Choosing a phone case is almost as hard a choice to make as the initial choice over the phone. You can buy cheap soft rubbery silicone ones, harder flexible TPU ones, two part cases that make your phone look like a piece of military equipment and then you …

Six months ago, Everything Everywhere said it would never happen. Now, the day after OFCOM gave approval for EE to use its existing 1800 MHz spectrum for 4G use ahead of the long awaited 4G Spectrum auction, the cat has been let out of the bag. In a …

So after the chat about old phones in the most recent podcast it got us all talking (behind the scenes) about all the phones we have had through the years. So, inspired by that, a few of us have put together our phone history! So, here we go… Motorola M3188 …

Over the past few weeks we keep hearing more and more about the upcoming Windows Phone 8 devices. We have a bright yellow Nokia Lumia and we have seen some varied specs for three different HTC devices. As far as Samsung was concerned we had heard some codenames …

I am a great fan of the Nexus range and it is getting round to that time of year where we start to think about what Google have planned. SamMobile have uncovered some details of an as yet unannounced device the i9260 which has some intriguing specs. Here …

Yesterday Apple and Samsung gave their closing arguments in the ongoing patent and trade dress dispute. Before it got to that stage however, Judge Lucy Koh had to read off a large list of jury instructions which took most of the morning. These included information on things like …

Expansys have put up pre order pages for the Dual Sim Acer Gallant Duo in either white or black. We posted the Press Release for the two Gallants earlier on today. It seems like an interesting device with a decent price. Acer have really stepped up this year …

Dual Sim phones have never really come to anything. They always seem to be a good idea but never really deliver. Back in the days of Windows Mobile they existed and didn’t really take off and more recently Viewsonic have released a few under specced dual sim devices, …

A phone timeline. Wow. This has certainly been a memory test, but here we go…

Reaction Everything Everywhere – Ofcom’s decision to make 4G available this year is great news for the UK. Consumers will soon be able to benefit from the much greater mobile speeds that 4G will deliver. 4G will drive investment, employment and innovation and we look forward to making …

Today it is the turn of Stephen Murray to share with us his phone history. Panasonic GD30 This, as far as I can remember, was my first phone. Battery life was pretty good, and it did everything I needed it to. How times have changed! Nokia 3210 Ahhh, …

Gemini have announced another tablet today. This one is slightly lower spec than the other one. but it does come with a protective case and a bluetooth keyboard. The spec for the device is as follows: JoyTAB Gem10312BK RRP £199.99 CPU: ARM Cortex A8 Graphics: ARM Mali-400 Memory: …

Ofcom have today approved Everything Everywhere to deliver 4G from September this year. Which means T-Mobile and Orange will be able to offer super fast mobile broadband very soon. Obviously you will need a compatible handset, but this is great news for the consumer. What it means for …

Expansys have today reduced the price of the Motorola Xoom 2 Media Edition to only £184.99. The tablet with 16gb of onboard storage and has an 8.2″ screen.  The Xoom 2 ME sports a dual core 1.2ghz processor, Corning Gorilla Glass and runs on the Android 3.2 Honeycomb …

Gemini make a range of budget tablets, one of which was reviewed by Ronnie a few months ago (review here). Yesterday Gemini announced a new model to add to their ranks. The new tablet will be called the Gem9212 costing only £229.99 and it will feature the usual …

CarphoneWarehouse and Expansys are now selling the Galaxy Note 10.1 Expansys models start at £404.99 for the Wifi only version (including delivery), whilst at CarphoneWarehouse the base 16gb model is £399.99 with free delivery. Expansys also have the 3G model for £484.99 including delivery. Links – CarphoneWarehouse and …

The new Huawei Ascend P1 has finally landed in the UK on the Vodafone network and can be yours free from as little as £26 a month for some great specs and an almost unbranded operating system. We recently reviewed the P1 which got a great report and …

We’ve covered Jolla mobile quite a few times here on Coolsmartphone and regular readers will know that the company are in the middle of creating a MeeGo powered phone. One of the fundamental problems with MeeGo or any new OS, is that there is a severe lack of …

The successor to Sony’s flagship Xperia S has appeared on Sony Mobile’s website. The Sony Xperia SL will launch with a 4.3″ TFT 1280×720 screen, a 1.7ghz Qualcomm Dual Core processor and will feature a 12.1 mega pixel camera. Weighing in at 144 grammes, the handset will be 10.6mm …

  LG has announced details and global availability of its latest device the Optimus Vu.  The device, a mixture between a phone and a tablet (rather like the Samsung Galaxy Note) will be sporting a 5″ screen and come inclusive of 1gb RAM, 32gb onboard storage – no …