Tag: tablet

iPad 3 event coming in early March?

It’s rumour and speculation time! According to All Things D, Apple will be holding a special event in the first week of March to announce the eagerly anticipated iPad 3. They’re not quite sure when exactly it will hit stores but are guessing that it should be a …

Is Amazon working on a Microsoft smartphone?

This weekend Brandon Watson, Head of Developer Experience on Windows Phone 7, has left Microsoft and is headed to Amazon. He joins a chunk of people leaving the team but his arrival at Amazon has already got the web gossips mentioning an Amazon smartphone. It will, according to …

Viewsonic Viewpad 7e going cheap at Misco

Another day, another cheap tablet. This time it is the Viewsonic Viewpad 7e for £129.98. Beware though this tablet does not have all of the fancy Google apps, so no market for you. Instead you get a Viewsonic supplied app store. If you only want this to look …

Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 16GB Wifi Review

Here is a quick question for you how do you make of the most successful Android Tabs in the sub ten-inch category even better? Well the answer is an obvious one. You put it on a diet send it for a lobotomy and then take it back to …

White Galaxy Note now at Expansys too

Well, so much for the “big exclusive” at John Lewis. The white Galaxy Note is already available at Clove and now eXpansys are dishing it up too. Prices start at £499.99 for the 16 GB version. Oh, and if you’re looking to get one on a contact, try …

HTC Flyer down in price

We’ve just been sent this shot of the HTC Flyer sitting on the eXpansys website for a mere £234.99. This is the 16GB version and has a 7″ screen, 1.5GHz CPU, Wifi, 1GB of RAM and, with that aluminium unibody, it weighs in at just 420 grams. Does …

Huawei Ideos S7 Slim Overview

Has it really been a year since we first had our hands on the Huawei S7 Slim? Recently it’s had a bit of a price drop so we decided to get another look at the device. It’s a pretty weighty device, and is designed to use in “landscape …

One tablet per person? No need anymore!

There have been lots of tablet bargains flying about recently. Some of you lucky people (James) have been snapping up more than one! But for some of us a tablet is a luxury. One is more than enough for the whole household. There is a slight issue with …

Defence Zone HD for iPad

  So here is yet another Tower defence game, why do I need to get another one of those when there are literally hundreds of the available. This is a very good question and one that I hope to answer in the process of this review. I have …

Do your kids play with your phone or tablet?

Maybe you should try this, the new Android tablet from Inspiration Works. Named the “Kurio” this is on display at the Toys and Games Fair in Hong Kong so you can probably expect it to arrive here in July. Tablets aimed at children are already out there, and …

Asus Transformer Prime initial impressions

“Wow”. That was my initial reaction upon opening the box. The whole process had been a bit dampened though. What a palaver the pre order process was. How annoying was it to have Asus announce an updated model even before this one had even reached the UK market. …

Asus Transformer Prime – refund or extra warranty?

Got your Asus Transformer Prime tablet?  Me too – but apparently I’ve been one of the lucky ones with no GPS/Wi-Fi issues.  Well now it’s been confirmed – sort of.  Asus says users who have GPS fault will get money back, but denies an issue with Wi-Fi Asus …

Acer A200 cheaper deal available from Expansys

Acer are now listing the Acer A200 in either Titanium Gray or Mettalic Red for just £289.99. The tablet has a 1GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 Dual-core CPU, Android 4.0 (ICS), 2 megapixel camera and a 10.1″ screen running at 1280×800. This price is just a touch cheaper than …

Orange Tahiti Tablet now on sale

Orange have just announced their new 7″ tablet running Android Honeycomb 3.2. This isn’t the first time Orange have sold their own Android tablet, and we asked Anne Bouverot last year (when she was Exec VP of Mobile Services at France Telecom) whether their re-branded Huawei S7 would …

Pre-order the Acer A200 for £299

Come on, it’s not the end of the sales yet. Look at the guys at DFS, they only have one week in the year when their sale isn’t on 🙂 Anyway, the people at Very are having a sale. They’ve reduced the price of many Acer tablets… .. …

Android and iOS Activations go through the roof at Christmas

Got an Android handset for Christmas ? You could be one of the 3.7 million people who activated their device on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. A staggering amount considering that there’s 700,000 per day during “normal weeks”. Andy Rubin has jumped onto Twitter to announced the stats …

HTC Flyer at Dixons – Now even cheaper

It’s sale time, which means I’m staying as far away as possible. However, if you want to shop online and avoid the mad crowds, we’ve already selected a few treats over the last few days. One in particular is now even better – the 16GB HTC Flyer from …

Will a Google Nexus tablet make a difference?

Yesterday Eric Schmidt mentioned something about a tablet being worked on by Google. No exact details were mentioned about who Google would be making it or what it would be called. Yet still the web was awash with Google Nexus tablet articles. All of this speculation got me …

Get £50 off Sony S tablets

Did you get the PC World / Currys discount app ? Gah, be quick, because we’ve just spotted a good £50 off Sony S tablets. That’ll knock the price down to £299 (normally £349) on the 16GB version. Now, if you’ve not got the app then you could …

OnLive gaming app now available on the Android Market.

Yes I know this was released yesterday before you say anything. OnLive appeared a few months ago and it is a service that basically allows you to play the latest pc or xbox games over the internet. All that was previously needed was one of their tiny consoles …

Amazon Fire to hit UK in January?

Amazon’s Fire Android tablet has been a hit in the US, but we are still waiting for it to hit the UK. According to the Gadget Show website though, we might not have long to wait. A “source inside Amazon” has said the tablet will come to the UK …

Have you bought a bargain-bin Android tablet?

Top Coolsmartphone veteran Bobby Wallace went on eBay one night and bought himself a cheap Android tablet. You know the sort, it looks good on the eBay item description, it seems like a good price but … is it? Here he’s given us his views on this “Rola …

Acer announce the Iconia A200.

On Friday, Acer officially announced a new tablet. It is the Iconia A200. It will be their 2nd generation tablet which will ship with Ice Cream Sandwich (if you order it next year). The spec for this tablet seems to point to one thing. That is that Acer …

Samsung Galaxy Note Review

OK, this is a little big. Many moons ago we reviewed the Orange SPV M2000. We thought that was big. It’s not. Not when compared to this. The style and design is still there and it does look a lot like a larger version of the rather glorious …

Acer Iconia A100 – Review

We have recently received an Acer Iconia A100 and boy what a great device it is. So enough of the introduction, lets get down to the nitty gritty. Hardware The Acer Iconia has a 7″ Capacative screen, Android 3.2, Tegra 2 chipset, 8GB built in memory and a …

HTC Quattro – Specs and image revealed

We took a big liking to the HTC Quattro a few days back and here, in the rendered-flesh, is the tablet itself. It’s rumoured to have a 10.1″ 1280×768 pixel screen, WiFi and for some reason a mere 2 megapixel rear camera. A further 1.3 megapixel shooter sits …

Cocktail Flow – Review

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 …

Archos 80 G9 tablet review

Despite being declared gadget maniac, somehow I never really got into tablets. When the first iPad came out and whole hype began, I regarded it as overly-expensive gadget having virtually no practical use to me. Yet quite recently I’ve started changing my mind towards tablets. I thought they …

Xoom 2 and Xoom 2 Media Edition priced up

We recently heard about the new Xoom 2 and Xoom 2 Media Edition tablets from Motorola. Both are expected on November 28th and come with Android Honeycomb on board. The specs read as follows, although we can’t find any mention of GPS we presume it’s there.. – 5 …

Archos Arnova 7″ G2 now down to £119.99

If you’re in the market for a pretty decent 7″ tablet then the Archos Arnova 7″ G2 could be just your thing. Now reduced to just £119.99 at HMV. The specs aren’t too bad either. Powered by an ARM Cortex A8 1GHz CPU it has a 7″ capacitive …

Fancy a cheap Android tablet?

If you fancy a tablet for the kids (and by that, we of course mean an Android Tablet), then this Disgo 6000 unit might be worth a punt. It’s dropped to just £49.97 and, although it’s got a resistive screen, it’ll keep the kids happy after Angry Birds …

ViewPad 10e details emerge

ViewSonic have added a new tablet to their range – the ViewPad 10e. It’s due to arrive next month and there’s Android 2.3 on a 9.7″ 1024×768 screen. ViewSonic have previously launched dual-booting Android / Windows tablets but this is their first pure Android tablet at 9.7″. Powered …

Films on YouTube goes live

Want full-length movies on your Android tablet? Yeah sure, you can find various illegal ways of doing it, but if you just want to pick up your tablet or phone and start watching a film it can be a bit cumbersome. Now you can use YouTube Movies. Oh …

Well hello there, Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus

Samsung have just announced another device which will probably receive a lawsuit pretty soon. The Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus weighs a mere 345g and is just 9.96mm thin. It runs Android 3.2 Honeycomb and that 7″ screen has a 1024×600 pixel WSVGA resolution. Powered by a 1.2GHz Dual-core …

Amazon announces Kindle Fire

Amazon have today finally unveiled their long awaited Android tablet, and newest addition to their Kindle family, the Kindle Fire. The device itself is a 7″ dual core tablet with an IPS display running Amazon’s heavily reworked version of Android 2.3. However the standout feature is the price: …

Free TV on offer when you buy the Sony Tablet S

If you’re wanting to get hold of the Sony Tablet S, it might be worth grabbing your tent and heading down to the Tottenham Court Road PC World store. The store will be dishing our a free 32″ Sony Bravia TV to the first 100 customers who pick …

In detail – The Sony Tablet S

Pre-orders for the new Sony Tablet devices are underway. Coolsmartphone reader, Anthony, has just shelled out £499.99 but doesn’t have a delivery date just yet. Rumour has it that it could take a month for devices to arrive. Three devices are available – the Sony Tablet S 16GB …

The Andy Pad is go!

You’ve waited, you’ve seen the teasers, now it’s finally here – the Andy Pad is live. Two models are now available, the 8GB Andy Pad for £129 and the 16GB Andy Pad Pro for £179. If you order now, deliveries will start on September 12th. Both devices come …

Mobile internet use on the rise

A new survey by ONS has revealed that almost half of internet users in the UK now browse on their mobiles. Amongst the 16 to 24-year-old age-group the stats were even higher, with 71% going online through their mobile. The survey showed that 45% of people used the …