BES 10 will support all Blackberry, as well as Android & iOS devices

In a move that will hopefully provide a welcome break from the continual run of bad news RIM has been having, its announced that the forthcoming BES 10 version of its enterprise device management software will support all versions of its devices – that’s the QNX-based playbook and …

My Phone History – James Eley

Being one of the babies of the Coolsmartphone team my phone history is considerably less impressive than Jamie’s museum of mobile tech!!! The first phone I ever owned had a colour screen and if I remember correctly I saved up my £2 a week pocket money for ages …

Recreating the Olympics on a Galaxy Note

You may remember the Olympics, it had rather a lot of coverage world wide. Well our very own Leigh Geary was invited by Samsung along with a few other people to document parts of the Olympics using only a Galaxy Note. This year during the London 2012 Olympic …

Ergo GoNote Android Netbook announced

Ergo Electronics have announced a few new devices. The main one that caught my attention was the GoNote which is an Android 4.0 10″ Touchscreen Netbook. So it sounds interesting to me. Spec wise it is fairly basic but there are quite a few extras that could really …

HTC Proto images start to appear

Lots has been said about HTC recently, most of it in a “oh poor HTC” kind of way. What hasn’t been said in a while is “look at these leaked images of a new HTC device”. Well today is going to be one of those days. The Verge …

Coolsmartphone Podcast – Episode 11

Do you like phones? Do you like Podcasts? Do you like innuendos? Then you are gonna love this weeks podcast where amongst other things we discuss the reaction to the Note 10.1 reviews, our phone histories, OnLive, court cases and we answer your question. This week your hosts …

Will HTC slash its prices?

HTC devices have always had a premium cost, the quality of the craftsmanship has always made this mandatory when buying a HTC. This may no longer be the case if those Chinese sources are to be believed. It’s being talked about that HTC are planning to lower the …

No more Bada and TIZEN Delayed

No more Bada and TIZEN has been delayed. Samsung has announced that they will no longer be releasing handsets with the Bada Operating System and that TIZEN devices have been delayed until 2013. Bada was used on a selection of Samsung devices. With the wave series being the …

My Phone History – Jamie Ryan

A few months ago I figured out that since 1999 I’ve owned more than 170 phones. I’m going to tell you a little about some of the ones that stick out most for me. The chronology might be a little wonky. This is the first phone I ever …

[Bargain] Lenovo IdeaPad K1 With Free Keyboard Dock £199.99

eBuyer have currently got the Lenovo IdeaPad K1 at a special offer price of £199.99 which is pretty good in itself, but when you realise it comes with the matching keyboard dock that normally costs £99.99 on its own, you’ll see that it’s a bit of a bargain. …

Motorola Motosmart – Initial Impressions

Yesterday we got our hands on the new budget phone from Motorola the Motosmart. It’s bascially a smaller and slightly lower Motoluxe. Normally the smaller versions of devices are abysmal, like the Xperia X8 or some of the smaller Galaxy devices. I’m hoping the Motosmart doesn’t follow the …

4G – What and Why….

Over the last couple of  days you may have heard and read alot of coverage regarding 4G and the fact that Everything Everywhere have been granted a license for Britain’s first 4G network. When discussing this with people who love their smartphone but aren’t really followers of the …

Mobile Banking – Do YOU Dare??

The number of smartphones in use around the world is growing everyday and the functionality that they offer is growing with it.  Things that previously could only be done at home or on a visit to the local high street can now be done on the move, be …

Chameleon Launcher Beta update adds a few widgets

The other week we reviewed the eagerly awaited Chameleon Launcher Beta. Whilst applauding its smoothness and overall design, I was quite annoyed by the lack of built in widgets. Well this morning Teknision have pushed out an update that has added a few more widgets. We now have …

Ask us a question for our podcast

We are approaching episode 11 of our Podcast, so far it has been an enjoyable challenge for most of us,  although hearing your own voice is always a bit odd for the first time. If all goes to plan we will be recording it tonight for publishing tomorrow …

Archos Announce The New 101 XS Tablet With Accessories

You’ve probably heard of Archos. In a world of unknown cheap tablet manufacturers they have established a brand name built around budget Android devices – most notably the G9 Series. They have decided now is the time to mix it with the big boys by releasing the Gen10 …

Samsung Galaxy Nexus price drops again

In what is becoming a weekly occurrence the Samsung Galaxy Nexus has had another price drop over at Expansys this time it has just gone beneath the £300 mark at £299.99. A definite bargain as it one of a handful of devices that have official Jelly Bean available for it. The only slight …

Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 Firmware Update

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 has just received a large update. When mine started I thought that it may be Jelly Bean already, but alas no, it’s still Ice Cream Sandwich, but now it’s up to 4.0.4. There’s no official change log yet, so we’re not sure …

Spigen SGP Ultra Capsule Samsung Galaxy Nexus case review

The second case we have to review today is the Spigen SGP Ultra Capsule case. The Ultra Capsule is a TPU case. TPU stands for Thermoplastic polyurethane which is a flexible, hard wearing, strong and transparent material. That makes it ideal for phone cases. The case is well …