A trio of tutorial-style videos for the Motorola Milestone 3 (known as the Droid 3 in the US) have shown up online, prompting speculation that a launch date is not far off. So reports our sister site CNET News. When we’re not perusing leaked photos we’re watching leaked videos on YouTube instead. These look like …

Photographs of the Sony Ericsson ST18i, codenamed ‘Urushi’, have leaked online. We first saw blurry spy shots of a couple of Xperia handsets last month, but someone with a steadier hand has managed to sneak out 11 pictures and send them to GSM Arena. The name itself has caused a little confusion. We’d originally had it down as the ‘Asuza’ …

Apple’s next iPhone could include a camera capable of recording 1080p high-definition video. The rumour is based on the fact that Apple’s image-sensor supplier, OmniVision, has just launched a slimmer 5-megapixel unit that could fit in the current iPad, iPod touch and a thinner iPhone. We’ve seen plenty of rumours concerning the camera on the iPhone 5, or possibly iPhone 4S. There have …

Acer has shown off its first Windows Phone Mango handset at this year’s Computex exhibition in Taiwan. The W4’s modest specs place it in the middle tier of current smart phones. The W4 uses a 1GHz single-core Qualcomm processor, so it’s not going to be as snappy as some of its more expensive brethren and may stumble when multitasking. The …

Apple could be a step closer to its dream of a wireless world as new rumours suggest it could be about to update its Time Capsule to allow wireless updating of your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, according to sources who spoke to 9to5Mac. Though apps can be updated over the air, Apple aficionados still have to use those funny …

Toshiba’s new Thrive 10-inch tablet will be significantly cheaper than the iPad 2. The basic model will cost $429 (about £260) which is $70 (£40) cheaper than the entry-level Wi-Fi iPad 2, BBC News reports. While it shouldn’t be surprising that there are cheaper devices than Apple’s hallowed gadgets, Android tablet makers have struggled to bring devices in for below-iPad …

HTC has given mobile app developers a treat, opening up its HTC Sense software and allowing applications to be designed specifically for its phones and tablets. HTC pleased users last week when it said it would be unlocking the bootloader on its devices, allowing them to be rooted. Now it’s hoping to appeal to developers with its HTCDev platform, announcing …

A new Apple patent could put an end to users photographing and filming live events with their iPhones. By fitting its mobile devices with an infrared receiver, Apple could allow venues to block certain functions based on location, our sister site CNET News reports. Ultra-paranoid rock bands could require that IR beams shower the audience, preventing enabled phones from taking …

eBay claims UK retailers are missing out on £1.3bn of annual revenue because dodgy coverage and high data costs are stopping people from using mobile phones to make online purchases. The auction site is calling on Ofcom to ensure that next-gen LTE networks rectify those problems. eBay’s research suggests that 16 per cent of the UK is an ‘m-commerce not-spot’. The research also claims that one-in-three mobile …

Orange’s new ‘Connected’ 24-month contract is designed for Apple fanatics who want to use a 3G iPad 2 and an iPhone 4 together. Sounds useful! That must save you some money, right? Er, no. It’s £65 per month on top of upfront fees. But if you can’t live without an active data connection on two devices at once, Orange’s new …