Category: Android
Yep, you no longer need a Nokia to get your Nokia Maps goodness. Simply browse to maps.nokia.com and it’ll locate you using the HTML5 wizardry. Other features include.. You can see where you are on the map, thanks to HTML5 support for positioning You can find addresses, businesses …
If you’re looking for a cheap Android handset it’s definitely worth checking out this Expansys page. They’ve knocked up to 80% off and every handset in the sale has now dropped to just £79.99. That includes the Liquid E, Liquid, beTouch E110 and Acer Tempo. All handsets are …
Motorola have just announced their Q3 results and their supposed iPad killing Xoom tablet accounted for a tiny slice of sales during the quarter. They shipped a total of 11.6 million mobiles devices of which the Xoom represented a mere 100,000 units. In contrast, Apple sold 11.12 million …
If you fancy a tablet for the kids (and by that, we of course mean an Android Tablet), then this Disgo 6000 unit might be worth a punt. It’s dropped to just £49.97 and, although it’s got a resistive screen, it’ll keep the kids happy after Angry Birds …
Browse to music.google.com on your Android phone and, for a brief period some hours ago, this appeared…. ..we’re a bit dubious about whether this is real or not (the image looks to have been tweaked) but if true it could mean that music will soon get added to …
Goodbye Swedish friends, Sony Ericsson will shortly be history. Sony have slapped a cool 1.1 billion euros on the table (£964m) for the 50% Ericsson share of Sony Ericsson. Sony will get five patents as part of the deal and plan to ditch feature-phones, solely concentrating on smartphones. …
The guys at Expansys have just got their grubby mitts on the new Motorola RAZR. It’ll shortly be available on their site for £474.99, but you can get it cheaper at The Smartphone Centre – only £449.95. Let us know if you’ve seen it cheaper. Link – Earlier …
Downloaded an app recently? Android now accounts for some 44% of all application downloads according to stats – that’s compared to 31% for Apple. ABI Research research now shows that Android is the leader in market share. Lim Shiyang, Research Associate, states.. Android’s open source strategy is the …
The other day we posted a couple of apps you could install on your Android device to make it look like iOS. Some people were surprised that some other people would actually want to do this. Yes making an Android phone look like that is a bit of step backwards, but how …
O2 are already getting the new Motorola Razr and now, just to add to the fun, they’ve added the Galaxy Nexus too. The new Google handset is already on the way to Three. No prices as yet, and you can’t pre-register either. Doah. Link – Galaxy Nexus (O2)
Microsoft are doing pretty well thanks to success of Android. Estimates state that Microsoft will make $444 million (nearly £284 million) from the sale of Android handsets in 2012. It’s all because Android partners are entering into licence agreements with Microsoft, who hold a number of patents relating …
Wanna be in with a chance of winning a HTC Sensation XL ? Three are giving away five of them. They want to know how many different types of drips you can see in their new advert… It’s all to celebrate the fact that Three are now the …
It seems that Steve Jobs was more than a little unhappy about Android. A new autobiography by Walter Isaacson has already been quoted by The Huffington Post and, well, he was a little angry when he saw “how similar” Android was to the iPhone.. Our lawsuit is saying, …
A HTC Facebook post has revealed that they will update “as many .. devices as possible” to the all-new Android version, Ice Cream Sandwich. Upgrades require a careful balance of hardware and software to ensure the best possible performance and usability, so please stay tuned as we assess …
This week has been quite an eventful week for the HP TouchPad. Firstly HP actually released an update for it. Secondly the Cyanogen team working on the TouchPad also released an update. The HP update had a lot of different bug fixes and features, the in depth details of …
Football fan? Got an iPhone? You may have already tried the Sky Sports mobile app and caught up with the latest Sky TV whilst sat in a car-park, like this chap.. ..but what about Android users? Well, we’re hearing from an insider that an Android version is currently …
Here in the UK Films on YouTube recently went live. It lets you rent movies from a fair selection and is accessible via the web. On the same day books were introduced into the Android Market but, as of today, you can now buy films through the Android …
O2 have updated their coming soon section of their UK website to include the Motorola RAZR which was announced just yesterday, a day before all the Galaxy Nexus announcement. Featuring a super thin design, 4.3 inch screen, 8 megapixel camera and 1080p video recording plus a lot more …
Want the Galaxy Nexus network free? Get your name down with Clove and, after dishing out £514.80, you can have it. The handset was announced just this morning and will be the first to use Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). It’ll be in stock from “early November”. If …
Got 5 minutes? Bored? If you’re looking to find an Easter Egg in your Android 2.3.xx handset just try this.. Settings->About Phone Now keep tapping “Android Version” and this appears… We’ll now sit back and await the flames from everyone who found this little extra many moons ago.. …
The all-new Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich / ICS) version will shortly make it’s debut on the Galaxy Nexus, but what of the rest of us ? According to Andy Rubin it’ll be appearing just “a couple of weeks after” on other handsets. We can guess that the …
We’ve just had some rather nice hi-res snaps of the all-new Motorola RAZR sent across from the PR team today. It’ll be arriving here in Europe in November and we’re expecting a price-tag of around £400. Techradar is also reporting that the handset will be upgraded to Android …
Steve Ballmer. He always creates headlines when he makes a speech, but sometimes it’s not for the reasons he’d hoped. The Microsoft boss told the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco that .. You don’t need to be a computer scientist to use a Windows phone (but ) …
UK mobile network Three has announced that they will be stocking the just announced Samsung Galaxy Nexus device which is the latest in the ‘Nexus’ range after the Nexus S and the original Nexus One. In a press release Three have said.. Samsung Galaxy Nexus – coming soon …
We are waiting for the live video just to start but Samsung have given out the information on their new flagship device and it is officially called the Samsung Galaxy Nexus with a very impressive spec list which can be found below.. Android 4.0 ‘Ice Cream Sandwich’ 1.2Ghz …
We’re seeing some HTC Sensation owners on Orange get system updates today. It seems to introduce the rather excellent Signal Boost technology which hooks onto any WiFi and gives you a mobile signal. Ideal for in office environments where those special reflective windows kill mobile signals from normal …
In just a few hours the Samsung Galaxy Nexus will be unveiled and, as usual, we’ll be bringing you all the latest news. Those curves (dare we say teardrop design?) we saw in the teaser video are back in this leaked NTT Docomo advert on ameblo.jp. It pretty …
No you are not getting Deja-vu, Motorola have just announced the Motorola Droid RAZR or Motorola RAZR as it is to be known outside of America and it is a stunning piece of hardware with massive screen and super thin case. Android Gingerbread Dual Core 1.2Ghz Processor 1GB …
With lawsuits between phone manufacturers appearing almost daily, today’s Dilbert strip is bang on the money… It’s even more appropriate because HTC have just lost their infringement case in America against Apple. It’s a big set-back for the company and shares have already taken a dive. The US …
Do you wish you had a seemingly endless sea of icons? Do you hate useful widgets for music or weather? Do you want a plain old lockscreen that just slides to the side? If you are repeatedly shouting yes, then you will need todays apps. Below are some …
Samsung have ramped up the pressure on Apple this morning by seeking a complete ban of iPhone 4S sales in Japan and Australia. The decision comes after Samsung filed an injunction attempt against the 4S in France and Italy just after the launch, and just days after an …
Ok, so the iPhone 4S has been out since Friday and much has been covered on lots of different sites about Siri, the various speed improvements etc.. However, whilst all these things are great, the thing I use most on my phone is the camera. I wanted to …
If you’ve got £150 lying around it is, as we always say, quite welcome here at coolsmartphone. If you’d rather spend it on one of those phone things then the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play is down to £149.99. The white and black. We had a good hands on …
A month after we spotted the Galaxy Y headed to Vodafone … boom, it’s here. Free for just £10.50 per month, it’s powered by Android 2.3 and has a 3″ screen, WIFi, 3G, microSD expansion, GPS, FM radio and a 2 megapixel camera. What? What’s that you say? …
Hey, come close. Remember when we all fell over ourselves to get Google Buzz invites? Remember when we all thought it would knock Facebook to one side? Yeah…. that didn’t happen.. In a few weeks we’ll shut down Google Buzz and the Buzz API, and focus instead on …
Wanna get all the latest Android news and information ? Follow us on Twitter, it’s simple enough. If you want more there’s now a Android Twitter account too which is updated by the Android team themselves. They’ve only posted two tweets so far, but there’s nearly 40,000 followers. …
This morning a very early Alpha release of Android for the HP TouchPad has been released. It is from the Cyanogenmod team. It has many bugs in it and the developers recommend you DO NOT install it. A lot of people (me included) have been questioning as and …
The Avail has a 5 megapixel camera, 3.5″ HVGA screen, WiFi, 3G browsing and 512 MB ROM and RAM. It’s a fairly mid-range device by the looks of it and will be available on October 16th in the USA on AT&T. It’s the latest offering in the GoPhone …
ViewSonic have added a new tablet to their range – the ViewPad 10e. It’s due to arrive next month and there’s Android 2.3 on a 9.7″ 1024×768 screen. ViewSonic have previously launched dual-booting Android / Windows tablets but this is their first pure Android tablet at 9.7″. Powered …
Just what are Motorola planning to launch next week? Whatever it is, Motorola are throwing quite a bif of weight behind it. The teaser video we showed you yesterday has now been joined by a countdown timer on the Motorola Mobility website. Let the guessing games commence. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFlZ4DWAxdA&feature=player_embedded …
