Tag: android
Do you remember a few months ago Jamie had a look at the LG Optimus 4X? He loved it and recommended it to everyone wanting that Samsung Galaxy SIII level of performance but not the high price tag. Well if you can believe it the price has slipped further. Expansys …
If you’re a regular CoolSmartPhone reader, you’ve probably read Jamie Ryan’s post last week about their new ad campaign that bears the tagline “It doesn’t take a genius”. The ad was designed to take momentum away from the iPhone 5 launch and divert attention to the Samsung Galaxy S3, which …
The BBC, Adobe Flash and Android Jellybean have all been a bit of a hot topic recently. With Adobe removing Flash from the Google Play Store which left users wanting to install the BBC iPlayer a little lost. Rumours are that the BBC put some pressure on Adobe …
The new 007 movie will, as usual, feature some rather awkward and obvious product placements. Remember Bond jumping into that Ford Fiesta in the previous film? Yeah. That. It seems that O2 will bag the exclusive on his new phone – the Sony Xperia T. Exclusive? Well, we …
For those of you who haven’t heard of Matias Duarte, he is the genius behind the interfaces of WebOS and all Android versions since Honeycomb. If we take a moment to think back to stock Gingerbread’s design and then we quickly fast forward to now and the recent …
Yesterday Acer announced a new small Nexus and Kindle Fire competitor. It is called the Iconia A110 which follows on the A100 we reviewed a while back. Acer have made a nice range of tablets of the years and hopefully this one will continue the trend. The spec …
The time has come for one of the first UK unboxings of the new Xperia T. As you may or may not know I am a Sony Mobile Ambassador in my other life (when not working or writing on here). This gives me several perks, one of which …
ZTE has announced its latest handset to the world at the PT/EXPO COMM in China. The Grand Era U985 will be available in China within the next few days. The Grand Era U985 will be powered by a quad-core Nvidia Tegra 3 processor and will run Android 4.0 …
Earlier in the week the eagle eyed people over at HotUKDeals spotted the Huawei Ascend G300 for only £65 in Tesco stores when you spend over £30 on groceries. Well, the good news is that this price has fallen even more and now you can bag yourself the …
The newly announced Motorola RAZR i is now available for pre-order from Clove and Expansys. Update – Expansys tell us that the RAZR i will be available and ready to ship on Monday 1st October. Order the RAZR i here. The handset with a 4.3″ edge to edge Gorilla …
Twitter haven’t exactly been the best at updating their apps (Twitter for Mac hasn’t had an update since last year) but they’ve just rolled out a new update for the iPhone and iPad which includes a refreshed UI for the iPad version. New features include an expanded view …
Many of the Coolsmartphone team have raved about the Nexus 7 since it launched in July and if you don’t have one yet, now could be the perfect time to jump in. Google’s mini tablet can currently be had from Tesco Direct for just £180. To get it …
This morning Amazon have posted updates to their Android and iOS UK apps that enables the Cloud Player functionality that the US has had for a while now. It means that any mp3 tracks you have purchased from them in the past and any future mp3 tracks you …
We have been live blogging the event this morning and Motorola have just posted up the official press release and specs for the device. It is basically the RAZR M with Intel insides. But it is jolly nice looking, shame they couldn’t get Jelly Bean on it. Strange …
motorolamobility on livestream.com. Broadcast Live Free At 9:30 today the Motorola event will kick off by herding us through the doors and getting us settled in for a 10:00 kick off with a trio of new devices announced in NYC it’s exciting to see what they’ll do for …
Rovio has had it’s Pig-centric successor to Angry Birds in the fryer for quite a while now and it seems the game is nearly ready for release! The trailer below will give you a pretty good idea of the sort of game play we can expect to see, …
We miss the Olympics. We miss the opening and closing ceremonies. Sure, we would’ve liked a longer set from Fat Boy Slim during the closing ceremony, but apart from that it was all good. During these ceremonies you may have seen a number of athletes displaying messages to …
I’ve had the Xperia Tipo for a few weeks now and I’m really quite impressed with it. We covered the basics of the Tipo with our initial impressions here and now we’ll have a more in depth look at it. Design The Tipo is in that range of …
Motorola have a clear cut divide between their high end devices (Razr, Proton, Razr Maxx, Razr HD, Razr M) and their current budget devices (Motoluxe and this the Motosmart). When Motorola first introduced the Motoluxe they were full of the fact it was a fashionable well designed piece …
Teamviewer, the remote desktop application has announced an update that now enables file transfers between your android device and your computer from anywhere in the world with a data connection. The computer can be a Mac or a PC running Windows or Linux. The data is sent using …
NVIDIA have made quite a splash in the mobile gaming world since they first introduced their Tegra range of processors, and nowadays it seems the quad-core Tegra 3 is the chip of choice for Android smartphones and tablets that want to impress the gamers. Not least because the …
Occasionally a game comes along that grabs hold of you and won’t let go. It makes you think “just one more go” or “i’m going to beat that high score this time.” Football Manager (or Championship Manager as it was then) used to do it, tearing myself away …
Robbie Williams popped over to the UK recently to film the video for his latest song, “Candy”. The Samsung Galaxy SIII gets shown a couple of times … well… actually it gets shown about four times during the video. Both Robbie and the candy girl seem to have …
Can you remember the review we did the other week of the Samsung Galaxy Beam? (It’s here if you can’t) Jamie came to the conclusion that it was a great phone, it was just a little bit expensive for what you got. Well Handtec have gone part of …
If, like me, you like to stay on top of the latest software for your mobile device we have some good news. Samsung’s official public release of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean for the Galaxy S III will be October/November. Also to follow in November will be the official …
The One X is already the HTC’s flagship Android phone, and it’s a bit of a beast when it comes to raw processing figures, but, not content with ‘just’ a 1.5GHz Tegra 3 quad core processor, they’ve decicided to give it a power up! We’re working on rumours …
It has been confirmed today that the Sony Xperia T is coming soon to the Three network. The flagship Sony handset has a 4.55” HD Reality Display with the Mobile Bravia Engine, a 13 megapixel camera with Exmor R sensor and fast capture, a 1.5GHz dual-core processor, 16GB internal memory and 50GB …
Just how do you upset someone? Do you call them ugly? Do you insult a member of their family? Do you question the size of their manhood? No, no, no. You merely have to criticise their choice of phone or Operating System. Talk to the SysAdmin guy in …
The launch of Windows Phone 8 has thrown Microsoft’s phone efforts back into the spotlight, and how it has struggled to gain market share over Apple and Android. With yet another relaunch of a mobile OS, Microsoft and its embattled partner Nokia (or future purchase), certainly have their …
Vodafone look set to compliment their new Red plans with a host of new Sony mobile handsets. The Xperia miro, J and T are all set to arrive soon, as our shot shows. If you’re after more info on these, check our related posts on the right side …
We knew that Flash was going and we expected him it to vanish from the Google Play Store. However “strategic partners” seem to have forced the hand of Adobe and it’s still there. Those “strategic partners” appear to include the BBC, who use the Flash technology in their …
Here in the UK you’ll soon be able to get the Amazon Kindle Fire HD. It’s “the world’s most advanced 7″ tablet” according to them and features Dolby audio, 11 hours of battery life and 16GB of storage. Oh, and it’s only £159. The existing Kindle Fire has …
In Los Angeles, Amazon just threw down the gauntlet to other tablet manufacturers. Although as yet we haven’t seen the Kindle Fire here in the UK, Amazon just announced a new version of the Kindle fire with the amazing price of $159. They’re also touting a huge performance …
Yesterday Eric Schmidt gave us an update on how Android is doing and today Google updated their Android Platform Versions page. As you can see, Jelly Bean is now on 1.2% of Android devices whilst Ice Cream Sandwich has grown to 20.9%. Gingerbread is still by far the …
Samsung have announced that they’ve sold a staggering 20 million Galaxy SIII in 100 days. That’s just over 3 months, or a quarter. Nokia sold 4 million Lumia handsets during Q2 of 2012. Whilst the iPhone 4S sold 4 million units in 3 days last year, we should …
Motorola yesterday announced three new phones. One of which the RAZR M we looked at separately earlier on today as it’s rumoured to be coming to the UK. The other two phones we haven’t anything about yet. The RAZR HD and the RAZR MAXX HD. Get the best …
Yesterday afternoon Motorola unveiled their latest handsets. The RAZR brand continues, with the RAZR M, RAZR HD and the RAZR MAXX HD. The RAZR M is of the most interest to us here in the UK as it is rumoured to be the device that Motorola unveil in …
So, the hype is over and the revelation of the new Nokia Lumia handsets has happened. The Lumia 920 and 820 have been officially unveiled and are all shiny and new. Are they enough to save Nokia? Running with a dual core processor with a 4.3 or 4.5 …
Motorola are holding an event this afternoon as well and the first person on stage was Google CEO Eric Schmidt. He gave us information on the current Android figures. In what has traditionally been Andy Rubins territory, Schmidt told us that there are now 1.3m Android devices activated …
Spotify have just released another update for the Android software into the Play market. The update brings a couple of interesting new features, the first being NFC sharing of songs between phones – as long as your phones are Ice Cream Sandwich or above. It also introduces something …
