Register For Galaxy Nexus Information On Vodafone

Vodafone have been shifting phones between Coming Soon and On Sale a lot recently, as just as we see the Nokia 800 move to Pre-Order, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus appears on the Coming Soon page allowing anyone intersted in this device to register your details to be the …

HTC Explorer heads to Three

The HTC Explorer, announced just over a month ago, is now available on Three. It’s available from stores and their site and is an entry-level smartphone with 600MHz CPU, 3.2″ screen, WiFi, GPS and 3 megapixel camera. You can pick this up for just £15 per month or, …

Coolsmartphone Recommended App – Zinio

Can you read? Yes? Well in that case this app will be right up your street. Zinio is a magazine reader. It lets you read digital versions of popular magazines. My first thought when I saw this was that it was going to be expensive. Then I saw …

Win a FurCode tag!

Right, bear with me on this, but when we get offered stuff to give away to you guys, we rarely say no. FurCodes are high-tech ID tags that will connect your pet to the web. On one side you’ll find a QR code with your pets’ information on …

HTC Rezound launched with Beats inside

Over in the USA HTC have just announced the HTC Rezound. It’s the first handset in America with the Beats Audio technology. It comes with free Beats headphones and features a 720p HD display on a 4.3″ LCD screen. Other specs include a dual-core 1.5GHz CPU, 8 megapixel …

360 Degree video recorded on (many) Sony Ericsson Xperia neo handsets

So, Sony Ericsson sent us a load of videos about their rather strange 360 degree bike experiment. It involves six Xperia neo handsets strapped to a special mount on a bike, all recording video at the same time through fish-eye lenses. The whole thing has been pieced together …

Motorola Mobility Launches Two New Tablets in the UK and Ireland

Motorola have just announced two new tablets. The Motorola Xoom 2 and the Xoom 2 Media Edition. Below is the official press release from them. Let’s hope that the Xoom 2 does a little better than the original Xoom. The original tablet hit the streets here in the …

Coolsmartphone Recommended Windows Phone App – Fuse

With the recent Mango update to Windows Phone a lot more apps have appeared and a lot more developers have started making apps as well. I have recently been finding a lot of apps that do what I have been looking for. In my move from Android I …

Apple admits battery issues with iOS5 – fix incoming

Apple admitted today that a number of bugs have been identified in iOS5 which have caused battery issues for some users.. the full quote is as follows “A small number of customers have reported lower than expected battery life on iOS 5 devices,” Apple said in a statement …

Nokia Lumia – No Tethering Update!

Earlier today we heard that Nokia Lumia 710 and 800 do not support tethering. Tethering, for those that don’t know, if the ability to share your mobile data connection as a web connection for your laptop. We couldn’t quite believe it, so we asked the PR team whether …

Samsung Galaxy Note – released tomorrow

Carphone Warehouse on Oxford Street are hosting a launch event for the much discussed and anticipated Galaxy Note tomorrow at 12:30 according to the official Facebook channel. I’m going to pop down to my local store tomorrow and see if they have any that I can play with …

O2 BoostBox

Femtocells have been around for a while, Orange have permitted users to connect their Blackberry’s via VOIP (home WiFi) for a while, and Vodafone launched there SureSignal box a while back. Following on from our earlier story we can now reveal that the O2 solution will be called …

O2 to offer up the HTC Explorer this month

Looking to get HTC Explorer? O2 have now got it listed on their site. It sits squarely in the “affordable” or “entry level” category and has the Sense 3.5 UI. It has a 3.2″ HVGA screen (320×480), 3 megapixel camera, 600MHz CPU, G-sensor, proximity sensor, light sensor, FM …

LG Optimus 2X will receive Ice Cream Sandwich

Good news if you’ve got an LG Optimus 2X. LG have come out fighting and have confirmed that Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) will indeed be arriving on the 2X. Their official Facebook page states.. LG firmly denies the rumors that claim LG will not be providing the …

No Internet tethering on the Nokia Lumia handsets?

Richard Sanderson has emailed in after contacting Nokia. He’s interested in the new Nokia Lumia handsets but wanted to firm up on a few details. There was already a bit of confusion when the Lumia 800 and Lumia 710 handsets launched as both devices showed the USB Mass …

O2 to launch calls over WiFi too

O2 are trialling a new VoIP service that will let customers use text and voice services over standard WiFi networks. Named “O2 Connect” it’s currently in testing but will shortly be available on iOS and Android smartphones. We assume that this will be similar to the Orange Signal …

Turn your existing mobile broadband dongle into a WiFi hotspot

Share your Three mobile signal with up to five different devices using this, the new Mobile Broadband WiFi hub. Also known as the ZTE MF10 Dongle Adapter it will convert an existing USB mobile broadband dongle into a hot-spot. So, instead of plugging your mobile dongle into your …

iPad / iPhone App – The Weather Channel

One thing the App Store on iOS is not short of, is weather apps. As no doubt you’re aware, us brits are obsessed with the weather, so I’m certain at least some of you will find this app review useful. I say review, but it’s pretty hard to …

Reviewed – Nextivity Cel-Fi RS2 3G Signal Booster

How’s your mobile signal? Are you one of those people who have to stand next to a window to get a signal or a decent 3G connection? There’s a few solutions to your problems. You could use Signal Boost, but that’s only available on certain Orange handsets. There’s …