Specifications for a new BlackBerry Bold have been leaked, and it looks as though little has changed from the 9700, at least visually and through the way it works. Boy Genius Report managed to get hold of an internal document that reveals RIM hasn’t changed much with the ‘Bold R020’, which is expected for an …

LG will launch ten new smart phones by the end of the year, with new additions to the Optimus range chipped by Nvidia, as well as the Android tablet it previously confirmed. LG confirmed it would be using Nvidia dual-core processors for its high-end Android phones, the Wall Street Journal reports. This might be a win for both companies: Nvidia …

The director of applications technology at Apple is a secret developer of hilariously immature apps that simulate peeing and pooing, Wired has uncovered. Phillip Shoemaker, who runs the App Store process and is one of the guys responsible for what is allowed in it, is an iPhone app developer called Gray Noodle. His credits include an app called Animal Fartw, …

Facebook is all up in Foursquare’s grill with a new feature called ‘Places’ that allows you to share your location with your friends. Rumours abounded as to what form the new feature would take, but Facebook Places copies the ‘check in’ concept popularised by Foursquare so you can easily use your phone’s GPS locator to tell your friends where you …

The rollout of Android 2.2 for network-locked HTC phones continues, with Virgin Mobile setting early September for HTC Desire and Wildfire owners to get some Froyo deliciousness. HTC released an Android 2.2 update for the HTC Desire earlier this month, but operator-specific versions have had to wait while they underwent testing. In a Twitter message, Virgin Media said, “HTC Desire …

Orange iPhone 4 tariffs have been rejigged, no longer including the term ‘unlimited’ when referring to the amount of mobile data you use. Orange used the term in its previous promotion, alongside a ‘fair use cap’ of 750MB a month, our sister site ZDNet UK reports. It follows companies such as Vodafone and O2, which have released iPhone 4 tariffs …

Good morning iPhoners! How are you feeling today? Great news: you can now share how happy you are with a new iPhone app, developed as part of a UK-wide research project into, you know, how we’re doing. The Mappiness app beeps at least once a day to ask how you’re feeling, and personal info such as who you’re with, where …

The next version of the HTC Desire, the Desire HD, has been spotted and then pulled from Amazon’s UK Web site. In something of a faux pas — which may deserve an Amazon employee a little corporate spanking — a listing with the name ‘HTC 99HLZ001-00 ACE/ Desire HD’ was put up on the Web site, and spotted by an …

Hollywood actor Justin Long may think Macs are better than PCs, but he obviously doesn’t listen to Apple when it comes to jailbreaking. In an interview on the Jimmy Kimmel show, eagle-eyed Engadget readers spotted that Long’s iPhone carried a Cydia icon, a sure sign the phone had been fiddled with in a way that would make Steve Jobs rather …

Vodafone has followed rival network 3 by bringing out its own branded mobile Wi-Fi hotspot on contract. It’s a useful little gadget that allows you to connect up to five devices — such as laptops or netbooks — at once. It doesn’t require any wires, and because it’s so small and portable you can set it up virtually anywhere you …