M8 is a pretty useful alternative to the whole Google Maps set of apps. It offers mapping software, Sat Nav and info about nearby points of interest. MWC is coming soon and having an app to help you find your way around is going to be useful. Telmap …
What can you say about the iPhone 5? It’s an astounding piece of hardware that creates such emotion amongst its fan and its haters. Such a device attracts a premium price though and deals are few and far between. This week though Expansys are offering the white 16GB …
For some reason whenever I get a “budget” or “entry level” phone I always expect great things. Somewhere along the line my brain just can’t compute that something that costs about £200 isn’t always going to be astounding. I think it is the various amazing budget devices that we’ve seen in …
From 9AM this morning, Orange will be discounting all of their Pay As You Go handsets under £250 by 20% for 48 hours. At time of writing, we think phones like the Samsung Galaxy SIII mini (which we reviewed here) and the HTC Desire C (also reviewed here) …
It has taken a few years but Android seems to finally have matured as a platform. There is a consistent design language, more and more apps are adhering to Google’s design guidelines and the OS is smooth and slick to use. What however of the apps that are …
Whilst not a new phone in the world market, here in the UK we are finally able to get our hands on the Motorola RAZR HD smartphone and it comes packed with some very impressive features from kevlar back to LTE support for existing EE customers or everyone …
So…. What are we looking at here? HTC are showing pictures of lenses on their Twitter feed. Next to the shot is the date of their big launch – 19.2.13 Responses to the tweet have questioned whether this will mean and ultrapixel lens. This is something that has …
Last week LG announced that they would be updating their Optimus L Series of budget Android smartphones, citing their worldwide popularity as the reason for the investment. I have to admit that I was surprised in December when LG announced sales of 10 million L Series handsets. After …
The lines between mobile and home computing are becoming ever more blurred. With the advent of cloud computing, BYOD and other forms of mobile technology taking your data and processing it on the move is becoming ever easier. The Acer C7 is part of this new wave towards …
Nokia have a new service called Music+ available for their Lumia range of smartphones running Windows Phone. This handy service costs just £3.99 a month and is a must for any music fan who does not want to buy every track at a time and who does not …
You would never guess that HTC are due to announce something new. They are hammering every medium they have to get their name out there and to get people talking about them, again. Well now they’ve gone and posted their third infographic of recent times on their blog. …
If you are following Nokia at the moment, one of the biggest rumors online is that the company is about to announce a tablet running the new Windows 8 operating system considering the strong partnership between Nokia and Microsoft. You might remember the Booklet 3G was a creation …
Bog off! Yeah you with the Samsung Galaxy phone, you heard me. Bog off to your local O2 store and grab yourself a couple of clip-on flip cases. Samsung do some great accessories, and one of my favourites is the flip style case that replaces the battery cover …
The Pie Launcher is probably the most used app on my phone other than Swift Key Flow. It helps me quickly navigate to the things that I access a lot. It helps me save button presses. It makes my life so much better!! There is so much that …
So, my fiance got me to go to a concert tonight (which I will not name) that I absolutely hate. Thus, I figure I’ll write about one of my favorite live wallpapers to pass the time! The Ubuntu Live Wallpaper is definitely for every Ubuntu fan and, very …
It’s 3.30 on a Friday afternoon. You’ve got £40 burning a hole in your pocket. Sure, you could go out tonight, get drunk and meet the love of your life. Or, you could stay at home, drink tea and buy yourself this GoTab Android tablet. It’s got a …
Gemini Devices have today announced two new models in their JoyTab range. The JoyTAB Duo 7 3G (Gem7032G) RRP £139.99 and the JoyTAB Duo 7 (Gem7020) RRP £79.99. Price wise the new tablets are certainly intriguing. The other thing with the JoyTab spec is that they come with …
It’s day two of our Lookout compeititon. You could win a year’s subscription to Lookout Premium and get yourself a secure, safe phone. All you have to do is answer the quesion below to be in with a chance. It’s THAT easy ! 🙂 We’ll pick out the …
The BlackBerry Z10 is the device of the moment. We have a couple flying around the offices of Coolsmartphone at the moment. Leigh posted his hands on video yesterday here and I’m going to post my initial impressions very soon. If you can’t wait to get your hands …
The HTC One has been gradually appearing over the last few weeks, only the other day we saw a leaked image showing the HTC One in silver. Or what renowned leaker @evleaks says is the HTC One. Well now a black version has appeared. Is the HTC One …
