iTunes 11 finally becomes available to download

The eagerly awaited update to iTunes 11 has gone live, I thought I would let the rush die down a little before I downloaded it. The update went live earlier this evening, 6PM. As with all Apple updates the servers get a huge amount of traffic when they …

Windows Store surpasses Mac Store app levels

We here at Coolsmartphone have a long tradition of bringing the latest mobile tips, news and reviews to you – 10 years, in fact. Recently, with the introduction of Windows 8 and, a bit further back, Ubuntu 12.10 and OSX 10.8, the mobile and traditional computing worlds are coming …

TV Catchup Now in Microsoft Apps Store

TVCatchup, the service that enables you to watch live UK television on your computer, phone or other devices connected to the internet is now available to download from the Microsoft Apps store for Windows 8 and Windows RT. The app, also available on iOS and Android is a fantastic …

Angry Birds Star Wars updated to get the Hoth levels

A few weeks ago I was a little upset/disturbed/excited about the Angry Birds Star Wars game being released. After playing it for a few days I realised that only two world’s were included in the initial version. The Hoth levels were coming soon and the Jedi levels were …

ZTE Announce worlds smallest 4G LTE datacard

ZTE today announced the upcoming release of the worlds smallest 4G datacard. The ZTE MF823 is only 13mm thick and uses Qualcomms second generation LTE chip platform.  It is around one third the thickness of the current crop of data cards. The card has already launched in Kazakhstan …

Globalgig – Cheap data when you go abroad? Yes, really.

Bear with me on this, because this thing could just blow your mind. Well… if not it’ll at least rock the mobile market a bit. Imagine you’re about to travel abroad and want to use your phone or MiFi out there for keeping connected to the web. You’re …

Lumia Deadmau5 gig – Missed it? Watch it all here

Exactly a year since the last event, Deadmau5 once again pounded London with some tunes to promote the new Lumia handsets from Nokia. This time the venue was Flat Iron Square in Southwark and again a hi-tech light show accompanied the tunes. This is all to promote the …

Microsoft claims Windows Phone sales up 300% …but of what?

  Microsoft’s resident megaphone has been spouting again, this time to the annual shareholders meeting, where the larger than life CEO announced that Windows Phone sales are up 300% from last year. That sounds a good tag line, but as Microsoft never announced any sales figures for Windows …

Nokia Lumia 820 In Stock at Expansys

The Lumia 820 is the only one of the top end Nokia offerings that is available anywhere other than at EE stores and as a result stocks are rather low in most retailers. One retailer that has managed to procure stock and will have it available from tomorrow …

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 …

New handsets will still run Windows Phone 7.8

Got one of those Windows Phone handsets running 7.5? Gutted that you’re not getting Windows Phone 8? Well, you’re getting Windows Phone 7.8 at least. Last night we told you that you might have to wait a few more months though. The Windows Phone Blog details the upgrade, …

Windows Phone 7.8 arriving early 2013

Microsoft have just announced that the Windows Phone 7.8 upgrade will happen in ‘early 2013’ to as many devices as possible.  No list yet which devices will get it first but expect the usual Nokia Lumia and HTC series to get it pretty early due to being key …

Now Galaxy Nexus getting 4.2.1 update

After the news yesterday that Android Jellybean 4.2.1 was rolling out to the LG Nexus 4 and Nexus 10 there comes and update for the Galaxy Nexus. The update is as usual rolling out OTA and is less than 1mb in size.     Once installed December is …

Will.i.am iPhone camera add-on – more details revealed

If you happen to be drinking tea whilst you’re reading this.. I’d stop now. It may end up all over your monitor. As we reported a few days ago Will.i.am has shed some more light on the iPhone camera attachment. There are two models, a contemporary (named C.4) version …

Want an iPad but not quite got enough pennies?

Fancy getting yourself an Apple iPad but don’t quite have enough pennies in the bank? That doesn’t matter thanks to Expansys. You can now get an iPad on finance. Join the tablet world and spread the cost, head on over to Expansys and have a look at the …

EE Increase Data Limits with new 4G Mobile Broadband plans

After all of the criticism around the fact that existing packages did not provide enough Bandwidth, EE have today changed those packages in order to provide more data allowances to customers. Data allowances have now been increased by up to 60% meaning that those on a 6GB allowance …

Nexus 7 3G Now available on 3

Google’s highly acclaimed Nexus 7 made by Asus has sold in some rather large numbers in its original wi-fi format however one of the issues raised was that it had no 3G functionality. In it’s latest incantation Google have solved this issue and released a 3G model which …

Snap your receipts, make savings with Shopitize

Look around you. If you see precious antiques and have a swimming pool in your extension, then you can probably tune out now. The rest of us are after deals and bargains right now, and an app called Shopitize is here to give you deals on your shopping. …

Deadmau5 Nokia gig returns tonight

A year ago today we watched Deadmau5 do a pretty brief gig in London. It was all to promote the Nokia Lumia 800 and there were some pretty amazing visuals as the Millbank Tower got turned into a 120-metre high TV for the night. Shorty after, Microsoft told …

Lumia 920 – Camera stabilization tech gets a full workout

The Nokia Lumia 920 launched nearly three months ago but immediately crashed into accusations that the image-stabilization technology in the camera wasn’t that good. Why? Well, it all kicked off after Nokia got caught faking the advert and people lost a lot of confidence. So, UK Mobile Review …