Nokia may be having a few problems with its phones, but as far as headline-grabbing stunts are concerned, it still has it. Those kerr-azy Finns have only taken a huge block of ice, and fashioned a working touchscreen out of it. Whatever next? Finland is a tad chilly this time of year, so the raw …

Angry Birds for Android is a wonder of the modern world, but it has one tiny flaw — hardly its fault, we feel embarrassed to bring it up. Owners of older, less powerful phones such as the HTC Hero and the Motorola Dext cursed out loud when they downloaded the game and low frame rates prevented them from flinging our …

Today Xperia X10 owners on O2 can join Orange peeps in upgrading their Android 1.6 devices to Android 2.1 Eclair. Sony Ericsson also revealed that multi-touch was coming in a future update. In an official tweet by the O2 network it said, “The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 2.1 update is available today. It’s starting to roll out and will be …

Nokia has admitted to a problem on its flagship N8 smart phone, with some users reporting that their device no longer turns on, or even charge up. It’s so serious that Nokia executive vice president Niklas Savander was moved to issue a public statement on the official Nokia Conversations blog. He admitted that “a limited number” of N8s are now …

It appears the first Motorola smart phone running Nvidia’s Tegra 2 dual-core processor will be called Olympus rather than Terminator, and could run Android 2.2 instead of Android 2.3 Gingerbread. The Olympus name had been thrown around, and now a posting of what looks like the raw device ID has been sent to Androidandme.com, which seems to confirm the name …

Infinity Blade gave us a gory glimpse of what the iPhone 4 was capable of when it came to graphically intense gaming. But that’s some way off: Rage, on the other hand, has blasted its way into the App Store and is ready to rock right now. The much anticipated first-person shooter from iD Software, the creators of Doom and …

Google has announced that it’s rolling out a Docs editor for certain versions of Android and Apple’s iOS. In the past, you could only access and view Docs files on a smart phone, as opposed to editing and sharing them, as you would on a laptop.  The editor means you’ll be able to open up and play with your Google …

A FarmVille-like game that uses ultra-cute Smurf characters has become the highest grossing game in the Apple App Store, but controversy has arisen over its in-game app charges. Smurfs’ Village is free to download, with the developer making its money from in-store purchases. The app has earned four stars in the App Store, with the large majority of comments on …

News Corporation is on the frontlines of the battle to make people pay for online news, sticking a paywall around its Times, Sunday Times and News of the World publications, in an attempt to persuade people that theirs is journalism worth paying for. It’s a brave move — some would say a little suicidal. But mega tycoon Rupert Murdoch has …

Google’s Android mobile OS will dominate smart phones like Windows dominated the PC world, leaving the iPhone for dust. A bold statement for anyone to make, but all the more surprising when you learn it came from Steve Wozniak, the co-founder of Apple. Android is suffering the same problems Windows had in its early days, including consistency and user satisfaction, …