HTC Desire 300 handset arrives to take on rest of Android army
After wowing us all with the HTC One, HTC has done some more number crunching and come up with a new numeral-namesake, the Desire 300.As we all know (well, everyone except Kanye West), the number 300...
View ArticleHTC Desire 601 honours its forefathers with good looks, middling specs
Once synonymous with the high end, HTC's Desire brand now speaks of the mid range with handsets the new HTC Desire 601 which hopes to bridge the gap between feature- and smartphone with aplomb.It comes...
View ArticleGary Marshall: Microsoft and Nokia? Steve Jobs would be snickering
So much for the Trojan Horse theory. You might recall that when Stephen Elop moved to Nokia from Microsoft, some observers suggested that he was a Trojan Horse: he'd bring Nokia to its knees so...
View ArticleOpinion: Elop is Microsoft's new crown prince, but is he really the best choice?
Stephen Elop's return to Microsoft as part of the deal to buy Nokia's mobile phone business has made him the new front-runner to take over Steve Ballmer's CEO role when he leaves. But he won't be...
View ArticleReaction: TechRadar Reacts: What will the Nokia buy mean for Microsoft?
You may have heard, there's been some kind of big news today - Microsoft is buying Nokia's phone and services division. It's a big move for Microsoft, and it's looking more likely that ever that Elop...
View ArticleShops gearing up for two new iPhone deliveries as 5S and 5C expected
It's tough to get excited about how shops visually merchandise phones, but we'll give it a stab: Phone sellers have reportedly been told to clear space to display three iPhones, instead of just the two...
View ArticleIn Depth: The 5 phones that made Nokia worth buying
It's official — as long as shareholders and regulators approve, Microsoft is buying Nokia's phone and services division for £3.2 billion, taking on the development of its Windows Phone series and...
View ArticleDid Nike just confirm the iPhone 5S?
Nike has had a close relationship with Apple for some time and the chances are that it's in the know about what's planned for the upcoming iPhone 5S.Or at least the very fact that the thing exists...
View ArticleApple iPhone 5S launch confirmed for September 10
Apple has confirmed the date of its iPhone 5S launch event as September 10 - with it seeming virtually certain the iPhone 5C will appear too.Bright and colourful invitations have hit inboxes inviting...
View ArticleAnalysis: Can Nokia teach Microsoft to be one company?
Microsoft and Nokia have been trying since January to find a better way of working together on Windows Phone. That turned out to be Microsoft buying Nokia's handset business and bringing back Stephen...
View ArticleDouble dates? New iPhones may go on sale Sept. 20 and Sept. 27
Now that we know for sure when the iPhone 5S and potentially the iPhone 5C will be unveiled, attention turns to figuring out when the next-gen Apple handsets will actually go on sale. Following the...
View ArticleLG G2 brings its weird 'rear key' to US and Germany this month
LG has finally announced the LG G2's release date outside of South Korea, and as we expected it's right around the corner.The G2 will arrive in the U.S. and Germany this month before continuing on to...
View ArticleBlip: It's gone! 8GB Nexus 4 sells out in US, Google won't restock it
Blink and you missed your chance to pick up the 8GB Nexus 4 at a ridiculously low price, at least if you live in the U.S. The cheapest version of the Nexus phone is out of stock in the region, and...
View ArticleWas the iPhone 5C caught running iOS 7 on camera?
Apple is expected to reveal its cheaper iPhone this month, but in the meantime video footage allegedly showing the iPhone 5C in action has appeared online.Chinese site C Technology, which BGR claimed...
View ArticleUpdated: Cheap iPhone 5C release date, news and rumours
The iPhone. For many it's the hottest bit of tech you can own, a fashion statement and powerful travel companion all in one - but for others it's an overly expensive solution to a problem which is...
View ArticleUpdated: iPhone 5S release date, news and rumours
The iPhone 5 is beginning to look a little long in the tooth against the rest of the best phones around, so it's no wonder we're hearing a lot of information about a successor. In keeping with Apple's...
View ArticleUpdated: iPhone 6 release date, news and rumours
When Apple unveiled the iPhone 5, the reaction was a bit muted: where previous phones were massive leaps forward, the iPhone 5 was a bit longer and a lot easier to scratch. So what can we expect from...
View ArticleNexus 5 seemingly revealed in Android 4.4 KitKat unveiling
Google officially announced this week that the latest iteration of Android will go by the name of Android KitKat, but it also may have let something else slip as well.In a commercial for its...
View ArticleBlip: Panasonic is done with smartphones and it means it this time
Farewell Panasonic smartphones, we hardly knew ye.Literally - no one bought them in Europe, and the same seems to be the case in the company's native Japan where the company has finally had enough of...
View ArticleIn Depth: Android 4.4 KitKat release date, news and rumors
Well, this is a surprise. Having long expected version 5.0 of Android to be given the code name Key Lime Pie, Google has instead handed the 'K' release name to Android 4.4 and in a weird...
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