Here's an interesting tip from lifehacker. If you don't have a TomTom device and rely on the free Google Navigation system in your Android phone then this little tip is really useful. Just go to your home screen, add a shortcut, choose "Directions and...

I've only just stumbled across this app and I wish I'd found it earlier. It's billed as "iTunes for Android" but, if I'm honest, it's not. Why? Well, it's not slowing down my PC for a start. Everything else though is true, it's a slick PC or Mac-based...

I'm going to blame this news item on the fact that I only had 2 hours sleep last night. If you've seen the Talking Tom application on the iPhone you'll be glad to know that it's available for Android. The app, which now also works on the Wildfire, …

Orange have today changed some of the iPhone contracts here in the UK adding some extra features such as Photo Messaging (MMS) and Orange Maps for Sat-Nav use. Orange Maps is downloadable through the App Store if you have an Orange account and the 50 ...

Xbox Live games are coming to Windows Phone 7, but you knew that already. What we didn't know was the list of games available at launch. Age of Zombies, Castlevania, Halo Waypoint, The Harvest, Crackdown, Let's Golf 2, Star Wars and Guitar Hero are in...

HTC and Microsoft go way, way back. HTC are responsible for the majority of Windows Mobile devices. The classic Orange SPV was the phone that kicked everything off here at coolsmartphone.com - guess who built it. Yip. HTC. With an upcoming HTC launch ...

In the latest brochure from Carphone Warehouse there are many bargains and deals if you know where to look for them, and this is one of the best.  A sim free fully unbranded LG Optimus just £99.99 down from £149.99 when purchased...

The European Imaging and Sound Association has just announced the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 mini as the "European Mobile Phone 2010-2011". The handset, which we recently reviewed, was singled out due to the "compact size and excellent performance with ...

The Acer Stream is available unlocked exclusively from expansys for £399.99. We've got one in to review and we're pretty impressed already with the HD video recording. There's a speedy 1GHz CPU, 800x400 AMOLED capacitive 3.7" screen, WiFi, FM radio, ...

It was a very dark and wet day on Saturday so I went through "the cupboard". Many of you will have a special cupboard where stuff gets dumped. In my case, it's full of cables and old phones. These mobiles can sometimes fetch a few quid on eBay …

Vodafone have recently started selling the popular iPhone 4 on PAYG for those people who want to control their spends or prefer to be on a sim only contract. Vodafone actually announced this before O2 a few days ago but this slipped through the news a...

Anyone after a bargain on Android should go to their local T-Mobile retail store before the deal ends or stock becomes end of line.  For just £15 a month you can bag yourself a free Samsung Galaxy Portal or LG In Touch Max (GW620) running A...

Lots of device manufacturers have been threatening to release or have released an Android tablet of late. Some are entry level like the Archos 7 home tablet and some are definite iPad competitors like the Samsung Galaxy Tab. Over the next few months w...

Google have released some software to enable you to send stuff to your phone from their Chrome browser.  The idea is simple - click on a button on Chrome, and that page, map, text or phone number you have selected pops up on your phone. You need ...

While I take some time off from my App Review show I thought I could do some written ones instead, since they don’t take much time. So here we go with the first. A few weeks ago the powers that be at Best Buy Mobile offered their latest …

A few days back I had a mail from Josh. He told me about some serious lag and black screen hangs on the Galaxy S. Unfortunately our server then decided to explode so I never got around to looking at it. He's written to Samsung and there's a …

A never-seen-before Samsung Windows Phone 7 device has just been snapped by andrejt. He can't say much about it, other than the fact that it's "a prototype samsung and that's it's larger than your ordinary phone". Whether this will actually make it to...

Two HTC device specs have just appeared on the web. The HTC Bee is up first and seems to be a mid-range Android device with 528Mhz CPU, 5 megapixel camera, QVGA (240x320) screen and a 3.2" screen. Next is the HTC Lexikon, which has a huge 3.8" screen …

o2 have just announced availability of the iPhone on Pay & Go. The 32GB version has a £595 price-tag, with the 16GB version coming in at £495. Whilst this may sound a lot, it compares to total ownership costs of around £2000 for people taking free ...

When we get an invite from HTC it's usually about something pretty special. The HTC Hero event was a big deal, as was the HTC Legend launch. Today this invite appeared in our inbox, which says.. "Come see what HTC has dreamt up. 15 September in London...