Black Mesa now available!

Yep, you read that right. The long awaited Black Mesa Half-Life total conversion is now available to download! For those not in the loop, Black Mesa is a total conversion (remake) of the critically-acclaimed Valve Corp. game Half-Life. Black Mesa re-introduces Gordon Freeman to the world, with remade …

Orange Hosting – exclusive offer

Are you looking for a reliable Minecraft server host? If so, look no further! Thanks to Orange Hosting, you can now get a great server at a low price. If you see any TheCoolGamer Multiplayer Minecraft/Tekkit videos (coming soon!), then there is a strong likelihood that they would …

Think You Can Park?

OK, I think I can park a car. Do you? This is a cool little game that passes the time of day. The aim of the game is to park the car in the designated space. Choice of cars varies from a VW Golf to a PT Cruiser, …

Motorola Mobility has devices rubber banned in Germany

The Apple lawyers haven’t been distracted by the launch of the iPhone 5, although I’m sure they all pre-ordered themselves one after getting their latest court victory. This time it’s Google’s very own newly acquired Motorola Mobility (still sounds like one of those old peoples’ shopping buggies) devices …

HP heading back into the smartphone game?

So what happens when you drop a couple of billion dollars on a fledgling smartphone operating system, make a couple of phones and a tablet with it and then fire sale the lot? Well if your name’s HP you might realise you made a little mistake! For HP, …

Opinion: Apples “Lightning” Connector *Updated*

Apple announced a new iPhone yesterday and with it came a new connector called “Lightning”. It’s smaller, reversible and generally sleeker than the previous incumbent. Here’s the thing though, people are unhappy about this. They are full of woe about how it is going to cost them money …

O2 announce iPhone 5 pricing too!

Earlier we bought you news that Orange and T-Mobile had announced their pricing for the iPhone 5. Well now O2 are getting in on the act and have posted up some prices of their own, things aren’t looking too cheap over on the blue side of the fence …

How I get by without Internet abroad

Several times a year I go on holiday, I like to totally disconnect from the world. No Internet, no work, no contact with home. Just me, the wife and our cameras. The internet is a huge resource for the traveller, before we go away we print off no …

Pre-order the iPhone direct

So, if you don’t fancy shackling yourself into a contract and you’ve got pots of money just hanging around your house, why not pre-order one without a contract? Both the black and white version (16GB) come in at £529 but they will limit sales to two per customer …

Three taking pre-orders for the iPhone 5

Three are also taking pre-orders for the iPhone and their prices are looking similar to the ones Vodafone announced earlier. 16GB in white or black The One Plan 24 month contract ·         All-you-can-eat data ·         2000 any network minutes ·         5000 texts ·         5000 Three-to-Three minutes £36 a …

Coolsmartphone Podcast – Episode 14

This week we discuss the products launched at Apples iPhone event. We also answer your questions. This week your hosts are, Jamie Ryan, Ravi Patel and Mark Peters You can find the RSS feed for the podcast here, you can subscribe in iTunes and you can find us by …

Vodafone are taking pre-orders for the iPhone 5

Vodafone have started to take pre-orders for the upcoming iPhone 5. Here are their prices. Example pricing and details for iPhone (24 month contracts): Plan 100 Plan Vodafone Red Vodafone Red Red Data Monthly Fee £25 £37 £42 £47 Voice (minutes) 100 Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Texts Unlimited Unlimited …

Xperia T review and unboxing incoming

Hi fair readers, Just a wee quick one to say that very soon we will be getting a Sony Xperia T to unbox and review compliments of Sony. I am very pleased to say that due to me being part of the Sony Ambassador program we will be …

Windows Phone game review – Solitaire

There are a lot of games out there and there are almost as many Solitaire games as well. Is this one going to be any different from the rest? Well it certainly looks nicer than some of the others I have tried out. Here are a few screenshots …

Hands-on with the new iPhone 5?

In the US there’s a chat show called Jimmy Kimmel Live. Following the iPhone 5 launch, they took to the streets to show people the new iPhone 5 and get their opinion. Trouble is, the iPhone 5 isn’t available just yet, and what the people actually handled was …

Talk to us, we’re listening

We have a dedicated team of techy authors here at Coolsmartphone towers, but most of what you see here is a result of your tips and suggestions. If you have any news that we should be covering, do let us know via our contact page. Oh, and no, …

eBay App packs up

We’ve had quite a few emails about the eBay Android app this evening, and we’d love to know from you if it’s doing the same on the iPhone too. For some reason this message is popping up when you try to do pretty much anything in the app, …