Now playing: Watch this: Best Android phones 3:37 The world of the Android phone is moving it a frightening pace. Where once we were bowled over by a 4.2-inch screen, we’re now finding our pockets stretched to bursting by 5- and even 6-inch devices. Processors, too, now boast four cores instead of one, providing incredible …

Google’s Nexus 7 is both cheap and powerful and its small size makes it easy to carry round. It has no SD card slot as standard, but with only a few steps and minimal fuss, you’ll quickly be able to transfer your images from your digital camera’s SD card. You can then review, edit and quickly share them without needing …

Nokia is apparently considering ditching the colourful polycarbonate body of its Lumia range for an aluminium design — to make its next smart phones thinner and lighter. The report comes from “sources familiar with the matter”, talking to The Verge, who explained that Nokia is mulling the modified materials for at least one device in its 2013 lineup. The phone …

Corning has announced that its third generation Gorilla Glass will be shown off at this year’s CES ahead of it turning up in new smart phones to shake off attacks from keys like never before. The third-generation glass promises to be three times better at resisting scratches thanks to improvements made right down at the molecular level. We’ve misplaced our …

Samsung is beginning to roll out a security patch to UK Galaxy S3 phones, designed to clear up a bug in the S3’s Exynos chip that could potentially see some phones being wiped or bricked by naughty hackers. The sudden death bug, as it’s known, was found by an XDA Developers user and gives hackers access to the RAM of …

Samsung’s smart TV Evolution Kit will soon allow you to upgrade the processor and software of certain 2012 Samsung tellyboxes, bringing them kicking and screaming into cutting-edge 2013. Originally announced at least year’s CES, the Evolution Kit is simply a small box that slots into the back of your TV. It might not sound like much, but like Danger Mouse, …

If the world of smart phone software wasn’t crowded and confusing enough, another contender has entered the ring. Canonical has brought its Ubuntu software to mobiles, promising a clean interface and optimisation for lower-end hardware. Sounds promising, but with zero support from manufacturers so far, Ubuntu is going to have a fight on its hands to establish its place in …

New rules proposed by telecoms industry regulator Ofcom will hopefully allow you to duck out of your phone contract early if your network hoiks up the price, without you having to pay a penalty fee. Currently, if you’re on a fixed-term phone contract and your operator decides to ramp up its prices (as Orange, T-Mobile and O2 have done in …

LG’s fancy 55-inch OLED TV may have been kicking around for a while now, but it’s finally going on general sale in the UK within the next couple of months. Before you get too excited about snapping up this luscious new telly, be warned that it’ll set you back a whopping £6,300. OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Diodes) TVs are able to …

An Apple store in Paris was the target of a New Year’s Eve armed robbery. An estimated £1m of fruit-themed products were taken, in particular, iPhones and iPads. In an undoubtedly calculated move, the robbery took place a few hours after closing time on New Years Eve when local police were busy controlling crowds of celebrators. Although the thieves were …