Category: Android

Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 Up for pre-order

If you’re after the Galaxy Ace 2 then head over to Unlocked Mobiles – they’ve got it on pre-order for £249.98 with the VAT. The Ace 2 has an 800 MHz dual-core CPU, a 3.8″ WVGA screen and two cameras – a 5 megapixel shooter at the rear …

Coolsmartphone Recommended Android app – ex Dialer and Contacts

Ice Cream Sandwich has for a while been flaunted as the pinnacle of Android development. Yes many problems with the Android OS did indeed get fixed with the release of Android 4.0. But I keep coming across new problems. I have been using a Samsung Galaxy Nexus for …

Angry Birds Space caught on video

The other week we mentioned that the new version of Angry Birds would be based in space. Well Rovio the games developer has been showing the new version of the game off at South by Southwest in America and Intomobile caught it on film. Here is the quick …

Cloud storage – Have you tried HiDrive?

You want online storage, you go to Dropbox, right? Well yes, you could, but there’s other providers to choose from. HiDrive free gives new users 5GB of storage and it’s all stored in super-secure datacentres in Germany that are owned and operated by Strato – the people behind …

Did the earth move for you?

Love them or hate them Apple are certainly good at stirring up the entire tech world. Although this time around the world didn’t change quite as much. But what Apple did introduce will still shake things up for many many months to come. Whenever Apple are due to …

Coolsmartphone Recommended Android app – File Browser Widget

One thing I have wanted for a while is a widget that lets you browse your files. I have had to resort to opening up another app and browsing through the file structure until I find the files I want. Well luckily I came across something that lets …

Angry Birds goes into orbit

PIGS IN SPACE !!! Oh come on, that’s a classic, and you can shortly get the modern classic too – Angry Birds Space is coming. Available for Android and iOS on March 22nd there’s a nice preview video below showing the gameplay. It’s a bit epic and the …

Utilitas – Lots of useful apps, all in one place

Usually on a daily or weekly basis you’ll want to use one of those “useful” apps. Y’know – using your phone as a torch, timing something with a stopwatch, converting units and so on. Now utilitas is here to bring all those apps together in one big friendly …

Sony Xperia S Review

Just in case you did not know, recently Sony Ericsson decided to part ways with Sony buying up the Ericsson part of the business. This means all future phones will be Sony branded and this Xperia S is the first of this new batch of android powered smartphones. …

Motorola Motoluxe now available on T-Mobile

Last night we went to the Motorola Motoluxe event more details here. The phone explanation type people at the event mentioned that you would be able to buy the Motoluxe as of today on T-Mobile. Well guess what? They were telling the truth! You can get the Motoluxe …

Motorola Motoluxe event

Last night we attended an event announcing the already announced new device from Motorola. The Motoluxe. It can be bought in various outlets already for about £250 pounds and also rather cheaply on contracts as well. According to the Motorola PR people present at the event the Motoluxe …

Archos G9 Ice Cream Sandwich Update ready

Got yourself an Archos G9 ? You do ? Lookie here, it’s the Ice Cream Sandwich update, complete with oodles of goodies too. “Hatch” has tipped us off and is busy downloading his update now. The full feature list is below.. Link – Archos.com Version 4.0.4 – March …

Xperia S Lands On Three

Three have just sent out a press release confirming the new Sony Xperia S is available on their network. If you want to see a great hands-on demo and some up close shots of the device, have a look at our earlier story from Barcelona or head over …

Coolsmartphone Recommended Android app – Tablified Market

You probably know the score. You decide you want an Android tablet. You get it home, after the initial setup you hit the market. Then you stop dead. How on earth are you meant to tell which apps are tablet optimised? Tabletified Market is how. Once installed you …

Sky Sports TV headed to Android very soon indeed

We’ve had a lot of interest around the Sky TV mobile apps during the last few months, and rightly so, they’re really rather good. The Sky Sports TV app – already available on iOS – is said to be in the final stages of beta testing. This app …

Android Market Rebranded Google Play

Google have decided to rebrand the Android Market under the new name Google Play with different apps for different services. The change is happening right now and you’ll soon see your Android Market changing into this…. Bye bye Android Market, hello “Play Shop”. An interesting move by the …

HTC Evo 3D now even cheaper

Just a short while back Andrew found the HTC Evo 3D in Asda for just £249.99. Since then it’s got even cheaper, and they’re now off-loading it at a remarkable £207. If you’re up for some 3D action, why not pop down there. This is an unlocked handset …

New Sony Xperia model appears in benchmarks

The AnTuTu benchmarks have revelaed a new Sony Xperia model listed as MT25i. All that can be learnt about the new model from the benchmarks is that it has a 1GHz processor, 341MB RAM and was running Android 2.3.4 (Gingerbread). Looking at this information, it seems this will …

Galaxy Tab 8.9 – Down to just £279

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 has been knocked down to just £279 at PC World – it was £399. A pretty decent deal for a dual-core 1GHz tablet with 16GB, twin cameras, WiFi and that 1280×800 pixel 8.9″ screen. Running Android 3.1 (Honeycomb) you also get all the …

Google are changing the way you download huge apps

The Android Market can be a little annoying at times. Especially with the 15 minute refund window. Let me set the scene and you will no doubt have been there and have been equally annoyed. You want to play a game on your phone, you don’t want adverts, …

Reckless Racing for real

You may have seen Reckless Racing before. It’s a game where you drive a little car around a dirt track at high speed and you smash into lots of stuff along the way. Well the Xperia studio team have got some cars, a team of guys who convert …

Huawei IDEOS S7 Slim for less than £100 today

So, you’ve read our review, you’re looking to get one. How about picking one up right now for less than 100 quid? Expansys are knocking them out for £99.99 right now but, as with all good offers, you’ve got to be pretty quick. Click on for the deal …

HTC One Series example camera shots

So, we saw the whizzy camera technology in the HTC One Series devices. You probably had a look at it in one of our videos, then saw some very similar rapid-fire camera technology in the Sony Xperia range and the Orange Intel phone. The new HTC phones have …

Xperia S O2 PAYG Price Revealed

On picking up a new O2 brochure just now the Sony Xperia S is listed with a PAYG price of £399.99 but at the moment is not in stock to buy.  It does mean that March is the confirmed launch date though which is a good thing especially …

BBC iPlayer now offers 3G streaming for all

A new version of the iPlayer got released a couple of days back. If you update now then you’ll be able to watch TV across 3G – not just WiFi. There’s also improved streaming with new versions of Adobe Flash. The usual warnings apply of course, so don’t …

MWC – MIPS helping to bring us better, cheaper devices

The final day of Mobile World Congress here in Barcelona and, although the crowds are starting to thin out, it was perhaps the best time to go to the very back of these great halls and seek out companies that have great products and ideas but don’t always …

MWC – A tour around the Alcatel One Touch stand

Imagine your next phone. Perhaps you’ve already seen it during Mobile World Congress. Now, let me try to guess what that phone will have. First, I’m guessing it’ll have a touch screen. Second, I’m thinking it’ll have a high-resolution camera, probably 8 megapixels. It’s probably got another camera …

Strange Android stuff I’ve found this week

Friday lunchtime has come around again. As usual here is our weekly dose of strange Android apps. First up we have “BurpZ!” which is a burp soundboard. Which believe it or not is quite good. If you like that sort of thing. They have actually recorded real people burping …

MWC – NEC Display some interesting designs

This year there’s a number of manufacturers, old and new, trying to break into the mobile space. I think it’s been about 7 years since I last used an NEC phone, back when 3G was a new technology and 3G video calling was thought to be the “next …

Impressions from MWC 2012

Although I’m a self-proclaimed mobile gadgets maniac, somehow I don’t usually follow major events in the industry as closely as perhaps I should. However, since I’m looking to replace my current HTC Desire Z sometime soon’ish, I was keeping an extra eye on the recent happenings at Mobile …

MWC – Hands on with the Novero Solana tablet / laptop hybrid

Remember the Solana tablet / laptop combo we mentioned recently? It’s from Novero so we popped along to see them today. The demo unit they showed us is still in the early stages but switches in a similar fashion to the ViewSonic VIewpad we saw last year. As …

MWC – Xperia S – Up close

The Xperia S has the largest screen in the NXT range at 4.3″ (720×1280) and is seen here running Android 2.3, although ICS will be along shortly via an upgrade. It’s got a powerful 1.5GHz dual-core CPU, NFC and a 12 megapixel camera around the back plus another …

OnLive Desktop for Android now available. If you’re in the US

During CES OnLive announced a free virtual desktop service for tablets. It allows you to use basic office applications. We covered it here if you want to read it bit more about it. We’ll today it has been released on the Android Market. Since we published this it …

MWC – Xperia P – Up close

It’s time for a bit of close-up photo-time with the Xperia P. We were there for the launch so we figured you’d like a few more pictures, just because we can. As we mentioned earlier, the Xperia NXT phones have different screen sizes. The Xperia S has a …

Storage Options announce a sub £200 ICS tablet

Storage Options the maker of various budget tablets have recently announced their latest offering. It is called the Scroll Extreme and it is a 9.7″ ICS tablet that unfortunately does not have the Google Android Market. But as we saw the other week with the ViewSonic ViewPad you …

MWC – Xperia U – Up close

Although we were at the launch, we thought you’d appreciate yet more up-close shots of the Xperia U. The Xperia NXT range goes down in screen size. The Xperia S has a 4.3″ screen (720×1280), the Xperia P has a 4″ and this here is the baby of …

MWC – Orange Santa-Clara – Up close

The Santa Clara is, it turns out, just a codename at the moment. So perhaps, just perhaps, it might appear as the Orange London we thought it would? Powered by a rather rapid Intel Atom Z2460 1.6GHz CPU, this has 16GB of memory, HD voice, NFC, 1080p HDMI …

MWC – Panasonic Eluga Power – Up close

The Panasonic ELUGA Power has just been announced (press release below) so it definitely warrants some hands-on time. It’s waterproof and has a Qualcomm Snapdragon dual-core 1.5GHz CPU. In the hand it selt very well build and thin too (9.6mm), despite the large 128×720 HD 5″ screen, which …