50 4G enabled cabs now available in the UK

If you live in London you might have seen some of the Vodafone cabs around and about with chargers built in so you can charge your phone on the go? Well now EE have jumped on the cab bandwagon and have installed 4G MiFi into 50 black cabs …

Mega or Fonblet?

Phones are getting bigger and bigger, the Note II, the LG Optimus G Pro, the Huawei Ascend Mate, the rumoured upcoming Note 3 and of course those 7-8″ tablets from Asus and Samsung that can make phone calls. The term “phone” has become a somewhat almost misused word, …

UK gets quad-core only on the S4 – Further confirmation

Just a few days ago we heard news that the Samsung Galaxy S4 won’t have the octa-core CPU here in the UK. Now there’s further confirmation via Expansys, who tell us that the S4 will have the quad-core chip instead. So what do you guys think? Will this …

SwiftKey Tilt – Save your thumbs and bust a move

At Coolsmartphone we realise that our readership are all far too intelligent to be sucked in by April fools jokes (why else would you come to a site with the word smart in the name?), so we’re going to lay this one on the line. 1st April, the …

If Apple made cider they’d sell it like this

Apple have become world leaders in marketing and selling their products, with the Apple stores being their crowning glory. But what if Apple stores were for real apple products? Cider, for example. The makers of Somersby Cider decided that it would be a fun idea to find out …

Apple fans and the NYT get angry as Windows Phone see a small success

Poor Windows Phone and Microsoft! Microsoft’s Corporate Vice President of Corporate Communications (yeah, we know), Frank X Shaw, dared to state in a recent blog post that Windows Phone outsold iPhone in a several territories. Now the Apple blogosphere has gone ballistic, even roping in the New York …

The Coolsmartphone Podcast – Episode 40

This week will go down in history as the Samsung Galaxy S4 pre-order week and needless to say that is one of this weeks topics. Joining me this week we had Ravi Patel as everyone else was doing Easter stuff. Topics this weeks were the Galaxy S4, the …

Facebook and Android event announced for 4th April, but why?

Like Facebook and Android? You may want to put a note in your diary then, because on 4th April there will be an event to announce… well, something. All we know is that it’s apparently going to be Facebook’s “new home on Android”. As with most marketing these …

I wish I could just make my mind up

I’m confused, I don’t know what to do. At times I feel I should give up and just not bother. Mobile phones have me confused, I spend most of my days reading up on and writing about the latest phones. A good chunk of my life is also spent …

Zinio heading to Windows phone

Digital newstand service Zinio has announced that it’ll be launching a Windows Phone 8 app that’ll be exclusive for Nokia Lumia Windows Phone owners. This adds to the current Android and iOS apps in the Zinio line up; however the Windows version will be optimised for the phone …

OUYA available for pre-order at GAME

Kickstarter project OUYA is finally making its way to UK shelves, as high street gaming retailer GAME have put the Android console as available for pre-order. We’re not too sure of the shipping date yet, but GAME have listed a price of £99 (which we were expecting and …

Voda add a new Red XL 4GB data plan and the Galaxy S4

So there’s a new phone around. You may have heard about it. The Samsung Galaxy S4. Yeah, that one. It’s popping up on pre-order everywhere today and now Vodafone have stepped forward with a double-offer. Firstly, you can pre-order the 4G-ready Samsung Galaxy S4 right now in either …

Alcatel One Touch EVO 7 is now available on Three

Three have a variety of different tablets and this latest one from Alcatel fills in the budget end of their offering. Spec wise it isn’t anything astounding. 3G and Wi-Fi variants 7-inch screen 1GHz processor Ice-Cream Sandwich The Alcatel One Touch EVO 3G and Wi-fi variants are each …

Samsung Galaxy S4 up for pre-order at Expansys

You’ve already been bombarded this morning with the pre-order details from various companies and networks for the Samsung Galaxy S4. Now Expansys have jumped in too. According to information we have, they’ll be offering it up for £589.99 including delivery. The black mist and white frost versions will …

HTC One now available on Three

So, you’ve read our HTC One Review and you want to slot this hot new handset firmly into your soft pocket. Now it’s time. Three have now got the HTC One in silver and you can grab it online or in store. It’s available free for a limited …

Flipboard 2.0 comes to iOS

Flipboard has today hit version 2.0, and the big new feature of this release is the ability to create your own magazine(s). Borrowing a trick from Instapaper/Pocket/Tumblr, users can now Flip stories using a bookmarklet, instantly adding them to their very own magazines. These can be both public …

New Vodafone Freebee Rewardz are go

It’s that time of year again. We’ve just lost the weight we added on over Christmas and somehow I’ve finished off that box of broken biscuits. Now it’s Easter, and (with my utter weakness for anything Cadbury) there’s going to be quite a few eggs eaten over the …

Preorder the Galaxy S4 at Three today

Three have just opened up preorders for the new Samsung Galaxy S4 on their network and is free from £35 a month with The One Plan costing just £37 a month Best of all Three will be adding LTE to their network later this year with no price …