Sure, we know it’s an April Fools, but this one is pretty funny. Google Maps 8-bit, for NES ! Yes, the original Nintendo Entertainment System. Classic….

If you have been around the android community for a while, you most likely will have heard of CM or Cyanogen (Mod). CyanogenMod is an aftermarket firmware for a number of cell phones based on the open-source Android operating system. It offers features not found in the official …

Google have seemingly been a little slow on the uptake of cloud storage, especially as they currently hold 7339 terabytes of emails in the Gmail service, offering over 7gb per email account. At the moment, details are sketchy, with no firm launch date or pricing information. The screen …

Google have posted a promotional video on YouTube telling you all about their new snack products. Apparently Google has revolutionised preventative healthcare. So here is the video.  

Microsoft have just posted pictures of one of their new devices. Details are a little vague at the moment. They have posted the following on their Facebook page. “Introducing Windows Pager. Meet our newest mobile device. Coming 2014… give or take a few months.” No specs or connectivity …

We all know Swiftkey right? The superb predictive Android keyboard. It does such a good job of predicting your next words, sometimes you just don’t need any other buttons just the space bar to insert  your most likely next word. Well that’s what they are planning to do. …

I have arrived in London for the first day of O2 LTE 4G testing using a LTE modem kindly supplied by the network.  If you did not know, O2 have a test 4G network covering 40km distance in London and selected websites have been given a dongle to …

Yes, you did read it correctly, Google are set to release their own branded tablet. It is rumoured that Google are preparing an on-line store, selling directly to consumers, much like they tried (and failed) to do with the original Nexus. The store will sell the Google branded …

Well James. We used to like you. You were our friend once, but now you’re dangling the HTC One X in front of us but, due to an embargo, we can’t get it until April 4th. If you’ve ordered one (for £497.98) then you only have to wait …

Another day, another ICS Rom released. This time it is for the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play. The Xperia Play (or Zeus), has been out for about a year now, so it is nice to see Sony are still supporting the handset with the latest flavour of Android (Ice Cream …

A new tariff from O2 will dish out unlimited minutes and unlimited text with prices starting at £26 a month if you keep your current phone. There’s a decent data allowance too – 1GB. The plan prices go up if you’re bundling with a new phone and start …

If you’re a HTC Sensation user and you got your handset from Vodafone, listen up. They’ve just finished testing the Ice Cream Sandwich update and should be available now. A post on their blog states that.. Great news. The testing of the ICS update for HTC Sensation is …

Another stand for you now but this one is a bit different. It’s not just one stand, it’s many, many stands all in one. A multi-purpose stand that you can construct and adapt to your needs. Their Oona website has just one video to show it in action …

Well, we kinda knew that RIM were going through a rough patch, but figures released today show a loss of £78 million in the last three months. This compares to a £588.1 million profit for the same period last year. The BlackBerry PlayBook tablet failed to impress and, …

OK, story so far. The Foxconn factory, which makes a lot of tech stuff for a lot of tech companies, received a lot of bad press over long working hours, poor safety and suicides. Apple, who of course have the iPads and iPhones build at Foxconn, did their …

Do you own the original Samsung Galaxy S? It would appear that, despite not getting an official ICS (Ice Cream Sandwich) update, you may get a few of the new features in a future software release. The ‘Value Pack’ update will include such ICS features as ‘Face Unlock’, …

The Sony Xperia S is quite an important smartphone in Sony’s lineup following recent break-up with Ericsson. We have already covered Xperia S here at Coolsmartphone in a review by Dan a couple of weeks ago, but we have also decided to take another more detailed look at …

Channel 5. Ahhh.. it’s 15 years old. Who can believe it eh? Anyone remember all those VCR’s getting re-programmed by engineers? What was it all for eh? Now all those crummy analogue transmitters are getting turned off and we’ve all thrown those video recorders in the bin. Pah… …

The BBC have filmed a miniture movie but, instead of using expensive HD broadcast cameras, they used a smartphone instead. They’ll be showing how it was done later but the results, we must admit, are rather good. Now sure, there’s going to be some slick BBC editing and …

Expansys are having one of their never ending clearance sales. As usual there is a item that caught my eye. It was the LG Optimus 7. They have reduced it to £149.99, which for the spec is quite a good deal. The Optimus 7 also has 16gb internal …