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Fragmentation. Android? Can. Open. Worms. Everywhere. Sure, we know that some apps appear on Android and they’ll only work on certain phones. We could get into a big ‘ole discussion about it but hey, it’s Friday and I can smell the beer from here. We’ve heard news that …

BBC Olympic Apps Launch

The British summer (if we actually get one) of sport goes on, we’ve still not won anything but probably our best chance of glory is nigh. The Olympics are but days away, the M4 has re-opened, the Army are doing the security and the best of all, the …

Got the SIII and want the Samsung Smart View app?

This might only target a fairly small subset of people, but they’re no less important than anyone else. If you, dear reader, have gone out and bought yourself one of those whizzy Samsung Smart TV’s and then bought a brand new Samsung Galaxy SIII, listen up. On the …

Be the Amazing Spider-Man

Spider Man, Spider Man, does whatever a Spider can. Now the movie spin-off-app “The Amazing Spider-Man” is now available for iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Android for just £4.99. You get 25 missions to fight your way through. Spider-Man has to keep the city free of rampaging gangs …

Coolsmartphone App Review: Alarmdroid

For quite a while I have been looking for an Alarm app as an alternative to the one supplied in the stock version of Ice Cream Sandwich.  I put a post  asking for recommendations over on our forums and a fellow writer suggested Alarmdroid. Developed by Fabian Lueghausen, the app …

Updated Spotify For Android Out Of Beta – Now On Google Play

Following the beta launch of their overhauled Android app a few months back, Spotify have now officially released the app on the Google Play store for devices running Eclair (2.1) and higher. The app features an overhauled UI that’s more in line with the Holo ICS theme, and …

Coolsmartphone Recommended Android App – ChargeBar

ChargeBar is a neat little line that runs along the top of your screen and shows you how much battery you have left. I originally had something like this back in the day of Windows Mobile. This is slightly more featured and is a clone of the charge …

HSBC Release Fast Balance App for Android

Following our article on the major banking apps, HSBC have today released their Fast Balance app for Android smartphones. After a short registration process whereby you have to confirm your telephone number and personal details as well as entering your card numbers and setting up a security code, …

JuiceDefender – A recommendation

About a week ago Terran Brown mailed me to recommend something called JuiceDefender. It’s one of a few apps which claim to extend your battery life so, as I’m usually running low on battery for most of the day, I gave it a try. First, a little insight …

Klipsch S4a Android Earphones Review

The shops and internet are full of products that are “Made for iPhone”, from docks to headphones, from cases to wireless chargers.  However, try and find an accessory that is “Made for Android”.  They are few and far between. Klipsch however have bucked the trend with their S4a …

Orange brings TVcheck to the UK

Having launched in France last year, Orange is about to make a foray into the UK social tv market with the launch of TVcheck. In a press release today Orange said that the TVcheck app enhances your live TV watching experience by allowing you to check in to your …

Triposo launches new travel app for iPhone

Triposo has been around for about a year now on both Android and iOS platforms. It’s a useful app to have installed on your phone when you go on holiday and offers you a lot of information about the city you are in. The main great thing about …

Find people who share your interests – hicup

So, this is an app that helps you find people who share common interests in your area. It’s not about smut or dating. This simply helps you find people who like the stuff you like. Want to find someone who likes sewing ? This will do that. Want …

App Holes episode 2 and 3 are out.

Can you remember the other week?  I posted a new web video series based at a software developers workplace. It’s a comedy and I’ve been on holiday since then and missed the opportunity to remind you that episode two and three are now available to watch. It’s shaping …

Spotify for Android given a huge makeover

Spotify have announced plans to update their Android App to be more compliant with Googles new design guidelines. The result is a pretty nifty looking holo themed app that’s been built from scratch to fit in better with the rest of Ice Cream Sandwich. The app is still …

Official UEFA 2012 App Launched

Football or for our stateside visitors Soccer is once again about to explode to the fore with the advent of Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine. To accompany this extravagaza Orange in conjunction with UEFA have released the official Euro 2012 app across 8 (yes, eight) mobile platforms …

HiDrive adds extra features to their mobile apps

The bods from HiDrive have been twiddling around with their mobile apps and have added stacks of new features. Their service is similar to DropBox but locks your important stuff away in one of their ISO 27001-accredited datacentres in Germany. All versions now have bandwidth-friendly image previews, with …

Another joke charging app fools many

Battery life is always a lot shorter than you’d like it to be, so when there’s a free app which lets you charge up your phone easily, many are prepared to believe. This time the app will apparently let you charge your phone merely by shaking it. This …

Angry Birds vs Angry Birds – Windows Phone vs Android

Mobile World Congress always shows us just how the mobile OS’s are performing in the marketplace. We saw for ourselves that the Google Android stand was full of people and the Windows Phone stand was perhaps a little more subdued. Sure, it goes without saying that Windows Phone …

Rovio – Supporting Windows Phone is “a big undertaking”

We first heard about the “Angry Birds Space” a couple of weeks ago and there was a notable omission in the supported OS’s. Our exact words at the time were.. Set your alarm for March 22nd people… Oh .. and if you’ve got a Windows Phone… Ermmm… Look! …

Sky Sports TV for iOS adds Sky Sports F1

Did you see the Australian GP toys weekend? What? No, its not an Australian Doctor, we’re talking about the F1 racing, and you can watch now on the Sky Sports TV app. Link – Sky Sports TV

Cut the Rope: Experiments is now available on Android

Zeptolab have released the sequel to the hugely popular game Cut the Rope. It is a very addictive puzzle game involving a weird little green creature, some annoying spiders and lots of candy. Cut the ropes, deliver candy to Om Nom, collect stars, and unlock new levels.The follow-up …

Solar Charger app pokes fun at those daft enough to believe

Browsing around the Android Market Google Play last night, I couldn’t help but notice this Solar Charger app. It’s had hundreds of thousands of downloads and converts your screen into a solar panel. Magic eh? Well yes. It’s actually more of a trick really. The app doesn’t actually …

Coolsmartphone Recommended Android app – ex Dialer and Contacts

Ice Cream Sandwich has for a while been flaunted as the pinnacle of Android development. Yes many problems with the Android OS did indeed get fixed with the release of Android 4.0. But I keep coming across new problems. I have been using a Samsung Galaxy Nexus for …

Angry Birds Space caught on video

The other week we mentioned that the new version of Angry Birds would be based in space. Well Rovio the games developer has been showing the new version of the game off at South by Southwest in America and Intomobile caught it on film. Here is the quick …

TV Guide+ is now available in the Windows Phone Marketplace

After a brief break from the Windows Phone Marketplace, due to some issues with the name TV Guide+ is back. It is a full Sky+ remote record and TV guide app. It is free as well which is also nice. App features Full 7 day Sky TV Listings, …

Sky Sports TV headed to Android very soon indeed

We’ve had a lot of interest around the Sky TV mobile apps during the last few months, and rightly so, they’re really rather good. The Sky Sports TV app – already available on iOS – is said to be in the final stages of beta testing. This app …

Sky Go for Android extends handset support

Dave Dibble has sent us a quick update on the Sky Go for Android app. It launched fairly recently but there were only certain handsets that it would work on. Well, since then Sky have posted this update on their site.. UPDATE — Sky Go app now available …

XDA Premium HD app released on the Android Market

Love them or hate them, XDA Developers are a massive part of the Android community. Their forums cover hundreds of different devices and you can normally find no end of useful information, ROMs, tweaks and apps for your handset. The forums are sometimes difficult to browse on a …

Deezer – App Review

Here’s a nice little surprise that’s been around a while …. More Online Music than you can shake a stick at too! Deezer! For those of you familiar with Google Music, Spotify, etc will probably know and love the ability to listen to anything you fancy without the need …

Sky Go available from today

A short while back Sky announced Sky Go – the mobile TV application – was soon to be available for Android. Since then we’ve had TV adverts promoting the service and today, at some point after 8AM, you should be able to download it from the Android Market. …

Sky Go On Android – 22nd Feb Launch

It seems that Sky Go on Android has been given a launch date of the 22nd February…. just a few days away!.  This app has been available for iOS devices for a while now and has allowed Sky customers to be able to watch certain TV channels on …

Build your own iPhone or Android app in minutes, for free

Want to try your hand at build an iPhone or Android app? Sure, you can start learnng code, but let’s admit it, that’s a little time consuming and sometimes difficult. There’s a few sites out there which will let you create an app online – Andromo and Pocket-Portal.com …

Android App Review – Connector

The guys at Horama sent over their latest game (developed in conjunction with an artist and a musician apparently) for us to have a look at, it’s a puzzle game so I jumped at the chance to give it a go. Connector is (on the surface) a very …

Android App Review – Onavo

I recently upgraded my phone, I went from the HTC Hero to the Motorola Atrix. Quite a step and it seems infinitely faster and hence gets a whole lot more attention from me. When I was out and about with the Hero it would struggle along with a lot …

OneNote for Android released

Who needs a Windows Phone when you can get great Microsoft apps for Android eh? (Ducks) With this free version of Microsoft OneNote Mobile you can create up to 500 notes before upgrading through an in-app purchase. You’ll need a Microsoft LiveID to get going, then you can …

Android App Review – CoPilot Live Premium

A few years ago, back when I had just started making videos, I reviewed CoPilot Live UK + Ireland along with the Brodit Proclip mount for my car. Well recently CoPilot got back in touch and offered me their ‘Premium’ version of the software to test drive. Naturally …

Sky Go coming to Android

Another day of news about Sky, and today they’re about to launch their Sky Go mobile app. It’s free and lets you watch selected channels after logging in with your Sky ID. We’ve not been able to find it in the Android Market just yet – it looks …

My T-Mobile for Windows Phone

T-Mobile UK have released an app onto the Windows Phone Marketplace for their pay monthly customers. Great idea I thought, so I installed it and it doesn’t work. So let me know if it works for you. Here are some shots from the Marketplace where it obviously works. …

Trojan Android.Counterclank Found in Android Market

A recent study by Symantec has found Trojans attached to various apps in the Android Market. The Trojans found are Android.Counterclank and Android.Tonclank, which worryingly is a bot-like threat that can receive commands to carry out certain actions, as well as steal information from the device. It sounds like the Trojan …