Microsoft seem to be hitting the headlines again, this time in a positive way. Andy Lees, Senior VP of Mobile Communications at Microsoft has revealed new features in Windows Phone 7, including the ability to locate your phone if it gets lost, lock it...
The Motorola FLIPOUT will be arriving on Orange very soon and, after playing with the phone for a number of hours, it's definitely aimed at the "youth" market. Media sharing is on board, as is a rather interesting music player that integrates streamin...
First it was the X10 Mini, now another small Android device has landed in our mobile office. This is the Motorola FLIPOUT and it'll be arriving - complete with CAPITAL LETTERS - to Orange very soon. It, along with the X10 Mini, seems to be targeting t...
With cheap Android devices like the Vodafone 845 entering the market it's hardly surprising that other networks are about to do the same. Orange are prepping a "Project JAL" device which will be own-branded and is believe to be based on the ZTE Blade,...
MobileFun are giving awat free cases to iPhone 4 customers suffering from the "death grip" problem. They're normally £7.49, but if you're really quick you can enter the special promo code and get them for absolutely nothing here. Link - Free iPhone 4...
Google have just kicked their Android development into overdrive with the App Inventor. Have a look at the video - it's unbelievably easy to get going and you can have your own app done and ready in minutes. Critics state that the new App Inventor cou...
Just back from picking up a brand new Samsung Galaxy S which will be used to review for CoolSmartPhone and also keep seeing as I signed up to an 18 month deal just to get hands on the device!. Over the next week I will be putting together …
The rise and rise of Android shows no sign of slowing, with new ComScore numbers showing a 4% increase in US market share. The details show that every other OS has declined, although these stats were calculated before the iPhone 4 was released. Micros...
The X10 Mini has certainly challenged our initial opinions. We thought it would be too small to use, but Sony Ericsson seem to have made the most of its' diminutive size. Last night I managed to get it away from Billy for long enough to take some sna...
T-Mobile UK today announced their prices for the iPhone 4 and the 3GS. Both handsets are going on Contract and Pay As You Go but at present no date has been set but with the price list coming out expect a launch pretty soon. On PAYG the 3GS …
If you've been following our Twitter feed you'll probably already know, but here's what we've had our hands on today. It's the tiny (and we really mean that) X10 Mini. Sure, we saw it in February but, when compared to "normal phones" it's really petit...
We've not really heard much about this device, but 3UK are selling this one for just £109.99 without a contract. It's called the "ZTE Racer Black" and has a fairly mid-range spec. A 3.2 megapixel camera, 2.8" QVGA screen, GPS, microSD expansion and F...
Another roadmap leak, this time from T-Mobile USA, has turned up some gems. The Motorola CHARM is up there, which we knew about already, plus there's a "HTC Vanguard" coming in September and a "HTC Emerald" in November. Both of these HTC devices are b...
A few days back we saw some shots of the Motorola CHARM on an AT&T system. Now it's official, with Motorola making the QWERTY messaging phone official just a short while ago. Android 2.1 will have the MOTOBLUR GUI on top and the specs include a 3 mega...
A range of devices have just fell out of the Omnio website with the HTC Vision (spotted earlier this week) and the HTC Ace. The rumours behind the HTC Ace are bordering on the insane, with a dual-core CPU, Android 3, 4.3" AMOLED, 8 megapixel camera an...
There's yet another interesting piece on the death of the KIN phones by Mini-Microsoft today. He points to some interesting discussions during "Think Week", where Microsoft staff take time out of the office to read papers submitted by employees for ne...
T-Mobile have today launched the Samsung Galaxy S into it's range of devices with some impressive deals and even more impressive data allowances over the other networks. The main features of the Galaxy S are: 4 inch AMOLED Screen 5 Mega Pixel Camera ...
The death of the Microsoft Kin obviously doesn't mean the death of cheap social media phones, with Orange jumping all over the new Motorola FLIPOUT. It's an Android 2.1 device we spotted a couple of months ago and has a full QWERTY keyboard, 2.8" touc...
A Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 update is available and, whilst it's not the 2.1 update that users crave, it will improve performance and speed up the X10. There's an added boost for messaging tasks and the camera interface, plus Sony Ericsson have added a...
Windows Phone 7 still looks to be on track, with this AT&T store installation sheet showing up on the web. It details plans for a refit on July 24th, but this is probably still just preparation for a September / October launch of the Windows Phone 7 d...
