Opinion: Android’s “iceberg ahead” moment?

The launch of Windows Phone 8 has thrown Microsoft’s phone efforts back into the spotlight, and how it has struggled to gain market share over Apple and Android. With yet another relaunch of a mobile OS, Microsoft and its embattled partner Nokia (or future purchase), certainly have their …

New Sony Xperia devices headed to Vodafone

Vodafone look set to compliment their new Red plans with a host of new Sony mobile handsets. The Xperia miro, J and T are all set to arrive soon, as our shot shows. If you’re after more info on these, check our related posts on the right side …

Flash! Ahhh!!! Saviour of the iPlayer !!!

We knew that Flash was going and we expected him it to vanish from the Google Play Store. However “strategic partners” seem to have forced the hand of Adobe and it’s still there. Those “strategic partners” appear to include the BBC, who use the Flash technology in their …

Why I thought the Nokia event was amazing

We’ve had a few personal opinions of the Nokia Lumia launch opinion recently. I thought I should perhaps share my thoughts because I really don’t agree. I have been using Windows Phone for a while now, along with Android and recently iOS, so I like to feel I …

DIY iPhone stand

Want to be eco-friendly? Try this Eco iP4 stand. It’s made from a simple piece of A4 card and supports your iPhone 4 or iPhone 4S. You can also use the USB cable at the bottom too. Best yet, you don’t even need to have it delivered. Just …

New excitement on Kickstarter

We’re all about the cool and funky here at CoolSmartPhone.com. It’s true to say we love a bit of innovation and being on the leading edge of news. But we also love the art of the possible and have stumbled upon what could quite possibly be the sexiest, …

Sony Xperia Tablet S shipping in the UK as we speak

Last week Sony announced that they were releasing the replacement to the Tablet S – the Xperia Tablet S. Today the unit starts shipping to those who have pre-ordered it in the UK. What they will be getting is the distinctive folded newspaper design and black and silver …

PayPal for Windows Phone is now available

PayPal has always been one of those apps that was missing from the Windows Phone Marketplace, third party developers stepped into the void and kept us going. Yesterday afternoon the official PayPal app finally became available to install. SEND & REQUEST MONEY Whether you want to send a …

Coolsmartphone Podcast – Episode 13

This week, we discuss the new Lumia devices, protecting your phone, HTC woes and a rant about patents. We also answer your questions. This week your hosts are, Jamie Ryan, James Pearce, Ravi Patel, Mark Peters and Khellan Payne You can find the RSS feed for the podcast here, …

Unlimited calls, texts and more data. Voda go into the Red

Today Vodafone have launched a new set of plans called “Vodafone Red”. For £29 a month you’ll receive unlimited calls and texts, plus 1GB of data. If that’s not enough, for £34 a month you can “Red Data” and receive 2GB of internet allowance each month. Available from …

Uprated Kindle Fire and new Kindle Fire HD about to hit the UK.

Here in the UK you’ll soon be able to get the Amazon Kindle Fire HD. It’s “the world’s most advanced 7″ tablet” according to them and features Dolby audio, 11 hours of battery life and 16GB of storage. Oh, and it’s only £159. The existing Kindle Fire has …

Amazon Announces new Kindle Fire’s starting at only $159

In Los Angeles, Amazon just threw down the gauntlet to other tablet manufacturers. Although as yet we haven’t seen the Kindle Fire here in the UK, Amazon just announced a new version of the Kindle fire with the amazing price of $159. They’re also touting a huge performance …

That Windows 8 Phone can go Everything Everywhere

If you’ve been reading us at all, you’ve read that Nokia has announced its Lumia 920 Windows phone 8 flagship, the 4.5” beast with the pureview imaging technology that the Finnish company is touting to put them back at the top of the smartphone pile.   What seems …

Nokia announces Offline Maps

Nokia have been in the news lately, not only for their release of the Nokia Lumia 920 & 820, but also because of the controversy surrounding it. Today, however, Nokia have announced another fairly crucial feature for the new 920 and 820 phones – Offline Maps. This will …

Nokia Lumia 822 lurking on Verizon

You might think, after the criticism I gave to the Nokia launch yesterday, that the appearance of a Lumia 822 on a Verizon screen might be a good thing. It is, if we assume, a sign that a variant of the new Nokia Lumia 820 will be hitting …

Jelly Bean now on 1.2% of all Android devices

Yesterday Eric Schmidt gave us an update on how Android is doing and today Google updated their Android Platform Versions page. As you can see, Jelly Bean is now on 1.2% of Android devices whilst Ice Cream Sandwich has grown to 20.9%. Gingerbread is still by far the …

Ask us a question for our podcast – Episode 13

13, unlucky for some. Hopefully not for us as tonight we are recording episode 13 of our Podcast. It will be published tomorrow and here is where we ask you to ask us a question. Your question will be read out and we will all try our best …

The real Nokia 920 Pureview video

Yesterday Nokia sort of mislead people about the Pureview video they showed. In that it wasn’t actually filmed with a Lumia 920. Today they have posted a 16 second video showing real footage using the 920 and another smartphone. Here it is, the shot on the right is …

Samsung shifts 20 million SIII units in 100 days

Samsung have announced that they’ve sold a staggering 20 million Galaxy SIII in 100 days. That’s just over 3 months, or a quarter. Nokia sold 4 million Lumia handsets during Q2 of 2012. Whilst the iPhone 4S sold 4 million units in 3 days last year, we should …