Acer Cloud Mobile due on the 20th of September

Acer have been quite hot news recently. Announcing four new phones at competitive prices. The highest spec of these is the Acer Cloud Mobile, it has been available for pre-order for a week or two now. With no mention of a release date. This afternoon Expansys have got …

ZTE announce the Grand X IN

The last few days have been press release crazy. This afternoon ZTE have announced the Intel Medfield version of their current Tegra 2 device the Grand X, it’s imaginatively called the Grand X IN. It doesn’t look drastically different apart from an Intel sticker on the backplate. The …

Something exciting from Nokia on 5th September

I have just had an email through from Nokia inviting us to attend an online webcast where something exciting will be announced on the 5th September but no information on what it might be. Anyone can view the webcast by visiting http://www.nokia.com/webcast from 2PM on the 5th September.  Also …

Amazon Appstore launches in Europe

Amazon today announced the official release of the Amazon Appstore in the UK, France, Germany, France, Italy and Spain. Although European users have been able to unofficially download the app since it was released in the US, the timing of this launch could have something to do with …

Sony Announce 3 New Products At IFA – Including Bond Phone

  More announcements from IFA came from Sony.  In total Sony announced 3 new mobile products, 2 phones and 1 tablet. The first was the Xperia T, Sony’s new flagship top of the range handset which is set to feature in the upcoming Bond movie Skyfall. The main …

The Coolsmartphone Android app has had an update

You may not have known that we have an Android app. Well we do and it has just been updated. The app now includes our YouTube videos, our Podcast and of course our RSS feed. It gives you another way to keep with our articles and content. Some …

Samsung ATIV S Windows Phone announced at IFA

Last night in Berlin Samsung announced a whole load of new devices. The new Galaxy Note II which looks like a big Galaxy SIII, a Galaxy Camera which looks amazing and the Windows Phone 8 Ativ S which again looks amazing. Here we have a quick look at the ATIV S  Windows Phone …

HTC Announce Desire X

HTC have just announced a new smartphone to the world and that is the HTC Desire X which comes loaded with great features for everyone to enjoy without paying a big price. The HTC Desire X will be available in both White and Black from launch day in …

Ask us a question for our podcast – Episode 12

Yes it is that time again, we want your questions for the team who are going to be recording episode 12 of the podcast. Last week we had an almost impossible question to answer, which we tried to answer. Hopefully this week it won’t be as difficult. Just …

Samsung Galaxy Note II announced at IFA

This evening in Berlin Samsung have announced a whole load of new devices. The newGalaxy Note II which looks like a big Galaxy SIII, a Galaxy Camera which looks amazing and the Windows Phone 8 Ativ S which again looks amazing. Here we have a quick look at the Galaxy Note II. …

Samsung Galaxy Camera announced at IFA

This evening in Berlin Samsung have announced a whole load of new devices. The new Galaxy Note II which looks like a big Galaxy SIII, a Galaxy Camera which looks amazing and the Windows Phone 8 Ativ S which again looks amazing. Here we have a quick look …

Three To Stock Samsung Galaxy Note II

In a day will of new announcements, something which was just spotted over on the Three website under ‘Coming Soon’ is the new Samsung Galaxy Note II. No press release has been released about this from the network yet and there is very little detail on the page …

Samsung Galaxy Note II

Samsung’s IFA event hasn’t even started yet. Already, part of it has been spoiled. Say hello to the Galaxy Note II. We expected that it would be coming along with Jelly Bean for the S3. We didn’t know much about it until now. The Samsung Galaxy Note II …

Motorola and Intel to unveil something soon

September the 18th is date when Motorola are due to unveil their next device to the UK. They have sent press invites out today and not a lot has been given away. LET US TAKE YOU TO THE EDGE So from this we can’t guess much. The two …

Skydrive for Android now available

Cloud Storage is definitely one of those things you can’t just get by without these days. I no doubt don’t represent the average phone user with half a dozen different phones, plus tablets and a few pcs, all of which have their own files and structure. Cloud Storage …

Is this going to be the new tablet from HTC?

Don’t you just love the internet? No secret is rarely kept a secret for long, the latest bit of info from the internet that should have possibly kept under wraps is the possible design for a new HTC tablet. A previously unknow Twitter account EVLeaks has posted a …

Archos GamePad. Will it be the ultimate gaming machine?

Archos have recently announced another new device, this time it is a 7″ tablet with game controls on either side of the screen. For the first time with this sort of thing I am actually quite excited about it. In the past devices like this have shown their …

Meanwhile, at 37,000 feet

I had a chat with this gent recently on a flight. He spotted me looking at his phone.. Actually I have to admit that I was watching his movie… It’s a Galaxy SIII from Samsung, brilliant thing. Yeah, I know. I’m just watching the new Batman movie. I’ve …

Alchemy HD For Android

I first played Alchemy a long while ago and spent many a frustrating hour trying to achieve perfection…I didn’t succeed then and now as if to haunt me comes Alchemy HD.  The same riveting game designed especially for HD resolution screens – it looks like the Nexus 7 …