Tag: software
You’re probably all getting bombarded with deals and offers from shops and retailers at the moment. Well, the guys at Currys and PC World have promised to buy me a brand new TV* if I pimp their Christmas Deals app. It’s basically an advent calendar, and each day …
Well finally I am back with my video reviews. YouTube have been less than helpful with my upload problems but they have been fixed! I’ll kick things off with a video review of one of my favourite apps, ‘Shush’. It’s very simple, it just lets you put your …
The issue of software updates has always been a topic that has raised much discussion among fanboys users and is a stick that iOS lovers have often used to beat their Android counterparts with. I personally believe that for all of Apple’s faults, one area where they’ve indisputably …
Is it really? Who knows? Over the last few weeks I keep hearing more and more about how Android is getting more and more malware apps in the market. Various reports keep appearing with claims like this “Sightings of Android malware have surged 475 percent since July this …
Cocktail Flow released for Android Phones and Tablets “Thanks to computer savvy alcoholics, there’s an app for that” – Big Bang Theory Cocktail Flow, the 2nd highest rated application on the Windows Phone Marketplace has been released for Android in both a phone and a tablet version. Mobile …
Pros This is a cross platform app – iPhone/Android and the internet Notebooks, tags, flags Can look-up items e.g. books 3 types of widget Widgets customisable Easy sync Cons Search is US centric No editing options within a note I’m always on the look …
What an exciting week Windows Phone users are having. Today the Tango video calling app appeared on the Marketplace so you can make video calls (if your phone has a front facing camera anyway). The app as to be expected has a nice metro interface. Below are the …
After sorting out using Siri whilst walking.. See here.. I decided to turn my attention to the car.. Sure, there are various solutions that enable you to do simlar things in the car, but they’re all quite expensive. I wanted to use Siri, be able to do hands free …
Ever since I started using my iPhone 4S I’ve been using Siri more and more. It’s incredibly useful. Almost immediately I could see great benefits. Walking to work – pick songs / playlists, make calls, read and compose text messages etc.. all without removing your phone from your …
One thing the App Store on iOS is not short of, is weather apps. As no doubt you’re aware, us brits are obsessed with the weather, so I’m certain at least some of you will find this app review useful. I say review, but it’s pretty hard to …
Available for absolutely nothing, Waze is an Android / iPhone / BlackBerry / Nokia application which works by sharing data between users. By sharing and collecting information on progress by other users it’ll help build a picture of road conditions. Their Live Map shows some of the reports …
Yep, you no longer need a Nokia to get your Nokia Maps goodness. Simply browse to maps.nokia.com and it’ll locate you using the HTML5 wizardry. Other features include.. You can see where you are on the map, thanks to HTML5 support for positioning You can find addresses, businesses …
Browse to music.google.com on your Android phone and, for a brief period some hours ago, this appeared…. ..we’re a bit dubious about whether this is real or not (the image looks to have been tweaked) but if true it could mean that music will soon get added to …
Downloaded an app recently? Android now accounts for some 44% of all application downloads according to stats – that’s compared to 31% for Apple. ABI Research research now shows that Android is the leader in market share. Lim Shiyang, Research Associate, states.. Android’s open source strategy is the …
Football fan? Got an iPhone? You may have already tried the Sky Sports mobile app and caught up with the latest Sky TV whilst sat in a car-park, like this chap.. ..but what about Android users? Well, we’re hearing from an insider that an Android version is currently …
Waze is a new take on the traditional sat nav apps we’re all familiar with. There are two major differences; one, the maps are not stored on the device (although recently visited areas are cached on the device I believe) and two, the incidents on …
Want to run Android apps on your PC ? Grab Bluestacks. It’s a free app which is now available to download and seems to run the majority of Android apps we’ve thrown at it. The app runs on Windows and there’s a Pro version in the works which …
I used to be a contractor and I remember vividly the mountains of receipts and scribbled notes that used to pile up in the car. Keeping track of journeys and expenses can be a nightmare, and this is where a new iPhone app called Contractor Expenses steps in. …
Have you ever seen a word and not understood what it meant ? SnaPanda is a new Android app which will let you enter a word on screen and get a definition or, if you’re in a hurry, you can point the camera at a page in a …
The web has come alive with news of the new Google+ changes. Google+ is now open for all, so the floodgates are well and truely open. At the same time Google has rolled out a massive update to the Android Google+ application with stacks of extra features. Android …
The idea behind this app, as the name suggests is to provide images of various retro films/toys/songs etc and includes a link to the relevant Wikipedia website for that particular subject. The app has the ability to set favourites and you can also share items by email, Facebook, …
Whilst looking at Push To Talk apps I stumbled across this real-time translation software. It’s fairly easy to setup and is completely free from the Android Market. There’s two steps really. First, choose a source and “destination” language, then speak the phrase you’d like to say. It’ll translate …
I’m imagining here that most, if not all, folks who own an iPhone 4 use it as a direct replacement for their MP3 player. Convergence is fantastic when it prevents you having to carry additional devices and the single device works as well as your previous music player. …
So here as promised is the follow up article reviewing iOS 5 beta. In this article I will be focusing on the negative aspects of the new software. Before I get started however I do want to address some of the comments that I received from my last …
So I have decided as my first review as a guest reviewer for Coolsmartphone should be on iOS 5. I have been using the platform now for about a month and it is my day to day OS on my iPad 2. I would like to cover the …
Head on over to the Sony Ericsson website or check the PC Companian software if you own the Xperia arc. There’s a new software update available which adds new themes, a landscape mode for the homescreen, stereo audio in video recordings, an audio boost system called xLoud and …
Parking your car is always a little stressful. Here in the UK those parking bays seem to get slimmer and slimmer whilst the cost of leaving your car gets higher and higher. Oh, and don’t be a couple of minutes late coming back to your car either, because …
If you’ve not already received it there’s an update for HTC Desire HD handsets which should fix the WiFi issue that has plagued some devices. The new software version is 2.50.405.2 and we’d love to hear from you if it’s improved your experience. Credit – Marc Holmes
Today Apple raised the prices of apps within the app store. 59p has now become 69p and £1.19 apps now appear to cost £1.49. This, according to what we’re hearing, is only affecting the UK store. In the US prices have been maintained, and where a previously an …
Virgin Media have just released an Android app for their popular TIVO boxes. Rather like Sky’s Sky+ app, the application features a TV guide and the ability to set your box to record remotely. I find this one of the most useful features on my phone frankly, so great to …
Now, the mention of Nasa should appeal to the schoolboy in you all, so this app should be of interest to most. Availible on Iphone,ipad and Android for free, it features lots of different things including Images, on demand videos, Satellite tracking, Passes of the Space station, Nasa …
A federal judge has kicked out Apple’s attempt to get a preliminary injunction to stop Amazon using the Term ‘App store’. Apple had been trying to force Amazon ( and by default others…) to stop them using the term app store for their newly launched Android Amazon App Store. Us …
The new version of Skype 2.0 is now available in the Android Market. Two-way video calling is now part of the app, but it’s only available for those using the Nexus S, Desire S, Xperia Neo and Xperia Pro. More devices will probably get supported soon enough. A …
CoPilot Live Premium has just been released on Android and it is on offer for the first 7 days. During the first week you can get the SatNav full software for £14.99 – afterwards it jumps to its normal price of £29.99. Unlike Google Maps, it offers offline …
Apologies if this isn’t new feature, but I’ve not noticed it before. Basically it’s a graph showing user rating…. But we love graphs don’t we..?! Below is a screen grab of “Beautiful Widgets”: Not much more to add really, just a small addition to the market experience that …
So, if you’re in the UK you can already download the BBC iPlayer app to enjoy the latest episode of “Top Gear” or “Eastenders”. But wait, what if you want to stream something from ITV? Well, now you can thanks to the ITV Player app. With it you …
Forgive me if this is old new, I’m not terribly clued up on movie apps. Basically watch free movies on your Android device! Ideal for a tablet or if you have a phone with an output to a TV. Crackle allows you to watch movies and TV shows …
I thought I would make a not-so-quick video showing you my current Android ‘setup’, including some of my favourite apps. As you can probably see, I primarily use my phone as a means of communication, either through SMS, good old fashioned voice calls, or online (Twitter, Google Talk, …
More apps have been yanked out of the Android Market after they were found to contain malicious code. Again it seems that modified versions of existing apps found their way into the Market and again these apps have sent personal data to places you wouldn’t want it going …
Tweakker is a free application for setting up all those tricky internet / MMS and APN options on your Android phone. Although some phones have this built-in now, there’s still a fair amount that don’t. I’m sure there’s many who have felt the pain of changing to a …
