It’s green! As green as the beautiful green grass. You can get it on the 32GB, 64GB or 64GB versions and there’s gold, white and black to choose from too. But hey, wait, the green one is now available from Vodafone. We had a look around and it’s …

  Welcome to the Coolsmartphone Podcast episode 149. In this Special Interview Episode John sits down with the popular and highly respected tech journalist Kate Russell, to discuss: How Kate initially made the move into tech journalism. The impact that Elite on the BBC Micro had on her life. …

SpiderOak, the encrypted online backup and file hosting service, this week launched SpiderOakONE. SpiderOakONE is the paid service of SpiderOAK and has some interesting features to differentiate it from competitors. Pricing for the online storage and backup is as follows: 2GB = Free 30GB = $7 per month …

From now on, our popular “teen developers” feature will be posted Fridays rather than Thursdays. To kickstart our new schedule, we have Junaid Abdurahman from South Africa! Could you start by telling me a little about yourself? I’m 16 years old and live in Durban, South Africa. I currently …

Hello, hello. What’s this then? Just hours after we saw the Moto X leak and there’s now specs and a little diddy thumbnail of the new Moto G. The phone and the details appeared for a brief moment on the Motorola “Moto Maker” website earlier and it’s thanks …

A little confusing this one because, for most of you, this sort of thing won’t be needed. If you do have old TDK-90 tapes kicking around your loft then you’ll have probably re-purchased the music that was on those tapes via your iPod or iPhone by now. The …

From today, all the SIM only and Data on the Go bundles will include 4G connectivity automatically. In other news, they’ve increased data allowances on the SIM-only Red Value Bundles and added inclusive calls back home from their Europe Zone if you have the Vodafone EuroTraveller Plus on …

Well, that’s all done. I’ve just completed a 200+ mile ride across the Pennines for Edward’s Trust. I’ve gone on about it quite a bit this last weekend as I traveled from the Lake District to the Peak District. What I can tell you, from a personal perspective, …

Magazines are old hat now. Sure, you might slick through an old copy of “Readers Digest” at the dentist and perhaps have a quick nose at a Top Gear magazine sitting in the waiting room at the Doctors, but that’s about it. Traditional magazines are going digital, and …

Newly leaked photos showing the Samsung Galaxy S6 edge Plus and the Galaxy Note 5 have emerged on the internwebs. The photos show the S6 edge Plus as having a model number of SM-G928A, and the device is running Android 5.1.1 Lollipop. There’s also snaps of the Note 5 …

According to the invites sent out for the upcoming event on 28th July, Motorola promises it will change your “relationship status” with your phone. It’s believed that Lenovo-owned Motorola will reveal a new Moto G and Moto X for 2015. Coming from unconfirmed sources the 2015 Moto X …

If you’ve seen a hot new gadget and want it then the next step is fairly obvious. You just go and buy it. Trouble is, if that gadget is only available in the USA and you don’t live there then, well, things get tricky. Sure, you might have …

A few weeks ago, I wrote a review of the latest update to one of Readdle‘s top apps: Scanner Pro 6 for iOS. This is a free update to an already amazing app. Version 6 brings amazing features like auto-scanning when the camera detects documents, and the all-new radar, …

Gah! Another Bluetooth speaker! When will this madness ever end! 🙂 This is a tough cookie though, and is waterproof so you’ll not need to worry about knocking drinks over. It’s also dust and drop resistant up to 1.5 metres. They’ve also added an LED torch, which is …

What’s going on here eh? I’m getting sent all sorts of weird stuff in my inbox today. I could just go ahead and publish anything, perhaps with some hysteria and click-bait hype. Y’know, like the Daily Mail or The Verge. Perhaps then it’ll stick onto social media for …

Why has this guy got a Bluetooth speaker on his surfboard? Just why? We’ll never know. Yeah. Perhaps he wants some music blasting out while he catches some waves or something. Maybe. I think he’d perhaps be better without that attachment on the front, but whatever floats your …

Ahhhh come on. It’s been at least an hour since we mentioned a Bluetooth speaker. We’ve got a box full of miniature speakers here at Coolsmartphone towers but this one is from KitSound, who we quite like because we’ve reviewed their stuff quite a bit and it’s really …

This my friends, is another post about another Bluetooth speaker. Meet the Boomtube.. Sorry. Not Boobtube. BOOMTUBE. I think, due to the amount of emails I get about Bluetooth speakers, I’m going slightly delirious about them. Speakers that is, of course. This is a classy and stylish speaker …

Sadly it wasn’t up for long, but this picture briefly appeared on the Digitec website which puportedly shows the Moto G 3rd Gen in all its glory. Due for a launch by LenovoMoto next week, it looks like they’ve jumped the gun early by revealing the 5″ 1080p …

We’ve seen the OnePlus Two details already floating around the internet, but now Teena, the Chines mobile regulator, has revealed a shot of the thing for all to see. What we know so far is that the OnePlus 2 will have USB Type C and it should be …