The Nexus S is the first Android phone to get the upgrade to Ice Cream Sandwich (though the HTC Sensation range and Samsung Galaxy S2 will follow). It’s rolling out over the next month, but if you don’t want to wait, we’ve got some tips on how to update yours right now. In a statement, Google …

The Motorola Razr (called the Droid Razr in the US) hasn’t been on sale long, but there’s already a successor in the works. Named the Droid Razr Maxx, it’s sprung up on US operator Verizon’s database, Droid Life reports. So what can we expect from a follow-up to the Razr? Well you can count on the slimness as a dead …

Picture the scene: you’re on the phone to a friend when you hear a scuffle and realise someone’s trying to rob them. Well this happened to Prince Harry at the end of last month, when his pal Thomas van Straubenzee had his BlackBerry stolen, the Daily Mail reports. At least it proves someone still wants a BlackBerry. Harry was speaking …

Bad news if you were one of the few holding out for a Grid10 tablet — the company behind it, Fusion Garage, seems to have called it a day, The Verge reports. Head to the company’s website and you’ll be faced with a message reading ‘Error establishing a database connection.’ Not only that, the US arm of its PR company …

Here’s a surprising stat: Apple TV now accounts for almost a third of all set-top media streamers sold this year, according to a report. That’s right, a third. Not too bad for something Apple describes as “a hobby”. That’s compared to things like the Boxee Box and the Roku — not cable or satellite PVRs such as Sky+ or TiVo …

Fed up of shelling out for two-year contracts, only for your phone to be out of date a few months in? O2 may well have the answer: rent an iPhone 4S, thanks to its new O2 Lease programme, TUAW reports. Here’s how it works: you rent the handset for a year, rather than being weighed down with it for an …

Things must be going badly. Apple is notorious for its uncompromising approach, so when it starts softening its usually stringent regulations, you know something’s up. And that’s exactly what it’s doing with its iAd mobile advertising service, the Wall Street Journal reports. Apple is making concessions to advertisers more tempted by Google’s approach, which is cheaper, and works on more devices …

This could be a little controversial. Microsoft is offering the chance of winning a free Windows Phone, in exchange for Android owners sharing tales of woe on Twitter concerning Google’s operating system, Electric Pig reports. People are encouraged to use the hashtag #droidrage to vent their dissatisfaction. Windows Phone ‘evangelist’ Ben Rudolph tweeted: “Share your android malware story… and you …

The Amazon Kindle Fire should be in tip-top condition by the time it reaches the UK early next year — Amazon will be releasing a software update for the budget tablet in “less than two weeks”, a company spokesman told the New York Times. So what’ll this mean for those buying the device? The update will mean improved performance, better …

Apple’s iPad 3 will be here around March or April, according to Digitimes. How does it know this? Component manufacturers have started delivering parts for the next-gen tablet to equipment manufacturers. In other words, the supply chain is creaking into action. A March launch would also be a year on from the iPad 2 launch, which would fit with Apple’s …