Jelly Bean for S3 coming soon…

Rumours are abound with a Jelly Bean update coming to those lucky Galaxy S3 owners – and it could be as early as 29 August. We at Coolsmartphone Towers did wonder if the launch would coincide with the black S3 that is coming soon and recently reported on …

Motorola Xoom 2 gets another price reduction

The Motorola Xoom 2 media edition has had another price drop over at Expansys. You can now get one for £184.99 The sub £200 tablet market is certainly heating up. This tablet is certainly another option to consider as it’s due to get Ice Cream Sandwich and it …

Flash says goodbye to Android

Love Flash? Got apps and streaming TV players that depend on it? Well, don’t get comfy, because it’ll vanish later today. Even if you grab the APK, it won’t be supporting Jelly Bean. Adobe state that… Flash Player will not be supported on any Android version beyond 4.0.x. …

Waze releases real-time crowd-sourced fuel prices

Waze is a Sat Nav app. Not just a plain and simple Sat Nav either. It has a social side as well. It allows users to add live information about traffic conditions. The latest update has added live fuel costs as well. With users uploading prices for others …

My Phone History – by Scott Spence

Motorola c520 My first phone, bought for me by my parents when I was 19 23 it had the latest features like being able to send SMS and a selection of ringtones. An antenna and rubber keys were its distinctive features along with a battery pack that looked …

Vodafone Smart II Tate Edition in stores tomorrow

A few weeks ago we reviewed the Vodafone Smart II which is a budget phone from Vodafone. Vodafone were running a competition in conjunction with the Tate Collective where people were invited to design a back plate for the phone. The winning design would be available in select …

Pinterest for Android now available

Don’t you just love it when a new Social Network comes along? Pinterest has been around for a few years now and gained massive popularity early in 2011 with the release of the iPhone app. Pinterest allows you to create photo or video collections and share them with …

Samsung Shows Prior Art For Pinch To Zoom

Its Samsung turn to present their evidence in their ongoing trial with Samsung and the evidence presented yesterday surrounds Apples “Pinch To Zoom” patent. Samsung believes they have found evidence of prior art in a Mitsubishi built system called “DiamondTouch” which utilised a similar system. Whilst the video …

What Car Valuation app

What Car magazine have launched a valuation app for iOS, Android, Windows Phone 7 and Nokia. (nice cross platform support there!)   The app allows you to get second hand valuations for your car, broken down into dealer price, trade price, part exchange and private sale. What’s more, …

My Phone History – by James Pearce

Last week on the podcast we touched upon our old phones and how little they did. We decided to document our history of mobiles. Over the next week or so a few of the writers here will publish something similar. Starting with me. My first ever mobile I …

iPad Case Review – The Pong

This week we’ve been given a number of iPad cases to test. This one seems to have stuck to the iPad the most so far – it’s the Pong, or just “Pong”. What’s special about it? Is it the fact that it’s presented in a posh white box? …

Ascend P1 coming to Vodafone on PAYG

No indication on price just yet, but the most recent Vodafone catalogue shows the handset as coming to both Pay As You Go and Contract. Previously we had only seen the phone on contract, and we’re guessing that this slim stock-Android phone will be pretty flippin’ cheap too. …

Judge Removes Samsung Galaxy S, S II, and Ace From Trial

Todays news from the Apple vs Samsung case which rumbles on in California, is that Samsung asked the court for a judgment as a matter of law. They argued that Apple did not do enough to prove their case during their testimony, which concluded today. Whilst this was …

New Apple “Anti-Mod” Screw Turns Out To Be A Hoax

Every day it seems there is a new Apple rumour to try and decipher and last week was no different. There was talk that Apple was going to begin using a custom made screw that would stop people from modding their iPhones. The community at large was unhappy …

ZTE Grand X now available on Virgin

ZTE today have announced that the ZTE Grand X is now available for purchase through Virgin Media in the UK. You cna find more details of Pay Monthly here or Pay as You Go here. You can get the phone for £199.99 on Pay as You Go or for …

Acer Cloud Mobile now up for pre-order

Earlier on in the year Acer announced a few different Android phones. The highest spec phone announced was the the Cloud Mobile. It is going to be the first device to use the new Acer Cloud service. It is also probably the highest spec Acer I have ever …

Black Galaxy SIII rumours seem to be true after all

Retailer MobileFun have announced availability and a price for the rumoured black Galaxy SIII. That pretty much means the rumours are true. You can’t really say much more about the Galaxy SIII. Another colour will certainly appeal to people who don’t like the current white or blue models. …

Acer Liquid Glow, budget Ice Cream Sandwich phone now available

Earlier on in the year Acer announced a budget Ice Cream Sandwich device called the Liquid Glow and it was due to be released in a selection of colours. Retailer Expansys now has the Black and White models in stock and the price is definitely a wallet friendly …