If you are a regular reader of TheCoolGamer or CoolSmartPhone, you will probably know that I’m (sort of) actually looking forward to the release of BB10, having acquired a BlackBerry Playbook through a developer scheme a few weeks back. Well, Research in Motion are at it again, this time with …

I’ve had my Surface tablet for a few weeks now and I’ve tried out basically everything that the Surface has to offer. I am still torn whether I like it or not, over the past few years I have tried out a whole range of Android tablets, an …

The Lenova made Smart Tab II is now available from Vodafone. Vodafone have even made a nice little video showing off the Smart Tab II http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jViiAN3yA2o The 7 inch Vodafone Smart Tab II, powered by Lenovo, is the new 3G and WiFi Android tablet from Vodafone – giving …

If you’ve got one of those clever Smart TV’s then check out the new YouTube app. It includes YouTube TV. To get it working you’ll have to do some jiggery-pokery with your TV and pair it up, so it doesn’t look to be straight DLNA as far as …

Todays deal over at Expansys is the Huawei E303 modem costing a measly £29.99. Introducing Huawei HiLink the world’s first truly Plug ‘n’ surf data card, allowing you to access the internet in an instant! A simple plug is what it takes. No need to install Drivers or …

A few weeks ago in amongst all of the other lawsuit waffle, I heard that Apple and Samsung were amending details of the others products to be included in their second court battle. Samsung added the iPhone 5 and Apple added the Note 10.1, Apple also wanted to …

This week we discuss the Nexus ordering debacle, 3 of us have Galaxy Notes now, HTC and Apple settle and much more. Oh, and the old ladies and innuendos return Your hosts are, Jamie Ryan, James Pearce, Daniel Carter and Mark Peters You can find the RSS feed …

So, what do you do if you want a 10-inch tablet but don’t like Android and you quite fancy the Microsoft Surface but don’t have the funds? Well, you could do a lot worse than an Acer Iconia W500 Windows 7 tablet PC. This has become possible due …

So today is the day that those of us that were lucky enough to order a Nexus 4 will receive their shiny new bundles of shiny from the TNT delivery man. There have been sporadic reports of people getting their devices without prior notice from Google from TNT. …

The other week we posted some details of the new tablets that Gemini Devices were planning on selling at the Gadget Show Live before Christmas. Well it seems they have released some more info on the budget 7″ Android tablet. The spec is as follows: -CPU – ARM …

During the last year Three have added just over 1 million new customers to their network. They’ve announced that they’re stepping up the rollout of their new ultra-fast network 3G DC-HSDPA and next year, 4G LTE technology. By the end of 2012 the cities below will have been …

You may well have seen the review of the Cosmonaut Stylus on the site a few weeks back and thought “Cor blimey Coolsmartphone. I’d love to get my sticky fingers on that particular piece of rubbery goodness!” Well wait no longer folks as you have that very chance …

In a interesting move similar to the rental program from O2, Vodafone have released a new tariff that allows you to get a new phone every year. All at a premium price of course. Vodafone Red Hot gives customers unlimited calls and texts, 2GB of internet and WiFi …

The rather clever Samsung Galaxy Beam that we reviewed a while back here is now even cheaper. Expansys are having one of their one day special sales. Today only the Beam will cost £249.99. When we reviewed it our main problem with it was the price. This problem …

An American dies every 19 minutes from skipping medication or taking meds incorrectly; the problem costs U.S. hospitals $100 billion every year. So that’s why the team from the MediSafe Project launched today the first-ever cloud-synced mobile app that not only reminds users when it’s time to take …

When I first heard that there was going to be another Angry Birds games I wept a little bit. I was a little bit concerned, I’ll explain why in a bit. Never before has there been such a worldwide mobile gaming phenomenon. I suppose Sonic the Hedgehog or …

Data plans can be confusing. Seen those people staring blankly at catalogues in mobile shops? Yup. That’s them. Vodafone have done some research and have looked at SIM-only deals. They’ve found that people generally found that people looking for SIM-only deals do so for two reasons… a) They’re …

He may be the top dog at Microsoft, but Steve Ballmer has never held back when asked about the competition. Today he must’ve been feeling even more relaxed, shooting bullets at both iPhone and Android. Ballmer firmly believes that Windows Phone can sit somewhere in between the “highly …

Earlier we reported that the CyanogenMod team were being held to ransom over their domain by an unscrupulous member of their team. Spurred by the news, the wider community have come to the rescue, and the situation is now under control. Cyanogen himself took to the blog in …

The Windows Phone 8 release has been a little higgledy piggledy with manufacturers, retailers, networks and blogs like us painting a confusing picture of which devices are coming out when. One device seems to have missed most peoples attention and that’s the bargain priced HTC 8S. It was …