The new Coolsmartphone server – The Final Countdown!

 

I’d like to say a massive thank-you to everyone who’s donated so far. It’s warmed the ‘ole cockles and we’re already in the final few days of our donation drive by the looks of things.

We’re trying to buy ourselves a powerful new server which will keep the site running at the speed you expect for years to come. We’re paying up-front because it keeps the monthly running costs low, which means we can keep adverts to a minimum. We now need just over £100, then we’re done!

If you do decide to donate – even £1, you’ll get added to the pot and could win one of these…

- A pair of Skullcandy Navigator headphones

- A brand new Acer Liquid E2 (as seen above)

- The Suite of Armour Galaxy S4 and Goosewhite Qi charging pad

You lot are the reason we all write and post news of the latest smartphone happenings, so whether you donate or not, I also want to thank you for coming here every day and reading our stuff :)

Server donation drive – Win prizes!

I want to say a big thank-you to everyone who’s donated towards the cost of our new server so far. You’re all amazing, and we’ve already got £116 in donations. There’s still a long way to go though, and we need £699 for a more powerful server to keep us running for many years to come.

The prizes, which are being given away to random lucky people donating, are a brand new pair of Skullcandy Navigator headphones and a new Acer Liquid E2. There’s more details in our earlier story but I want to thank you all for your generous donations so far.

Here’s the running total, and you can donate below !

Thanks all!

Server Donation Drive – Please help!

Morning all. Hope you’re all well. Recently we’ve struggled somewhat with the increasing amount of visitors on Coolsmartphone. After the issues last year we, thanks to your help, moved to a new co-lo provider with ample bandwidth and we’ve recently increased capacity, but the outage during our live iPhone coverage was also due to a lack of resources on our main web server.

The server we have now was purchased some time ago after we ran an earlier donation drive. It’s your server effectively, and was quite advanced at the time. It’s performed extremely well over the years but it’s time to move to a newer, faster and more powerful server.

I’m looking at a newer server which will have SSD drives, far more RAM and a faster CPU. It will last us for years and years to come. It will be bought out-right to keep running costs lower (no monthly rentals) but the initial cost is the bit we need some assistance with. We need to raise £699.

Asking for money is something I really don’t like doing, so we’ve got a couple of prizes to give away to two lucky random people who choose to donate. We’re going to give away a brand new pair of Skullcandy Navigator headphones and a new Acer Liquid E2.

Each night we’ll be updating our progress so you can see how close we are to our goal. You can donate whatever you’re comfortable with below and I really want to thank you in advance if you choose to help us.