If you have an Android phone, this may worry you a little: Android owners tend to complain of hardware failure over software, and more so than users of any other operating system, according to a study. The study puts this down to Android’s massive popularity, as well as how many low-cost handsets are available — …

Sometimes living in the UK really can get on our nerves. There’s the weather, the crowds, and then on top of everything else, companies like HTC go and do things like this. Last night it announced the HTC Rezound, the first US-bound handset using the Beats tech it invested in back in August. ‘So what?’ you may be thinking, ‘we’ve …

If you bought an iPhone 4S you may well be suffering from a short battery life, and possibly echoes in calls when using a headset. But here’s some good news for you: Siri won’t run you up a massive bill, as it doesn’t use much data. As a few of the most useful functions aren’t available in the UK until …

Apple has issued a statement confirming there is an issue with the iPhone 4S battery, and that a software update is coming in the next few weeks to fix it. This follows 4S owners complaining the new smart phone has a ridiculously short battery life. Last year, Apple acknowledged the iPhone 4 had a problem with its antenna shortly after …

That didn’t last long. Google’s warmly anticipated Gmail iOS app lasted all of an hour in the App Store before being pulled due to a notifications bug. “The iOS app we launched today contained a bug with notifications,” reads a tweet from the official Gmail Twitter account. “We have pulled the app to fix the problem. Sorry we messed up.” …

Last year it was the antenna on the iPhone causing issues, this year it seemed it was the battery’s turn to start annoying owners of the latest Apple handset. But now there’s another reason to be annoyed at your 4S: an echo on voice calls. There are dozens of messages on the Apple support forum from owners complaining of an …

Windows Phone Mango may not have been around long, and Nokia may have only just outed what it calls the first real Windows Phone, but we’re already looking at a handset that’ll run the next generation of WP software. Chinese company ITG has announced the xpPhone, the world’s first phone running Windows 8 PC software, reports Pocketnow. And if it …

Noel Gallagher may have put his Oasis days behind him, but it seems he’s still missing the 90s in one way. He’s not a fan of the iPhone, instead preferring a simpler handset that would’ve been popular in Oasis’ heyday. “I just want a basic 1994 Nokia mobile,” Gallagher told the Mirror at the recent Q Awards. “I can keep …

Last week’s Sony Ericsson buyout may be even more significant than we thought: Sony now intends to pull out of its joint LCD venture with Samsung, Reuters reports. That means it won’t make panels for its own TVs, but rather outsource them. It’s an attempt by Sony to cut costs, seeing as it’s approaching its eighth straight annual loss in …

RIM may have delayed its update to the PlayBook, and be being sued by another tech company (as well as its own customers), but here’s one reason for BlackBerry fans to smile: fresh details on the first handset to run the BBX operating system. It’ll be called the BlackBerry Colt, according to N4BB, via Recombu, and won’t feature any physical …