Samsung Galaxy S Review

Welcome everyone to the review on the Samsung Galaxy S, the latest Android phone from Samsung with some outstanding features which will be covered during the review. 4 inch AMOLED Screen 5 Megapixel Camera with 720p HD Video Recording 7.2mb/s HSDPA w...

Opera Mini 5.1 for Android released

Another browser update for you Android fans - Opera has got to 5.1 now and adds better support for different screen resolutions, even faster browsing and an overall better user experience - pinch and zoom is in there too by the looks of it.. To downlo...

Microsoft push slate devices as part of mobile line-up

With Android tablets appearing pretty much everywhere and the iPad dominating it's good to see Microsoft finally entering the arena. Steve Ballmer has promised that getting slate devices out there was "terribly important" and that they will "push forw...

SwiftKey Beta now in the Android Market

The SwiftKey Beta has just gone live on the Android Market. Put simply this is a throroughly brilliant app which will predict the next word you're typing and, for the most part, it'll get the word right first time after just two letters. The "Fluency"...

Windows Phone 7 is coming, Windows Live included

Microsoft seem to be hitting the headlines again, this time in a positive way. Andy Lees, Senior VP of Mobile Communications at Microsoft has revealed new features in Windows Phone 7, including the ability to locate your phone if it gets lost, lock it...

Motorola FLIPOUT Review

The Motorola FLIPOUT will be arriving on Orange very soon and, after playing with the phone for a number of hours, it's definitely aimed at the "youth" market. Media sharing is on board, as is a rather interesting music player that integrates streamin...

Hands-on with the Motorola FLIPOUT

First it was the X10 Mini, now another small Android device has landed in our mobile office. This is the Motorola FLIPOUT and it'll be arriving - complete with CAPITAL LETTERS - to Orange very soon. It, along with the X10 Mini, seems to be targeting t...

Orange Project JAL – Own-brand Android phone coming

With cheap Android devices like the Vodafone 845 entering the market it's hardly surprising that other networks are about to do the same. Orange are prepping a "Project JAL" device which will be own-branded and is believe to be based on the ZTE Blade,...

Free iPhone 4 cases up for grabs

MobileFun are giving awat free cases to iPhone 4 customers suffering from the "death grip" problem. They're normally £7.49, but if you're really quick you can enter the special promo code and get them for absolutely nothing here. Link - Free iPhone 4...

Make your own Android apps online, easily

Google have just kicked their Android development into overdrive with the App Inventor. Have a look at the video - it's unbelievably easy to get going and you can have your own app done and ready in minutes. Critics state that the new App Inventor cou...

Samsung Galaxy S In The House!

Just back from picking up a brand new Samsung Galaxy S which will be used to review for CoolSmartPhone and also keep seeing as I signed up to an 18 month deal just to get hands on the device!. Over the next week I will be putting together …

Android continues to rise in latest US stats

The rise and rise of Android shows no sign of slowing, with new ComScore numbers showing a 4% increase in US market share. The details show that every other OS has declined, although these stats were calculated before the iPhone 4 was released. Micros...

X10 Mini – Up close

The X10 Mini has certainly challenged our initial opinions. We thought it would be too small to use, but Sony Ericsson seem to have made the most of its' diminutive size. Last night I managed to get it away from Billy for long enough to take some sna...

T-Mobile UK iPhone 4 Pricing

T-Mobile UK today announced their prices for the iPhone 4 and the 3GS.  Both handsets are going on Contract and Pay As You Go but at present no date has been set but with the price list coming out expect a launch pretty soon. On PAYG the 3GS …

Xperia X10 Overview – Woah, this is small!

If you've been following our Twitter feed you'll probably already know, but here's what we've had our hands on today. It's the tiny (and we really mean that) X10 Mini. Sure, we saw it in February but, when compared to "normal phones" it's really petit...

ZTE Racer comes to Three – Cheap as chips

We've not really heard much about this device, but 3UK are selling this one for just £109.99 without a contract. It's called the "ZTE Racer Black" and has a fairly mid-range spec. A 3.2 megapixel camera, 2.8" QVGA screen, GPS, microSD expansion and F...

Roadmap for T-Mobile USA includes Windows Phone 7

Another roadmap leak, this time from T-Mobile USA, has turned up some gems. The Motorola CHARM is up there, which we knew about already, plus there's a "HTC Vanguard" coming in September and a "HTC Emerald" in November. Both of these HTC devices are b...

Motorola CHARM now official – T-Mobile USA exclusive

A few days back we saw some shots of the Motorola CHARM on an AT&T system. Now it's official, with Motorola making the QWERTY messaging phone official just a short while ago. Android 2.1 will have the MOTOBLUR GUI on top and the specs include a 3 mega...

Leaked release roadmap reveals HTC Gold in November

A range of devices have just fell out of the Omnio website with the HTC Vision (spotted earlier this week) and the HTC Ace. The rumours behind the HTC Ace are bordering on the insane, with a dual-core CPU, Android 3, 4.3" AMOLED, 8 megapixel camera an...

Kin, from the inside

There's yet another interesting piece on the death of the KIN phones by Mini-Microsoft today. He points to some interesting discussions during "Think Week", where Microsoft staff take time out of the office to read papers submitted by employees for ne...