Carphone Warehouse concession inside …
Episode 44 of the Coolsmartphone Podcast was hosted for the first time by Mark Peters, our holiday cover for James. What a stirling job he did too (watch out for your job James!). Joining him this week were Dan Carter, Simon Allum and myself, Ronnie Whelan. Topics included …
Last week we covered the availability of the Acer Liquid E1 Duo from Expansys. I liked the idea of it as I have a bit of a thing about Dual Sim devices. Well Acer have now actually announced it’s successor already. The Liquid E2 comes in either single …
If you are an EE customer here in the UK use either the Lumia 820 or 920 you are in luck as the EE Film app has been released for download over the Marketplace. Not only are you able to watch film trailers or rent films on the …
Nokia have got something exciting to tell us. The trouble is that they don’t want to tell us yet. They have given us a date though. They’re going to keep us all waiting until the middle of next month. Spoilsports! Today press invites started landing in inboxes around …
We’ve been looking at those “virtual network operators” lately and have already checked out Virgin Mobile and TalkTalk. Both of those networks were keen to get you on board if you were already using one of their other services (like TV or broadband) and, in the case of …
Today the HTC One received an update. Software version 1.29.4.12, which is a 229MB download, is said to update the camera, improve HTC Zoe sound quality, improve Beats Audio and adds system stability tweaks. Let’s wind back the clock because, in February, we posted this article which compared …
You’ve heard of the Galaxy Nexus, right? Well, how about the two Nexus One ‘budget’ satellites that are watching us from an altitude of 150 miles as I type? The idea is to get off the shelf components and make a fully functioning satellite for less than $10,000. …
Apple announced today that it’s going to be retailing tickets for its Worldwide Developer Conference 2013 from tomorrow at 10AM Pacific time, the equivalent of 6PM GMT over here in the UK. WWDC will be run from the 10th of June to the 14th of June in San …
Cast your mind back to April 5th 2012. Nothing of note happened unless you are part of the Tesco Mobile team for they won the annual Which? magazine mobile satisfaction survey. Now, coming back to one year later and guess what…..they’ve only gone and done it again. The …
We’ve reviewed it and we’ve mentioned last month that it was down to less than £200. Now it’s even cheaper with the price dipping down to just £179.99, and that includes the delivery and everything. The handset will, of course, arrive unlocked and has a 4.3” IPS 1280×720 …
Back in October I wrote a small piece regarding the launch of iPlayer radio. At the time the app was only available on iOS with an Android version said to be following soon. Well, some 6 months later the Android version has finally launched and it looks quite impressive. Clearly …
The team at Ofcom have been busy doing research into the mobile landscape. Their results seem to echo the results of our survey in that internet usage is on the rise, and over half of UK adults use a mobile phone to hit the web. According to the …
I was alerted to the DMZmusic Bluetooth dongle by a comment on Leigh’s recent review of the StreamPort Universal. In it, Graham Eastham suggested that it wasn’t worth spending £59.99 on the StreamPort and instead suggested the DMZmusic Bluetooth dongle for just over a fiver! Having an eye …
Getting a fast car is great. You can beat people off the lights and smile as they stuggle to keep up. Trouble is, in the long run, you’re going to run out of fuel quicker and that guy you accelerated away from will end up driving past as …
HTC are not having a good time of it. With they HTC One they come up with a brilliant handset, trumpet it in a massive fanfare and then realise that they are unable to deliver it Now the Taiwanese company are about to be hit with more …
The Samsung Galaxy S4 is all set for launch. So far plenty of carriers have announced their intentions to stock the device and now Virgin Media have thrown their hat into the ring. As ever, Virgin Media don’t just give their subscribers airtime and data limits, also thrown …
Geeksphone is a Spanish company that is pioneering Firefox OS smartphones, and today is the momentous day that they finally go on sale. The Keon, priced at 91 Euros and the Peak at 149 Euros (both excluding VAT), are the first of their kind, so are for the …
