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The SIM-free Samsung Galaxy SIII is now available for just £399.99 at Expansys. Be quick though, because the deal ends today. This 16GB model was already cheap, but now it’s even cheaper. Want to see more? Check out my review. Link – Expansys
A few weeks ago we got the dual sim Gallant Duo in for review from Acer and ever since I have been using it to try and find what’s good and what’s bad. In our initial impressions I was impressed with Acer and their handling of the dual …
There’s been rumblings of a new Nexus 7 showing up on the interwebs recently. Currently the only two models available are 8Gb and 16Gb models, but Droid Life managed to grab a screen shot from the Carphone Warehouse inventory system which displayed a forthcoming 32Gb option. The information …
Get checking for updates if you’re lucky enough to have a Asus Transformer Prime TF201 here in the UK, get checking for updates. We’re hearing that the new Android Jelly Bean update (4.1.1) is now rolling out. Florian has mailed us and he’s very happy with the update, …
I have always been a fan of TomTom, ever since I used it on my T-Mobile Vario..yes, it was a few years ago. I am disappointed about the length of time it has taken for TomTom to come to Android, iOS has had it since August 2009! Given the …
The Orange San Diego is one of those devices that had so much potential, various factors screwed up its popularity. – It was released running Gingerbread even though Ice Cream Sandwich had been out for months. – It was released with the most locked down bootloader ever seen …
The Samsung Galaxy Note II was released last Sunday in the UK, bringing 5.5 inches of Jelly Bean goodness to the masses, but it’s taken less than a week for them to make it even better! Updated ROMs have appeared today for the Galaxy Note II in the …
A few tips for you. First, when you’re writing a story for this site, don’t walk into a web cafe and press CTRL+V because… WOAH… you’ll be surprised what you can find. Secondly, it’s worth buying some shares in Samsung. They’ve almost doubled their operating profit in Q3 …
It’s time for the daily Nexus news bulletin! This time the rumoured LG Optimus G Nexus is the headline; release candidate handsets have been handed out for testing, according an anonymous source. Android specialist site, androidandme.com, have received a report of the device from someone who has “access” …
Over in America today AT&T and HTC announced two new phones which will join the HTC One family. They both get Beats Audio and have 4G LTE connectivity. The One X+ is the very same one we saw announced on October 2nd here in Europe. The boosted version …
The latest edition of Entertainment weekly includes a live Twitter feed on a small LCD screen embedded within the pages. That’s right, live. How are they going to display live tweets in a magazine, I hear you ask? By concealing an Android phone in it, of course! Print …
On Tuesday Comscore published their latest figures on market share in the US.The statistics relate to quarter 3 2012 and do not take account of the launch of iPhone 5. Once again Google and Apple have seen percentage gains, Apple saw their market share grow by 2.4% to …
Truffle Trails is a fairly new game from Salami Entertainment, a 3 person Finnish indie game development team. In Truffle Trails, you play as a pig on a rocket cart (no, we don’t know where the idea came from either…) trying to get to the end of each …
In the world of Android mobile phones and tablets, the word Nexus has become a byword for a pure, unadulterated Google device. The pinnacle of what they see as the best hardware and operating system combination. It’s very nearly a year since the last Nexus phone was released …
It is fair to say that here at Coolsmartphone we are a little bit excited about the new Bond Phone or as it more widely know the Xperia T. Today has seen the first Advert that has been focused on the Xperia T launch it has been made in …
The Samsung Galaxy SIII is a crackin’ handset. But hey, how about getting one in stylish red colour eh? Now you can, and for £429.99 it’s SIM-free too. Reduced from £550, you can read my review if you’re sitting on the fence. It has a quad-core 1.4GHz CPU, …
The Galaxy Note II is available for £529.99 right now at Expansys. It’s also available on Three and Samsung stores and, if you’ve got the money, you can grab this 1.6GHz quad-core phone / tablet running Android 4.1 with free delivery. Other specs include that 5.5″ Super AMOLED …
Now then Bond pay attention………. Here it is then the Bond phone showing of some of it technical wizardry enough to make Q giddy with excitement. One of the great feature of the recent Xperia Line up including the newly announced Xperia T is NFC is built in …
Coorrr… those lovely people at Expansys have knocked down the price of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 to £209.99. They WiFi tablet has 16GB of on-board storage and should get Ice Cream Sandwich some point soon. It’s got a 3 megapixel camera, WiFi, 3.5mm audio port and has …
LG have been threatening to release the 5″ screen equipped VU for a while now and UK based online retailer Expansys now have them in stock at a great rate of £349.99 inc Vat. A great deal if you want a phone quite a bit different to anyone …
Quick update then, the Bond-infused Xperia T is exclusive to O2. However, you can get the handset (minus the 007 stuff) from Three. Now Vodafone have it too, and they’ve even sent us their own hands-on video below (although we’ve created our own too). It’s up for £37 …
HTC have just announced their upgrade to the popular One X we saw back at Mobile World Congress in February. The new One X+ features a very impressive 1.7Ghz quad core Tegra 3 processor and plenty of storage with 64GB available internally. Other features include an LTE version …
Top Gear Stunt School Revolution has landed on Android! For too long this Android using Top Gear fanboy has looked on in envy as people played the quirky stunt game. But wait, don’t go searching in the Google Play store for it, because you won’t find it there. …
ZTE have been announcing quite a few phones recently. They haven’t quite grasped the global launch scenario yet though as the latest press release from the shows. Recently they have released the Grand X and then a short while after that they announced an Intel version called the …
Today is the day of the RAZR i launch so what better way to celebrate than with a review so you can make an informed decision. Ever since the press conference I have swapped from my Lumia 800 to the RAZRi to see just how far Motorola have …
Would you like a nice big phone with a nice big data bundle? Would you like it to be the latest phone on the market? Well you’re in luck! The Samsung Galaxy Note II, that was released only yesterday, is now available on Three for £34 a month …
Storage Options have been making Android tablets for a few years now and they’ve mainly been targeting the 8″-10″ market. They’ve now announced the Pocket Scroll 4 which is a 4.3″ device for £49.99. Key features for the device are as follows: Android 4.0 4.3” capacitive multi-touch screen …
If you watched our liveblog, saw the announcement and read our first impressions of the RAZR i then you’ll probably want to know when you can buy the thing. We’ve just received word that the slim edge-to-edge Moto handset will be dropping onto Expansys this Monday, October 1st. …
It has been quite a while since Vodafone stocked any Sony (or Sony Ericsson) devices, thankfully that has all changed and the UK network has now welcomed the Xperia T and Miro into their list, and both can be picked up direct at Vodafone from today. There is …
We all remember Bluestacks right? They have been around since late 2011 and they make a piece of software to allow normal Windows PCs to run Android apps and games. Sounds great doesn’t it? Yes it sure does, Bluestacks have massive potential to make something brilliant with their …
Recently there were rumours going around that HTC were going to give their flagship Android device, the One X, a makeover and giving it the name of One X+. Well, HTC haven’t actually officially confirmed this handset even exists, but O2 have been more than obliging by printing …
We broke the news a couple of weeks ago that the ebay app had been updated from version 1.8 to 2.0 and immediately started causing errors that stopped users doing anything useful with it at all. Later that evening it seemed to have been fixed, but ebay soon …
Rovio the worldwide renowned developer behind Angry Birds has just released their new game, Bad Piggies. It has just appeared in the Play Store and the link is below. Play Store Link – Bad Piggies Oh and here is a little video showing you what it’s about.
News has reached us that the new Acer Cloud Mobile will be available from 3rd October directly from Expansys. The new 4.3″ device is set to ship with Android 4.0 Ice Cream sandwich and is powered by a 1.5Ghz dual core Snapdragon processor. With 16gb internal storage and …
Google Play, Google’s app store has hit 25 billion downloads according to the Official Android blog. As a way of celebration Google have decided to have a sale and offer various apps, books and films (as well as music if you are in the US) for only 25p …
Google Developers updated their binaries for the Nexus line last night with noteworthy changes mentioned by JBQ to be: “for grouper (i.e. Nexus 7), the new binaries support GPS, and include a high-precision touchscreen firmware.” What does this mean for you? If you are on anything other than …
Today Huawei have announced their latest smartphone, the Ascend Y201. The new Ascend Y201 is an entry-level Android handset that will be exclusive to Tesco Mobile. Launching today, the latest offering from Huawei runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread and uses Huawei’s own easy to use interface coined HAP …
After the unexpected runaway success of the much vaunted Samsung Galaxy Note comes the Galaxy Note II. It has now been confirmed by Samsung that the new handset, a cross between a phone and a tablet, will be launched in the UK on 1st October and will be …
Google has updated its books app bringing a heap of improvements. According to the Google Android Blog, you will now be able to tap on a location mentioned in a book to learn more about it. An info card will appear with a Google Map and the option …
Any time now we’re all expecting Google to announce a new Nexus (or even maybe some Nexi) along with the next big version of Android: Key Lime Pie. Now while I love Android and have been seriously impressed with ICS and JB, there are still plenty of areas …
