Is it just us or are all HTCs looking the same these days? This forthcoming handset, named the HTC Ville, looks like just another generic render, but it’s a doozy. For starters, it’ll come packing Android Ice Cream Sandwich, when it launches in April, according to BGR. It’ll also have Sense 4.0 — not much …

Amazon’s Kindle Fire may be less than half the price of the cheapest iPad 2, but it’s already eating into Apple’s sales, according to a survey. The survey reveals 26 per cent of customers polled who have either already pre-ordered the Fire or are “very likely” to buy have either delayed or put on indefinite hold their plans to buy …

As if BlackBerry owners don’t have enough on their plates, Google has announced it’s yanking its Gmail app from BlackBerry App World as of 22 November, so snap it up now if you want it. Google will continue to support the app, so it’ll still work if you already have it, but don’t expect any updates anytime soon. Google made …

Bad news if you were looking forward to getting your hands on a budget Sony Ericsson blower this Christmas — a shortage of key components means there’ll be a scarcity of certain handsets, reports Reuters. A spokesperson said it was nothing to do with Thai floods that have hurt companies like Toyota. “We are experiencing a shortage of key components …

If you think your iPhone is safe because of Apple’s closed door policy on its operating system, think again. A notorious Apple hacker has said a bug in iOS lets someone steal your photos, contacts, and even lets them send texts from your handset without you knowing. We bet you’re not feeling quite so secure now. Android is known as …

If you have an iPhone 4 or 3GS, you may well be jealous of your 4S-owning pals and their voice-activated personal assistant, Siri, but it looks like Apple could be about to bring it to older models of iPhone. The company is testing Siri on devices other than the iPhone 4S, an Apple source told Jailbreak Nation. The source mentioned …

Nokia handsets like the Lumia 800 are too expensive, according to  Simon Lee-Smith, a top bod at Telefonica, parent company of operator O2. The Finnish company needs to bring the price down if it wants to sell in bulk, he said, though he did add it was “beginning to listen,” and that next year would see “more commercially effective” devices. …

Android lovers aren’t short of a high-end handset or two this winter, but those on a tighter budget now have reason to celebrate too: Huawei is bringing an affordable Android tablet and smart phone to the UK, The Inquirer reports. The Mediapad launched in the US in June, and comes packing Android 3.2 (no Ice Cream Sandwich here, we’re afraid). …

Dual-core? Pah. The HTC Edge, a phone that could very well be the world’s first quad-core handset, scoffs at your mobile’s inferior powers. According to Pocketnow, the Edge packs an Nvidia Tegra 3 processor, giving it a phenomenal four 1.5GHz cores. That’s some serious power. We’re expecting big things of this already, and it’s not even official yet. The Nvidia …

There’s a new Sony Ericsson phone incoming, and it’s sporting an HD screen, according to rumours. Fittingly, it’s currently known as the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc HD, or Nozomi, though either could be a working title. GSM Arena received an anonymous tip about an upcoming flagship handset that’ll have a 720p screen measuring 4.3-inches, which is similar in resolution to …