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Podcast 113 – that Nexus feeling

Welcome to another episode of the Coolsmartphone Podcast. Joining me this week are Dan, Khellan and Matteo. This weeks topics predictably revolved around the recently announced Nexus devices, the new Apple iPad Air, my Tesco Hudl 2 and my Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2, a chat with Matteo about …

Podcast 112 – isn’t it nearly Nexus time?

Welcome to another episode of the Coolsmartphone Podcast, joining me this week were Garry and John. This weeks topics revolved around the Apple crisis, the Sony pre-order situation, the Sony Xperia Z3 Compact, listeners questions, the new Motorola Moto G, John and his retro gaming slot, me getting …

Podcast 111 – All things Sony

Welcome to the latest installment of the Coolsmartphone Podcast, joining me this week was Garry and our topics this week revolved around the Sony Xperia Z3 Compact, Z3 Compact Tablet and the normal Z3, small phones, waterproof phones, innovation, modular phones, bendy iphones, dodgy software updates, a little …

Podcast 110 – the week we tried something a little different

Welcome to the Coolsmartphone podcast, joining me this week were Ian and Nirave. This weeks topics revolved around Phones4U going into administration, Apple iPhone 6 pre-orders selling by the millions, me being unable to decide which small phone to get next, Nirave and his iPhone pre-order experience, Ian …

Podcast 109 – the iPhone 6 is finally here

Welcome to the Coolsmartphone Podcast, joining me this week were John and Matteo. This weeks topics predictably revolved around the Apple iPhone event. The big one, the little one, the watch, paying for stuff with your phone, Johnny Ive and his ludicrous videos and our usual chit chat …

Podcast 108 – if only you had one of those waterproof phones!

Welcome to the latest episode of the Coolsmartphone Podcast, this week I was joined by Dan, Johanna and John. This weeks topics revolved around our special guest Johanna Whitaker and her travels around the world, the new Sony Z3 range, the Samsung Galaxy Note 4, the absurd Galaxy …

Podcast 106 – it now comes with Windows on it?

Welcome to another episode of the Coolsmartphone Podcast, joining me this week was Dan. This weeks topics revolved around the newly announced HTC One M8 with Windows, the Lumia 530, all of the Motorola rumours, EE doing 4G roaming, Dan patiently waiting for the Galaxy Note 4, paid …

Podcast 105 — so that’s the premium version then is it?

Welcome to another episode of the Coolsmartphone Podcast. Joining me this was John. This weeks topics were about John and his use of a Google Chromecast on iOS, my various comparison articles this week, the new Samsung Galaxy Alpha, EE charging you to queue jump, the iPhone 6 …

Podcast 102 – Can you wear that?

Welcome to the Coolsmartphone Podcast, episode 102. Everything is back to normal this week as we are all back from holiday and Leigh has finally got his broadband fixed. This week I was joined by Dan who was fresh from his American holiday and he came with a …

Podcast 101 – Just like the olden days

Remember when the podcast used to be recorded in my car? Remember when it was just me? Well, prepare for a flashback, because last night our local telephone exchange went bang, so the end result was no real internet connection for recording the podcast. This week, direct from …

Podcast 99 – live audio stream

Welcome to the live audio stream of Episode 99 of the Coolsmartphone Podcast. This live broadcast will start at approximately 7.30pm bst. This weeks topics are the whole Google I/O thing and the fact that we’ve all got an LG G3 to play with this week. The final …

Podcast 98 – We are probably never going to see these in the UK

Welcome to the latest episode of the Coolsmartphone Podcast, joining me this week was Ian Furlong. Topics this week revolved around the Samsung Galaxy S5 LTE-A, the Amazon Fire Phone, the further delays of the OnePlus One, Ian and his Palm Pre 2 he has been using this …

Podcast 96 – 100 different pictures of food

Welcome to the latest episode of our podcast, joining me this week were Dan and James. James Bricknell was our special guest this week, James is part of the March of the Droids team, part of the Techfoolery podcast, part of the Random Boot Loop podcast and a …

Podcast 95 – the laser assisted camera edition

Welcome to the Coolsmartphone Podcast, joining me this week were Dan, Nirave and Ronnie. You may have noticed that LG announced their latest flagship phone, the G3. Needless to say that as both Nirave and I were at the event things are going to be based around the …

Podcast 94 – One tablet to rule them all

Welcome to the Coolsmartphone Podcast, joining me this week were Garry and Ronnie. This week topics revolved around the Huawei Ascend P7 event that Garry went to the other week, the upcoming LG G3 event, the Samsung Galaxy S5 Active and Prime rumours, me trying to not be …

The new look Coolsmartphone

You’ll no doubt have seen our new look by now but, as we do every few years or so, here’s a quick update on how you can get involved here at Coolsmartphone.. If the video wasn’t enough, here’s the rundown.. Podcast You can get a full listing of …

Podcast 89 – all we needed was a little update

Welcome to the Coolsmartphone Podcast, joining me this week were Dan and Khellan. This weeks the topics revolved around the Windows Phone 8.1 update which Dan and I both managed to install on our phones this week. We also had a chat about how Dan felt after he …

The Coolsmartphone Podcast – Episode 88

Yes, it’s me, Gears. Podcast number 88 and I’m at the helm while James is on a break. This week I’m joined by Garry Clark and Ronnie Whelan. It’s an hour-long show, which you can download here. You can also subscribe to the RSS feed here, listen via iTunes here or just use …

Podcast 86 – The all new HTC One

Welcome to the Coolsmartphone Podcast, joining me this week were Dan, Ian and Ronnie. No special guest this week, just a special event instead. Dan was at the HTC One event in London this afternoon and he joined us from his hotel room with his sleeping partner for the …

Grab our weekly audio snacks

Each week the Coolsmartphone crew sit down, huddle around and share a big bag of Cheesy Puffs. It’s a bonding session. Perhaps even a therapy session in a way, and it’s all recorded onto this D90 cassette. When we’ve all shared our pain, our joy and all those …

Podcast 83 – The Nokia week

It has been a big week if you are a fan of Nokia and a fan of leaks and rumours, so who better to have on as our special guest this week Jim O’Brien from Nokia News Ireland. Joining me and Jim this week were Ian and Ronnie …

The Coolsmartphone Podcast – Episode 81

Episode 81 of the podcast is basically our MWC preview show, as we’ve got Dan on this week who will be jetting off tomorrow to Barcelona. Also joining me this week were Ronnie and Kev. And yes Kev is our special guest, Kev Wright is from the Tech …

The Coolsmartphone Podcast – Episode 79

This week we’ve got another special guest. Me! We had a minor technical problem so the podcast got delayed by a day, apologies for that. This week we’ve got some podcast-only material too, download it, stream it and do let us know your comments. This week… – Ronnie …

Podcast. Update!

Morning all. Now, if you’re one of our fantastic podcast listeners, I have an apology to make. Unfortunately the latest podcast isn’t here just yet. The reason involves a pot of white spirits and some paint. My laptop, that poor Vaio I mentioned only yesterday, ended up with …

The Coolsmartphone Podcast – Episode 78

Episode 78 of the Coolsmartphone Podcast will be spent trying to get our heads around the Motorola Lenovo deal and some other things of course. Joining me this week were Ian Furlong, Ronnie Whelan and Jon Love our special guest from Clove.co.uk. This weeks topics were quite varied ranging …

The Coolsmartphone Podcast – Episode 76

Episode 76 of our podcast can only mean one thing, yes it means we have a guest on this week. Joining me this was special guest Gary Weldon (@UbuntuBhoy) and our podcast regulars Dan and Ian. This weeks topics were as follows: March of the Droids 2014. The Motorola …

The Coolsmartphone Podcast – Episode 75

The Coolsmartphone Podcast is back, we’ve all had our annual Christmas break and we’re here to mumble and um and er for an hour. Joining me this week was Ronnie Whelan and our topics this week were as follows. Our favourite phones, tablets and manufacturers for 2013. The …

The Coolsmartphone Podcast – Episode 73

Another precisely produced piece of pristine podcast pie this week, and it’s Ronnie, myself and Dan discussing the last few days of mobile news. This week… – Three Feel at Home Roaming, now expanded and really rather good. – Three launch 4G, but there’s a backlash. – EE …

The Coolsmartphone Podcast – Episode 72

It’s Friday, and you know what happens on Friday – we publish the single greatest podcast on the internet. This week James is sunning himself on holiday, so I’m in the hot seat. Yes, me. If you’ve followed the podcast over the years you may remember the very …

The Coolsmartphone Podcast – Episode 71

Episode 71 marks one of those weeks where lots of nondescript stuff happens. Great stuff really for a podcast. Joining me this week were Ravi and Simon. This weeks topics included the following The ludicrous Microsoft Scroogled merchandise thing Our slightly longer term thoughts on the Nexus 5 …

The Coolsmartphone Podcast – Episode 69

It’s time for episode 69 of the Coolsmartphone Podcast. Joining me this week were Dan, Mark and Ronnie. The topics this week were as follows: The newly available Nexus 5 Ronnie buying an LG G2 The OPPO N1 The rather unique Lenovo Yoga Android tablets The Motorola modular phones Some …

The Coolsmartphone Podcast – Episode 67

Episode 67 of the Coolsmartphone Podcast is here. Joining me this week was Dan Carter and we had a big old pile of topics this week including: The HTC One Max The Windows Phone GDR3 update The Nexus 5 EE and their new pricing Next week’s events Themer …

Pocket Casts for Android gets an auto download update

I love it when I can set a program to download stuff without any interaction on my behalf, like my Sky+ box and series link. Now I can add my favourite podcasts to that list. Todays update adds the ability to auto download your chosen podcasts latest episode …

The Coolsmartphone Podcast – Episode 62

Episode 62 of our podcast is going to be like a metaphorical tin of sardines. I.E lots crammed in. We have had a hectic week, what with Microsoft and Nokia, Sony and their camera thingies and of course Samsung just to name a few things. This week I …

The Coolsmartphone Podcast – Episode 55

Episode 55 of the podcast is here, joining me this week were Daniel, Mark, Nirave and Ronnie. This weeks topics were Nokia and the Lumia 1020, the HTC One Mini, the new Nexus 7, the iPhone 5S, Mark buying another Pureview 808 and some other stuff. The options …

The Coolsmartphone Podcast – Episode 53

Episode 53 is here and it already feels like an anticlimax compared to last week’s huge great anniversary celebration. This week is definitely a kind of fill in week. Joining me this week were Leigh, Ravi and Ronnie. This weeks topics were the HTC One S mess, Motorola …

The Coolsmartphone Podcast – Episode 52

Episode 52 means one thing and that’s competition time. 52 episodes also means that we have been doing this for about a year now and to celebrate we’ve got as many of the team involved as possible, we also have a few things to giveaway to listeners. There …

The Coolsmartphone Podcast – Episode 50

Episode 50 of the Coolsmartphone Podcast is here. Another crazy week, far too many announcements, rumours and leaks. This weeks topics include the Galaxy S4 Active, the flood of Asus tablets, Acer and there offerings, Nokia, some more Samsung, the Three outage and the usual off topic waffle. …