Windows Phone 7 has a few bugs here and there, some more annoying than others, one of my favourite bugs has always been the wifi sleep bug/feature. Whereby if you turned your screen off the wifi would turn itself off shortly after. Ideal if your on a limited …
The latest way to bash the iPhone 5 is about the Aluminium sides and back plate getting scratched. 9to5Mac have posted what is apparently an email to Phil Schiller (Senior Vice President of Marketing) at Apple asking him what to do about scratches on new iPhones. His reply …
When a new phone is released there is a flurry of interest in the specs – What processor? What camera? What operating system version? Then reality kicks in and everyone asks how much the damn thing’s going to be. Annoyingly that’s normally the last thing we hear. However, …
Today Huawei have announced their latest smartphone, the Ascend Y201. The new Ascend Y201 is an entry-level Android handset that will be exclusive to Tesco Mobile. Launching today, the latest offering from Huawei runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread and uses Huawei’s own easy to use interface coined HAP …
After the unexpected runaway success of the much vaunted Samsung Galaxy Note comes the Galaxy Note II. It has now been confirmed by Samsung that the new handset, a cross between a phone and a tablet, will be launched in the UK on 1st October and will be …
Today it has been discovered that some Samsung TouchWiz-running devices can be wiped with a single line of HTML code without confirmation. According to the tweet below, the Galaxy S3 has been confirmed as vulnerable to the attack, with the S2, Ace and Galaxy S Advance (my phone!) …
So, I bought the Humble Indie Bundle 6. Over the next few days, I’ll be posting my first impressions of the 6 games I now have in my possession, starting with the space-shooter S.P.A.Z. S.P.A.Z. is a space-action shooter where you control every aspect of the game – …
It’s fair to say that I’ve followed the mobile landscape for some time now. I sometimes forget that many of you may not remember a time before mobile phones existed, and some of you perhaps don’t even recall handsets without colour screens. Something struck me on a recent …
Like Italian food? Nigella Lawson has made her way on to the iOS platform with another app. Nigellissima, contains recipes from her varied selection of Italian dishes. Yellow Spagetti, Spagetti with Tuna, Lemon and Rocket (I like the sound of that one) and many more. When you find …
Top Google bod Eric Schmidt admitted today that a stand-alone Google Maps app isn’t going to arrive on iOS 6 any time soon. It follows the removal of Google Maps and the new not-quite-as-good Apple Maps getting added instead. Speaking to Reuters, Schmidt said… We think it would …
Google has updated its books app bringing a heap of improvements. According to the Google Android Blog, you will now be able to tap on a location mentioned in a book to learn more about it. An info card will appear with a Google Map and the option …
Any time now we’re all expecting Google to announce a new Nexus (or even maybe some Nexi) along with the next big version of Android: Key Lime Pie. Now while I love Android and have been seriously impressed with ICS and JB, there are still plenty of areas …
There has been much speculation about the next Nexus device. Some saying that there will be several manufacturers all making different Nexuses (Nexi?), others saying that Samsung will just revamp the current Nexus for now. These could, of course, both be true. However, GSMArena are now saying that …
Here at Coolsmartphone each of the writers goes through an inordinate amount of handsets and accessories that go with them. We each have our own favourite suppliers that we find to be reliable and prompt. We therefore thought that we would bring a profile of the ones that …
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For those that are old enough, you might remember your parents telling you to “Give me three rings” when you get somewhere. Now it’s turned into “Give me a text” but, if you want even more peace of mind, try “Guard My Angel”. They’ve sent us a video …
Apple has just announced that they have sold 5 million iPhone 5’s in its first 3 days on sale. For comparison the iPhone 4S sold 4m in its first 3 days on sale. Of course we knew the iPhone 5 was off to a roaring start after …
Satellite navigation giant, TomTom have made it very clear that they take no responsibility for the Apple Maps fiasco that’s haunted the launch of the iPhone 5 and iOS6. Caroline Fisher, vice-president of TomTom’s consumer business unit has stated: “We are more than willing to work with Apple …
Firstly, thanks for making our launch a huge success! We’ve had a lot of traffic since launch, although our first day was marred by issues with the CloudFlare network that took down a few hundred sites (it wasn’t just us). Secondly, we’ve got a totally new look! We …
It really doesn’t seem like a day goes by when we’re not hearing about yet another lawsuit. You know how it goes by now. It’ll involve Apple and either Motorola or Samsung. The Apple Maps criticisms are just the thin end of the wedge. I won’t blame anyone, …
