HTC 8X in blue now in stock

Another day another eagerly awaited device. This time it’s the HTC 8X in blue. Which we reviewed here. Expansys now have them in stock costing £399.99 more details here. Clove have also mentioned that they have the blue in stock as well, more details here.

Virgin Media offer up unlimited data for £10 a month

Data. We all want more, even if we don’t really need it. Now Virgin Media have announced some new Pay-As-You-Go plans and now unlimited data starts at just £10 a month. It’s a simple setup. There’s two plans – “Big Data & Texts” and “Big Talk”. For £10 …

Coolsmartphone Podcast – Episode 21

This week we discuss the Microsoft Surface, the multiple Google Announcements, EE hands on and lots more. Your hosts are, Jamie Ryan, James Pearce, Dan Carter and Mark Peters You can find the RSS feed for the podcast here, you can subscribe in iTunes and you can find …

Nuketown 2025 Trailer Released

Activision released a new trailer today for the hotly anticipated Nuketown 2025 map. Nuketown was one of the most widely popular Call of Duty maps of all time. The map is based around a “town of the future” design from the 1960s. Boy, they were way off. The …

iOS 6.0.1 released; iOS 6.1 now available for developers

Apple has today pushed out the first minor bugfix to their recently released iOS 6 mobile operating system. The bugfix resolves several issues with the OS including, the camera flash not going off in some cases, a bug where the iPhone may not use the mobile network and …

O2 ‘capitalise’ on the inexpensive Nexus 4

The Nexus 4 is due in just a short couple of weeks. You may also have read that O2 have exclusivity on the contract side of things for one month. You’d expect a handset that starts at £239 sim free to come fairly cheaply on contract, right? Well, …

Apple told to re-do their Samsung statement

The rather back-handed statement that Apple were forced to publish on their site has seemingly riled British judges. The statement was ordered by courts following a battle with Samsung over the iPad design. Apple were told that it should explain that Samsung had not copied the iPad design. …

Nokia Lumia 820 SIM free available soon

Today has been a day of retailers passing on information about the upcoming Nokia Lumia phones. The latest bit of info we’ve had was from Expansys who have let us know about the SIM free version of the Nokia Lumia 820 in black will be available from 12 …

LG Nexus 4 system dump available for download

We all knew it wouldn’t take long, so here it is a full system dump of the Nexus 4. It’s only a matter of time now before we start to see modded versions of the software working on non Nexus devices, we already have a working keyboard and almost fully …

Microsoft Surface with Windows RT – Initial Impressions

A lot has been said about Windows 8 recently. A lot of it has been negative and mainly about the metro new tiled interface. I didn’t buy into any of the negativity and when the Surface with RT tablets came up for pre-order I went ahead and ordered …

3D Printed iPhone 5 Case Review

It’s not often that you need an app to purchase a phone case. 3DPCase by Sculpteo is an app in the iPhone app store that allows you to partially design your own custom 3D printed iPhone 4 or iPhone 5 case.   There are a range of different designs …

Nokia Lumia 920 now available Sim Free

One of the most eagerly awaited Windows Phone 8 devices is the Lumia 920. Various sites have been quoting contract based prices and barely any sites have quoted Sim Free prices. Until now that is, online retailer Mobicity have tweeted saying they have the black Lumia 920 in …

Galaxy SIII Mini Launch date confirmed

Like the Samsung Galaxy SIII but don’t like the large screen size? In just one week you’ll be able to pick up the new SII Mini. Available to buy next Thursday (November 8th), the Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) handset also includes Sims 3 and Bejewelled 2. It has …

My iOS experiment – Part 4

Regular readers might remember my plight to see what all of the fuss regarding iOS is about, one night a few months ago during one of our podcasts I had an idea. An idea that has cost me several hundred pounds so far, I bought an iPhone 4S.  Just …

Find a Tradesman app now available on the Google Play Store

Finding a builder or an electrician can be a bit of a nightmare sometimes. Luckily the people behind the ratedpeoplecom.com website have now got an app to help you do just that. Rated People – for quality, local tradesmen – The UK’s largest trade recommendation service – Over …

Waze the social sat nav app gets more features in new update

Yesterday Waze the free social sat nav and mapping app had a bit of an update adding more features to the app. So what’s new in this version? What’s in this version: ✓ See friends driving to your destination & everyone’s ETA ✓ Send a pick up request …

New Samsung Patent Emerges – Flexible Displays Incoming?

Samsung, fresh from their titanic lawsuit with Apple, are pressing forward with their great work in recent years in display technology, by filing for a patent on an intriguing tri-fold flexible display, it has emerged. PatentBolt have reported that a recent Samsung IP paper outs the patent, and …

Google Play Store passes 700,000 apps mark

Last month it was announced by Apple that the app store had passed the 700 thousand apps mark. Well, in the spirit of true competition, Google has now also announced that the Play store has now also passed the 700,000 apps number. With the announcement of the new …