Coolsmartphone and RHA Competition Giveaway

On Sunday 25th November we reviewed the rather good RHA 200 Headphones. Now we here at Coolsmartphone have teamed up with RHA in order to bring you something rather special. We have not 1, not 2 but 3 sets of the RHA200’s to give away to 3 lucky …

Windows Phone 7.8 and Lumia 510 demonstrated in video

Windows Phone 8 has now been out for a few weeks with no real sign or information regarding the release of the 7.8 update for last generation of Windows Phone users. That is until now. A video has appeared on a chinese website demonstrating the new update of …

Samsung Reveal new Android flip format handset

A little while ago we showed a new Android powered Samsung flip phone that was destined for the Chinese market. Well, Samsung have quite strongly upped the ante with the launch of a brand new quad core flip phone powered by Android – again destined for the Chinese …

iPhone 5 now on Three PAYG

If you are an existing customer on Three here in the UK and have not been able to get your hands on an out of contract iPhone 5 yet due to Apple stock reservation system being ‘tricky’ at best, the great news is the official Three site has …

RHA CA-200 Headphones review

After listening to and reviewing the rather good RHA MA350 earphones and knowing that not everybody likes in ear buds, I thought I would take a look at another RHA product but this time a pair of headphones – the RHA CA-200s. The RHA CA200’s are a bit …

Coolsmartphone Christmas Gift Guide

Christmas is nearly upon us and sometimes it can be a struggle to find a present to give for that one particular person. Well, struggle no more for we here at Coolsmartphone  have teamed up with some of the leading retailers in order to provide you with a …

Don’t like Android 4.2 lock screen widgets? Turn them off then!

Android 4.2 Jelly Bean came with a bucket load of new features, most noticeable was the ability to add widgets to, and access the camera from the lock screen. Whilst some people (me included) thought that was a great idea, others weren’t too impressed and headed to settings …

Will.i.am announces iPhone camera add-on

Yes, Will.i.am – famed for the Black Eyed Peas and persuading Mick Jagger to appear in that god awful song about getting hard and going home… or something. It seems the iPhone 4S and 5 having one of the better cameras in the smartphone world, is not enough. …

Google TV on offer in UK

You might have seen a small black box from Apple called Apple TV. This connects via HDMI to your HD TV and then streams your media purchases on a nice large screen via WiFi. Now there’s also a version available from Google…. and you guessed it, it’s called …

Google indoor maps now live for UK

If you’re a fan of Google Maps and use it for getting around, the great news is that Google have now turned on the new indoor mapping feature. There’s dozens of locations now indoor enabled here in the UK. The indoor mapping project is being updated all the …

Huawei G300 ICS update next week

Anyone with a Huawei G300 on Vodafone (and at the price it is selling for I would expect there are LOTS), a new software version is due to be rolled out over the air next week which will address a few issues found in the existing version. Costing …

Nokia imaging expert to leave company

Some of you may have heard of Damian Dinning, some of you may not.  For anyone who has not he is the main man behind the imaging technology at Nokia. With his team he’s brought to the market the amazing 41 megapixel Pureview 808 and the PureView technology …

Huawei announce G330 and Y201

Huawei have today announced two new models for its line up of Android handsets. Firstly the Ascend G330, the follow up to the G300, runs on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, has a 4″ screen, is powered by a 1Ghz dual core processor and  incorporates Huawei’s own HAP 5.1 …

Nexus 4 coming to Three

Seekers of the mythical Nexus 4 now have another opportunity to not get one… at least not yet. 🙂 Three have announced that they will be selling Google & LG’s latest and greatest handset. Unfortunately it’s not available straight away, so if you’re not the patient type your …

ZTE become the first Chinese vendor to offer a Jelly Bean device

ZTE today announced that its N880E Android smartphone is now available on Android 4.2 Jelly Bean. This makes ZTE is the first Chinese vendor to launch an Android 4.2 smartphone. Shame they seem to have forgotten us here in the UK. Recently ZTE announced a load of phones …

Three now offering iPad with Retina Wifi + Cellular

Three have now started to offer the iPad with Retina WiFi + Cellular on their super fast 3G network. With prices starting at £25 per month, £159 upfront for 15GB of data the deals are a steal. Grab yourself one from the Three website and have a read …

LTE activated in a Nexus 4.

A few days ago iFixit got their hands on a Nexus 4 and took it to pieces. To their surprise they found an LTE chip inside, unused of course. What is it’s purpose? A lot of people speculate that it’s simple a cost cutting measure from LG and …

Turn your phone into a futuristic toy

With Christmas just around the corner we’re getting stacks of emails about potential gifts for the season. The people at AppToyz have something a bit different. Toys that interact and convert your phone into a gaming machine. For example, with App Fishing you convert your handset into a …

Apples Black Friday deals.

Apple doesn’t often reduce prices of products or have sales but today is a rare exception. They have applied discounts to a few products that may be of interest to anyone who was in the market for them. You can save £31 on an iPad with Retina display, …

HTC Deluxe DLX images “leak” out online

As is usual with any new upcoming device images appear leading up to its release. The HTC Deluxe DLX is no different. We have already seen this device a few times as the Droid DNA is the US and the J Butterfly in Japan. Deluxe DLX is going to …