Jetpack Joyride is now available in the Google Play Store

After a brief spell in the Amazon Appstore, Jetpack Joyride is now available for free in the Google Play Store. It is quite an addictive game where you fly along collecting coins and power ups and dodging obstacles. Here is the Play Store description: Join Barry as he …

Coolsmartphone Podcast – Episode 16

This week we discuss Blackberry Jam, the Samsung Galaxy Camera and the fallout from the iPhone 5 and iOS 6. This week your hosts are, Jamie Ryan, Ravi Patel, Mark Peters and Khellan Payne You can find the RSS feed for the podcast here, you can subscribe in …

Blackberry L & N Series Video & Images Leak

Hot off the press and thanks to the guys over at Crackberry.com, internal marketing images and a video showing the new Blackberry handsets have been leaked. Shown is the full touchscreen L Series and the Qwerty N series, also below are some screen captures taken from the video, …

Ebay launch version 2.0 of their Android app… again

We broke the news a couple of weeks ago that the ebay app had been updated from version 1.8 to 2.0 and immediately started causing errors that stopped users doing anything useful with it at all. Later that evening it seemed to have been fixed, but ebay soon …

Samsung Galaxy Camera priced up for pre-orders

Back in the summer at the Samsung Unpacked press event in Berlin the Galaxy Note II and Ativ suite of Windows devices were announced in a flurry of excitement, but what they also announced on the same day was something they referred to as the ‘camera reborn’, the …

Sony Xperia T now available on Three

Three are now selling Sony’s new flagship Android phone – the Xperia T. Otherwise known as James Bond’s new phone, the device features a class leading 13 megapixel camera, 4.6″ HD screen, 1.5ghz dual core processor, 16gb storage and NFC. The phone is available now from Three for …

Ask us a question for our podcast – Episode 16

It’s that time of the week again and we are preparing to record our next podcast. This week has been a little bit quiet on the news front, the Apple bashing continued and the excitement about Windows Phone 8 didn’t disapate. Oh and a few of the team …

Bad Piggies now available in the Google Play Store

Rovio the worldwide renowned developer behind Angry Birds has just released their new game, Bad Piggies. It has just appeared in the Play Store and the link is below. Play Store Link – Bad Piggies Oh and here is a little video showing you what it’s about.

HTC Sensation XL prices coming down [deal]

Phones come and phones go, sometimes leaving a whole legacy behind them, sometimes just disappearing without much of a fuss. The HTC Sensation XL was never the most outstanding phone, mainly due to the fact it was a single core device in competition with its dual core companions. …

Acer Cloud Mobile Available from Wednesday 3rd October

News has reached us that the new Acer Cloud Mobile will be available from 3rd October directly from Expansys. The new 4.3″ device is set to ship with Android 4.0 Ice Cream sandwich and is powered by a 1.5Ghz dual core Snapdragon processor.  With 16gb internal storage and …

Shut your mouth! Blackberry 10 time shifting on the camera

Not that all you Android and iPhone afficionado’s out there will notice or care, but the Blackberry Jam: America’s conference is underway, and along with the traditional sneak peeks at up-and-coming goodies, they promo’d their latest OS developments. Its been a while since we’ve had some truly simple …

Ofcom, Govt, telecoms LTE talks still not resolved

  We’d all like to see 4G rolled out throughout the country sooner rather than later. The latest report are that the talks designed to move the auction timetable up and to find ways of clearing out the spectrum to be under strain as it enters the final …

Celebration: Google Play 25p Sale!!!!

Google Play, Google’s app store has hit 25 billion downloads according to the Official Android blog. As a way of celebration Google have decided to have a sale and offer various apps, books and films (as well as music if you are in the US) for only 25p …

Enjoy racing on a bigger screen – Asphalt 7

Asphalt 7 is one of a few apps to have already received an update to allow full use of the iPhone 5’s taller screen. The graphics are well detailed, I’d consider them to be console quality, something you could expect from a Wii. On a mobile device that’s …

RIM rocks on with Blackberry 10

  “Because sometimes it just has to be said through music”. We suspect someone in RIM uttered those words, and to show the world that the RIM execs have a sense of humour, a music video was born and posted on youtube. One of the most amusing thing has …

CoPilot updates its navigation offering for iOS 6.

With all the issues surrounding the new Maps app in iOS 6 a lot of people are quick to point out that it isn’t the only solution to navigating our wonderful planet. My good friends at CoPilot got in touch with me today to say that their app has been …

Google release underwater maps of coral reefs

You may have noticed that maps have been in the news quite a lot recently. It seems that Google are enjoying the attention their main competitor is getting, and has decided to launch the latest addition to their navigation suite: Underwater Maps! The first places to be mapped …

Android binaries update JRO03R

Google Developers updated their binaries for the Nexus line last night with noteworthy changes mentioned by JBQ to be: “for grouper (i.e. Nexus 7), the new binaries support GPS, and include a high-precision touchscreen firmware.” What does this mean for you? If you are on anything other than …

My iOS Experiment – Part 3

What started out as a light hearted discussion during our weekly podcast has turned into something of a monster. I’ve changed, I’ve become something I’ve always strived to avoid. I’m becoming a bit of a fan of Apple. You may be wondering what on earth I’m on about …