HTC One max – Hands on

Want to see more of the HTC One max? Of course you do. Want to see just computer generated images? No, nobody really wants that do they? Well, now that you’ve got all the details, we’ll give you a large dollop of real, hands-on photos. Want the full …

HTC One max goes official – All the details

Well, a little earlier than planned, here’s the all-new HTC One max. It matches a lot of the leaks we’ve seen but now we can go all official with the specs. Put simply, it’s a phablet with a near-6″ screen and powerful quad-core 1.7GHz CPU. There’s a fingerprint …

LG G Flex press renders appear

I’m still a little unsure about curved screen phones, it seems more of a proof of concept rather than something that is actually worthwhile. Last week we saw the Samsung Galaxy Round, it got leaked and then quickly officially announced. Well today it seems to be LG’s turn. …

Our new home

Morning all. So, after many hours of rsync’ing, MySQL exporting, DNS changes, cache cleaning, minify twiddling and config file re-writes, we’re here. It’s our new home. The home you guys helped to buy. Now, I did say that we’d announce the winners of the donation giveaway over the …

Want to see a 7 minute video of the new Nexus 5?

Thought so… http://youtu.be/2ksOJl0PDDg My first impressions are that the phone looks dreadful, the OS is laggy and the version number says KeyLimePie. Hmmm… So what exactly are we seeing here? It’s almost certainly a prototype handset that was filmed a while ago (hence KeyLimePie not KitKat). Maybe even …

Nexus 7 32GB, now with a bit of 4G action for £299

Like the Nexus 7 but wish you had some data when you’re at the bus stop? Well, for a smidge less than 300 quid you can jolly well have that, and you can choose any network as it’s completely unlocked. WiFi can still be used, but it’s good …

TVCatchUp app to change

TVCatchUp is a popular website and app that allows users to watch 57 channels live on computer, tablet or mobile, or rather it did. The broadcasters ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 took TVCatchUp to court  for copyright infringement dating back to 2007. The judgement has just come …

A big, warm, fuzzy, thank-you from me.

It’s at times like this that I feel humble. Y’see, it’s you lot that keep us here. It’s you guys that keep us posting this stuff. Reviews, covering product launches and keeping up to date with all the latest information, it’s not easy and it’s quite time-consuming too. …

Carphone warehouse to get vivid blue HTC One

Independent retailer Carphone Warehouse has today launched the “vivid blue” version of the HTC One in the UK. The Blue HTC One Mini is also up for pre-order. Carphone, which has exclusivity over the blue HTC One in the UK, and prices are set at £489.95 SIM-free, also …

Twitter (finally) releases Android/Samsung tablet app

     A mere 34 months after the launch of Motorola Xoom, Twitter have finally released a tablet friendly version of their Android app. Tragically, in its current guise, it’s exclusively a Samsung tablet app. It’s a state of affairs that highlights everything wrong with Android on tablets, …

OPPO to produce the first MEMS camera smartphone

According to several rumours, the Nexus 5 will be the first smartphone to market equipped with a MEMS camera. This is not the case, say the manufacturers of the MEMS camera chip DigitalOptics. They say that OPPO have beaten Google to the technology. In a statement today John …

The Coolsmartphone Podcast – Episode 66

Episode 66 of our little podcast is here. It’s time to stop working and listen to me rabbit on for a bit. Joining me this week was Nirave Gondhia. This weeks topics were loosely based on the following The HTC One Max leaks The Samsung Galaxy Round The …

LG announce the G Pro Lite

The large oversized phone market is an ever increasingly popular one, as people realise how much easier life can be when they’ve got a five and a half inch screen phone in their pocket. We’ve seen two distinct sub genres within the large oversized phone market. We have …

BT & EE Sign MVNO Agreement

BT and EE have today announced that  EE are to provide MVNO (mobile virtual network operator) services for BT. BT, who exited the mobile space some 10 years ago with the sale of their BT Cellnet network to O2, have already won a license for a 4G network …

LG L7 II Review

As mentioned in this weeks podcast, 2013 has very much been LG’s year.  With the relative success of the Nexus 4, the rumoured Nexus 5 and the release of the much vaunted LG G2 what was a bit part player in the Android ecosystem has become a big …

Archos announce the Gamepad 2

The idea behind the Archos Gamepad was and is a great one. Being able to play games on a tablet device using actual hardware gaming controls is one niche that many companies have strived to achieve success. The original Archos Gamepad failed to bring a good enough spec …

Quasar IV goes into production

Hands up who’s been a victim of identity theft? Come on. Hands up. O…..K…. So, the people at QSAlpha wanted to make a phone designed to handle e-commerce transactions and banking securely. The Quasar IV is designed to protect your digital identity by ensuring that all correspondence is …

Could EE’s 4G bandwidth fees quadruple?

Ofcom has published a consultation on greatly increasing annual fees for the 900MHz and 1800MHz spectrum bands in the UK to bring them more in line with the additional bands auctioned for 4G coverage. This could see rises in the amounts that networks pay to run their mobile …