The ability to remotely control the various gadgets in your home is becoming commonplace. From controlling your DVR from the other side of the world, to perhaps setting your heating to automatically come on when you leave work – there doesn’t seem to be much you can’t control from your smartphone. The …

With the public release of iOS 9, everyone is eager to take advantage of the new features it has to offer: News, Proactivity, Search. But as the press picked up on during the summer, iOS 9 has also allowed for the creation of content blocker apps. These work …

It looks like the wait is over. Google have sent out invites for their ‘Google Event’ on September 29th, at 9 a.m. PT (Pacific Time – that’s 5 p.m for us folks in Blighty and CSP Towers). We are expected to finally get a good look at the …

Back in March, we provided details of a smartwatch by a new company called Vector. At the time Vector were suggesting a summer launch, but as usual with such things, the date slipped somewhat (not as bad as the lag between the announcement and launch of the Huawei …

Here at CSP Towers, we’re quite fond of the myriad Chinese manufacturers that sell high-spec, reasonably priced phones. Until now these handsets have been limited to Android, but details of a new Windows 10 Mobile phone have now been released. Here are the specs of the Elephone Vowney: …

Welcome to The Coolsmartphone Podcast episode 153. In this episode John looks at the recent Apple Launch event including: WatchOS 2 The iPad Pro The Apple Pencil The New ‘Wiiesk’ Apple TV The iPhone 6s The iPhone 6s Plus A new way to buy your iPhone John also …

Could you start by telling me a little about yourself? I’m Alex Choi, a 14 year old teen developer from the United Kingdom. I first gave coding a try when I was 11 and from there I found that I had a passion for it. I’ve enjoyed building …

Oh, now we know there’s no love lost between the Android and iPhone fans. Chalk and cheese doesn’t even come close. So, to stick an Android app onto Google Play which is designed to get Android users over to iOS? That’s a dangerous move, even if it is …

I, along with a team of nine other crazy tech writers, put this site together on a daily basis. We love our smartphones, tablets and gadgets. Trouble is, sometimes there’s more news than time, so we’re searching for someone who can chip in and help cover the latest …

We’ve got to be really quick with this one as the invite won’t last long, but we’ve got a OnePlus 2 invite to give away. All you have to do is click this to send us a Tweet. It basically has to say .. I’d like to win …

Some of the items we get to review area quite complicated. They need research and a fairly wordy write-up. This, on the other hand, not so much. The Suaoki car charger is everything you’d expect it to be out of the box. It’s portable, easy to use and …

Running out of power on our expensive smartphones is something that we have sadly grown to expect. Battery packs and mobile charges do help this situation, but you have to remember to keep charging THEM too. This is a very different sort of battery pack. It’ll will charge …

4 port USB wall charger. My night time ritual goes something like this.. Put the cat out Lock the doors Make sure all the windows are closed Walk around the house looking like Mr T from the A-Team with a multitude of charger leads and plugs round my …

If you’re looking to replace your smartphone or tablet and would like some cash towards a new device, selling it is definitely the way forward. Sure, you can head off to eBay but you’ll have to pay a sizeable final listings fee and there’s the possibility that the …

Smartphones. Everyone has one. There’s top-end premium ones, there’s mid-range and cheaper ones. However, for the elder generation and those just wanting something simply to operate, a company called Doro are doing quite well. Their new Liberto 825, shown here, is particularly clever because it’s a smartphone which …

There have been a great number of rumours suggesting that Microsoft would take the wraps off the first official Windows 10 Mobile handsets this coming October.  Those rumours turned out to be true (who’d have thought it!) and an official invite has just been released.  The two phones in question, …

This one was a bit of a shock to see, especially given their marketing campaign. The latest news out of camp Sony is that they are advising not to use the phone underwater. This is a phone which is billed as waterproof in the specs WWWWHHHHaaaa…. ?! The …

Amazon has had mixed fortunes with its ventures into the tech world.  Its Kindles have sold like hot cakes, its Fire phone has bombed, while its tablet range has fared quite well.  A story in the Wall Street Journal in the US suggests that Amazon is due to release …

I walked past a bus stop today and, for a moment, I though it was a mirror. After a good, long while I figured out that it was actually Daniel Craig as James Bond. The 007 franchise has always had a bit of in-your-face Sony product placement, and …

Processor manufacturer Qualcomm has announced the latest version of its Quick charge system, now imaginatively named “Quick Charge 3.0”. It’ll debut on the Snapdragon 820 chipset next year and will then roll out to the Snapdragon 620, 618, 617 and 430 platforms. Quick Charge 3.0 will allow compatible phones …