Category: Handsets (General)
In another ‘Xmas terrific deal’ shock, Orange have reduced the price of the original Motorola Defy to just £99-99. This seems to be out of stock on-line, and therefore in store only, but definitely worth checking out if you’re after a cheap Android handset. Leigh reviewed this handset back …
So, after this post from Leigh, some of you might be considering purchasing this phone. We have one of these in the house, so I thought I’d share with you my first impressions. The phone seems to be a slightly remodelled version of the LG Optimus 7. A …
The guys over at Orange have kindly lent us an Orange Barcelona to review. The Orange Barcelona is a low priced Android handset in the candy bar format with a hardware keyboard and touch screen. Think Blackberry (or just look at the picture below). The spec highlights are …
Expansys have dropped the price of the Jil Sander Windows Phone AGAIN to £199-99. Quite a bargain for a handset that runs the rather excellent Mango update I’m sure you’d agree. We’ve been speaking with Expansys to get a review unit for you as soon as possible. It …
O2 have now announced a new leasing service for it’s UK customers. This service is available from O2 retail outlets and through their customer services and offers customers the chance to lease a new smartphone for 12 months for £55 per month. The service includes: 750 Minutes of …
Yes!! The Galaxy Nexus is now available from Vodafone UK. Available online here Free from £41 a month. At that price on a 24 month plan, along with the device for free, you get 1200 minutes, Unlimited Text and 750MB of Internet (after the first 3 months of …
Carrier IQ is software that is built into devices like Android, BlackBerries, Nokias and iPhones. It seems as though the “keylogger”/”rootkit” is installed by the Network supplying the device. The version built into Android logs everything that you do on your device. Even those pictures of yourself, in …
“Yeah, send it over, we’ll take a look”. ..that’s usually my response when we’re offered a phone to review. This time it was the guys at Lekki on the phone. They get “vintage” mobile phones and video games, get them working, in tip-top condition and then give them …
A report by the market research and consulting group, Strategy Analytics, shows that China, not the US, is now the superpower in relation to smart phone sales growth. The report goes on to detail that in the third quarter, sales grew by 24M versus the US’s 23M. The …
OK, ignore the pithy title a second and let’s be serious. What is next? Where do we go from here? Let’s look at the background. Apple and Google have created and sustained the smart phone market respectively, since it’s coming-of-age era around a 5 years ago. We can …
There has been quite a lot of activity from the Sony Ericsson design team this year and the latest device to be brought forth from their creative minds is the Xperia Ray. This phone is not your usual fair from SE in that it does not fall into …
The Nokia N9 is a weird beast. It runs the MeeGo Harmattan OS and has been released after a so-called elopocalypse when Nokia’s new CEO Stephen Elop controversially turned towards the Windows Phone platform, ditching both homegrown smartphone platforms – Symbian and Maemo/MeeGo – into gloom. The decision …
So Motorola are making their comeback and they are using the Razr name to do it. This phone is coming to multiple networks and brings a smorgasbord of figures to the table including the slimmest frame and also being made out of bulletproof material (Disclaimer Coolsmartphone do not …
Adobe appears to have thrown in the towel regarding the mobile version of Adobe Flash. It now looks like HTML5 will become the defacto standard for websites going forward. This is good news for everyone really. Standards are a good thing, although it does mean more adverts on …
GSMArena has an interesting post, detailing a new handset from Sony Ericsson as a successor to the impressive Xperia Arc we reviewed. This handset is said to include a 720p HD screen, and plays catch up with 1080p video recording. The most interesting feature is the ability to …
Ever since I started using my iPhone 4S I’ve been using Siri more and more. It’s incredibly useful. Almost immediately I could see great benefits. Walking to work – pick songs / playlists, make calls, read and compose text messages etc.. all without removing your phone from your …
It seems like a week doesn’t go by without a new tablet being released, each of which aiming to topple the iPad from its throne, and most of which fail abysmally. There are currently dozens of Android tablets on the market with some starting from as little as …
RIM are offering some free apps to all Blackberry users affected by last week’s service problems. Ill timed to say the least as the iPhone 4S was due for release not long after so RIM are trying to hold on to the disgruntled by giving away some premium …
Literally in the door, on the table and under the knife … here’s an unboxing… … and after the break we take a look at this … and then a gander at Siri….
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 …
Got my iPhone 4S today. Walked straight into the Vodafone Store, no queues, had the device I wanted in stock. Thanks very much Vodafone Stockport. The new device looks very, very similar to the iPhone 4 other than a few cosmetic changes; The antenna – The 4S now has …
Clove have had an excellent delivery this morning containing some exciting handsets. Check out the images and links below and treat yourself to a new device. The HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio Get one here The HTC Titan Buy this one here And last but not least …
Well that’s the rumour of the day anyway – this will be most likely the opportunity for Tim Cook to make his debut launching the latest Apple news since he took the reins from Steve Jobs. The iPhone 5 / 4S is sure to be announced and I’m …
So, those of you who have read coolsmartphone.com for a while may remember a site called msmobiles.com. It’s been sold on now and redirects to another site. The guy behind msmobiles.com was Edward, and he’s sent us a report from the IFA Electronics Show. We weren’t going to …
I got home this evening to find a lovely Orange Monte Carlo review unit waiting for me, courtesy of the one and only Conor from Orange. I’m hoping to have a review up by Monday but I wanted to give readers the chance to ask any questions they …
One of the most complained about things on modern smartphones, is their battery life – and quite rightly. After years of getting us used to increasing battery life on phones, smartphones came along and we all had to get used to charging our phones once or more …
A couple of days ago we were sent one of JCB’s Toughphones to test. No, we didn’t know that JCB made phones either, but they told us to chuck it in some water so we just had to give it a try. 🙂 There’s a whole range of …
A couple of weeks ago we were sent a Samsung microSD card and asked to test the claim that it was shock proof, water prooft and dust proof. This week we got sent this JCB Toughphone Tradesman – it’s touted as being “military spec” and super-strong. It’s by …
The Nokia 2600 was the first mobile phone that I owned; I’m a pretty late entry to the mobile tech scene, but this phone was the device that got me into using a phone. There were only two things it could really do: make calls, and send text …
Vodafone have released two new videos on their YouTube website and these are taking a quick look at the HTC ChaCha and the BlackBerry 9900 both featuring QWERTY keyboards but aimed at different customers. First of all there is the HTC ChaCha…….. The ChaCha is one of the …
We get lots of emails from random Chinese manufacturers who want to promote their very familiar-looking phones. Today a mail came through from French company Lekki and initially we thought it was more of the same. It’s not. These phones were once second-hand phones. Lekki buy them, dismantle …
Android device manufacturers have pretty much stuck to the standard design, that is a touch screen 3.5″-5″ with a few buttons dotted around the screen. Over the years we have seen various devices with a physical keyboard such as the G1, Motorola Milestone (Droid) or the HTC Desire …
Released in mid-2008, the Touch Diamond was an important device for HTC. It was the first device to feature HTC’s TouchFlo 3D UI on top of Windows Mobile 6.1, a pre-cursor to HTC Sense. TouchFlo took a new approach, making Windows Mobile much more finger-friendly and easier on …
Ebuyer have a limited supply of the new Playstation phone for £399. This is unlocked (SIM free) and comes with 5 games pre-loaded, including FIFA 10. So if you’re looking for this phone, its a great price, but supply is limited. Link – Ebuyer
Although I’ve been an Android user for nearly two years now I’ve had an iPod Touch for around six months and use it every day. I bought it mainly because I wanted a new gadget and thought it’d be a good way to try out iOS and get …
Rim have officially announced the latest BlackBerry smartphones, the Bold 990/9930. Sporting a 1.2GHz Cpu,2.8″ touchscreen, 5Mp camera and 8GB of onboard storage these phones are good news for BlackBerry fans. Full press release below. Many thanks to BGR for this story. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RIM …
In the New Year, I decided to take a nose dive into custom ROMs for my Desire. Oh we had been getting along just great for a while, but I realised I needed more… Wanted more. It needed to be faster, and easier to use and not as …
Ah the V3, this brings back fond memories for me. Released in 2005, the V3 was the thinnest and most amazing phone I’d ever seen. It also had some (at the time) pretty outstanding features, like a VGA camera with video capture (gulp!), MP3 ringtones, and a metal …
My 18 months contract with Orange for my HTC Hero expired last month and for the first time ever I’ve plumped for a 12 month SIM only deal. My Hero, great phone as it was, only lasted me 7 months before I caved in and bought a HTC …
What a trip! Well, as I promised a little while ago here is a review of some apps that I used while trying to navigate around Rome and Florence on a fantastic sightseeing trip. To make it easier (and shorter) I will list the apps and what I …
