Can you remember last year when Motorola announced three new devices for the US market. The Motorola Razr HD, the Razr Maxx HD and the Razr M. These were all pretty neat looking devices and only one of them made it over to the UK. The Razr M …
Tile Launcher Beta is an awesome app! I absolutely love it! And, yes, that is how I am opening this post. I am too excited :-). Tile Launcher Beta is a replacement for your good old stock home screen. The basic idea of it is using tiles for …
RIM are about to launch a massive attack on the iOS and Android dominance in the mobile industry with their new BB10 operating system, and for the once-mighty manufacturer this new launch cannot come soon enough. Having been totally rebuilt using new modern technologies, the new BlackBerry devices …
Many of you have heard of Google Now, but for those of you who have not, Google Now is an application designed to quickly display personalized location and time pertinent information for you. It can quickly search your phone or the Internet for whatever you are looking for, …
Can’t get yourself a Nexus 4? Are you one of the unfortunates who tried to place an order on the Google site, only to be knocked back at the last minute? Well worry no more. Get your nose out of the keyboard, dry those tears, because Virgin Mobile …
Things are looking a little better for Nokia. Sure, don’t get me wrong, things aren’t fantastic, the low-end Asha smartphones (based on the Series 40 operating system) are outselling the Lumia handsets two-to-one. It’s these phones that are supporting the company with sales of 9.3 million devices sold …
I’m one of those people who like to check data speeds most days. In doing this I’ve found where the data signal is strongest at home or at work. Speedtest.Net have had apps available for Android and iOS for a while now and overnight they’ve gone and released …
Data analysis firm Arieso have been studying the data usage habits of global data connections to thousands of mobile devices, and has come up with some interesting trends on devices. Using the iPhone 3G as their baseline case and measuring other phone relative to that, the latest crop …
I like a nice leather case. They have a tendency look both classy and smart, much like myself. The Spigen SGP LeatherGrip falls into this category nicely. It’s a snap on the back style case with a soft touch lining for protection. The leather is genuine and …
Well, it certainly took a while for Orange to sign this one off, but the Samsung Galaxy SIII Jelly Bean update is now rolling out for handsets on Orange. Reader John Bairner tells us… It’s here at long last Via Kies Jelly Bean 4.1.2 Orange update for the …
The Gamepad is a unique device, it is like nothing I have ever used before. In the past my mobile gaming had been done on a Nexus 7 or a Galaxy Note, so using real buttons was going to be something new for me. with the Gamepad I …
Back in November last year I mentioned that it had been a decade since I started creating a few pages on the back of a family website. However, as you can see below, the Coolsmartphone domain becomes a full 10 years old on February 14th 2013 – just …
A film tie in game and some zombies, could this game start off any lower down the credibility ladder? Judge Dredd vs Zombies has been out a few months and I initially missed it, the only reason I installed this game is because there is a version for …
After just over two and a half years Samsung has managed to shift 100 million Galaxy S series devices. Their SIII hit the 1 million sales after just 50 days and reached 30 million in less than 6 months. Samsung aren’t forgetting the SII though, which was the …
We covered this way back in June but it’s popped up again at CES and perhaps deserves another mention. Tactus Technology have developed a way of converting your standard touchscreen into a “tactile experience”, which basically means that keyboard buttons magically morph out of your screen. The result, …
A recent update by LeakROMs.com (lovely message on their website by the way) has leaked details of the upcoming HTC M7. Although there’s just one supposed shot of the M7, it’s more than a little vague and the main news is the ROM leak showing the new Sense …
Last week you’ll remember we announced the winners of our Kindle Fire Accessories give-away. To make sure you guys with the older Kindles aren’t left out MobileFun sent me a case for my Kindle Keyboard to show to you guys. Press play, sit back and enjoy the video. I’ve had this for …
The Chrome browser for Android has been one of my favourite parts of having an Android 4.0 and above device. But it doesn’t get updated that often. To help test out new features Google have released a beta version. Which you can get at the link below. Description …
Rumours have been floating around for ages now about Samsung and flexible displays. Well today at CES they have finally gone and announced it. They have also managed to post part of the keynote onto YouTube as well. The video shows a range of really thin phones and …
The trouble with phone cases are that its long been disputed which is better for protection. Hard cases, or softer silicon/TPU cases. The solution may be hybrid cases which is where the Slim Armor for the iPhone 5 comes in. The Slim Armor is a 2 part case …
