HTC Windows Phone 8X Review

HTC have been making fantastic hardware for many years now, and when paired with a high quality operating system you really can get the ideal phone.  Microsoft have now announced the release of their new Windows Phone 8 operating system and this is at the heart of the …

Hands on with Windows Phone 8 devices

Currently at the London event for Windows Phone 8 launch and we have managed to get hands on with the phones that are supporting this latest version of the operating system.  These are the Nokia Lumia 920 and 820.  The Samsung Ativ S and the HTC 8X and …

Nexus 7 refresh

And last but not least, the Nexus 7 has been updated to coincide with the Nexus 4 and 10 launches. Basically its a memory upgrade, with the starting point now being 16GB for £159 and 32GB £199 as predicted. Google have also added a (much demanded) 3G version …

Google Music coming to Europe – 13th November

As well as the trilogy of Nexus devices just announced, Google have also confirmed that their Music service is coming to Europe at the same time. This means a 13th November launch for Europe, bizarely slightly before the US. Not that we’re complaining! You will be able to …

Nexus 10 tablet officially announced

Well we’d heard the rumours, but Google’s new Nexus tablet, the Nexus 10 has now been officially announced. Part of its trilogy of devices (including the Nexus 4 and Nexus 7), the Nexus 10 will be available in Europe on 13th November. Details are still coming through, but …

Updated Nexus 4 is official – UK pricing

Todays event may have been cancelled but that hasn’t stopped Google from announcing official details of their latest Nexus Device. It’ll be called the Nexus 4 and will be made by LG. Its essentially the device all the leaks have pointed to for the last few weeks. Here …

Acer S500 Cloud Mobile – Review

I’ve been using the Acer S500 Cloud Mobile as my main phone for a few weeks now and it’s time to bring you the full review. My initial conclusion was that the Cloud Mobile was a great phone that seemed like it was going to be let down …

Huawei P1 LTE unboxing

In what looks to be the first actual unboxing of this device, today I was able to purchase the brand new Huawei P1 LTE on the EE network and whilst sitting here in the hotel room was able to record a quick video to share ahead of the …

Speck Pixelskin HD Wrap – Review

The Speck Pixelskin HD Wrap is a full case for the iPad 2/3/4 generations. It offers front and back protection and doubles as a stand. It also has the magnetic sleep wake function. Is it any good? Lets start with the looks. I was sent the blue one …

Barnes and Noble release their Nook ereaders in the UK

Ebook readers are something of a “do I need one” kind of device. We all have a normal phone, a large phone, a small tablet, a large tablet and a few laptops that can all be used to read ebooks. But when you see someone reading an Ebook …

Primark touch screen gloves – Review

Yes we are serious, we are doing this. My wife came across these the other week whilst looking for some bargains. They are super cheap and surprisingly good touch screen gloves. As with all of our reviews we’ll have a look at the good and bad points first. …

The evolution of the smartphone – as told by HTC

Infographics are one of those odd things, they normally appear thanks to some random research done by a security trying to sell their wares. This one has been knocked up by HTC and it shows a bit of their history in the mobile industry. Oh and it has …

How much storage do you need?

With the impending launch of the Google Nexus devices, specifically the Nexus 4 there are a lot of complaints about the lack of storage/expandable storage on the next line of the Nexus devices. First: Google Nexus devices do not and will not have expandable storage on them! Get …

Nexus 4 advert in Car Phone Warehouse reveals price before launch

Writers for tech web sites, such as coolsmartphone, spend years gaining contacts for getting insider information and leaks. These days, however, all that’s needed is to stand outside a branch of Carphone Warehouse! Hot on the heals of the inadvertent early launch of their Nexus 4 pre-order page, …

iOS Game Review – Brainsss

I love a good zombie game, running away from hordes of them pausing only to shoot them in the face from short range. Well this zombie game isn’t like that. It turns the whole zombie game genre on it’s head. You are a zombie and you have a …

Ubuntu Nexus 7 Installer App Released to Devs

If you have a Nexus 7 you’ll be able to try out Ubuntu on your device now. I tried yesterday and, unlike the OMG Ubuntu posting states, it’s not quite polished as yet. However, as far as you would know it’s just like running Ubuntu 12.10 on your …

Surface Shipping – So we can see them soon.. ish

  We hadn’t mentioned it earlier, but Microsoft UK managed to sell out of the stock it had available for pre-orders of the 32Gb Surface. So out of the three options (32Gb, 32Gb with touch cover, and 64Gb with touch cover), the first two options are off the …

Nexus 4 user guide published ahead of Google event

We won’t lie. Sometimes you get it wrong, but sometimes, you get it right – and releasing the user manual of the LG E960 aka the Google Nexus 4 before the phone has been announced can be taken as a little of both. Right for us, anyway. The …