Nokia Lumia 925 Wireless charging shell review

A rather nondescript envelope arrived at my house at the weekend. Now it had been a good night on the Saturday to say the least so I had forgotten arranging this delivery. With some trepidation as to what I may have bought in a Corona fueled haze I …

Nokia post some videos bigging up their cameras

Nokia have some pretty damn good camera phones out at the moment. The latest the Lumia 925 broken down in this video from the Nokia YouTube channel. It doesn’t shown anything great but it’s interesting if you’re a Nokia fan. Precision: Inside your smartphone camera http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zj8mjC0PXgs Nokia have …

Sailfish OS – When, Where And Why You Should Care

As we reported in May the Jolla Sailfish phone has recently been revealed to the world. Well kind-of. An interesting handset concept was presented, the eponymous Jolla Phone and its Other Half. This new hardware is essentially a screen and raw guts of a phone as one half …

Top up your Sony Entertainment Wallet with your mobile

We received this email yesterday and it may be of interest to you PS3 owners out there. It basically means you can use your monthly mobile bill to top-up your Sony wallet. It is no doubt part of the preparation for the arrival of the PS4. Dear Sony …

The Coolsmartphone Podcast – Episode 53

Episode 53 is here and it already feels like an anticlimax compared to last week’s huge great anniversary celebration. This week is definitely a kind of fill in week. Joining me this week were Leigh, Ravi and Ronnie. This weeks topics were the HTC One S mess, Motorola …

Android users – Start panicking now

Actually you probably shouldn’t panic quite yet. Things are being blown out of proportion as usual. Earlier on today details of a Android security hole appeared online, you know the normal stuff. The bug could be exploited to let an attacker do what they want to a phone …

Have you got your double helping?

The 4th of July. Truly a time to celebrate. Why? Double speed on EE 4G of course! 😉 The first UK 4G network is strapping a supercharger to their network and the following 12 cities and towns will see a significant leap in speeds as of today… Derby, …

Sony Xperia Tablet Z in the house! Part 2 – Hardware Review

The Sony Xperia Tablet Z is just as much about the hardware underneath the seals and gaskets as the waterproofing itself, so in the second of our series on this £500 beast I’m going to take a look at the hardware and how it performs on dry land. …

HTC One Mini in black leaks out

The HTC One is a cracking phone, I spent a few weeks with it recently and it really is the sort of phone that you would recommend to everyone. It’s just some people can’t afford one and some people don’t like rather large phones. What they need is …

HTC One S owners – Sign the petition

If you’re one of the unlucky HTC One S owners who are currently cursing the lack of further Android updates, listen up. There’s now a petition for those wanting this decision reversed. You can sign it here and add your name to the current 187 people who have …

Acer Liquid E2. Wanna know the best bit?

We’re reviewing (perhaps better late than never) the Acer Liquid E1 at the moment, so to compare I took a look at the new E2. This has an improved spec and will arrive in the next day or two at Expansys. They’re doing it SIM-free, so no contracts …

The Motorola Moto X is starting to shape up

Motorola are slowly releasing information about one of their upcoming new Android devices, the Moto X seems like it is going to be a uniquely customisable device, unlike anything we’ve seen so far. Rumours are that you’ll be able to be pick a custom colour back plate and …

Samsung unboxes Boxee

Boxee. You may not have heard too much about them, but in this world of internet-connected TV, you can a grab yourself a D-Link Boxee box, stick it under your TV and – boom – you’re watching the TV you want when you want. Movies, TV and videos …

Motorola Moto X is the first phone you can design yourself

The eagerly anticipated Motorola Moto X smartphone is going to something designed by you! Wow, sounds cool huh? Tell me more… Well, all we can tell you is that there’s an advert that’s been leaked that says just that. See below if you don’t believe me (click for …

M8 by Telmap gets a Wallace and Gromit based update

M8 by Telmap is a free Sat Nav, mapping and local places app for Android. It lets you do everything that you’d expect from a mapping app but with a more point of interest orientated slant. They are having a Summer promotion for the in app purchases. SPECIAL …

The Falcon Pro saga continues

Since Twitter introduced the new restrictions in the latest version of their API various new Twitter apps have been having problems. Once such app is Falcon Pro. The developer has had no end of problems with pirates, API restrictions, Play Store updates and what seems like Twitter blocking …

The end of a special relationship.

If you’ve followed my mutterings on Twitter then you’ll know that I recently made a big change in my life. We’ve actually been together since 1995, so I tried my best to work things out. However, recently I decided that it would probably be best if we went …

EE announce shared plans, PAYG broadband and more

UK network EE held an event in London today to outline some important steps in their 4G rollout….. there is rather a lot to take in so grab a drink, sit back and prepare yourself First of all comes the new ‘Double Speed’ brand which is basically the …

Polamatic by Polaroid is now available for Android

If you share a lot of photos to every social network thinkable then this app might be of interest to you. As long as you like applying filters and frames to your shots anyway. The Polamatic app brings back the instant nostalgia of Polaroid pictures. Capture or import …

Barnes and Noble are selling off their Android Nook tablets

Since Microsoft got heavily involved with Barnes and Noble and their Nook franchise the writing had been on the wall for their Android tablets. In a move that preempts the discontinuation of the Android tablets you can now get hold of the Nook HD and the Nook HD+ …