The Final version Microsoft’s Office Lens has gone live on the Windows Phone Store today. This app makes it easier to capture “Chalk and Talk” presentation, of Whiteboard brainstorms and receipts for expenses. Using OCR the text from documents is made searchable.  There are 3 modes, Document Whiteboard and Photo. …

How long has it been since the last HTC One (2014) leak? A day or two? Well, it’s time for a look at the all-new HTC GUI that should be on board – Sense 6.0. http://youtu.be/0En-K2oqOKA As you’ll see, a “Motion Gesture” option seems to be available, which …

The original Pebble was one of the first SmartWatches that actually got my attention, up until then SmartWatches were just trying far too hard. With devices like the Sony Liveview being flawed by horrific software and driver issues. What Pebble were offering seemed to fit a lot of …

Not that we wouldn’t pay attention to one of the most popular messaging mobile applications in the world today, but there’s been a lot more attention placed upon it recently since Facebook snapped it up. Those who were concerned about privacy have been trying out a number of …

Each week the Coolsmartphone crew sit down, huddle around and share a big bag of Cheesy Puffs. It’s a bonding session. Perhaps even a therapy session in a way, and it’s all recorded onto this D90 cassette. When we’ve all shared our pain, our joy and all those …

We’ve received an anonymous email from a Coolsmartphone reader evidencing the arrival of an 8GB variant of the iPhone 5c. The new device will be available in all the currently available colours, and represents Apple’s push into the midrange phone market. The device is to be unveiled by …

If you’re waiting for the Samsung Galaxy S5 and want to “stand out from the crowd” a little, Vodafone have a little something for you. They’ve got the exclusive on the gold version of the new Samsung device. You’ll be able to pre-order the gold S5 and the …

When we first heard it, we were blown away by the audaciousness of those GooglePlex dwellers. Its long been a bone of contention between the Android faithful and those who prefer Apple’s way of doing things, but when the rumours of PBT were posted up on the code.google …

“Have you sat on that mate?” It’s an interesting first reaction to the LG G Flex when people see it sat on the desk. The curved appearance of the handset is like nothing else on the market and, despite what people might think, I’ve not sat on it. …

Do you listen to Podcasts? Do you wish you could listen to your podcasts on your TV? Do you own a Chromecast? Well today is your lucky day, last night ShiftyJelly the developers behind possibly the best Android Podcast app added Chromecast support. Which means I and many …

There’s a few of you out there looking a bit blank, so if you’ve not heard, Chromecast is a widget that you slot into the back of your TV to get online video. If you live in the sunny UK then you’ve probably not seen one in the …

The Ravpower RP-PB08 is a small portable battery backup pack for charging phones when away from mains sockets. I carried one with me for a week to see how it performed with a variety of phones, and these are my findings. Good Points Size Charge level indicator Torch …

Samsung like to keep their fingers in as many pies as they can, they want the phones to sell at the end of the day and if that means selling a phone running Windows Phone then so be it. I and many others at Coolsmartphone owned the Ativ …

For the past few months we have all been talking about 2K screens we all assumed that the Galaxy S5, the all new HTC One and of course the Oppo Find 7 would all have 2K screens. But as two of those devices have been announced without them …

OK, where are we up to now? If you’re looking to get the Sony Xperia Z2, coming early next month, you have a number of options now. Vodafone are going to be selling them, and you can get a free TV if you’re quick. Meanwhile EE have confirmed …

Remember this? It’s the Samsung Galaxy Beam we saw at Mobile World Congress in 2012. We’ve still got a full review online if you’re looking to get one on eBay. Basically put, it’s a smartphone with a projector on it. The device will, if you’re in a room …

We only have to wait until Wednesday to verify all these Oppo Find 7 leaks but, in the meantime, we’ve got even more detail. Firstly this image, taken from the Find 7, has a 50 megapixel resolution (8160×6120 pixels) and is 9.7MB im size. So we can pretty much …

Rootmetrics, a company that gives supposedly unbiased data reports about the mobile industry, recently voted EE the best mobile provider in the UK. Vodafone, unsurprisingly, disagrees. However, rather than just grumbling into their morning coffee, management have released a statement on the company forum lambasting Rootmetrics, saying that …

So a little while ago we brought you the news that Three were going to be selling off the original Samsung Galaxy Gear smart watch for £149.99, a nice £100 saving from the normal price of £250 but as of yet this has not happened. Well O2 have …

We’ve already seen the Galaxy S5 backdrops leak onto the web, now there’s more. The Galaxy S5 apps, including the Samsung Gear Manager and S Note apps, are now available to download as APK files from XDA Developers. Other apps include Watch ON, the S5 Calculator, Gear Fit …