Spaced360 – Tickling your audio sweet spot

A £250 Bluetooth speaker? That’s going to have to be good. The makers of the Spaced360 Bluetooth Wireless Speaker say that it’s “meticulously engineered to deliver mind-blowing, spine-tingling sound” and it certainly looks the part.. To be honest I was getting a bit lost when I was reading …

The Coolsmartphone Podcast – Episode 88

Yes, it’s me, Gears. Podcast number 88 and I’m at the helm while James is on a break. This week I’m joined by Garry Clark and Ronnie Whelan. It’s an hour-long show, which you can download here. You can also subscribe to the RSS feed here, listen via iTunes here or just use …

giffgaff continues to grow – We’re all the boss

Despite the odd network hiccup, MVNO giffgaff continues to draw in a dedicated customer base. They prefer to call their customers “members” though, as everyone gets chance to participate, help and grow the network by adding and earning. We recently added a detail piece covering their offer, and …

I have a problem…it is my love for CEX

We’re often told that the first steps in dealing with a problem is to accept that you have one. I have a problem.  There, it is out in the open. The problem with my problem, if you’ll excuse the repetition, is that I don’t really see it as a …

Breaking News: The WP app gap is over as McDonald’s release app

If, like me, you’ve got a Windows phone and have been concerned by the lack of an official McDonald’s app in the UK the wait is finally over.  Just think, no longer will you have that problem of walking down the street, stomach rumbling, but without the slightest …

Facebook to separate Messenger from normal app

Facebook looks like it will be separating the messaging and instant chat part of its mobile app and making you use the messenger app.   This screen has been showing for quite a while whenever you access messages via the mobile app. It prompts to install Facebook Messenger. …

Dropbox releases Carousel

Dropbox is an online cloud storage offering that allows you to sync your files to the cloud, and the app is available on computer, tablet and phone varieties. Now Dropbox have a new trick – Carousel.   Carousel allows you to not only save all your pictures to …

LG G Pad 8.3 finally gets its KitKat update

Being an owner of the LG G Pad 8.3 I’ve been eagerly awaiting the KitKat update, especially as the companion device the LG G2 has received the KitKat update a few weeks ago. Well it seems that according to my G Pad that the update has started to …

Phones 4u dishes out the Xperia Z2 early

The new Xperia Z2 will start shipping next week from Phones 4u – a full two weeks earlier than anywhere else. The store is also offering up a Sony SRS-BTX300 wireless speaker worth £119 in white and you can bag yourself over £80 worth of Sony content including …

SuperTooth D4 Bluetooth Speaker Review

Meet the SuperTooth D4. It’s a stereo Bluetooth speaker that pairs with your phone to basically pump out those tunes a lot better than your phone speaker ever could. I’ll be honest and admit that I’ve ever heard of SuperTooth, but they’ve already made the “Disco Twin” and …

Taking ages to charge your phone? StoreDot have the solution

Battery technology clearly hasn’t kept up with our requirements. Most smartphone owners are now used to getting only a day at best from their devices and there’s a plethora of mobile chargers and car chargers to help bridge the gaps. We want slim phones and therefore slim batteries …

Orangepixel’s new game: Groundskeeper2 now available

OrangePixel have been making some great retro 8-bit style games for a while now, they’re behind the Meganoid games, Gunslugs, Heroes of Loot and many others and now they’ve released Groundskeeper2 another retro style shoot em up. From the guys who brought you Gunslugs and Heroes of Loot …

Samsung Ativ SE – Available 12/4 in the USA

Living in the USA? On the Verizon Network? Fancy a new Windows Phone? I know you’re probably not but if you are great news for you Windows Phone fans.  Do you remember James’s post back in March about the Samsung Ativ SE (Link), well it’s being released (shipped) …

Geeksphone Revolution is now available from Amazon

Firefox OS, oh how I yearn to try you out on a mid range device from a Spanish company on a device that will dual boot Android. A few weeks ago we mentioned the launch of the dual booting Geeksphone Revolution. At that point you could only order …

Gadget Show Live 2014

So another year has gone by and the Gadget Show Live is opening its doors again for another gadget filled festival of tech. The doors will open tomorrow morning at 10AM and it will be here until the end of the week. If you are even remotely interested …

Nokia Lumia 630 – Hands on at the Gadget Show Live

Nokia announced the Windows Phone 8.1 equipped Lumia 630 last week and it’s possibly one of the most hotly anticipated Nokia devices at the moment. Mainly down to the new features of Windows Phone 8.1 at what should be a bargain price. You may have realised that Garry …

HTC M8 Ace leaks from the usual souce

No sooner have the latest two HTC phones been released amongst a flood of leaks than a fresh fissure has revealed the existence of another new handset, dubbed the HTC M8 Ace. There isn’t much to go on here, apart from a photo/render that’s had the screen blurred …

QuickClick app – Pressy alternative

A few days ago I wrote about some clones of this new Pressy device that is coming to market soon. Pressy is a button that plugs into the headphone jack of any Android device, you can assign a series of button presses to specific actions on your phone. …