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 …

Developers poring over iOS 5 have made an interesting discovery that seems to point to the iPad 3. Simply listed as “iPad3,1” and “iPad3,2” it does seem as if Apple has referenced a future model in its software, TechCrunch reports. Explicitly listing the iPad 3 suggests the next model will have certain additional features not found on the iPad 2. …

Samsung has sent a shiny new Galaxy S 2 to Atin, a prominent Cyanogen hacker, so his team can work on porting the alternative CyanogenMod firmware to the Android device, Know Your Mobile reports. CyanogenMod offers a range of features not found in the official builds of Android including a DSP audio equaliser, themes, incognito mode, lockscreen gestures, an open …

Motorola’s bodacious new Wilder touchscreen phone will be available from the Carphone Warehouse this July, priced at an awesomely modest £49.95. It’s targeting the feature phone at teenagers, throwing around phrases like “get into the action” and “live life for the moment” in a bid to make it appear cool. It makes us think of Billy Wilder, which probably says …

HTC’s top of the line Android smart phone, the aptly named Sensation, is now available to pre-order online at the Carphone Warehouse, with an expected availability date of Monday 20 June. Vodafone’s exclusive will soon be over. Assuming no delays, it looks as if O2’s tipster may have been right all along. Though we’re expecting the Sensation to land on …

The HTC ChaCha has finally been called to the dancefloor, and is slinking down the stairs with its gorgeous partner, the Three network. We’ve known for several months that Three would offer the Facebook-centric smart phone in June, and the network has started swinging its snake-like hips sooner rather than later. It’s available free on £20 per month contracts, or …

Apple’s trio of productivity apps, collectively known as iWork, is now available for the iPhone and iPod touch. Keynote, Pages and Numbers have been available on the iPad, another iOSdevice, since last year, but they’ve now been tweaked to work on smaller screens.  iWork for the iPhone and iPod touch fully utilises multi-touch gestures for all the panning and zooming you’ll have to do when navigating large documents. A ‘smart …

A modestly improved iPhone 4, the iPhone 4S, could be launched this summer, before a major upgrade is released later this year in the form of the iPhone 5. That’s according to the latest speculation loaf to emerge from the Internet rumour mill. The iPhone 4 launched in June last year. After a massive wait, a white version of the phone recently popped …

The iPhone will tightly integrate a new Twitter photo-sharing service as part of the upcoming iOS 5 update, our sister site CNET News reports. Twitter CEO Dick Costolo used the D9 conference to confirm the new service will be rolling out in the Web interface to all users over the next few weeks. He spoke of the “need to remove …

Adding full-blown voice recognition to mobile phones is a total no-brainer. Apple may be the first to achieve it by marrying its advanced office-friendly iPhone and iPad apps with decent native voice recognition in iOS 5. Jobs’ mob is in “serious negotiations” with speech technology company Nuance, according to TechCrunch. Some voice control is present in iOS, but it’s far …