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 …

We were expecting two new Kindle Fire tablets to launch at Amazon’s press event on 6 September, one 7-inch and a larger one to take on the iPad. But now word reaches us that both will be 7-inchers. Our colleagues at CNET News report Amazon will reveal a new 7-inch Kindle Fire alongside a slightly revamped version of the original, …

Samsung will appeal the court ruling that said it copied Apple’s smart phone and tablet designs, the BBC reports. A San Jose court ruled on Friday that the Korean company was guilty of patent infringement, and ordered it to pay Apple more than $1bn in damages. Samsung will be hoping to reverse the decision, or at least bring down its …

The verdict is in, and so are the reactions from both Apple and Samsung. Apple is understandably chuffed at being awarded more than $1bn from its arch rival, but insists this is more about values than the money. Samsung, meanwhile, isn’t best pleased, and says the verdict will hurt the consumer in the end. We’ve got both statements in full …

A juror in the Apple vs Samsung trial has spoken exclusively to our sister site CNET News. He’s spilled the beans on how the jury decided Samsung had infringed Apple’s patents, and how it came to award the Cupertino company more than $1bn. There were several “heated” debates, according to juror Manuel Ilagan. He says nothing was rushed, despite the jury …

The result is in! It’s taken four weeks of legal tussles in the court room, and two and a half days of deliberation (involving sifting through hundreds of pages of documents), but the jury has found Samsung guilty of copying the iPhone and iPad, and awarded Apple over $1bn. The jury also rejected every one of Samsung’s patent claims, and …

Apple will announce the iPad mini at a separate event to the iPhone 5, according to sources. The iPhone 5 is widely tipped to launch on 12 September, but then Apple will announce the iPad mini in October, unnamed sources have told AllThingsD. Previously, reports had claimed Apple would announce both devices at the September event. If Apple does announce …

The Motorola Razr and Razr Maxx should have Android Ice Cream Sandwich ready as an over-the-air update as I write this very sentence, Android Central reports. Motorola posted on its Facebook page this week that the update was “rolling out to select users, and will be available more broadly over the coming week”. Anyone in the US with the handsets …

How much would you be willing to pay for scrolling and multitouch on your phone? Well an expert witness for Apple reckons we’ll be happy to pay $100 (£64) for the features, which Apple is claiming Samsung stole for its own phones. John Hauser, a professor in marketing at MIT, said he surveyed consumers over the Internet, asking how much …

This court case just gets stranger and stranger. Apple is claiming Samsung infringed its copyright by “slavishly copying” its phone and tablet designs, but now the South Korean company has hit back by saying its devices take inspiration from something else entirely: a bowl of water. Yes, a bowl of water. This is according to Samsung’s senior designer, Hyoung Shin …