Windows Phone hasn’t made much of an impact since its launch in 2010. For all the praise from reviewers, it’s still trailing miserably behind Android and iOS. But with Windows Phone 8 just around the corner, I reckon its fortunes are about to change. Calling Microsoft an underdog feels about as ridiculous as calling Jupiter …

We can tell you everything you need to know about the iPhone 5, but we can’t tell you yet what it will actually look like. Luckily the Photoshop legion have taken the initiative to show us what the future might have in store. Here’s our pick of the best iPhone 5-inspired dreams. Pick a card We’ve heard that the iPhone 5 …

The Android Market, like Newcastle’s Bigg Market, is getting too rowdy, but with malware and viruses instead of Scouse hen parties. Now Google’s Bouncer is manning the doors, looking for potential troublemakers and booting out offending apps. Google says it’s been working on Bouncer for several months now — and the search giant already claims to have achieved a 40 …

A supposed leaked photo of a new Samsung phone running Ice Cream Sandwich has emerged, causing a torrent of speculation about what the mobile giant will be showing off at Mobile World Congress, but it’s likely that the image is a fake and the speculation is pure nonsense. The photo above came courtesy of industry insider Eldar Murtazin, who posted …

The iPad 3 could be just around the corner, as new reports from sources in Japan indicate a March launch date, as well as a “strange” or “unusual” Apple event to take place later this month. The news came via Japanese blog Macotakara, who had previously spoken of a February release but has corrected the report with a March date, …

Samsung’s Galaxies are expanding faster than light. The freshly announced Samsung Galaxy S Advance is soon to hit Three and O2 for more swipey, Androidy fun. The S Advance became official on Monday and the networks are already jumping on board. Three was the first to step up to the plate, having listed the phone as ‘coming soon’ on its …

Online retailer Clove has pulled the Asus Transformer Prime from its digital shelves due to apparent doubts over the tablet’s Wi-Fi and GPS, but Asus remains adamant the Prime has undergone “rigorous testing” and is fine and dandy. The Prime may have been one of the few iPad rivals to genuinely offer any excitement, with its handy detachable keyboard, but …

Now playing: Watch this: Sony Xperia S with NFC tags hands-on 1:08 We got our first look at the Sony Xperia S — the first Sony phone to have dropped the Ericsson name — over at CES and we’re cautiously optimistic about its 720p screen, dual-core processor and unusual see-through strip design. Today we went hands-on again, to see what …

Samsung publically enjoyed riding its current wave of success as it highlighted monster profits of £2.9bn in the fourth quarter of 2011 during its annual earnings call. That’s a Scrooge McDuck-scale pool of cash to be sure, but it’s a puddle compared to the ocean of moolah Apple is wallowing in. The Korean electronics giant achieved £26.7bn in total sales …

The Dark Knight Rises prologue set many tongues wagging about what the caped crusader would be getting up to against the masked Bane and his gang of goons. To tie in with the movie, Nokia made 40 special-edition Batman Lumia 800 phones. We got one, and we wanted to see just what special bat-skills it has. Batman is known for …