Sony Ericsson Xperia arc – Now on Three, we go close-up

The Sony Ericsson Xperia arc is now available on Three. It’ll be free on contracts over £35 a month and you can enjoy All-You-Can-Eat Data (and it really, really is because we tested it) on The One Plan for £40 a month with 2000 anytime, any network minutes …

Sony Ericsson Xperia arc and HTC Desire S – Camera challenge

Sony Ericsson tell us that they’ve improved camera technology. This new Xperia arc has a Sony Exmor R CMOS sensor that lets you “capture high-quality movies and stills in low light”. Well, tonight I was in the garage. The sun was setting and I was snapping pictures for …

SPB Shell 3D For Android

SPB have been making software for smartphones for years now, they started with Windows Mobile, they recently have been making software for Symbian and in the last year or so have been making software for Android. SPB Shell 3D is their latest creation. The name may sound familiar as they had …

Join Us & HTC Live On The 12th April

HTC are holding a press event on the 12th April to announce something big it would seem and we have kindly been invited along to the event to bring you all updates live from inside the locked doors. Expect to see a lot of coverage including images, videos …

Augmented Reality – You need this in your life

Yesterday I bumped into a guy called Chris from UR-AR. He brought some bits of paper and his iPhone with him and started talking about Augmented Reality. “Yeah”, I thought, “I’ve seen it before, Layar and all that”. But no, I hadn’t seen it all. Things have really …

Sony Ericsson Xperia arc – Benchmark test

A lot of you wanted to know just how fast the new Sony Ericsson Xperia arc was so today we decided to give it a spin. To get a benchmark we used Quadrant and, just for fun, put it up against a brand new HTC Desire S. Now, …

Microsoft complain to EU about Google

Microsoft have today voiced their concerns about Google in Europe. They’re unhappy with various Google “practices” including blocking access to parts of YouTube that Android phones can access… “Google blocked Microsoft’s new Windows Phones from operating properly with YouTube. Google has enabled its own Android phones to access …

Three launch new Premium Dongle

Three have announced a new Premium Dongle which will be heading to stores on April 7th. It offers “up to” 40% faster browsing and features HSPA+ connectivity. This new Huawei E367 also has a rotating head for better connection and will stand vertically for better signal coverage and …

Coolsmartphone Recommended Android Apps – Clock Widgets Part 2

The other week we looked at fully featured clock widgets. Today we will have a look at minimal clock widgets. These are clocks that show you a bare minimum. First up is Clockr. Clockr is a beautiful text based clock widget. There are a few settings covering the …

A week with the HTC Desire S – Day 3 and 4

OK, it’s time for another HTC Desire S video so I thought I’d pack in two for you today. Today we’re going through Voice Search, the HTC Weather application, calendar, YouTube and how the phone sorts applications…

Sony Ericsson Xperia arc – A tour

The Sony Ericsson Xperia arc is a device we got a brief hands-on with at Mobile World Congress but alas it was all too brief. The handset has a large 4.2″ screen but is remarkably thin – just 8.7mm. Around back is a fantastic 8.1 megapixel camera with …

Advent Vega Initial Thoughts

You may have noticed that Dixons have reduced the price of the Advent Vega to £199. If not they have and here is the link. I bought one recently and I thought I would share my initial thoughts about the device to try and help potential buyers make …

HTC Wildfire S appears on Vodafone website

Vodafone look set to deliver the rather brilliant HTC Wildfire S soon enough. They’ve added the handset to their coming soon page and will also retail an exclusive grey and purple model too. The Wildfire S has a 320×480 pixel screen, 600MHz CPU, 512MB RAM, 5 megapixel camera, …

Real users receiving real NoDo update

The Windows Phone 7 NoDo update is arriving right now. We’re getting emails and tweets, so it must be happening. HTC HD7 handsets are receiving the update so you can now soak up the copy and paste goodness, though we’re still hearing of Mozart owners only just getting …

Come on down and PLAY

Last month we were lucky enough to get some sweaty hands-on time with the Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY. Now you can too, with a hands-on event kicking off this Thursday in London. Sony Ericsson will be hosting the event at 21-31 New Oxford Street and it’s completely free, …

A week with the HTC Desire S – Day Two

It’s day 2 with the HTC Desire S and today we take a look at the battery, microSD, SIM and the battery cover which doubles-up as the antenna. Also included is a demo of how you get around the lack of optical trackball and a super close-up tour …

Sony Ericsson to open up boot loader

Crumbs. What is happening over at Sony Ericsson ? Just days after announcing that the X10 would be updated to Gingerbread they’ve now announced that developers will be able to unlock the boot loader in “a secure and legal way”. This is good news. They say… “Over the …

HTC EVO 3D Heading To Europe

EVO is a brand of HTC we have not seen outside of the States….. until now it seems where HTC France have confirmed that the EVO 3D will make it’s way to France (and we can assume the rest of Europe at that) A # HTC for France Evo 3D anyone? Yes we are! And it even keeps thesame name) available date unconfirmed. The …

WWDC 2011 Set For 6th June

Apple have announced that this year’s WWDC event will be held on the 6th June in San Francisco as expected and the headline itself talks about a preview for iOS where we should see the new iPhone 5 as well as iOS 5 announced to the world. Last year the …

Coolsmartphone Recommended Android App – Continuous Shoot

This is quite a simple app. It lets you continuously take photos with your camera. You run this app instead of your camera app, press the shutter button and of it goes, trying to fill up your memory card as fast as it can! When you have had …