Tag: launch

BBC iPlayer Radio launches on Android

Back in October I wrote a small piece regarding the launch of iPlayer radio.  At the time the app was only available on iOS with an Android version said to be following soon. Well, some 6 months later the Android version has finally launched and it looks quite impressive. Clearly …

Samsung Galaxy S4 – Live Launch

Come on in, grab a seat. This is going to be a late one, if you’re in Europe at least. In New York everything is just about to kick off. You know what to expect – the Samsung Galaxy S4. We’ve seen pictures, we’ve seen videos too. Are …

MWC – Asus introduce the Fonepad

Asus have decided that we need a tablet that can be used as a phone. Not the other way as per the norm. They have partnered with Intel to bring us the Asus Fonepad. The guys in Barcelona have yet to get their hands on the Fonepad over …

MWC – Sony Mobile Press Event

Kunimasa Suzuki, President and CEO of Mobile Communications took to the stage early this morning on the first anniversary of Sony Mobile. There weren’t any great surprises today – the Xperia Z and the Xperia Z Tablet were shown off, but there was a glimpse of the new …

Doro announce the new PhoneEasy 622

In recent research Doro found that half of people aged over 65 years want a reliable, stylish and easy-to-use feature phone. Not everyone wants the latest and greatest 5″ smartphone, my parents are a prime example. My father in law for instance, he struggles to send a text …

MWC – Hands on with the Lumia 720

Nokia just announced two new Lumia smartphones in the 720 and 520 which are mid range affordable phones but packing a punch with some great features including wireless charging on the 720 with a separate shell and an F1.9 lens to a new suite of maps under the …

MWC – Live from the Nokia event

We are here at the Nokia event at Mobile World Congress where things have ‘officially’ begun today, although there were events and announcements as early as Saturday. Nokia have just announced their latest Lumia smartphone range in the Lumia 520 and 720, and here is a bit more …

Samsung to announce Galaxy SIV on 14th March

We already knew that we would not see the Samsung Galaxy SIV at MWC this year, but we do now know that it will be announced on the 14th March thanks to the mobile division JK Shin. Interesting to note that this is a day before the UK …

HTC One – Video Demo and my thoughts

Here it is then, the HTC One. This huge event at the German Gymnasium in London wasn’t just a phone launch or the confirmation that the leaked M7 was indeed the HTC One. This was showing what mobile companies must do now, because all phones are getting similar …

HTC Continue to tease – Ultrapixel cam on the way?

So…. What are we looking at here? HTC are showing pictures of lenses on their Twitter feed. Next to the shot is the date of their big launch – 19.2.13 Responses to the tweet have questioned whether this will mean and ultrapixel lens. This is something that has …

BlackBerry Z10 is now available on Three UK

The BlackBerry Z10 is the device of the moment. We have a couple flying around the offices of Coolsmartphone at the moment. Leigh posted his hands on video yesterday here and I’m going to post my initial impressions very soon. If you can’t wait to get your hands …

New HTC phone … large scale advert leak

I believe that in our green pleasant land there is a small game, played all around the country called football. Now I myself am not a fan as I watch the other “odd” shaped ball running and catching game. But I’m lead to believe that this ” football” …

HTC One – HTC join in with the hype machine

It is now less than a week away. The hype around the HTC event to be held on Tuesday is growing daily and now even HTC have got in on the act. They appear to be pulling out all the stops for the HTC One (whose name was …

LG post a teaser for MWC announcements

MWC is coming, we’re going to be there and so are lots and lots of manufacturers. Including LG by the looks of it, no doubt spurred on by the success? Of the LG Nexus 4 and the LG Optimus G. They have posted a video on their YouTube …

HTC – Have a heart…. in their new phone?

Teasing. It’s what a good launch is all about. The odd bit of information here and there, sent out just before the big event. We’ll be reporting live from the big HTC launch in just a couple of weeks, but this rather strange image has appeared on BestBoyz. …

HTC heads up the M4. G2 makes a come-back

We’re pretty much expecting the HTC M7 on February 19th but, like things do at this time of year, leaks are revealing a little more. Two additional HTC devices could be on the way – the HTC M4 and the HTC G2. Wait, the G2? Surely we’ve seen …

HTC M7 takes a step closer. Crowd goes mad

The HTC M7 is becoming yet another badly-kept secret. We’ve had shots of the ROM and the phone itself. We’re already been invited to a big HTC launch part and it’s to take place in a couple of weeks, meaning that the company will be one of the …

Exclusive – O2 Pricing on BlackBerry Z10. Buy tomorrow

Tomorrow you’ll all hear about the new BlackBerry Z10. It’s a hotly anticipated phone but it’ll be appearing in shops straight away. We’re already hearing that Vodafone will be selling the device tomorrow here in the UK, but we’ve also got some exclusive information about O2. I’ve received …

New Blackberry Z10 image leaks

Not long to go now until the big unveiling of Blackberry 10 and the official launch of the new Blackberry range of handsets. We’ve had a hands on video and now, while you anxiously wait for lift off, another image of the new Blackberry Z10 has leaked out …

iPad mini finally announced. Smaller… yet larger than Nexus 7

Apple finally announced the second worst kept secret in the mobile industry this evening along with a number of other new products. Amongst the updated iMacs at 21.5 and 27 inches, they also revealed their 13 inch MacBook pro, the 4th generation iPad (and changed the name of …

HTC One X+ and One VX coming to AT&T soon

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 …

HTC One X+ Announced

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 …

Announced: Windows Phone 8X by HTC – All the details

HTC have, if we’re honest, had a rough time of it recently. Today in New York it seems like there’s a new direction. HTC have suffered against the relentless and huge Samsung marketing budget. Not only that, but there’s now an endless supply of handsets with similar functionality. …

It’s here.

TheCoolGamer has launched! Hello! After a lot of coffee, code, and hard work, TheCoolGamer.com is finally ready for your consumption! We hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed creating it. There’s been a lot of blood, sweat and tears along the way, but we hope that …

Apple announces the iPhone 5

Apple has announced the iPhone 5. Currently the device looks a lot like the leaks we’ve seen… – Screen is 1136 x 640, 4″ and 16:9 aspect ratio. – The device is 7.6mm thin, 18% thinner than the iPhone 4S. Also 20% lighter… that is a lot! – Some …

Apple Event – Live

The iPhone 5, possibly a smaller iPad, maybe more. All will be revealed today. We’ll be blogging live as it happens from 6PM BST.

iPhone 5 appears on Apple website

Hold your horses, there’s no image or juicy information just yet, but the “iPhone 5” name has at least appeared on Apple.com. Searches for “iPhone 5” and “iPhone-5” seem to reveal links that aren’t live yet, including.. http://www.apple.com/iphone/iphone-5/tips/ http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2012/09/12/Apple-Introduces-iPhone-5.html More as we get it. Our live coverage starts …

EE 4G. All the details, plus Lumia 820 and 920 on the way

Orange is now history, as is T-Mobile, at least from a marketing perspective. Everything Everywhere has taken a back seat too, with “EE” being the new brand going forward. You can sign up for updates on 4G and all the latest info at their new site – ee.co.uk. …

Lumia 920 and 820 – The details

A wireless charging pillow, advanced camera technology and a screen that detects the presence of skin, gloved fingers, or fingernails. The Lumia 920 and 820 are due to arrive “in Q4″ although we’ve not been given pricing just yet. What is also a bit strange is the fact …

Angry Birds Sequel, Bad Piggies, to launch on September 27

Rovio have announced that the long awaited sequel to their smash hit Angry Birds series and it will be called “Bad Piggies”. Angry Birds has been hugely successful for Rovio and this certainly has potential to be just as big.  Interestingly the press release points to a new …

Huawei Ascend P1 to be enhanced

If you read our Ascend P1 reviews then you’ll probably be aware that we were pretty impressed. The Huawei handset may “only” be dual core, but for the money it’s a brilliant handset which really pushes the company into the limelight. We’ve just been told that, following our …

HTC are due to announce their new Windows Phone devices

Windows Phone 8 will soon be upon us. This excites me. Nokia have already mentioned that they shall be announcing their new devices on September the 5th and now it is HTCs turn to let us know what they plan. Apparently HTC plan to announce three new devices …

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 …

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 …

New iPhone to be announced on 7th August?

A few websites have been throwing around a possible launch date of the new iPhone – August 7th. If true this gives us less than a month away. There have been leaked photos (like the one below) of what we are expecting the new flagship phone from Apple …

ZTE to launch a new gaming handset next week

Next Wednesday ZTE are holding a launch event in London. That, until a few minutes ago, was all we knew. However they’re now giving us updates on what to expect via Twitter … The countdown has begun! 6 days left until you can have one of the MOST …