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Two whole decades. 1992 eh? Heck, I wasn’t even born. OK, who’s laughing? The guys at Clove are celebrating the fact that they’ve been in operation for 20 years. You can celebrate too, because Clove are giving away loads of stuff in a daily giveaway draw. There’s 150 …
Editors note – We get a lot of apps sent in for review. This one had a twist, they guys from ClimateCars wanted to show us their new iPhone app with a free drive around London. Well, we decided to offer this out to one of our readers, …
So, you’ve got a business card. Most people do. Whether it’s a cheap business card or a posh aluminium one there’s generally the same problem – you can only fit a certain amount of information on, and when your number or job title changes it means a whole …
I’ve had my Surface tablet for a few weeks now and I’ve tried out basically everything that the Surface has to offer. I am still torn whether I like it or not, over the past few years I have tried out a whole range of Android tablets, an …
Todays deal over at Expansys is the Huawei E303 modem costing a measly £29.99. Introducing Huawei HiLink the world’s first truly Plug ‘n’ surf data card, allowing you to access the internet in an instant! A simple plug is what it takes. No need to install Drivers or …
During the last year Three have added just over 1 million new customers to their network. They’ve announced that they’re stepping up the rollout of their new ultra-fast network 3G DC-HSDPA and next year, 4G LTE technology. By the end of 2012 the cities below will have been …
In a interesting move similar to the rental program from O2, Vodafone have released a new tariff that allows you to get a new phone every year. All at a premium price of course. Vodafone Red Hot gives customers unlimited calls and texts, 2GB of internet and WiFi …
An American dies every 19 minutes from skipping medication or taking meds incorrectly; the problem costs U.S. hospitals $100 billion every year. So that’s why the team from the MediSafe Project launched today the first-ever cloud-synced mobile app that not only reminds users when it’s time to take …
Well a recent survey commissioned by Storage Options seems to suggest that yes we are obsessed. The results certainly do make for some interesting reading. Such as: · 57% use mobile devices in bed and 40% use them on the toilet · 45% say they can ‘never switch off’ …
Maps, on iOS? Let’s not go there shall we? Now Nokia are getting in on the act, launching a location and mapping service for iOS. It’ll be called “HERE”. Yes, iOS. Android soon, and Windows Phone of course too. It’s not just maps either, there’s navigation, offline caching …
America. Land of the free, home of the Verizon network and now – the Droid DNA. Made by HTC it’s available for pre-order on VerizonWireless.com and features a Super LCD 5″ screen with an amazing 1920×1080 resolution. Specs have been widely leaked, but include a 1.5Ghz quad-core Snapdragon …
As a big promoter of data use on mobile phones, I’ve already pushed the boundaries. Over a year ago I did the AYCE Challenge on Three and used 44GB in two weeks (no really, here’s my bill). The end result? No extra charge for data use – even …
Is the Galaxy SII just a little too large for you? If you don’t mind a slight dip in specs, the SIII Mini is now available from Three. It’s currently only available in their stores but will appear online next Friday. Featuring a 4″ WVGA Super AMOLED display, …
Right, RIGHT… that’s it. This has been doing my head in for days. I’m sure that they’re lovely people, but the PR team for this app have been badgering me for ages about this particular app and I’ll admit, I’ve caved in. But, I have no idea who …
Three have just sent out a press release stating the new Windows Phone 8X by HTC is now available on their UK network on both contracts and PAYG if that is the route you would like to go down. Available from £30 a month or £399.99 on PAYG …
We’ve all felt the pain. That feeling when you look at your phone and the battery level is all the way into the red, when you start thinking “This never happened with my old Nokia/Samsung/Sony Ericsson a couple of years ago”. So when I read that a Massachusetts-based …
My thoughts on the 4G LTE technology? Well, to be honest it’s taken be back in time. This is both a good and bad thing, and I’ll explain why. I’m old enough to remember a time when mobile phones weren’t in everyone’s pocket. My first phone was a …
When it comes to massive phones Android have the market all to themselves, but not for long if ZTE have anything to do with it. ZTE’s marketing chief, Lu Qian Hao, has decided to tease us with what seems to be a huge Windows Phone. He tweeted the …
Yes, you read that correct…it says ‘billion’. That’s a heck of a lot of devices to be purchased; and to think we at CoolSmartPhone will only account for approximately 50% of that! Let’s get serious for a second. The figure of 1.2 billion smart devices being sold in …
Every one of us either has an elderly relative, friend or knows someone of a more mature persuasion. Whilst many of the elderly are embracing the growing mobile technology, there are those that either can’t or won’t be able to get along with the latest and greatest …
Bear with me while I try and explain this one, because it’s pretty interesting. Let’s imagine for a moment that your mobile phone only works upstairs, or by the window. There’s a few ways to get around this. You could get a repeater, you could just go upstairs …
Samsung have finally announced a UK release date for their long awaited Galaxy Camera. The device, announced back in August at IFA, will be yours to buy from Thursday (8th November). For those who can’t wait that long, it’ll be available from 5pm on the 7th for …
Virgin Media has today announced that it is to introduce the UK’s first converged calling. A simple smartphone app allows calls to be made over WiFi no matter where you are. Calls can be made wherever there is a WiFi connection, even abroad. All you need is a …
LG are all over the place at the moment. Mainly down to the excitement about the upcoming Nexus 4. Their older phones are obviously going to have to be sold off quickly before then. First in line is the Optimus L7. Expansys have dropped the price to £159.99 …
Well we might just have the ideal phone for you. Expansys have been in touch to let us know that the BlackBerry Porsche Design P’9981 is back in stock for a staggering £1209.99 which you can get here. It certainly makes me wonder who owns one of these. …
So, 4G is live in 12 cities, the tech journalists have busied themselves speed testing from every street, from inside buildings, outside shopping centres and some have even got up at silly o’clock just to drive somewhere and check the speeds that can be achieved (now who would …
The rather back-handed statement that Apple were forced to publish on their site has seemingly riled British judges. The statement was ordered by courts following a battle with Samsung over the iPad design. Apple were told that it should explain that Samsung had not copied the iPad design. …
Like the Samsung Galaxy SIII but don’t like the large screen size? In just one week you’ll be able to pick up the new SII Mini. Available to buy next Thursday (November 8th), the Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) handset also includes Sims 3 and Bejewelled 2. It has …
Samsung, fresh from their titanic lawsuit with Apple, are pressing forward with their great work in recent years in display technology, by filing for a patent on an intriguing tri-fold flexible display, it has emerged. PatentBolt have reported that a recent Samsung IP paper outs the patent, and …
We loved the Ascend P1. A great design (albeit quite similar to the Galaxy S2), a great price and no clutter in the OS. Now Phones 4u have announced that they’ll be doing the pearly white version exclusively. It’s up for £299.95 on pay-as-you-go or for as little …
If you are visiting the high street here in the UK today you may well notice a brand new name. With two yellow circles on a grey background, shop windows with no posters and clean fresh lines all over the place, the new brand that is EE has …
Today marks the launch of 4G here in the UK. Beginning with 11 cities, EE will also offer a fibre broadband service to some 11 million premises too. The company is throwing in £1.5 billion into this roll-out and their 4G network will expand by 2,000 square miles …
Writers for tech web sites, such as coolsmartphone, spend years gaining contacts for getting insider information and leaks. These days, however, all that’s needed is to stand outside a branch of Carphone Warehouse! Hot on the heals of the inadvertent early launch of their Nexus 4 pre-order page, …
We hadn’t mentioned it earlier, but Microsoft UK managed to sell out of the stock it had available for pre-orders of the 32Gb Surface. So out of the three options (32Gb, 32Gb with touch cover, and 64Gb with touch cover), the first two options are off the …
With the mobile world seemingly taken with Samsung’s Galaxy Note II and indeed it’s predecessor, it’s the introduction of their stylus, the S-Pen, which took and continues to take many if the headlines. A while back I covered the Zoogue Stylus in an attempt to harness some similar …
Following a similar announcement by Three, EE have now also confirmed that they are to range the iPad mini along with the upcoming fourth generation iPad. Although there’s no news on prices or dates, a spokesman told us that the two new Apple products will be available on …
The iPad mini is here. A 7.9″ 4:3 1024 x 768 display, A5 chip, 5 megapixel rear camera and 1.2 megapixel front camera with a 10 hour battery life. If you’re looking to get one then try Three – they’ve stepped forward to announce that both the iPad …
I’ve written about this before, but I think we need a revisit today. Last night we gave you the pricing and plans for the UK’s first 4G network – EE. It’s provoked quite a response and a lot of questions. Some expected something different. Perhaps more data allowance …
We’ve all heard the horror stories. BlackBerry maker Research in Motion is on the ropes – with low profit, a distinct lack of apps in their App World and ridiculous developer videos being published. That’s not even mentioning their current line-up of phones, which I think (along with …
Huawei are quickly turning their reputation around from cheap and nasty to being an affordable alternative, with the Ascend P1 being a very good phone at a more than reasonable price. Well they’re now gunning for the big boys. When I say big, I don’t just mean market …
