There’s an LG event next week, and all bets are on the Optimus G being unveiled. Those bets look even more of a sure thing, seeing as LG has posted an advert for the handset on YouTube. The ad will air in LG’s native Korea once the handset has launched. But it doesn’t reveal much …

Apple stays notoriously tight-lipped when it comes to the exact specs of its new devices. Sure, it’ll tout its ‘retina display’ or some similarly Apple-named feature, but it’s always a little short on details. Head to the specs page for the iPhone 5, and you’ll see what I mean. It doesn’t even mention the processor. We all know it’s an …

The Lumia 800, Nokia’s first foray into Windows Phone country is a slick smart phone, marred only by a lack of apps and a slightly disappointing camera. But it seems most people looking to buy a new phone still won’t go for it. Just 2 per cent of Europeans in the market for a new handset say they would choose …

Good news (of sorts) if you’re thinking about buying the new Kindle Fire HD. Amazon has announced you’ll be able to get rid of the annoying adverts that pop up on it, Engadget reports. But it’ll cost you. The Kindle Fire HD sells at a Nexus 7-matching £159, but the price you pay is adverts appearing on-screen every time you lock …

We’re all getting ready for a certain event this Wednesday, but Apple’s preparations involve more than a pot of coffee and a finger hovering over the Refresh button on CNET UK.  It’s been decorating the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco for next week’s iPhone 5 launch, and Mac Stories has a whole set of snaps of how …

Apple has reduced its orders for mobile phone memory chips from Samsung, its arch rival, following the $1bn court case between the two. The Californian company is tapping up Toshiba, Elpida Memory, and Korea’s SK Hynix to provide more chips in place of Samsung’s, Reuters reports. Though it hasn’t cut off Samsung altogether. “Samsung is still in the list of …

Nokia’s just outed two Windows Phone 8 handsets this week, but now it looks like there’s another incoming. The Lumia 920 is the high-end blower, the 820 is the mid-range, and now the forthcoming ‘Flame’ looks set to cover the low end, The Verge reports. It says sources have tipped it off about the upcoming handset. The Flame (I’d expect …

You may have missed it, what with Apple winning more than a $1bn from Samsung recently, but there’s actually another huge US patent case ongoing between the two tech giants. And Apple has just added four more devices to its list of the accused, The Verge reports. That brings the list of devices to 22. They run from those launched …

Six BlackBerry 10 devices are on the way, aimed at the high, middle and entry-level markets, RIM has revealed to Pocket-lint. The site says it’s seen two of the devices that’ll launch along with the new OS in early 2013, though RIM put the kibosh on it taking any snaps. Neither phone is named, but they’re likely the BlackBerry London …

Could the iPad mini be a mashup of Apple’s older gadgets? The much-rumoured tiny tablet could sport the same processor as the iPad 2, while having the same screen resolution as the iPhone 3GS, according to the man behind Instapaper. Marco Arment, who developed the popular text reader and bookmarking app, claims Instapaper’s logs show it was recently accessed by …