Category: Android
Miui is a custom rom for Android devices. Miui gives your device a totally different feel. The thing with custom roms is that yes they give you lots of nice new features, but some people just don’t fancy trying to break their phone trying to get these features. …
Another photo has now appeared, and it does look similar to some earlier renders. Whether it’s a Photoshop job is anyones guess… Also we’ve got the errmm.. intiguing shots below from the Danini1112 Twitter feed. Not much to say here and we’re not completely convinced. Link – PhoneArena.com …
The Q1 financials for Samsung were much higher than even their own expectations, with 3.2 billion coming in the door. “Brisk” sales of the Galaxy Note and Samsung Galaxy SII pushed the strong growth through the ceiling, making Samsung the worlds largest maker of mobile phones and overtaking …
Today Sony has come out and announced that they have released the Android 4.0 update for the Sony Tablet S. With this update you get the usual set of ICS updates and optimisations, but Sony also have a special treat for us Tablet S owners too! Sony has …
There’s only a week to go now and the daily Galaxy SIII leaks are becoming clearer and more interesting. Today SamMobile have a shot apparently lifted from a manual and it shows the S3 / SIII / Next Galaxy / i9300 in a bit more detail with specs …
Motorola have announced that their new RAZR Maxx is to begin shipping in the UK from the middle of May. The rather attractive looking handset delivers an astounding 17.6 hours of talk time and 380 (yes, three hundred and eighty) hours of standby time, which when combined with …
Today I took a flick through some of the shots we took at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and found a few we’d not published. When you look at the snaps below you could definitely be forgiven for thinking about those T-shirts on the local market. You know …
The new Samsung Galaxy S Advance has started shipping and is now available from Clove. The Android powered handset has a 1GHz dual-core processor and 768MB RAM, 8GB internal storage and a MicroSD slot expandable up to 32GB. Running on Gingerbread 2.3 complete with Touchwiz, it also has a new feature …
Finally, after all the hype, spin and rumours, Samsung have confirmed some solid detail around the next Galaxy. They have released details of the main chip to power the handset which will be called the Exynos 4 Quad. Samsung claim that the chip is special as it is built …
Antutu the well known device benchmark app for Android has started to show details about the upcoming Galaxy S3. It comes out higher than the Transformer Prime which was the previous top of the list. Strangely though none of the HTC One range appear in the figures. The …
We wanted to just put this out there before everything starts spinning wildly out of control. The boys at Carphone Warehouse briefly showed an image on their coming soon pages next to the Galaxy S3 / Next Galaxy. The image has gone now but was pretty tiny anyway. …
If you just thought “yes” then you are the sort of person that SPB are after to help them with a survey. I know surveys can be boring and long winded but SPB the makers of SPB TV are obviously looking for ways to improve their current offering …
“Sources” talking to Digitimes say that another Facebook phone is on the way. This time it looks like HTC and Facebook will be woven more tightly together too. HTC has already released phones with Facebook integration and dedicated buttons, such as the ChaCha, but it looks like this …
Google released a beta version of Chrome for Android back in February, but according to the Senior Vice President of Chrome and Apps for Google, Sundar Pichai, Chrome for Android will leave beta status “in a matter of weeks”. He didn’t reveal anything more precise about this date, but its …
As promised, along with Dan’s initial HTC One X review, here’s another and more detailed look at the flagship One handset. It aims to turn around the perhaps “disrupted” image of the brand recently. Many thanks to Handtec for providing us with an additional review unit. The HTC …
Honestly, this hype simply won’t die down. The Galaxy SIII launch is beginning to feel like an iPhone launch and there’s huge interest in any small tid-bit on the interwebs. Here’s another shot of the phone, this time wrapped in some sort of case. It doesn’t tell us …
For a time, previous users of Microsoft’s cloud storage service can upgrade to 25GB – free! To previous users of SkyDrive can now upgrade their previous 2 gigabytes of free storage can clink on a link – yes, that’s right – and get another 23GB for free. Good, …
With Samsung having an event in London on the 3rd of May, the Samsung Galaxy S3 is hot news around the internet, and demand for more information and finding leaks is now rivaling what Apple have seen on the iPhone product. We posted recently the news that Vodafone …
In a press release today, Virgin Media revealed that they are now offering the HTC Sensation XE and the HTC One V from free on contract. Virgin Mobile is a virtual operator in the UK, using the networks of T-Mobile and Orange ensuring maximum possible coverage. If you …
Announce earlier this year at MWC and shown here on Coolsmartphone, the Xperia P and Xperia U have had their launch date delayed according to this blog post on Clove.co.uk Originally expected to launch on May 7th, both handsets will now be available from May 28th. The Xperia P will be …
The big Samsung Unpacked event is now only days away in London but, until now, Samsung have only said that it’ll be launching the “Next Galaxy”. Whilat we’ve all assumed this to mean the Galaxy S3 there’s been no confirmation from Samsung themselves. However, a companion app for …
The network has just added this landing page ready for the upcoming “Next Galaxy”, which we all presume is the Samsung Galaxy SIII. The launch takes place on May 3rd, which which is only 10 days away, and you can plonk your name down on the Vodafone site …
Asus have announced that the Transformer 300 is coming to the UK in May with PC World and Currys getting early availability, while other retailers will have to wait until June. Selling for £399, the Transformer 300t will come with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich running on a …
You’ve got to give it to Samsung. Outside of Apple’s iDevices, I’m struggling to think of another gadget that’s as hotly anticipated as the Galaxy S3. Samsung have been playing things very cool and have somehow managed to keep anything from leaking up to this point. And now …
Back in April Samsung pushed out an update to unlocked GSM Galaxy Nexus phones that raised the version to 4.0.4. This update only reached some of the handsets it was destined for as it was stopped due to reports of it causing signal loss. It turned out to …
It’s here, it’s really here! I was so excited to see the ‘missed delivery’ card from the postman, knowing what was in the packet. I had been anxiously waiting for the delivery from Clove since I first read about the new version of the SmartWatch, hoping Sony had improved …
If nothing else, these constant leaks are keeping us all interested in the up-coming Galaxy SIII. A recent video showed the SIII in what looks to be an early prototype which lacked the final specs or design. We’re still betting that it’ll look more like this and now …
So, you may have heard about HotUKDeals. It’s the site where deals, vouchers and freebies are posted by a huge community of bargain-hunters. Although they’ve had an Android app available for a while, there’s now a new Basket Buddies app for Android and iPhone. Instead of searching for …
We’ve seen a video which apparently shows the new Samsung Galaxy SIII in action. According to the video, the design of the handset may have been changed since this was filmed but everything should be pretty accurate. The guys at tinhte.vn have published some photos and, although they’re …
Vietnamese website tinhte.vn posted an article and video earlier which they claimed was of a prototype Galaxy SIII. The usual “sources familiar with the matter” are saying that this is very likely to be the final spec but may not be the final exterior. Here are the potential …
The first Smartphone with an Intel processor is about to launch in India and it’s this, the Xolo X900. The phone is powered by an Atom Z246 processor, has a 4 inch 1024×600 display, 8 Megapixel camera and will run Android Gingerbread although Xolo has promised an OTA …
A new player in the UK Android market has officially announced a full range of budget tablets today. Gemini Devices have been trading for a while in China, but are now bringing their JoyTAB Android tablets to the UK. Consisting of three tablets – 7”, 8”, and 10” …
It looks like the full set is almost complete, Orange have announced via their Orange Helpers Twitter and Facebook accounts that the Android 4.0 update will start rolling out via Kies tomorrow, Friday the 20th of April. This only leaves T-Mobile customers without any official way to leave …
Spotify have announced plans to update their Android App to be more compliant with Googles new design guidelines. The result is a pretty nifty looking holo themed app that’s been built from scratch to fit in better with the rest of Ice Cream Sandwich. The app is still …
If you are one of the many that has experienced issues with the Google Play Store such as disappearing apps, apps not downloading or purchases not going through then suffer no longer. It would seem that the Play store in the United States actually has 24 hour, 7 day …
It’s what many consider to be the biggest legal battle in the technology industry at the moment and it all kicked off this week. Oracle Vs Google are in dispute over the licensing and use of Java and whilst I’m not here to break down the legalities of …
As detailed in February and revealed at MWC, the Panasonic Eluga is now available in the UK. Running with a 1GHZ dual core CPU, an 8 megapixel rear camera,Wi-Fi, NFC, and running Android 2.3 (soon to be upgraded to Ice Cream Sandwich) the phone has a 4.3″ display and …
During MWC in Barcelona Leigh got his hands on the upcoming Huawei Ascend P1. It looks to be a super thin and good looking phone. Today in Beijing Huawei have announced the global availability of the device. Europe seems to be the last to see it, but it should be …
It’s been a bit of a wait but now owners of unbranded Samsung Galaxy SII’s can get their hands on some Ice Cream Sandwich goodness. The update is available through Kies and we recommend updating to the newest version beforehand. The update also comes with some improvements to …
Can you remember the JCB Pro Smart Toughphone we reviewed on Monday? Well it and a few other similar devices are now available at www.jcbtoughphone.com. Clove and Handtec have also announced that they have the Pro Smart in stock or will do soon. Clove – Here Handtec – …
