Venture Beat have leaked pictures of a prototype of Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Gear smart watch. Leaked specs for the watch is said to be about 3-inches diagonally, with an OLED display and a 4MP camera and speakers built into the strap. On the function side, the watch is …
Several weeks ago we reported that Sony were to release some camera attachments for smartphones that would couple high end optical technology with any Android or iOS device, making the need for a phone such as a Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom a thing of the past. These add-ons …
News of the Oppo N1 has been floating around in various forms for a while now, with a social marketing plan that puts most others to shame (which we discussed on the Podcast a couple of weeks back). Part of this social media push was a countdown sitting on …
The Galaxy Note 3 is rumoured to make its debut at Samsung’s IFA 2013 presentation, next week Sep 4th and a leaked carrier inventory system screen shows us Samsung doesn’t have much longer to announce the device. The above image leaked by Engadget, is purportedly from carrier Three …
Patents are usually a good thing. They protect your work, your idea, your product. However, as we’ve seen happen all too often, “Patent Trolls” often abuse the system by demanding payments or licenses for patents, despite being vague and generic, have been approved. Now a growing US trade …
3 stores are now stocking the Huawei MediaPad 10 Link Tablet. The 10″ tablet which features a 1.5GHz quad core processor and is only 9.9mm thick has a large HD screen and Dolby Surround Sound. The main specs are as follows: 10.1-inch (1280 x 800 pixel) display Fast …
Touchscreens rule the world. This is the conclusion that we can now come to after sales of the Blackberry Q10 have tanked. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that carriers and vendors are increasingly claiming that handset sales have been exceptionally poor and many of those sold have …
Just hours ago we were telling you about the cool little button that sits in your 3.5mm audio port. Named “Pressy” it’s getting funding from your donations and, when it begins to sell, will let you instantly fire up apps on your phone with a tap of the …
Will the iPhone 5S come in gold? That’s the big question on someone’s lips, somewhere. Who cares, when you can have a gold iPhone 5 case and save yourself the hassle of changing phones? OK, so it’s not ‘champagne’, and it’s not aluminium, and it’s not subtle, but …
So I’ve mentioned this new handset already. Out of the box it’s a corking design. Glance at it from the sides and you there’s a whiff of iPhone about it. Before I start though, I should also mention something else. I’m becoming increasingly impressed with Huawei. Sure, no-one …
There’s been so much said about the Sony Xperia Z1 (once known as the Honami), and we’ve also seen some blurry-cam photos, but some really clear shots have turned up on a Chinese site going by the name of 365dian.com that’s got a good reputation when it comes …
Vodafone and O2 switched on their 4G networks yesterday in London so, as I have a Vodafone 4G SIM, I decided to give it a spin on the pretty empty 4G network. Armed with a 4G phone receiving a lovely 4G signal, it was a pretty safe bet …
It’s time for Episode 61 of our podcast, we had a whole load of topics this week, the new Nexus 7, the Nexus 4 price drop, the Nokia 515, the Sony Honami, Ballmer resigning, next week’s Galaxy Note event, the next odd Android gaming device the Wikipad, the Samsung …
Yet another Kickstarter campaign and it’s for something that… well, I just think this is a bit mental. It’s a money clip that attaches to your iPhone via the 3.5mm audio jack. Now, when I do actually have some money it usually lives in my wallet. It stays …
Popular Instagram client for Windows Phone Instance has had the beta of v2 released. Instance was the first Instagram app for Windows Phone to allow uploads and registrations, and is a very good Instagram app. V2 has seen the whole interface overhauled, and very nice it looks too. …
EE and Currys have their data Nano SIM (iPad, MiFi, Dongle) deal back on offer. The deal is £10.99 a month, with the first month free and for that you get 5GB of data. It’s a rolling 30 day contract, so you can cancel at any time (giving …
Yep, it’s another Kickstarter project and yes, this one is doing rather well. Very well in fact – it’s almost reached the intended goal and there’s still 46 days remaining. What is it? Well, you know that annoying unlock you have to do when you want to use …
Here at Coolsmartphone we love Oppo and we love innovation. But something I’ve seen today relating to the two is a little disconcerting. Oppo have been posting images teasing the upcoming N1 flagship device and recently they’ve been mentioning the rear input panel, today they posted this image. …
If there was one thing I’ve always wanted to do on Facebook it is to save other people’s pictures to my phone. Pictures of random people I don’t on the beach, hundreds of pictures of drunk people I used to go to school with and thousands of pictures …
This morning saw another landmark in the UK’s mobile network history. After the limited launch of 4G in Britain last year from EE there is now some competition in the form of Vodafone and O2, both of whom began the roll out of their super fast mobile data …