Category: Reviews
Can you read? Yes? Well in that case this app will be right up your street. Zinio is a magazine reader. It lets you read digital versions of popular magazines. My first thought when I saw this was that it was going to be expensive. Then I saw …
With the recent Mango update to Windows Phone a lot more apps have appeared and a lot more developers have started making apps as well. I have recently been finding a lot of apps that do what I have been looking for. In my move from Android I …
One thing the App Store on iOS is not short of, is weather apps. As no doubt you’re aware, us brits are obsessed with the weather, so I’m certain at least some of you will find this app review useful. I say review, but it’s pretty hard to …
How’s your mobile signal? Are you one of those people who have to stand next to a window to get a signal or a decent 3G connection? There’s a few solutions to your problems. You could use Signal Boost, but that’s only available on certain Orange handsets. There’s …
Do you own a phone? Do you send text messages? Do you have a tablet? And lastly the curve ball, would you like to use your tablet to send text messages? Am I getting a little vague here? The other week I posted an article about the HP TouchPad, …
I’m in Belfast, stuck in a hotel room with only a busted TV and an air-conditioning unit for company. Luckily I’ve brought with me the all-new HTC Rhyme with it’s strong unibody design. It comes with a docking station, some rather goodd headphones and a charm. The charm …
We’ve been in the market for a new set of earphones recently and had the opportunity to review the v-JAYS Headphones over here at CoolSmartPhone.com. Here’s a link to a little bit of an unboxing for you …. v-JAYS unboxing (to download and view at your leisure) For those in 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 …
Waze is a new take on the traditional sat nav apps we’re all familiar with. There are two major differences; one, the maps are not stored on the device (although recently visited areas are cached on the device I believe) and two, the incidents on …
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….
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 …
So O2 are going to be stocking the Beats Solo HD headphones very soon (along with rest of their range) and, as I have been using these headphones for the past 4 months now I thought I would share some opinions of the headphones themselves. The headphones were …
Last week QR Pay Ltd got in touch with me to let me know they had just released their new app ‘QR Pal’ and that it was a QR reader with a bit more functionality than the average application. Intrigued, I have spent the last week playing with …
The price of Windows Phone devices has recently been dropping, firstly the HTC HD7, then the LG Optimus 7 and then the other week the Dell Venue Pro. I decided to get a Dell Venue Pro and here is a quick review of the device. Hardware The Dell …
HTC keep producing great devices one after the other and this is a review on not only a new device but a move in technology as this is one of only two 3D phones on the market today….. the HTC EVO 3D. This review device was sent to …
This, after you’ve parted with $55.57 (around £35.16 as I type), is the Rii MINI i6 2.4GHz Wireless Keyboard and Universal Remote Control. Confused? Well yes, the concept itself might seem a little weird. It’s a fairly simple infra red remote control one one side, suitable for “teaching” …
I should start this review by saying I’m not a big fan of Bluetooth speakers. They usually sound awful and it’s usually more practical to carry round something larger rather than sacrifice sound quality. I was pleasently surprised with this one though. The sonic performance of this green little fella is not …
I’ve been looking for a case for my iPad to replace the standard Apple one for best part of a year now. I wanted something that would let me carry more than just my iPad so I didn’t have to juggle phones and wallets whilst showing off my …
The idea behind this app, as the name suggests is to provide images of various retro films/toys/songs etc and includes a link to the relevant Wikipedia website for that particular subject. The app has the ability to set favourites and you can also share items by email, Facebook, …
I realised that I didn’t have much in the way of entertainment installed on my iPhone 4 that didn’t depend on the internet – of course I only noticed this when I didn’t have internet, when does that ever happen?! I’d long since exhausted all the Angry Birds …
There’s no doubt that the iPhone has made my life easier when it comes to travelling – from booking accommodation, to finding places to go and viewing a map of how to get there. Aiming to become the latest addition to my arsenal of travel-assisting apps is Lingvo …
OK, this one is for you busy people. The idea behind ParcelGenie is sending a gift to any recipient in your phone via the ParcelGenie app (there are other ways too, including Facebook). You don’t need to know the recipient’s postal address, just their phone number or email …
I’m imagining here that most, if not all, folks who own an iPhone 4 use it as a direct replacement for their MP3 player. Convergence is fantastic when it prevents you having to carry additional devices and the single device works as well as your previous music player. …
I’m not a big fan of phone covers. Over the years this has resulted in most of my phones looking a little scratched and dented, but I still refuse to add a cover because I think it hides the handset a little too much. Skinflips could change my …
This is a weird one to get your head around. We’re used to seeing smartphones here. They fly across the desk and have the usual things. A touch screen, a fast processor, a slick OS, a good camera, GPS, etc. Here though, we have a few additions. A …
Paper Camera is a camera effects app that lets you take a picture and apply various effects to the picture as you take it. I know there are several apps out there that do this already. This one does it with a slightly different twist. Basically it gives …
So here as promised is the follow up article reviewing iOS 5 beta. In this article I will be focusing on the negative aspects of the new software. Before I get started however I do want to address some of the comments that I received from my last …
Today we are going to look at a Honeycomb app for your tablet. Wizz Bar allows you to create a list of up to 7 shortcuts and be able to access these from within any other program via a spot on the status bar. Below is a shot …
Do you work for a company? Do you work for yourself? Then the one thing you’ll be all to familiar with is the Expenses routine. Claiming for milage, train tickets, meals, etc. is all too painful an experience nowadays! Even worse when you lose one of those tatty old receipts… Well …
Do you want to see your upcoming appointments on your lockscreen? Today’s app will let you do just that. It will as long as you are not using the standard HTC or Samsung lockscreens. Below are a few shots of it in action. Please note that the developer is German …
So I have decided as my first review as a guest reviewer for Coolsmartphone should be on iOS 5. I have been using the platform now for about a month and it is my day to day OS on my iPad 2. I would like to cover the …
Do you like Tweetdeck? Do you like dark apps and widgets? If you just shouted yes out loud twice then todays app is for you. Tweetdark is basically a much darker version of Tweetdeck. Below are some shots of the app and the widgets. Tweetdark works exactly the …
Following on from last year’s San Francisco, Orange have finally released its long awaited follow up. The Monte Carlo continues the tradition of offering fairly solid midrange hardware at a comparatively bargain basement price. In this case the stakes have been upped with the Monte Carlo now featuring …
A few months ago we covered Dropbox as a recommended app. Since then I have frequently been running out of space and struggling with its limitations. So I started looking around some of the other online storage apps for Android. I came across Sugarsync as I started to …
Gallery Excluder is a fairly simple app that lets you remove all of those folders from your gallery app that you do not want to see. I have loads of music, icons, wallpapers, downloaded images and lots of real pictures. Sometimes a folder that contains an image will …
Now right away I can see advantages to this app. I travel frequently on business and am often looking through the Hotel’s/B&B’s brochures for local take-outs before making my mind up. In the past I’ve found that some unscrupulous take-outs remove competitors menu’s from the stands.. oh dear. …
Leigh has posted a very good review on the LG Optimus 3D full of images and some handy video clips for you all to see. I was lucky enough to get a Optimus 3D on a short loan from Clove.co.uk to voice my own views on this new …
AGH. My eyes. What the heck is going on with my eyes? The first thing you do with this phone is turn it on and jump into the “3D Space” feature. Here you’ll get YouTube 3D for lots of featured YouTube content, the 3D Gallery, the 3D Camera …
As we all know there are many fonts in the world. Your computer contains a lot of fonts and there are many websites offering free fonts that people have created as well. Changing the fonts on your phone has always been possible, just not overly easy. Previously on …
Recently we had an email about some funky wireless Bluetooth speakers by FeONIC. They turn any resonant surface into an thunderous entertainment system. It’s a simple matter of pairing and then, provided the speakers are on and within range, they’ll output your media. We gave them a try …
