Erratic updates have caused many a headache for those of us on Android, but how is your mobile maker doing? Well Ars Technica has carried out a study so you can see how every device maker ranks in the update stakes. And it’s good news for anyone with an HTC phone. In order to carry …

CES used to be a contest to see which company had the biggest telly. Now it looks like it’s turning into who has the biggest phone. And Huawei is in the lead, with a monster 6.1-inch effort in the shape of the Ascend Mate, Engadget reports. Richard Yu, the man in charge of devices for the Chinese manufacturer, whipped out …

Google could be about to fall out with Samsung. Yesterday we reported that the big G is tasking Motorola (which it owns) with making its next flagship devices, instead of trusting Samsung or LG. Well now comes word Google has poached one of Samsung’s key marketing executives as well. Talk about twisting the knife. AllThingsD is reporting that Google has …

Google has given Android fans an early Christmas present. It’s let slip an unannounced dock for the Nexus 10 tablet in a season’s greetings video, Android Central reports. It’s a fleeting glance at the dock, with no details given. And it looks more like an incidental reveal than a grand unveiling, seeing as the dock isn’t by any stretch of …

Google is freeing itself from the shackles of hardware partners and taking matters into its own hands, making a handset known as the ‘X Phone’ according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. And once that’s done, an X Tablet will follow. The big G is putting Motorola (which it bought for $12.5 billion) to work on the device, …

We’ve seen a couple of leaks concerning Sony’s upcoming flagship handset, but now we’re getting word on a possible new name. It’s been codenamed the ‘Yuga’ in the past, but a source over at Android Community is claiming the finished smart phone will be called the Xperia Z, SlashGear reports. The source also backed up a fair few of the …

Bad news if you use Gmail on a Windows Phone-powered blower — Google has announced it’ll soon drop support for Microsoft’s Exchange ActiveSync, making it harder to get emails on your phone, The Verge reports. Existing accounts will carry on as normal, and iPhone and Android users will be fine, as they have dedicated Gmail apps. But new Windows Phone devices won’t …

Samsung has hit back at allegations it employed underage workers at one of its supplier factories, CNET reports. China Labor Watch — the same group that brought us news of the strike at the Foxconn plant, that Foxconn later denied — reported that at least three girls under the age of 16 were working at the HTNS Shenhzen Co. factory …

Good news if you own a Nokia Lumia that’s due an upgrade to Windows Phone 7.8. The firmware for the operating system has leaked ahead of an official release, Nokiapoweruser reports. So if you own the Lumia 900, 800, 610, 710, or 510 (the 510 isn’t available in the UK), and you don’t mind risking an unofficial update, get downloading. …

Motorola has updated its software upgrade page for its Android range, and the big news is that the Razr i will make the jump to Jelly Bean at the start of next year. The Razr i is listed as being upgraded in Q1 2013, so should be all Jelly Beaned up by the end of March. And if you own …