EE seems to be a bit busted

I could’ve come up with a more eloquent title for this post but hey, it’s a lot better than some of the posts flying around Twitter right now. The EE Twitter crew say that .. There seems to be some Gremlins in the system – we’re aware of …

Ovivo shuts down

Ovivo Mobile, the MVNO that offered free minutes, calls, and data for absolutely nothing per month, appears to have closed its doors in the past couple of hours. In a statement posted on its website, the company said: Dear OVIVO Customers, We are very sad to announce that …

The Huawei is for turning

Huawei recently revealed plans to release a dual operating system handset running Android and Windows Phone, but in our article about it we suggested that it may be unpopular with the two tech behemoths, and this could cause trouble. Now we don’t like to say that we told …

A smartphone projector on the cheap

The Samsung Galaxy Beam is quite a cool phone. It’s got a built-in projector so you can project your favourite football match, TV show or movie onto the wall. However, if you want that functionality you’re going to have to switch phones, and that’s a whole expensive business …

Archos 50 Oxygen Android phone – Initial impressions review

Archos? I know what you’re thinking: the ones who make the weird Gamepads, right? No thanks… But wait, what if I told you Archos make a quad core Android phone with a 5″ Full HD display, a 13MP camera, and costs less than £300? Still dubious? Me too. …

LG announce the G Watch

Google have announced the whole new Android Wear thing, which pushes the whole wearables market towards one unified OS, whether or not companies like Pebble or Samsung decide to go with Android wear and not their own OS’s remains to be seen. LG however are seemingly going to …

Meet the Moto 360

The smartwatch revolution could well be about to explode. We’ve seen the various smartwatches so far, but now the Android Wear project is extending Android to wearables. This, then, is the Moto 360. There’ll be a live Google Hangout with the lead designer, Jim Wicks, later today. Jim …

It’s wearables day – Android Wear is go

In Barcelona we saw this, the Samsung Gear Fit. It’s not got “Galaxy” in the title because it’s not powered by Android. Now Google, who generally like world domination, would rather that change, so here’s the “Android Wear” initiative. The full details on what is included (plus an …

BBC iPlayer coming to the Google Chromecast very soon

When talking about the Google Chromecast most people say “it would be cool if the BBC iPlayer worked with it”. Well it seems to coincide with the UK release of the Chromecast that people’s prayers have been answered. This below screenshot is from within the Chromecast app. The …

Oppo Find 7 Event – LIVE

You might not have heard much about Oppo, but what you should know is that they’re making waves in the mobile industry. Today they’re announcing the Oppo Find 7, and via Twitter they’ve just confirmed many of the leaked specs, including that 2K screen. A recent tweet states.. …

Podcast 85 – mobile gaming isn’t just about flapping birds

Welcome to the Coolsmartphone Podcast, joining me this week were Jamie Hoyle and Lewis Knight. Lewis is our special guest this week, he’s from the increasingly popular gaming podcast Ready Player 2 and he used to be part of the Droid Arcade gaming website. This weeks podcast is …

The HTC One (M8) – Available to buy Tuesday. More detail.

Well, that was quick. Carphone Warehouse have been in touch with us and were falling all over themselves to let us know about this pre-order link. * “We’ll send you a brand new HTC One to keep if you mention our pre-order page”, they tell me. Well, OK …

New HTC One available to buy minutes after announcement

The Telegraph is reporting that the all-new (and heavily-leaked) HTC One (M8) will be available just a few moments after the launch a week today. If true, this could mean a major coup for HTC because it’ll be available in shops before the Samsung Galaxy S5 on April …

iPhone 5c 8GB Now available to buy

As we first predicted yesterday,  the new 8GB version of the iPhone 5c is now available to buy for the…  ahem.. “bargain-basement” price of £429 unlocked. The usual bright colours are available and you will have it despatched within 24 hours. This is a £40 discount off the …

Galaxy S5 pricing on Three

It’s a busy day for Three and they’ve just announced their pricing for the new Samsung Galaxy S5. Pre-orders start on the 28th March for an April launch. This comes on the back of today’s earlier news regarding new contract plans. For £38 a month customers will get …

Goodbye iPad 2

Apple have announced today that they are finally putting the iPad 2 out of its misery. The three year old A5 powered tablet is being replaced by the (much much much better) iPad 4. For the same £329 you now get a retina display, double the RAM an …

My time with the BlackBerry Q5

I like change, I like being forced into doing things differently, I like hearing my brain clicking as it tries to comprehend a new way of doing stuff and I also like a bargain. The last one is probably going to be my downfall one day. I recently …

Are you brand loyal?

How many of you lovely readers have a favourite manufacturer or always upgrade to the next iteration of a range, be it the latest iPhone or the latest Galaxy? If you do, then you are one of a number of loyal upgraders. In the case of the iPhone …

HTC Planning something for 1st April?

Whenever anything is rumoured to be happening on April fool’s day it has to be viewed with suspicion, but when a senior manager at HTC Global Communities tweets that he’s excited about the announcement on 4.1.14, it’s worth taking note. I’m almost as excited for our 4.1.14 announcement, …

New plans launch on Three

So today is a big day for Three in the UK with a refresh of their pay monthly phone contract price plans (excluding Sim Only and Mobile Broadband) and there are some good changes, and a few not so good ones. First of all, existing customers will still …