Author: Tom Ranson
One of the phrases I seem to be using more and more is “…and you paid how much for it??”. Despite nobody appearing to have any money, it seems we are big fans of those ‘Premium’ products. I mean, why else would people be buying the BMW 1 …
Picture the scene, you’re sat at the dinner table just about to tuck in to that delicious roast and the phone rings! The display reads ‘International’ or ‘Withheld’, great… Yep we all get them and we all feel the same way, what a nuisance. Well BT have come to …
It feels like not a day goes by when Samsung isn’t coming up with something to add to their Galaxy line of smartphones. They are pretty cool though. The latest addition is this new Galaxy Express, an international version of the AT&T handset already available in the states. Although not …
I love Kickstarter, it’s a great website. Since I backed Pebble almost a year ago I have been backing other projects all over the place, I just can’t control myself. Someone in the same position as me described the Pebble as a gateway drug that fueled their addiction …
Last week you’ll remember we announced the winners of our Kindle Fire Accessories give-away. To make sure you guys with the older Kindles aren’t left out MobileFun sent me a case for my Kindle Keyboard to show to you guys. Press play, sit back and enjoy the video. I’ve had this for …
Reports around this morning that the BT network has failed nationwide and by extension, so have the Blackberry services. This effects messages, email and internet. It’s not clear what has happened but we have a few Blackberry devices that are showing signs of this. Is your blackberry misbehaving? …
My dreams are small, I don’t want much. There are a few things I do long for though. Wireless Charging I know we already have this, and I know we have a standard so this will most likely be something that will actually happen. I just wanted to throw …
Yesterday I wrote a piece about how Instagram was planning to sell off your wonderful photos to advertisers, paying you nothing in compensation. You can read that by going here. I’d like to issue a bit of an apology and tell you what has really happened. I wrote …
The popular photo sharing app Instagram has updated it’s Terms of Use to include a few lines that are rubbing quite a lot of it’s users the wrong way. To help us deliver interesting paid or sponsored content or promotions, you agree that a business may pay us …
A few days ago iFixit got their hands on a Nexus 4 and took it to pieces. To their surprise they found an LTE chip inside, unused of course. What is it’s purpose? A lot of people speculate that it’s simple a cost cutting measure from LG and …
I don’t know how you spent your childhood, but I spent a lot of mine parked in front of the family PC playing Theme Park World, developed by those geniuses at Bullfrog. I had already been drawn in with Theme Hospital (I still play it) and I couldn’t …
With all the issues surrounding the new Maps app in iOS 6 a lot of people are quick to point out that it isn’t the only solution to navigating our wonderful planet. My good friends at CoPilot got in touch with me today to say that their app has been …
This is a topic that is close to my heart and with the announcement of the latest round of Lumia devices having this capability it’s back in the limelight! I wanted to just share my thoughts on a technology that isn’t really very new at all. I suppose the …
Do you remember a few months ago Jamie had a look at the LG Optimus 4X? He loved it and recommended it to everyone wanting that Samsung Galaxy SIII level of performance but not the high price tag. Well if you can believe it the price has slipped further. Expansys …
Earlier we bought you news that Orange and T-Mobile had announced their pricing for the iPhone 5. Well now O2 are getting in on the act and have posted up some prices of their own, things aren’t looking too cheap over on the blue side of the fence …
Recently the world of small tablets has been sent into over-drive with the appearance of devices such as the Nexus 7 and the Kindle Fire. Many rumours have been flying around that Apple would be wading in soon to drop another one of their innovative inventions, and French site NoWhereElse.fr have some …
It may only be Tuesday and we’re yet to see what Apple have to offer (and I think we all know what that will be) but this week is already pretty exciting. We have our first concrete promise of 4G and from EE (formerly Everything Everywhere) and they’ve …
So after the chat about old phones in the most recent podcast it got us all talking (behind the scenes) about all the phones we have had through the years. So, inspired by that, a few of us have put together our phone history! So, here we go… My first …
Since I write for CoolSmartphone.com and am very passionate about phones and technology everyone expects me to have the latest and greatest, most people are surprised when I say I own a Motorola Atrix and ask why I don’t have something more impressive! I’ve spent a lot of time fighting …
Another little snippet of news from HTC today! Their official facebook page is currently advertising that this Sunday, a day before the Mobile World Congress, that we will hear about something authentic from HTC. What could it be? Well it was accompanied by this image… My guess? Well it sounds like …
The Mobile World Congress is getting closer and closer which means it seems to get harder and harder to keep things under wraps, the impressive HTC One X (Endeavour) being the latest device to get a leak. We ran a few stories about its name change (here) and its …
The guys at Horama sent over their latest game (developed in conjunction with an artist and a musician apparently) for us to have a look at, it’s a puzzle game so I jumped at the chance to give it a go. Connector is (on the surface) a very …
A few days ago I wrote a little feature about the CoPilot navigation app, well they have got back in contact with me to let us know about a competition they are running. In the run up to Valentines day they are giving you the chance to win …
I recently upgraded my phone, I went from the HTC Hero to the Motorola Atrix. Quite a step and it seems infinitely faster and hence gets a whole lot more attention from me. When I was out and about with the Hero it would struggle along with a lot …
A few years ago, back when I had just started making videos, I reviewed CoPilot Live UK + Ireland along with the Brodit Proclip mount for my car. Well recently CoPilot got back in touch and offered me their ‘Premium’ version of the software to test drive. Naturally …
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 …
So word on the street (and when I say street, I mean the good old information super-highway) is that viruses and malware are becoming quite a big threat for Android users, but that is a story for another post. I want to have a chat about one app …
Tonight at Google’s These Go To 11 event they announced their cloud based music service ‘Google Music’ was stepping out of beta and has a new store in tow! A new tab in the Android Market will allow you to shop for music from a whole host of artists from …
Last week QR Pay Ltd got in touch with me to let me know they had just released their new app ‘QR Pal’ and that it was a QR reader with a bit more functionality than the average application. Intrigued, I have spent the last week playing with …
This is the first time that I am going to take a look at a game. Words with Friends is also available on the iPhone though so you Apple fans might want to pay attention too. I’d also like to invite you all to download the app now and …
So I have been playing with this application for a week know and I have been quite happy with it’s performance. There are a few things that could be improved and I’d like to reach out to the developers and offer my help as a tester because I …
This week I was asked by Spy Parent LLC if I would take a look over their application designed to help catch bullies. It’s a simple Android app designed to be able to block unwanted calls or texts and even covertly record physical bullying. Here is the first look video …
Over the past few weeks I have been getting to know QFS (Quick File Share), a simple app designed to make sharing files off your phone much easier. The basic idea is to be able to choose a file off the phone and share it (even password protected) via SMS, …
For this week I have been sent QFS or Quick File Share. It’s a very basic application for sharing your files on your phone with anyone. Here is the first look video, the full review will be along next week. Also I would like to mention that the …
So you can all see that the ‘Android App Review Show’ is back up and running. I no longer have the stress and strain of University to distract me, and I have a degree in Multimedia Technology and Design under my belt to help me make a professional …
This weeks feature video is a look at Allsport GPS. Trimble Outdoors were kind enough to send me their Pro version of the app and put me in contact with testing team so that I could get to know the app a little better. Check out the video …
Well it’s been a while since the last episode hasn’t it? I was forced to take a hiatus from producing the show on account of the growing amount of projects I had to undertake for my University degree but as of today that has all finished. Hopefully after …
