Category: Android
Nokia have just announced a new addition to their range of Lumia handsets – the Lumia 620. As with the Lumia 610 the new 620 is an entry level device clearly aimed at the younger market. Coming in a range of seven (yes 7) different colours, the entry …
Sony have today announced the brand new Xperia E handset. Billed as a “No nonsense Android smartphone”, the entry level device sports a 3.5″ TFT touchscreen with a resolution of 320×480 pixels. Running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich the device also has a 3.2 megapixel rear camera. There …
I remember many years ago a phone was a phone, you could text people, you could call people and if you were lucky you could play Snake on your phone too. Jump forward 15 years and we have a totally different world and totally different phones. My outlook …
Vic Gundotra has just announced over on Google Plus that next years I/O event will take place between the 15th and 17th of May at the normal location of the Moscone Centre in San Francisco. This is the Google version of the Apple event WWDC for tech fans …
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 …
Regular readers will know that I have a soft spot for the security application Lookout. It has today been announced that the security protection software protects over 25 million users every day will be pre-installed on all Orange Android handsets from early 2013. Lookout will be installed on …
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 …
Can you remember the Celio Redfly? Or the Palm Folio? Back in the days of Windows Mobile 6 you could get a small netbook sized device that would plug into your phone and mirror the screen. It was a great idea that was flawed by the fact that …
Yesterday at the Gadget Show Live UK based mobile electronics brand, Gemini Devices launched a new model to its range of tablet PCs. It is bundled with a Bluetooth Keyboard Case as standard. The new JoyTAB Duo 9.7 Pro (10313bk) is a powerful combination of A9 Dual Core processing power, …
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 …
It’s 20 whole years since the first text message was sent and, despite data-enabled phones and always-on email, we’re still sending a huge amount of texts. Tech start-up “inZair” has just launched an app called ZMS. It’s completely free and available for both Android and iOS. The texting …
You may remember a few months ago we and a few other sites published info about the Ergo Electronics Android powered Netbook. It never really materialised, but strangely UK retailer Misco have some in stock and they’re classed as open box already. Upon further poking around they have …
Huawei have decided that the best way to promote their latest 4G handset is to make Santa look like he’s already on his sleigh. If you’re looking for mobile phone deals then the Ascend P1 LTE is a handset we reviewed some time ago and it’s rather epic. …
The Sony Xperia T hasn’t really made a huge impression on the market. Packing some serious high specs it seems to have just passed most of us by. As a result retailers have started to drop the prices to shift units. Starting with Expansys. They are currently selling …
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 …
If you don’t like the stock Android keyboard you download one to replace it. Easy. But which one? Not so easy! Whilst there are dozens to choose from, the two leaders by a long way are SwiftKey and Swype. Both offering different methods of fast input – until …
Smartphones are now available in all different shapes and sizes, from high end to mid range to low end. Along with this variation in range is a large variation in price but one thing that is certain is that you will be shelling out an awful lot of …
As you know, Nokia recently held an event down in London with Deadmau5 providing the tunes. We posted this video yesterday, but it turns out that it was actually ripped from the live feed. So, Nokia have sent us the top-quality official one along with a full press …
Over in the US pricing for the Surface with Windows 8 Pro has been announced. The 64GB version will be available for $899 and the 128GB version will sell for $999. It’ll be available in January, although when we checked the UK site is a little more…. errmmm.. …
We here at Coolsmartphone have a long tradition of bringing the latest mobile tips, news and reviews to you – 10 years, in fact. Recently, with the introduction of Windows 8 and, a bit further back, Ubuntu 12.10 and OSX 10.8, the mobile and traditional computing worlds are coming …
TVCatchup, the service that enables you to watch live UK television on your computer, phone or other devices connected to the internet is now available to download from the Microsoft Apps store for Windows 8 and Windows RT. The app, also available on iOS and Android is a fantastic …
A few weeks ago I was a little upset/disturbed/excited about the Angry Birds Star Wars game being released. After playing it for a few days I realised that only two world’s were included in the initial version. The Hoth levels were coming soon and the Jedi levels were …
Exactly a year since the last event, Deadmau5 once again pounded London with some tunes to promote the new Lumia handsets from Nokia. This time the venue was Flat Iron Square in Southwark and again a hi-tech light show accompanied the tunes. This is all to promote the …
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 …
The Lumia 820 is the only one of the top end Nokia offerings that is available anywhere other than at EE stores and as a result stocks are rather low in most retailers. One retailer that has managed to procure stock and will have it available from tomorrow …
Christmas is nearly upon us and sometimes it can be a struggle to find a present to give for that one particular person. As mentioned in our first Christmas Gift Guide, we have teamed up with some of the leading retailers in the industry to bring you …
Got one of those Windows Phone handsets running 7.5? Gutted that you’re not getting Windows Phone 8? Well, you’re getting Windows Phone 7.8 at least. Last night we told you that you might have to wait a few more months though. The Windows Phone Blog details the upgrade, …
Microsoft have just announced that the Windows Phone 7.8 upgrade will happen in ‘early 2013’ to as many devices as possible. No list yet which devices will get it first but expect the usual Nokia Lumia and HTC series to get it pretty early due to being key …
After the news yesterday that Android Jellybean 4.2.1 was rolling out to the LG Nexus 4 and Nexus 10 there comes and update for the Galaxy Nexus. The update is as usual rolling out OTA and is less than 1mb in size. Once installed December is …
Google’s highly acclaimed Nexus 7 made by Asus has sold in some rather large numbers in its original wi-fi format however one of the issues raised was that it had no 3G functionality. In it’s latest incantation Google have solved this issue and released a 3G model which …
Look around you. If you see precious antiques and have a swimming pool in your extension, then you can probably tune out now. The rest of us are after deals and bargains right now, and an app called Shopitize is here to give you deals on your shopping. …
A year ago today we watched Deadmau5 do a pretty brief gig in London. It was all to promote the Nokia Lumia 800 and there were some pretty amazing visuals as the Millbank Tower got turned into a 120-metre high TV for the night. Shorty after, Microsoft told …
The Nokia Lumia 920 launched nearly three months ago but immediately crashed into accusations that the image-stabilization technology in the camera wasn’t that good. Why? Well, it all kicked off after Nokia got caught faking the advert and people lost a lot of confidence. So, UK Mobile Review …
Hands up those who think BlackBerry handsets get a raw deal? Well, you’re not the only ones, because Vodafone are giving ‘Freebees’ to pay as you go Blackberry owners in the UK who top up at least £10. Amongst other things, you will get free BBM and 100MB …
We all know that feeling. The moment when your heart leaps out of your chest and thumps at a thousand miles per hour just as your phone hits the floor. I’m fairly certain that each and every one of us has dropped our handset at one time or …
The deal of the day today at Expansys is an absolute corker…. For the bargain basement price of £19.99 you can bag yourself a Sony Ericsson Liveview Smartwatch. The SonyEricsson Liveview Smartwatch lets you check your Android phone without taking it out of your pocket. Acting as a second …
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 …
News is emerging of a possible successor to the LG Optimus G. The device which can be described as nothing other than high end is said to contain the following: 1080p Full HD display 2Ghz Quad-core Qualcomm S4 Processor Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie 2Gb Ram The handset …
