Coolsmartphone Podcast – Episode 6

It was difficult but we managed to tear ourselves away from our Nexus 7’s for an hour to bring you another podcast. As well as the Nexus 7 this week we also discuss a potential 7 inch iPad, the ZTE Grand X, Apple not copying the Galaxy Tab …

Nexus 7 and iPad get dropped in the name of science

Don’t ask me. We get PR companies sending us emails and sometimes I think, “Are they alright? Did they have too much to drink last night?” This time we’ve received a video from SquareTrade. They sell warranties or something, and if you watch this video to the end …

Would you buy a slide out QWERTY phone?

The rumour mill is quite often spinning rather quickly and last night I spotted something that could be great but could also just be another nail in the coffin. What on earth am I on about? Well the other day T-Mobile US leaked a document that mentioned some …

Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) will arrive on the One X and One S

The HTC One X. You probably read our review and bought one. It’s a great phone, just like the One S (above), but until today we couldn’t be sure that Android 4.1 was going to be available for these handsets. Luckily Jeff Gordon, HTC’s Global Online Communications Manager, …

Huawei Ascend P1 Review

I’m going to start this review in a rather unconventional way. Bear with me. Straight away. Gotta admit it. This really isn’t bad. I mean sure, when I hold the Samsung Galaxy SII, then switch to this, there’s an ever-so-slight quality difference. The camera sticks out ever-such-a-little too …

Project Chameleon coming soon

Can you remember that Kickstarter Project for the Android tablet ui? Well they have raised the required funding and will be releasing a beta version to backers soon, with the full version appearing on the Play Store shortly afterwards. The developers behind Chameleon have got hold of a …

Shortage Continues – Qualcomm

The chip designer Qualcomm has confirmed that they are still struggling to meet demand. Back in April they reported that they under estimated the need. The chips, 28 nanometre ones, are used in the most popular Android handsets including the Samsung Galaxy S3, HTC One X. This shortage, …

Nexus S Jelly Bean Update for The Less Brave

We reported recently that if you’re brave you could go the XDA Developers and download a ported ROM to your Nexus S, but it was potentially buggy. Well, now the official update is rolling out over the air (OTA) to the less brave owners. The vanilla flavour of …

Samsung backhanded compliment, now not so backhanded

Ten days ago Samsung won a High Court battle here in the UK against Apple. It should have been a great day, but the judge soured it a little by saying that the Galaxy Tab had obviously not copied the iPad because… They do not have the same …

Review – Bugatti Leather Cases

My hands smell of leather. It’s a strange pleasure, and I can perhaps see why there are those who wear special “driving gloves”. We asked Bugatti whether we could “review” the Veyron, pictured below.. ..they said no. Perhaps it had something to do with the two cars I’ve …

Huawei Ascend P1 Arrives in the UK next month

Arriving on Vodafone in early August, the Ascend P1 from Huawei is a a slender handset which shares some of the same styling points as the S2 from Samsung. It runs a relatively unspoilt Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and will be free on monthly price plans of …

What’s Happening At Nokia?

Nokia appears to have a surprise instore for us in September.  At their flagship store in Helsinki which is currently closed for renovation the following posters have appeared in the windows. What Something Amazing could point to is anyone’s guess particularly considering the problems that Nokia are currently …

Tweet Lanes for Android gets an update

You may have heard of Twitter! It is a huge great place that lets you rant endlessly to hundreds of like minded people, with the introduction of smartphones the use of Twitter exploded. There are many Twitter apps for every platform and one in particular caught my attention …

O2 Dishes out goodwill gesture after network failure

Following news that up to a third of their customers were offline during “that failure” last week, there’s now 10% off your bill if you were one of the unlucky 7 million-or-so that were without service. The rather apologetic blog post details how the goodwill gesture will be …

Sony Announce ICS Powered Walkman

The more mature amongst us remember the personal music revolution that was the original Sony Walkman.  Indeed, who could forget the constant rewinding of the cassette tape as you were walking along listening to your favourite tune or the stares of envy (or annoyance) as your own music …

It’s so funny, how we don’t talk anymore

It’s official, we’d rather not speak to each other. Head down, umbrella up, we’d rather use text and data than actually talk. The research, by Ofcom, reveals that 58% of people sent texts daily whilst 47% of people make a phone call every day. The average Brit sends …

ZTE Grand X Announced

ZTE have just announced their new handset – the ZTE Grand X in London. It’s a phone we’ve seen previously but this now confirms a UK release. Specs include Android 4 Ice Cream Sandwich, Dual Core Tegra 1Ghz CPU, 4.3″ qHD 960×540 screen, 5 Megapixel camera, 0.3 megapixel …

Jelly Bean arriving on Galaxy Nexus devices through Vodafone

Vodafone customers! Come close! If you bought the Galaxy Nexus it’s probably worth checking for updates. The all-new Android Jelly Bean has arrived and we’ve had people upgrading this morning. Jelly Bean, aka Android 4.1, has a smooth interface (codenamed “Project Butter”), Android Beam for NFC transfers, an …

Sony Xperia Z Leaked?

Looks like the new Xperia flagship phone has leaked onto the internet, well the specs at least, we still don’t have an idea what it looks like yet but with these specifications it looks to be one awesome imaging device Below are the list of specs rumored to …