Officesuite Professional free today on the Amazon Appstore

Last week the Amazon Appstore became available for users in the UK, this was a good move because of the daily free apps. Today you can get Officesuite Professional for free, saving yourself a few pounds whilst your at it. The app supports a whole host of different …

HTC are holding a press event on the 19th of September.

September seems to be the month to hold a press event. We have Nokia, Motorola, Apple, the whole IFA thing and now HTC. Last night various websites received invites to a press event in New York on September the 19th. As most of the recent rumours surrounding HTC …

Apple Event confirmed for September the 12th

  It’s official, Apple will hold an event next Wednesday, the 12th of September, to launch the new iPhone. Rumours had been circling for a while but confirmation came today when several media outlets received their invites. The event will be held at the Yerba Buena centre for …

Angry Birds Sequel, Bad Piggies, to launch on September 27

Rovio have announced that the long awaited sequel to their smash hit Angry Birds series and it will be called “Bad Piggies”. Angry Birds has been hugely successful for Rovio and this certainly has potential to be just as big.  Interestingly the press release points to a new …

This afternoons Nokia Lumia leaks are…

Another photo of the upcoming lumia 920 has been tweeted by evleaks. This time showing the available colours of the Lumia 920. Red, yellow, white, black and grey. No Cyan unfortunately. But we will soon know for sure what is happening. They have also just posted a picture …

1 Million iOS Device ID’s Leaked by Hackers

  The hacking group AntiSec have today released the Unique Identifiers pertaining to 1,000,001 iOS devices allegedly obtained from a hacked FBI laptop that was holding over 12 million Apple device ID’s and the corresponding personal information. AntiSec say that they have the numbers of 12,367,232 iPhones and …

Prices are dropping on the Nokia Lumia 900

UK retailer Handtec have posted details on their blog detailing a price reduction on all three colours of the Nokia Lumia 900. You can buy either the black, white or cyan models. The new reduced price is £335.99 Inc vat. No doubt we will see prices dropping on …

Bruce Willis to sue Apple? No, not really

Perhaps he’s got a little too much time on his hands. Perhaps he’s just a really big music fan. Either way, Bruce Willis, who featured in great films like “Die Hard” and utterly terrible ones like “Armageddon”, has apparently launched a legal battle against Apple. I know ! …

Sony Xperia tablet S promo video

Sony unveiled the new Tablet S at IFA last week in Berlin and today they have posted a little introduction video to the tablet. Interestingly it shows a landscape dock as well as some other things you’d expect it to be able to do. Do more, watch more, …

My thoughts on the Galaxy Camera

Somehow I managed to miss any rumours of a Galaxy Camera and so for once was actually quite surprised when it was announced during Samsung’s (rather dreadful) IFA keynote last week. What a pleasant surprise it was. Although undoubtedly a niche product, I have to say I’m quite excited …

What will the new iPhone have? This guy knows.

As the speculation around Apple’s new iPhone accelerates towards hysteric levels, you could go crazy trying to keep up with all the rumours and leaks. So here’s some light relief for us all, with Dilbert’s take on matters. Source: Dilbert

BBC iPlayer to allow mobile downloads

The BBC have announced that starting with the iOS version they will be updating their iPlayer apps to support mobile downloads. The download is meant to be valid for thirty days, which makes me think we might see a few issues with jailbroke and rooted devices. The Android …

Is NFC About to Take Off in the UK with the Galaxy SIII ?

Barely a couple of days after Everything Everywhere announced that they have teamed up with Mastercard comes another announcement, this time from Orange, one of the partners in the EE stable. Some time ago, Orange launched Quick Tapp with the Samsung Tocco Light.  This enabled NFC payments to be …

Samsung Galaxy Note 2 To Launch With S-Cloud

The long awaited S-Cloud service from Samsung looks like it will launch with the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Note II. Reports from IFA in Germany show a new Note II complete with the S-Cloud option within the Settings menu. There is no news on how much storage will come …

Talk to us, give us your thoughts

Hi, it’s me, Leigh. Every year or two I write a post like this, so long-time readers might know what to expect. Many sites tend to irritate the flip out of visitors by adding those horrible “Feedback” surveys that pop-up on your browser. Personally, I think these are …

Nokia wireless charging dock leaked now

Images of new Nokia hardware are appearing all over the web. evleaks have posted a picture of the rumoured wireless charging unit. Once again whether this is real or not I sure don’t know. Source – evleaks

Thoughts on the iPhone Event

It is getting nearer and if rumours are to be believed, Apple is prepping invitations for the launch of its latest iteration of the iPhone and so now is the time for me to share with you my thoughts for the new device(s). Name It won’t be called …

Coolsmartphone Podcast – Episode 12

This week, we discuss the devices announced at IFA such as the Galaxy Note 2, we talk about 4G coming to the UK sooner than expected , Sony’s devices and the Galaxy Camera as well as much more. This week your hosts are, Jamie Ryan, James Pearce, Dan …

Why I’m quite excited about September the 5th

No I’m not referring to the Motorola event in New York. I’m referring to the Nokia event on the same day. I should have perhaps titled this “Why I’m looking forward to Windows Phone8” as that covers the bigger picture here. A few days ago at IFA we …