Author: Leigh Geary
Sadly it’s not in our grubby mitts just yet, but those lads at Clove have just raided their stock and filmed this new 1.7GHz quad-core and uploaded it to YouTube. The tablet comes equipped with that 8.3″ 1920×1200 pixel screen, a 5 and 1.3 megapixel camera plus 16GB …
When you’re presented with a QR code there’s various ways of reading it. Lots of code readers are kicking around the various stores but Hipscan is a bit different. You don’t just read QR codes, you can create them too and, by using one central destination that you …
Yesterday we finally saw the official details for the HTC One max. A couple of items have already been pointed out, and the questions we’ve had so far are… – Where’s Beats Audio? Well, simply put. It ain’t there. BoomSound is, so you’re gonna get some rather potent …
This Christmas it won’t just be Tesco selling you a cheap tablet. Argos will be on the street corner too, and after a quick check of the surroundings they’ll give you a small pink tab for jusr £100. You can get your hands on the 7 incher soon …
With the Windows Phone sales share figure rising (at least, according to Kantar) and more than 175,000 apps now available, things are looking a little better for Windows Phone. Update 3, as it’s now known, has a number of improvements. Not only that, but there’s a developer preview …
Want to see more of the HTC One max? Of course you do. Want to see just computer generated images? No, nobody really wants that do they? Well, now that you’ve got all the details, we’ll give you a large dollop of real, hands-on photos. Want the full …
Well, a little earlier than planned, here’s the all-new HTC One max. It matches a lot of the leaks we’ve seen but now we can go all official with the specs. Put simply, it’s a phablet with a near-6″ screen and powerful quad-core 1.7GHz CPU. There’s a fingerprint …
Morning all. So, after many hours of rsync’ing, MySQL exporting, DNS changes, cache cleaning, minify twiddling and config file re-writes, we’re here. It’s our new home. The home you guys helped to buy. Now, I did say that we’d announce the winners of the donation giveaway over the …
Like the Nexus 7 but wish you had some data when you’re at the bus stop? Well, for a smidge less than 300 quid you can jolly well have that, and you can choose any network as it’s completely unlocked. WiFi can still be used, but it’s good …
It’s at times like this that I feel humble. Y’see, it’s you lot that keep us here. It’s you guys that keep us posting this stuff. Reviews, covering product launches and keeping up to date with all the latest information, it’s not easy and it’s quite time-consuming too. …
Hands up who’s been a victim of identity theft? Come on. Hands up. O…..K…. So, the people at QSAlpha wanted to make a phone designed to handle e-commerce transactions and banking securely. The Quasar IV is designed to protect your digital identity by ensuring that all correspondence is …
A short while ago we reviewed the OTONE Soundship Micro. It’s a Bluetooth speaker which also acts as a stand. Connect it up and boom, your tunes come out while you charge. However, there’s a bigger unit. A mothership if you will. OTONE call it an “intergalactic Soundship” …
As it’s nearing “that” time of year we’re beginning to see additional handsets appearing and launching around the world. NTT DoCoMo have wedged an additional 16 handsets into their range and one of them is this, the shrunk-down Xperia Z1. Named the Xperia Z1f, the 5″ Z1 screen …
I’ll try not to mention it, but it’s “that” time of year soon. New handsets, like the HTC One Max are right around the corner. We’ve already seen specs but now there’s this, a photo of a screen. It’s taken from the Twitter feed of @stagueve and quotes …
Personally I can’t see this one appearing in Europe anytime soon, but the Samsung SM-W2014, equipped with a quad core 2.3Ghz Snapdragon 800, could mark the return of the flip phone. The handset is rumoured to have two 3.67″ Super AMOLED screens at 800 x 480 pixels, a …
The summer, at least here in the UK, is well and truly over. I’ve had to stop sitting around in my garden wearing just shorts, especially now that the police have told me that my front garden isn’t the best spot. It’s too cold, and it’s getting dark …
LG are going to be producing displays that are thin enough and strong enough to curve, producing phones with interesting new shapes. Perhaps even a banana-shaped handset. Sadly they’ve already been beaten to the punch by Samsung, who’ve launched the Galaxy Round this morning. They’ll be curved but …
The next version of HTC Sense seems to be leaking out onto the web quite a bit, and yet more screenshots have now made their way onto servers across the planet. The new version contains a lot of features that already in version 5 but are currently disabled. …
The new version of Windows Phone 8, which has received the natty title “General Distribution Release 3”, now appears to be revealing some additional goodies. Firstly, you can now actually attach Office files (.doc, .xls, .ppt and .pdf) to emails. Whoopa! Next up, you can actually stop the …
Got yourself 69p? Want a game that’ll keep you occupied for a while? Well I’ve got me some PR babble for you, so sit tight.. Rollabear is now available on iOS and features Bubba Bear, Poppy the panda and Otis in this magical 3D animated world. You can …
So, thanks to you lovely people we’re pretty much there now. Only £40 stands between us and our spanky new server. We’ll be announcing the winners of our prize collection tomorrow, but I just wanted to say another rather massive thank-you to those who’ve chosen to donate and …
You may not remember the first ever iPhone commercial. After all, it was 6 years ago. It featured scenes of people using various telephones in movies and TV shows. At the end the first ever iPhone is displayed with a catchy strapline. Matthew Panzarino (@panzer), remembers this well …
We knew it was coming, but this weekend you can get the Galaxy Ace 3. It’s an updated version of the Ace 2, but with the addition of 4G. It’ll be in shops from October 5th with EE stores stocking it first. Carphone Warehouse and Tesco adding it …
I’d like to say a massive thank-you to everyone who’s donated so far. It’s warmed the ‘ole cockles and we’re already in the final few days of our donation drive by the looks of things. We’re trying to buy ourselves a powerful new server which will keep the …
It really shouldn’t be happening. HTC make great handsets. The HTC One is, quite simply, brilliant. The HTC One mini is great too, but the Samsung steam-roller has blasted the opposition away with sexy phones and an advertising budget that would make a lottery winner feel poor. This …
So, following the GiffGaff failure yesterday, now the parent network – O2 – has failed. It seems to have kicked off earlier today and, 11 hours later, there still appears to be people who are experiencing problems. The status page currently states that, as of 8PM… We are …
Using iTunes on your iPhone? Of course you are, but if you’ve thought about trying Google Music it’s really not been possible. Not fully anyway. However, there’s rumours suggesting that this will change pretty soon indeed. Engadget are stating that the iOS version is already being tested and …
The beta for this has been kicking around on Android for a while, but iPhone users can now give it a bash too. It’s a friendly-looking app that’ll attempt to deliver news and posts based on the content of your Twitter and / or Facebook account. Material is …
An interesting update popped up this morning for Google Search. The app itself doesn’t look much different and, if you’ve used it yourself, you’ll know that it pretty much does its’ own thing anyway. However, in the new features it states that the app will soon let your …
Got GiffGaff? Got cheap data? Well, unfortunately that’s all you have as I type. The 2G side of the network seems to have failed, with calls failing to connect and text messages popping up with a failure message since around 4PM today. The GiffGaff Twitter guys have already …
Yesterday a lot of people picked up on the fact that Windows Phone was hitting a 9.2% sales share across five major European markets. Those five markets? Great Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Spain. Wehay! Surely it’s time to party, yes? It must be. Here in Great Britain …
I shouldn’t really say broadband should I? I mean, any sort of stable connectivity would be a start. Perhaps even the ability to make a call that lasts more than 20 seconds? That’d be good. Today the Department for Transport has announced that 70% of rail passengers will …
Ahh screw it. I’m going to let you know about because, let’s face it, there’s only about 12 people that don’t know about this particular app. Now, come close to the screen my dear friends. Closer. Closer… Hey have you been eating onions? So, if you want to …
Imagine the scene. You work for Volkswagen. You work on the Service section. You’re not the guy who sits in the showroom with the badge that says “Service” on it. Oh no, you’re not that guy. He’s the guy that gets to sell “Service Plans” and sells £17 …
We’re over half-way to our goal now and, again, I must thank everyone for helping towards our new server. Coolsmartphone has been going for well over 10 years now and we’ve grown to be more than just a “blog”. We have a dedicated team of knowledgeable writers and …
Your phone camera, let’s face it, is pretty fantastic. It’ll let you take photos at any time and you never have to worry about going home to get your camera, because it’s always with you. If you’re anything like me you’ll probably have already filled up your phone …
If you’ve bought one of those shiny new Samsung Galaxy Note 3 handsets you’ll probably want to protect it. These cases are now available on Mobile Fun and include this case with funky laces. Look at that! It’s like having a foot against your head (and believe me, …
Well, we kinda knew it was on the cards, now it has indeed happened. HTC has sold the remaining shares in Beats Electronics. Bloomberg reports that the deal is expected to complete in the fourth quarter and will raise $265 million for the rather battered HTC. HTC originally …
I want to say a big thank-you to everyone who’s donated towards the cost of our new server so far. You’re all amazing, and we’ve already got £116 in donations. There’s still a long way to go though, and we need £699 for a more powerful server to …
So we have a couple of bits of news following the revelation that the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 will be locked down to the region it’s sold in. Firstly, it seems that there is a way around this, and that’s to.. a) Put a local SIM into the …
