So you got your iPhone 5, did you? You obviously weren’t put off by the whole Apple Maps debacle. Or the fact that the black model scratches extremely easily (and that Apple considers this normal). Or the purple flare that shows up when you take pictures (normal again, apparently). Or the green glow, a new …

Here’s another look at RIM’s next generation of mobiles. A RIM employee was spotted demoing the L-series London BlackBerry 10 device in Mexico, Wired reports. This is the mobile that first leaked last year, but now we’ve got a good long look at it in action, along with its BB10 operating system. The phone itself looks pretty much as expected, …

We’ve already seen LG’s upcoming Nexus 4 photographed from every angle imaginable, and now someone’s gone and reviewed it, before it’s even been announced. Talk about jumping the gun. The review comes courtesy of Belarusian blog Onliner, via The Verge. It’s calling it a “preliminary review”, so we probably shouldn’t take it as gospel. But it makes for interesting reading …

The odd relationship between Apple and Samsung has taken a turn for the seriously frosty, according to analysts. Apple is becoming increasingly less dependent on the Korean company for the chips to power its mobile phones, our sister site CNET News reports. We’d previously heard a rumour about Apple going to other chip suppliers, and now it looks like it’s …

Remember the Asus PadFone? You know, the mobile-cum-tablet hybrid that promised the best of both worlds but in reality proved too bulky? Asus is prepping a follow-up. And it’s even bigger. The PadFone 2 is set to be announced next week, but it’s leaked early, The Verge reports. As well as the bigger screen, we’ll get a redesigned dock. Instead …

Yesterday a Chinese labour rights group reported thousands of Foxconn factory line workers had gone on strike over working conditions. Well now Foxconn has denied anything on this scale ever happened. China Labor Watch said between 3,000 and 4,000 workers in the Zhengzhou complex had downed tools because Foxconn and Apple had “raised overtly strict demands on product quality” without providing …

Motorola has confirmed it’s killed off its Webtop software and range of mobile accessories, CNET reports. Webtop had let you use your phone as the guts of a laptop or TV entertainment hub, just by plugging it in. It made its debut with the Motorola Atrix in 2011 and stood out at the time as a really innovative concept. It …

LG is rumoured to be launching a new Android smart phone in the coming weeks, and it’s said to come festooned with Google’s Nexus branding. Some say it’ll be based on LG’s Optimus G, with a potential name being the LG Optimus G Nexus — though that seems a bit of a mouthful to me. MoDaCo has a list of …

It may not be on the same scale as some recent court victories, but Google-owned mobile maker Motorola has won a patent case against Microsoft. The regional court in Mannheim, Germany, ruled that Moto didn’t infringe a Microsoft patent which lets apps work across different handsets, Reuters reports. The patent means developers don’t have to write separate codes for each …

Our sights are firmly set on the iPad 3 launch next week, but Apple might have another big unveil coming later in the year. Or rather, a smaller one, if rumours are to be believed. Because the Cupertino company may lift the lid on a 7.85-inch iPad this autumn, according to rumours from DigiTimes. The Taipei-based website cites a supply …