Author: Coolsmartphone Staff
Since the Nexus 4 became available and then promptly sold out on the Play store a few weeks ago, thousands of customers have been waiting for their orders to be delivered and even more have been waiting just for the opportunity to place an order. Anyone who listened …
At last – Samsung’s first Windows Phone 8 smartphone! The Samsung ATIV S looks set to be available starting tomorrow (Friday 14thDecember) in the UK. Windows Phone obsessed website WPCentral has revealed that both Clove and Expansys in the UK will have stock of the new smartphone available to order tomorrow. Also it insists that, despite …
Working in retail store for a network is quite possibly the best way to meet ill-informed people, most of the time this mis-information is minor and forgivable such as calling a BlackBerry a Blueberry or asking if we stock the HTC as if there is only one. Now …
Google Chairman Eric Schmidt has given an interview with Bloomberg in which he talks about how Google is “Winning war” between Apple and Google in the smartphone market. The problem with the comments Schmidt makes in this article is that he’s comparing Apple as one manufacturer against Androids veritable …
Oh Nokia… some good press would be great, wouldn’t it? It seems analysts are revising earlier predictions that Nokia would have a strong Q4 with “an overly optimistic interpretation of initial Lumia sales commentary”. That’s “we thought they’d sell more phones” to you and me. If the analyst …
While I do love my Nexus 4, I did spend a fair amount of time in my review, and on the podcast, discussing its design flaws. Although the glass back might look and feel great, it certainly doesn’t help with durability or handling. It’s an accident waiting to happen, both …
Ahh, the Nexus 4, the latest and greatest phone you can’t get hold of. If you are lucky enough to get one, you will soon realise you need protection for it. I prefer bumper cases to full cases, as they don’t add too much bulk to the original …
There’s no point beating around the bush; the Nexus 4 is awesome. I absolutely love it. It’s the best Android phone I’ve ever used and, £ for £, most likely the best phone you can(‘t) buy. There are still a few flaws, and I’ll get to them, but …
This week we discuss Ravi’s Nexus 4, Chromebooks, Android Tablets and the mediocre app experience and much more Your hosts are, Jamie Ryan, Ravi Patel and James Pearce You can find the RSS feed for the podcast here, you can subscribe in iTunes and you can find us by …
Tim Cook was interviewed this week by NBC Rock Center and had some interesting things to say. H announced that some Mac manufacturing would be moving back to the US but the most interesting comment came when he was asked about Apple TV, a product Apple has …
Another day, another case review and this time its something a little different. The Spigen SGP Illuzion case is folio style case with slots for credit cards in the front flap. The case I have is black and orange, although a range of colours are available. The case …
Hot on the heels of the Gmail app being updated for iOS this afternoon, Google has also finally seen fit to update the YouTube app for the iPhone 5. They have also added iPad support and Airplay streaming which were 2 major features missing from the version …
Let me be blunt. The old GMail on iOS was horrid. It was slow, it only supported one account at a time and it wasn’t very pretty. Well Google has fixed all of those issues and many more with the 2.0 update released today. It’s still a web …
The Nexus 7 is without a doubt one the best tablets on the market and at prices starting from £159 its also quite the bargain. The Times UK are currently running a promotion where if you subscribe to the digital version of the newspaper for a year, …
Google has announced that the Nexus 4 will be back in stock and ready for purchase at 5pm UK time today. Hopefully this will be the start of continuous stock. This happened in the US last week with the device quickly selling out and delivery times stretching up …
It’s that time of the month again. Google has updated its Platform Version page with the latest figures as of yesterday. As you can see, Gingerbread still accounts for just over half (50.8%) of Android devices, this is shrinking however. Meanwhile Jelly Bean is growing and is up to …
Google have just released the latest version of Gmail for Android onto the Google Play store. Those of you with Android 4.2 will already be familiar with the major changes it brings, namely pinch to zoom (finally!) and the ability to swipe messages to archive/delete them. The features …
The Huawei Ascend G330 has now appeared at TalkTalk. The device from the chinese manufacturer, which boasts a 4 inch display and Ice Cream Sandwich, is exclusive to TalkTalk and is available free of charge on tariffs starting at £10 a month. The phone certainly looks interesting and …
If you haven’t realised by now, I am somewhat of an accessory addict. I’m always buying accessories for my devices and the iPhone 5 has been no different. My current case du jour is a Neo Hybrid EX Metal from Spigen SGP. Is it any good? You’re about to …
Having finally got my hands on a Nexus 4 yesterday (massive thanks to Dan!) I wanted to write down some quick first impressions before I do a full review. Screen Wow! What an upgrade. So much sharper than the Gnex. Everything looks crystal clear. The improvement is just …
Christmas is approaching.. and we all know the best presents are the ones you buy for yourself! Well save your pennies (almost 42,000 pennies actually), because the lovely people at Expansys.com are giving away a shiny new Lumia 820 handset. All you have to do is ‘retweet’ their …
This week we discuss iTunes 11, Windows Phone 7.8 and Will.I.am awesome new iPhone accessory! Your hosts are, Jamie Ryan, Ravi Patel and Mark Peters You can find the RSS feed for the podcast here, you can subscribe in iTunes and you can find us by searching “Coolsmartphone” in …
Microsoft’s resident megaphone has been spouting again, this time to the annual shareholders meeting, where the larger than life CEO announced that Windows Phone sales are up 300% from last year. That sounds a good tag line, but as Microsoft never announced any sales figures for Windows …
If you happen to be drinking tea whilst you’re reading this.. I’d stop now. It may end up all over your monitor. As we reported a few days ago Will.i.am has shed some more light on the iPhone camera attachment. There are two models, a contemporary (named C.4) version …
Have you been waiting on the Nexus 4 to come back into stock on the Google Play store rather than pay over the odds elsewhere? Then there is some semi good news to be had. If you are in the US then stock will be coming back online …
I’ve been reviewing and using snap on style cases for the last few weeks and decided it was time for a change. So for the last little while I have been using the Gear4 Flipcase, a leather wallet style case for the iPhone 5. Lets start with how …
Samsung has today announced that they have sold 5 million Galaxy Note 2’s, the latest iteration of their so called “Phablet” device. It took the original Galaxy Note 3 months to sell that many but the sequel has managed that in just 2. We reviewed the Note 2 …
Yes, Will.i.am – famed for the Black Eyed Peas and persuading Mick Jagger to appear in that god awful song about getting hard and going home… or something. It seems the iPhone 4S and 5 having one of the better cameras in the smartphone world, is not enough. …
Apple doesn’t often reduce prices of products or have sales but today is a rare exception. They have applied discounts to a few products that may be of interest to anyone who was in the market for them. You can save £31 on an iPad with Retina display, …
This week we discuss the Nexus ordering debacle again because Ravi is upset about it, Mark has played with a Galaxy Camera, Jamies bought an iPhone 5, Android Fridges and somebodies vacuum cleaner makes an appearance. Your hosts are, Jamie Ryan, James Pearce, Ravi Patel and Mark Peters …
Over the last few weeks I’ve tested numerous cases for the iPhone 5 and today is no different. This is one of my favourites so far however. It’s a “Verizon Original” and comprises a snap on shell and holster. The case is made from soft touch plastic and …
Apple has reached a rather large milestone this week, according to Appsfire. Appsfire is an app discovery service who monitor the iOS (and Android) app stores and they believe from their data that the iOS app store has now reached the 1 Million total apps mark. …
It’s that time folks – the winner has been drawn! Firstly, thanks for continuing to visit the site. The reason for these competitions/giveaways is to allow us to show our gratitude to our readerbase. Without you, we wouldn’t be here! So, without further ado, the winner, picked at …
This is a dramatic twist. One of the biggest sore points of the Nexus 4 launch was its lack of LTE but an iFixit teardown has revealed that the Nexus 4 actually has a “Qualcomm WTR1605L Seven-Band 4G LTE chip” inside, the turquoise highlighted chip in the picture above. Quite …
A mere four months after the release of Android 4.1, we now have 4.2. It’s still called Jellybean, but despite the lack of a name change there are still some nice additions, more so than the last time we had two versions of Android with the same name …
This week we discuss the Nexus ordering debacle, 3 of us have Galaxy Notes now, HTC and Apple settle and much more. Oh, and the old ladies and innuendos return Your hosts are, Jamie Ryan, James Pearce, Daniel Carter and Mark Peters You can find the RSS feed …
So today is the day that those of us that were lucky enough to order a Nexus 4 will receive their shiny new bundles of shiny from the TNT delivery man. There have been sporadic reports of people getting their devices without prior notice from Google from TNT. …
You may well have seen the review of the Cosmonaut Stylus on the site a few weeks back and thought “Cor blimey Coolsmartphone. I’d love to get my sticky fingers on that particular piece of rubbery goodness!” Well wait no longer folks as you have that very chance …
In amongst all the excitement about new Nexus devices going on sale and promptly selling out, Android 4.2 is being made available to Galaxy Nexus devices. Conspicuous by their absence however were updates for the Nexus S and the Motorola Xoom. Googles Jean-Baptiste M. Queru has now confirmed …
STM are probably best known for making bags for Laptops and Tablets but with the launch of the iPhone 5 they have ventured in to the world of iPhone cases. I’ve been using the “arvo” for the last few days and here is what I’ve found. The model …
