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Since their merger in 2010 under the Everything Everywhere (EE) banner, Orange and T-Mobile seem to have been getting understandably closer as brands, with their network sharing and co-branded stores. Now EE are looking to distinguish the two, with their forthcoming marketing campaigns aiming to position each brand …
T-Mobile have made another big advert for their services. This time it’s titled “what Britain loves”. I guess what Britain loves is unlimited Internet including tethering. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-EvvfMXEwU Via – Tracy and Matt
Here at CoolSmartPhone we try to vary the way we bring content to you, either by text, picture galleries, live blogging from events or video reviews…. well we are pleased to announce the addition of Audio content to the site via AudioBoo. Using this tool we will be …
Three have announced a home broadband product, based on mobile broadband delivery. The internet is provided over Three’s mobile network using HSPA+ for the fastest mobile speeds, which is distributed over WiFi. Think of it as an extended range always on MiFi essentially, with range up to 30m …
Today sees the launch of The Full Monty plan from T-Mobile here in the UK which offers 2000 Mins, Unlimited Texts and Internet from £36 a month!. However that is not the only story, before now T-Mobile offered a 500MB data bundle with their deals on the promise …
Did you get a Sony LiveView at any point in the last few years? Did you get really cross with it and put it angrily back in the cupboard full of buyers remorse? Well now might be the time to dig it out and have a read of …
Last week I spent £10 on two pints of lager in a London hotel. What I perhaps should’ve done is spend that money on this SanDisk 16GB MicroSD card. It’s available from Play.com fire just £10.49 and they won’t charge for postage. Pah, who am I kidding? I’d …
I’ve followed the developments of mobile products at Sky for some time now but, at home, I’m unable to use the Sky “Anytime+” service. This service let’s you watch on-demand programming at a time suitable to yourself, but it’s only available to those taking the Sky Broadband package …
T-Mobile have announced a brand new market leading range of price plans called ‘The Full Monty’ and gives customer access to use their smartphone much more than ever before. This is a real rival to The One Plan by Three which, before now, has been the leading plan …
A new plan, called “The Full Monty”, is set to arrive on T-Mobile. For just £36 p/m this is said to include “truly unlimited data” along with 2000 any-network, any-time minutes. The package also includes unlimited text, unlimited calls to other T-Mobile users and there’s even free 08xx …
I’ve been reading about the Raspberry Pi on various websites over the last few days and thought it was worth sharing with you, our amazing readers. Raspberry Pi is basically a $25 Linux Computer that has been developed by the Raspberry Pi foundation, (a bunch of people from …
I have obviously been doing something right in the last few weeks as I have been given a very exciting opportunity. Thanks to Handtec I have got my hands on some of the latest Tech of the year. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7, this is a great diminutive …
O2 have issued a statement on this morning’s revelations regarding their sending your phone number to every website you browse on a phone connected to O2. There is a link to the statement below, but the key points are: this has been going on since 10th January 2012 …
O2 appear to have a major data breach that has been uncovered this morning. It appears that as you surf the web on an O2 or GiffGaff (which uses O2) connection, your phone number is sent to the webpage. O2’s twitter feed has been bombarded with angry comments …
This is just me speculating here. I have pieced together several facts to do with Windows 8 and come to this conclusion. It all starts with a Canadian company called GestureTek who came up with a clever way of tracking movement, using several different sensors and cameras. The …
OK so maybe not all of us. But there is a worrying trend appearing on Twitter and the web in general. That trend is for buying end of line devices at a massive price reduction and the hysteria surrounding them. Take the HP TouchPad, the HTC Flyer, HTC …
An estimate from 22 Bloomberg analysts puts Lumia sales to operators and retailers at between 800,000 and 2 million units globally. Not bad projections when the Lumia only went on sale in Europe in November 2011 and the figures are up to the end of the year. These …
EDF have decided that a trip in the London Eye to see the sites of London isn’t enough. They have introduced a new “interactive guide” which allows you to access information about the sites you can see from in the Pod during your rotation. The highly functional interactive …
As part of push to make London ready for the upcoming Olympic games in July and August, Transport for London have agreed to roll out WiFi across London Tube platforms. Transport for London’s Director of Strategy, Gareth Powell, said.. London Underground is continuing with preparations to install the …
Whilst not usually in our eye-line (being Blackberry and all), it is worth a fleeting mention that there are changes afoot at the Research In Motion (RIM) campus. Board Members at the smartphone manufacturer RIM have accepted the decision to displace their founding partners, and named Thorsten Heins as their …
So, you know about MegaUpload.com. It’s gone, and the people behind it were obviously quite rich before they got a knock from the Feds. Now, if we’re all brutally honest we know that MegaUpload was hosting a LOT of “iffy” files and a LOT of sites out there …
ZTE have been in touch to let us know about their competition to win the ZTE Skate. The Skate is the same model rebranded by Orange as the Monte Carlo and runs Android Gingerbread with a 4.3″ screen and 800mhz processor. Full specs and details of the device …
Last night we got to see the new handset from ZTE, their first Windows Phone, named the Tania. The full announcement has already been made but we went along to get a hands-on with this new Mango handset. The device sports a fairly mid-range set of specifications, but …
Yes folks, the Motorola Xoom is getting the Ice Cream Sandwich update. Back in December it was confirmed by Motorola that the Honeycomb tablet would be getting an update to Ice Cream Sandwich. Current reports show it’s currently only being rolled out to the US Wi-Fi only model …
Today a lot of sites have “gone dark” to highlight the possible consequences of SOPA, aka the “Stop Online Piracy Act”. In certain cases, it could allow the US Government to take action against any site, no matter where that site is based. It is also leaves almost …
Use the Car Panel much on your HTC Device? It looks like, with the Android 2.3.5 and Sense 3.0 update on the Desire range HTC have changed the Car Panel app so it points to their Premium Navigation app. I know that this was a popular feature with …
Much has been mentioned about Windows 8 and how it is going to be Microsoft’s saving grace. The main appeal to Windows 8 is how it is touchscreen friendly and how it has a great Metro style ui. Lots of people have been downloading the developers preview versions …
The guys at BabyPing have been in touch to let us know about their upcoming product. BabyPing lets you view a video feed of your baby using an iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad. A baby monitor for the gadget heads among us, if you will. The system includes infra-red technology, …
Earlier this week we saw that someone from a website had heard someone confirming that the spanky new Xperia S was coming to O2. Now we can definitely, positively, absolutely confirm that it’s coming soon to the network after it appeared on their website. No prices as yet, …
Ofcom have had a re-think on their 4G auction. Earlier they were planning to reserve a slice of the new 800MHz spectrum (freed up by the removal of analogue TV) for Everything Everywhere. The joint network, which powers T-Mobile and Orange, operates on the 1800MHz spectrum for both …
So I have been a very lucky geek this Christmas in that I have managed to get my hands on the present that I really wanted (even though I had to buy it myself). I am now the proud owner of a Samsung Galaxy Note. I thought it …
We’ve been invited to a launch event for ZTE’s “latest, chic handset” on Wednesday the 18th January… We will obviously have more details then, but it seems from CES reports and this post on Clove.co.uk that it’s likely to be the Tania. The Tania is a mid-range device spec-wise …
Head over to https://www.crazygames.com/game/cut-the-ropee with any HTML5 web browser and off you go. I tried it this morning using Windows 7 and the Chrome browser and it was great. Yes, I know I can just install it from the Chrome Web store, but lots of people don’t use Chrome. Lots …
Let me tell you a story. Back in the day, ISP’s offered us the internet. It was “unlimited”, so people happily browsed and watched videos. The world was a happy place and we all raised our glasses to a job well done. Then.. the problems came. A few …
Three confirmed their intention to carry the new Xperia S within minutes of the device getting shown at CES the other day. Now O2 and Orange have both stepped forward to confirm the same. Conor has just posted a tweet to confirm that Orange will be carrying the …
Can you remember the Sony Ericsson LiveView? It was a clever bluetooth device that you could wear as a watch that would show you alerts from your phone. Great idea, full of bugs and initially too expensive. Well Sony have updated the Liveview and come up with a …
Hi there folks. This article has been a long time in the making. For me at least. Anyone who does so, will know that running a business on your own, takes up so much time, time with your family and just general you time! Its a massive commitment, …
CES isn’t just about shiny new phones, the latest tablets or stupidly thin ultrabooks. A lot of software is also announced, OnLive were at CES and they have announced a new direction their software is moving in. OnLive started out as a gaming service where you could play the …
Want to get all the latest news, reviews and gossip while you’re chatting to friends on Facebook? Well now you can, thanks to our spanky new Facebook page. At this point, websites will usually give something away in an thinly veiled attempt to get you to hit click …
Orange have just announced their new 7″ tablet running Android Honeycomb 3.2. This isn’t the first time Orange have sold their own Android tablet, and we asked Anne Bouverot last year (when she was Exec VP of Mobile Services at France Telecom) whether their re-branded Huawei S7 would …
