Category: Android

Officesuite Professional free today on the Amazon Appstore

Last week the Amazon Appstore became available for users in the UK, this was a good move because of the daily free apps. Today you can get Officesuite Professional for free, saving yourself a few pounds whilst your at it. The app supports a whole host of different …

Angry Birds Sequel, Bad Piggies, to launch on September 27

Rovio have announced that the long awaited sequel to their smash hit Angry Birds series and it will be called “Bad Piggies”. Angry Birds has been hugely successful for Rovio and this certainly has potential to be just as big.  Interestingly the press release points to a new …

Sony Xperia tablet S promo video

Sony unveiled the new Tablet S at IFA last week in Berlin and today they have posted a little introduction video to the tablet. Interestingly it shows a landscape dock as well as some other things you’d expect it to be able to do. Do more, watch more, …

My thoughts on the Galaxy Camera

Somehow I managed to miss any rumours of a Galaxy Camera and so for once was actually quite surprised when it was announced during Samsung’s (rather dreadful) IFA keynote last week. What a pleasant surprise it was. Although undoubtedly a niche product, I have to say I’m quite excited …

Is NFC About to Take Off in the UK with the Galaxy SIII ?

Barely a couple of days after Everything Everywhere announced that they have teamed up with Mastercard comes another announcement, this time from Orange, one of the partners in the EE stable. Some time ago, Orange launched Quick Tapp with the Samsung Tocco Light.  This enabled NFC payments to be …

Samsung Galaxy Note 2 To Launch With S-Cloud

The long awaited S-Cloud service from Samsung looks like it will launch with the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Note II. Reports from IFA in Germany show a new Note II complete with the S-Cloud option within the Settings menu. There is no news on how much storage will come …

Nokia wireless charging dock leaked now

Images of new Nokia hardware are appearing all over the web. evleaks have posted a picture of the rumoured wireless charging unit. Once again whether this is real or not I sure don’t know. Source – evleaks

Sony Xperia Tipo – Initial Impressions

The Xperia range is rather large, covering every possible budget range some of the latest Xperia phones have been in the budget range. Including the Xperia Tipo. The Sony anti naming convention Xperia Tipo. It is a tiny little thing with an almost identical spec to the Motorola …

Horn by Zynga for Android [first impressions] **updated**

The eagerly awaited Legend of Zelda meets Infinity Blade release from Phosphor games was finally released on Thursday for those of you that are unfamiliar with the game Horn was one of the games used to showcase the nVidia Tegra 3 chipset inside the Google Nexus 7 at …

Apple continues to go thermo-nuclear

So, that patent battle. All done and dusted, right? Just a few older Samsung handsets in the US affected, right? Well, not so. Despite rumours that the CEO’s of both Apple and Samsung are now “in talks”, the Apple legal team have named extra devices to their seperate …

Google Play End Of Summer Sale……

Google Play appear to be having a bit of a digital clear out with an End Of Summer Sale. No less than 18 apps or games are up for sale from just 69 pence each and there are some biggies in there too. Swiftkey 3, Virtua Tennis Challenge, …

Xperia arc, ray and neo updates blocked by O2

O2 announced today that they have blocked the release of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich for the Sony Xperia arc, Xperia ray and Xperia neo. The move, that was announced today over at the O2 Blog, cites “speed and performance issues” as the reason for O2 not releasing …

O2 gives customer Free £10 to spend in O2 Stores

You may remember that there was a slight issue with the network in the middle of July where customers cold not use their phones at all. Well for once a company has realised that it has made an arse of the situation and are doing something to try …

Nokia Lumia 920 & 820 images leaked

Are these real? Who knows, Twitter user @evleaks has struck again. They have posted two images that quite clearly show two new Nokia devices. Apparently a 4.3″ 820 and 4.5″ 920. These look nice, the time of 9:20 on both screens is a nice touch. I’m not convinced …

Fruity Tokyo blow for the Applesung Rodeo

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the courts, this time Samsung Electronics got a tick in the win column in Tokyo for patents relating to transferring media between devices. “We welcome the court’s decision, which confirmed our long-held position that our products do …

Sony Experia V may not hit the UK shores

Hot on the heels of its unveiling at IFA yesterday, Sony has announced that the Sony Experia V may not be hitting the UK shores. The 4.3″, Bravia engine 2 using, LTE toting handset, which is designed for those upsetting times when you can’t help but spill your morning …

Huawei Emotion ui

What do Sense, TouchWiz and Emotion UI all have in common? They’re all manufacturer applied skins to go over the top of Android. These skins are designed to enhance the user experience and make using the device a whole lot easier. Yesterday Huawei announced Emotion UI and it …

Samsung post an official Galaxy Note II hands on video

The Galaxy Note II is going to be a huge device. Not just in size but in popularity. The updated features and spec that it offers will no doubt attract many people to get one in the next few months. Samsung have posted a video on their YouTube …

KeyCase Google Nexus 7 Keyboard Case Review

The Asus built Google tablet has been out for a while now and  Nexus 7 accessories are coming thick and fast. Once such accessory is the Keycase Google Nexus 7 Keyboard Case.  If you hadn’t guessed by the name it is a case for the Nexus 7 that comes …

Acer Cloud Mobile due on the 20th of September

Acer have been quite hot news recently. Announcing four new phones at competitive prices. The highest spec of these is the Acer Cloud Mobile, it has been available for pre-order for a week or two now. With no mention of a release date. This afternoon Expansys have got …

ZTE announce the Grand X IN

The last few days have been press release crazy. This afternoon ZTE have announced the Intel Medfield version of their current Tegra 2 device the Grand X, it’s imaginatively called the Grand X IN. It doesn’t look drastically different apart from an Intel sticker on the backplate. The …

Amazon Appstore launches in Europe

Amazon today announced the official release of the Amazon Appstore in the UK, France, Germany, France, Italy and Spain. Although European users have been able to unofficially download the app since it was released in the US, the timing of this launch could have something to do with …

Sony Announce 3 New Products At IFA – Including Bond Phone

  More announcements from IFA came from Sony.  In total Sony announced 3 new mobile products, 2 phones and 1 tablet. The first was the Xperia T, Sony’s new flagship top of the range handset which is set to feature in the upcoming Bond movie Skyfall. The main …

The Coolsmartphone Android app has had an update

You may not have known that we have an Android app. Well we do and it has just been updated. The app now includes our YouTube videos, our Podcast and of course our RSS feed. It gives you another way to keep with our articles and content. Some …

HTC Announce Desire X

HTC have just announced a new smartphone to the world and that is the HTC Desire X which comes loaded with great features for everyone to enjoy without paying a big price. The HTC Desire X will be available in both White and Black from launch day in …

Ask us a question for our podcast – Episode 12

Yes it is that time again, we want your questions for the team who are going to be recording episode 12 of the podcast. Last week we had an almost impossible question to answer, which we tried to answer. Hopefully this week it won’t be as difficult. Just …

Samsung Galaxy Note II announced at IFA

This evening in Berlin Samsung have announced a whole load of new devices. The newGalaxy Note II which looks like a big Galaxy SIII, a Galaxy Camera which looks amazing and the Windows Phone 8 Ativ S which again looks amazing. Here we have a quick look at the Galaxy Note II. …

Samsung Galaxy Camera announced at IFA

This evening in Berlin Samsung have announced a whole load of new devices. The new Galaxy Note II which looks like a big Galaxy SIII, a Galaxy Camera which looks amazing and the Windows Phone 8 Ativ S which again looks amazing. Here we have a quick look …

Three To Stock Samsung Galaxy Note II

In a day will of new announcements, something which was just spotted over on the Three website under ‘Coming Soon’ is the new Samsung Galaxy Note II. No press release has been released about this from the network yet and there is very little detail on the page …

Samsung Galaxy Note II

Samsung’s IFA event hasn’t even started yet. Already, part of it has been spoiled. Say hello to the Galaxy Note II. We expected that it would be coming along with Jelly Bean for the S3. We didn’t know much about it until now. The Samsung Galaxy Note II …

Motorola and Intel to unveil something soon

September the 18th is date when Motorola are due to unveil their next device to the UK. They have sent press invites out today and not a lot has been given away. LET US TAKE YOU TO THE EDGE So from this we can’t guess much. The two …

Skydrive for Android now available

Cloud Storage is definitely one of those things you can’t just get by without these days. I no doubt don’t represent the average phone user with half a dozen different phones, plus tablets and a few pcs, all of which have their own files and structure. Cloud Storage …

Is this going to be the new tablet from HTC?

Don’t you just love the internet? No secret is rarely kept a secret for long, the latest bit of info from the internet that should have possibly kept under wraps is the possible design for a new HTC tablet. A previously unknow Twitter account EVLeaks has posted a …

Archos GamePad. Will it be the ultimate gaming machine?

Archos have recently announced another new device, this time it is a 7″ tablet with game controls on either side of the screen. For the first time with this sort of thing I am actually quite excited about it. In the past devices like this have shown their …

Meanwhile, at 37,000 feet

I had a chat with this gent recently on a flight. He spotted me looking at his phone.. Actually I have to admit that I was watching his movie… It’s a Galaxy SIII from Samsung, brilliant thing. Yeah, I know. I’m just watching the new Batman movie. I’ve …

Alchemy HD For Android

I first played Alchemy a long while ago and spent many a frustrating hour trying to achieve perfection…I didn’t succeed then and now as if to haunt me comes Alchemy HD.  The same riveting game designed especially for HD resolution screens – it looks like the Nexus 7 …

Samsung Galaxy Beam Review

Announced at Mobile World Congress earlier this year the unique selling point of the Samsung Galaxy Beam against all other mobile phones currently on the market is the built in projector on the top, but we’ll get to that in a minute. First let’s look at the specs. …

Samsung Galaxy Note – Mugen extended battery review

You get a phone, you use your phone, you start to use your phone a lot more as you slowly realise what it is capable of, you then start to carry a charger around with you every day to charge up your new wonder phone. Your battery just …