Apple has slipped up and shipped a batch of US-bound iPad 2 tablets with non-unique IDs, prompting a limited recall, according to Reuters. An “extremely small number” of devices destined for the Verizon network were given duplicate MEID (Mobile Equipment Identifier) codes, an Apple spokeswoman admitted. As each mobile device is supposed to be uniquely …

The Orange Barcelona, like a jewel in the sun, has the look of BlackBerry to it, but in fact runs Android 2.2. The network has just added the Catalan-themed own-brand smart phone to its shop. If slim’s your thing you’ll be happy to hear its body is less than one centimetre thick, so it’ll look great as you amble down …

The iPhone 5 will be launched in September, but it may not have all the features we’d been hoping for, according to “a previously accurate Apple source” who’s been talking to 9to5Mac. With the WWDC come and gone and an iPhone 5 no-show, we’re back to speculating on an early autumn launch for Apple’s next handset. Hopefully this is the …

It seems that once you’ve shelled out a thumping wedge of cash for your iPad, you’re pretty keen to use it in as many places as possible and for as many reasons as possible. At least, that’s what a recent UK survey suggests, as conducted by Imano. The survey of some 2,008 British iPad users found they were listening to …

Apple is concerned about the onward march of Android‘s market share and will counter by releasing a new iPad and iPhone every six months. That’s the view of an analyst from a German bank we’ve never heard of. Adnaan Ahmad of Berenberg Bank suggests that Apple should halve the length of the update cycle for its phone and tablet in order to …

Code in Apple’s iOS 5 suggests the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad may soon be able to capture panoramic photographs. The code, uncovered by developers, includes the phrases ‘pano_option’, ‘saving_panorama” and ‘cancel_pano_button_title”, just beneath options for eradicating red eye. There’s speculation as to whether the software will allow two or more photos to be stitched together to create the panoramic effect, …

Google has started to roll out device-compatibility checks in the Android Market app store. When you visit an app’s page in the Android Market, you’ll soon see a compatibility chart on the left-hand side. The chart tells you which Android devices registered to your Google account are compatible with the app.  Although the Android Market has always displayed compatibility information, it …

Nokia is not for sale. That’s the message coming loud and clear from CEO Stephen Elop, speaking today at the Open Mobile Summit in London, the Telegraph reports. Rumours have surfaced that both Microsoft and Samsung are interested in a takeover of the troubled mobile phone company. Elop said they were “baseless”. The speculation is understandable after Nokia slashed its …

Android users have been hit by a nasty Google Calendar bug, and three weeks on, the situation has not been fully resolved. CNET UK was contacted by a reader who, like “vast numbers of Android users”, had seen his past and future Google Calendar events disappear. One of several posts on the official forums titled, “All my calendar entries have …

Microsoft is rumoured to be working on an own-brand Windows 8 tablet, according to Taiwanese sources reported by DigiTimes. It may well be in talks with Texas Instruments, presumably for a number of its red-hot OMAP processor, and various other equipment manufacturers. This approach would mimic Apple — picking and choosing components and having them assembled into the iPad. Don’t …