Over the last few weeks I’ve tested numerous cases for the iPhone 5 and today is no different. This is one of my favourites so far however. It’s a “Verizon Original” and comprises a snap on shell and holster. The case is made from soft touch plastic and …
Listen, I’ll fess up. We were offered a sponsored post. You’ve seen the adverts already and heck, we would’ve got 10p for every view of the video below. HA! Christmas in the Caribbean baby. But no, we’ve got our standards. I mean sure, I once posted about an …
Apple has reached a rather large milestone this week, according to Appsfire. Appsfire is an app discovery service who monitor the iOS (and Android) app stores and they believe from their data that the iOS app store has now reached the 1 Million total apps mark. …
A few weeks ago we brought you some news that the Samsung Ativ S and the Ativ tablet were going to be delayed. The Windows Phone 8 equipped Ativ S was of interest initially to me as it is bar the camera arguably the best spec’d WP8 device …
So, you’ve got a business card. Most people do. Whether it’s a cheap business card or a posh aluminium one there’s generally the same problem – you can only fit a certain amount of information on, and when your number or job title changes it means a whole …
It’s that time folks – the winner has been drawn! Firstly, thanks for continuing to visit the site. The reason for these competitions/giveaways is to allow us to show our gratitude to our readerbase. Without you, we wouldn’t be here! So, without further ado, the winner, picked at …
The LG Optimus 4X is one of those underrated devices. Retailers are now in that period where LG’s newer devices are appearing and these older devices are in danger of getting overlooked. Expansys are selling them today for £284.99 here. Features you’ll love: Flagship phone from LG bursting …
Ever wondered how many people are using Ice Cream Sandwich, or Honeycomb, or Gingerbread? Well, Google (as usual, with most things) has the answer. Data from the number of Android devices accessing Google Play within a 14-day period shows that nearly 26% are using Ice Cream Sandwich and …
Whilst the majority of Britain’s manufacturing industry has disappeared, there is one area where the UK still excels and produces some of the best equipment in the world and that area is audio. With companies such as Cambridge Audio, Roth, Creek, Wharfedale and Meridian to name but a …
Seen this? It’s a £50 cashback offer on selected Samsung Galaxy Tab devices. Those “selected” devices are the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1, Galaxy Note 10.1 and for some reasons there’s £30 cashback on the Galaxy Tab 7.0, but you get an 8GB microSD card. Anyways, Simon Algar popped …
Don’t tell the kids, but Google has done what the Grinch couldn’t – stolen Christmas! OK, they haven’t actually stolen it, but if you’re an Android 4.2 Jelly Bean user you better not have been born in December, because Google have dropped (another) almighty clanger by omitting the …
This is a dramatic twist. One of the biggest sore points of the Nexus 4 launch was its lack of LTE but an iFixit teardown has revealed that the Nexus 4 actually has a “Qualcomm WTR1605L Seven-Band 4G LTE chip” inside, the turquoise highlighted chip in the picture above. Quite …
A mere four months after the release of Android 4.1, we now have 4.2. It’s still called Jellybean, but despite the lack of a name change there are still some nice additions, more so than the last time we had two versions of Android with the same name …
The Internet is changing. Pirate sites are getting blocked, bandwidth is managed and now providers like Verizon to throttle down speeds for anyone daring to download illegally pirated material. Despite all that, data use is on the rise, and people seem to be ignoring public WiFi hotspots too. …
After much searching for a case that I liked through the usual UK accessories channels I found that I could not find anything that suited me. So I extended my search to include imports and I found Dodocase from Sunny San Francisco. Now I had seen some of …
As discussed on our latest podcast, Google Music has finally arrived here on the shores of the UK and finally for all of those who didn’t know about or care to use the workaround can get a taste of what those on the other side of the pond …
If you are a regular reader of TheCoolGamer or CoolSmartPhone, you will probably know that I’m (sort of) actually looking forward to the release of BB10, having acquired a BlackBerry Playbook through a developer scheme a few weeks back. Well, Research in Motion are at it again, this time with …
I’ve had my Surface tablet for a few weeks now and I’ve tried out basically everything that the Surface has to offer. I am still torn whether I like it or not, over the past few years I have tried out a whole range of Android tablets, an …
The Lenova made Smart Tab II is now available from Vodafone. Vodafone have even made a nice little video showing off the Smart Tab II http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jViiAN3yA2o The 7 inch Vodafone Smart Tab II, powered by Lenovo, is the new 3G and WiFi Android tablet from Vodafone – giving …
If you’ve got one of those clever Smart TV’s then check out the new YouTube app. It includes YouTube TV. To get it working you’ll have to do some jiggery-pokery with your TV and pair it up, so it doesn’t look to be straight DLNA as far as …
