Author: James Pearce
Here at Coolsmartphone we rather like WordPress, it is the basis of everything we do and without the mobile apps this site would be a totally different place. Last night an update for WordPress for Android appeared. The update amongst other things brought a whole new UI to …
For a while now rumours have been floating around the internet about the next generation of Nokia Lumia phones. The main discussion has been surrounding the high-end. To give the flagship a more premium feel Nokia have been said to be making it from Aluminium. It is also …
Orphaned files and folders aren’t a new phenomenon. For hundreds of many years people have been uninstalling apps only to find that the uninstaller hasn’t quite done it’s job properly. I’ve seen this bug in umpteen versions of Windows on my desktop PC, I’ve seen on every version …
Don’t you just love a quirky patent application? You know the sort, the ones where you can’t really at home how on earth the pictured image will work in the real world. Well HTC have one such patent application for us. Personally I’d love to see some quirky …
The BlackBerry Q10 has been something I’ve wanted to try for a while now. The gradual disappearance of qwerty devices and the new BlackBerry 10 OS have me tempted. Today Vodafone have started to take pre-orders for the Q10. The BlackBerry Q10 is free on Vodafone Red Data …
I use the phone on my camera a lot, capturing moments in time to share with others at a later date. With Windows Phone Camera Lenses you can do a lot more with your photos. I’ve tried lots of different lenses out some just make pictures look rubbish …
Last night Skype for Windows Phone 8 got a bit of an update. With the main fix being that any notifications for Messenger buddies are now on by default. Nothing huge but it’s pleasant to see an app on the Windows Phone platform that in my opinion is …
Dual SIM phones are pretty clever, they use two SIM cards, one for voice and normally one for data. The Acer Liquid Gallant Duo does quite a bit more though, with Ice Cream Sandwich the options to control exactly which SIM did what where plentiful. I reviewed the …
The HTC 8X is a great phone. I should know I’ve had one for the last six months and has barely left my side. The only problem with it is that it isn’t made by Nokia. UK online retailer Clove are having a clearout and they are currently …
Google Maps is a great app, on Android and on iOS. With many many features it is something I find myself using a lot. On Windows Phone the situation is a little different, Nokia and Microsoft both provide really good mapping apps. But sometimes something is missing that …
Gemini Devices are one of those companies that keep releasing decent products at decent prices. The latest products in their line-up are a selection of Jelly Bean tablets. Over the years we have had reviewed a few different tablets from them, most recently I used the JoyTab Pro …
The Asus FonePad is an intriguing creature. Part tablet, part phone and something else that I can’t quite place. Spec wise it’s not astounding but for £179.99 you get a whole lot of bang for your buck. Processor: Intel Atom Z2420 1.2GHz Graphics: Imagination PowerVR SGX540 Screen: 7-inch …
After weeks of leaks, rumours and speculation over the likelihood of an April Fool joke, Samsung have come out and announced the Galaxy Mega range. There are two devices in the range, the lower spec Mega 5.8 and the slightly higher spec Mega 6.3. Only the 6.3 is …
This week on the podcast we do one of those two man podcasts, with just me and Mark Peters. We discuss a whole lot of stuff, the Asus FonePad coming up for pre-order, the Acer A1-810, the ZTE Geek, the Samsung Galaxy Mega phones, the Galaxy Note 8.0, …
A Nokia Lumia tablet has been something that a lot of people have wanted to see for quite a while. It is something that I feel might improve Nokias financial situation. A patent application has appeared online showing what Nokia have dreamt up as a possible tablet and …
The Chrome beta has been out for a few months now. In the past it was hard to see what the beta version actually offered over the normal version, but with last night’s update they’ve gone and added fullscreen browsing. Plus some other stuff of course. – Fullscreen …
The ZTE Geek has to be one of the strangest named devices I’ve seen. Yes most of us are all geeks and the name will appeal to some, surely they could have come up with something a little better, maybe “Grand S Memo IN” or something. ZTE have …
I said Instagraph there not Instagram, Instagraph is a Windows Phone client for Instagram that actually allows you to upload your pictures. They’ve done this via a server upload loophole they’ve found. The app costs £1.99 which pays for the server and the time spent sorting it all …
Last night a few well known games got a bit of a price reduction, Fragger, Gravity Guy, iStunt 2 and Monster Island are the effected games and they are free until April the 15th. Fragger Fragger is a game where you throw grenades at your enemies, as the …
My Lockscreen on my Windows Phones is the one place you can truly express yourself and have pretty much any picture you want displayed. This in itself isn’t anything new and nor are the new features that Windows Phone 8 brought to the Lockscreen either. I like wallpapers …
I love lots of things, Otterbox cases, white things and not getting my phone smashed up. If you’re like me and you have a Galaxy SIII then a little deal that has appeared on Amazon may interest you. In preparation for the arrival of the Galaxy S4 this …
I remember in the olden days probably the first mobile game I ever played was Snake. I loved it, being able to play an actual game on a phone was just mind blowing. Fast forward fifteen years and we have a drastically different world, almost everything imaginable is …
We reviewed the Nokia Lumia 820 a while back, but as part of my Windows Phone experiment I thought I’d give it a go. So thanks to the nice people at Vodafone I got to have a play with one. I’m not going to review it again so …
Last week I wrote about some odd naming choices by Samsung. Well it seems that the Mega range are going to be in addition to the Note range. The picture above is what you might look like. SamMobile have been sent specs for the Mega 5.8 and it …
Seven inch tablets are so last year. This year everyone wants an eight inch tablet or else. Judging by the Note 8.0, the iPad Mini and now this the 7.9″ Acer Iconia A1-810. The Acer Iconia A1-810 has appeared on French retailers “Rue Du Commerce” website showing specs …
The HTC First is a bit of a niche market device, yet the mid range spec will appeal to people on a budget. HTC have realised this and a smaller device has appeared online, it looks like a cross between the HTC One and the HTC First, which so …
This week on the podcast we talk about the Facebook Phone, the next Nexus 7, the rumoured Nokia Catwalk, Mark and his Nokia 808, Fonblets and the new Twitter app for Android Your options to listen to the podcast your options are almost endless. Subscribe to the RSS …
Sound Search? At first I wondered what on earth it was, upon reading the Play Store description I realised it was a music identification widget that would link to music on the Play Store. So you can be listening to music on the radio, identify the track you …
Amazing Alex is Rovio’s lesser known game, it’s a physics kind of thing. You place items around the room to get balls to drop into the correct location. Sound simple yet it is quite addictive. It marks another big name app becoming available on the platform. A bit …
A while back I set about doing something a bit rash, I decided I was going to use exclusively Windows Phone and Windows RT in my day to day life. The plan was to ditch Android for a while and really get a feel for Windows Phone and …
It is that time of the month again where Google publish some statistics about how woeful the Android upgrade process is. This month is no exception, bar for the increase in the Jelly Bean figures there isn’t much different from last month. As usual the numbers don’t quite …
Phones are getting bigger and bigger, the Note II, the LG Optimus G Pro, the Huawei Ascend Mate, the rumoured upcoming Note 3 and of course those 7-8″ tablets from Asus and Samsung that can make phone calls. The term “phone” has become a somewhat almost misused word, …
This week will go down in history as the Samsung Galaxy S4 pre-order week and needless to say that is one of this weeks topics. Joining me this week we had Ravi Patel as everyone else was doing Easter stuff. Topics this weeks were the Galaxy S4, the …
I’m confused, I don’t know what to do. At times I feel I should give up and just not bother. Mobile phones have me confused, I spend most of my days reading up on and writing about the latest phones. A good chunk of my life is also spent …
Three have a variety of different tablets and this latest one from Alcatel fills in the budget end of their offering. Spec wise it isn’t anything astounding. 3G and Wi-Fi variants 7-inch screen 1GHz processor Ice-Cream Sandwich The Alcatel One Touch EVO 3G and Wi-fi variants are each …
Everyone seems to be offering something with their S4 pre-orders today. EE are offering an accessory pack worth £54.99. The rest of their prices are a little high but you’ll get Superfast 4G with the S4. EE have a pre-order page here.
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It only seemed like a few weeks ago and we were discussing Samsung’s new S Translate app during our podcast. I was hoping it had some sort of offline mode as the Google offering didn’t. Well Google were obviously listening the other week and they’ve gone and updated …
Sometimes thing seem to good to be true and no doubt I’ve missed something here but if you’ve been wanting to try out the supposedly “superfast” 4G now might be your chance. Basically EE are offering a free 4G MiFi for a month to try out. DON’T JUST …
Gemini Devices have been making Android tablets for a while now and the upcoming Gadget Show Live event is where they’re going to unveil something new. A Windows 8 running all in one PC. Luke Prodromou, Head of Product Marketing at Gemini Devices had the following to say. …
