The battle for your iPad 3G data dosh has hotted up to a three-horse race, with Vodafone joining Orange and O2 with two monthly tariffs. There’s no such thing as a coalition in the fight for your hard-earned money, so we’ve broken down the bargains for you. Whether you need to cut costs with a £2 …

If you just don’t fancy shelling out an extra £100 for the 3G iPad, you may be considering the version with Wi-Fi only. But that doesn’t mean you have to be chained to your router. You can still have the freedom of 3G surfing if you care to invest in a MiFi mobile wireless hotspot. We took our Wi-Fi iPad on the road …

Finally, the Android tablet army is amassing. After a slow start, compared to how quickly Android popped up on heaps of great phones, it’s at last time for the mobile operating system to hit the big screen. We’ve taken a look at the current crop of Android tablets that are battling for our hand-earned dosh, from the most recent to the best …

Nokia is taking its time with the Nokia N8, its first phone to run Symbian 3, in the hope it won’t have the same birthing pains as the Nokia N97. But the Nokia C7-00 — the second, more affordable Symbian 3 phone — is already leaking all over the Russian Mobile-Review blog. Expect the C7 to have an 8-megapixel camera with two LED …

We already know that HTC is planning phones with Microsoft’s new Windows Phone 7 operating system, but we didn’t expect the speaker-slider oddness that we’re seeing in photos leaked to Engadget. The phone — known as the HTC T8788, but sure to get a heroic, desirable nickname — is a slider, but instead of a keyboard, it’s got a speaker hidden …

Google has slapped notifications on to its Google App for the iPhone, so you’ll have one more way to get distracted by your spam. The update adds pop-ups for Google Calendar notifications and a badge showing the number of new Gmails. Presumably, Google avoided throwing up pop-up notifications for each email because, with the volume of email most of us …

The LG C900, a Qwerty slider phone running Microsoft’s new Windows Phone 7 operating system, has snuck out of the LG labs, Engadget reports. The trickle of phones running Windows Phone 7 has already begun with the Samsung Cetus SGH-i917, and we expect it to become a torrent as the OS gets closer to release this winter. We’ve had our …

The Samsung Galaxy S is white-hot, proving to be one of the most popular smart phones of the year. Now it’s literally white — if you live in Korea, where Samsung has launched a white version of the phone. We’re waiting for a comment from Samsung on our chances of seeing the great white Android in the UK, but we’re …

Make way for the foot-cycle! With London’s Cycle Hire scheme launching tomorrow, bikes will be swarming over the capital like wheely ants, and app developers haven’t been caught napping. There are already several Android apps available to help you find your trusty metal steed, and we’ve taken a look at each of them so you won’t have to waste your …

You can’t put lightning in a bottle, but you can catch the Dell Thunder on video. The weatherific phone is rumoured to rock a 4.1-inch screen and version 2.1 of the Android operating system. We’re also electrified by the Thunder’s purported 8-megapixel camera and HSDPA for Web surfing faster than a crack of lightning. Its shiny, smooth case reminds us …