MeeGo and webOS are for the chop. Intel is giving MeeGo the heave-ho, and now Samsung has poured water on rumours it’ll be buying HP’s moribund webOS operating system. Seems neither can get any love. A report today claims Intel plans to “temporarily discontinue development” of the MeeGo OS it launched in conjunction with Nokia …

TVs are rather more interesting at this year’s IFA than the usual tiresome who’s got the biggest willy-waving. Not to be outdone by Samsung’s TV that promises to get you fit, or Toshiba’s glasses-free 3D, LG has launched a telly you can draw on. That’s right, you can let your artistic side flourish, or just wait for Piers Morgan to …

It wasn’t all tablets, laptops and cameras at Sony’s IFA press conference: the Japanese giant made room to show off a new mobile too. The Xperia Arc S is the sequel to the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc we were mightily impressed with, and looks like it’s adding some neat new tricks to its mobile repertoire. Such as? Well with the …

Sony’s Tablet S and P will run PlayStation One games. That’s the word straight from Berlin, where the electronics giant has just finished its IFA press conference. Both tablets, previously known as the S1 and S2, are PlayStation Certified, meaning you can enjoy PlayStation One titles on the move, maybe while pretending to do some work. (Though those explosion sounds …

Those mental prototype 3D glasses we brought you back at CES in January? You know, the ones that were straight out of a sci-fi flick? The ones that had everyone saying, “Sure, they look great, but get real”? Well it looks like you could be using them to watch movies in the next few months, as Sony has unveiled a …

HP’s closing-down sale continues. Yesterday UK retailers dropped the price of its discontinued TouchPad tablet to just £89, and now it’s done the same with its forthcoming Pre 3 smart phone, slashing £250 off the RRP and selling it for a bargainous £49 SIM-free. Everything must go! The price cut will apply to the whole of Europe, according to the …

Not content with “revolutionising” the tablet scene with its Grid 10, Fusion Garage’s 4-inch Grid 4 smart phone boasts the same GridOS software. Grid 4 is certainly a looker, with no buttons and completely touchscreen operation, but is it enough? If you’re a stranger to FG, it’s the company behind the JooJoo — the tablet PC that was supposed to …

The Vodafone 555 isn’t the first pay as you go phone with a Facebook button — the HTC ChaCha has it too, though it’ll set you back more than twice the price of the 555. The 555 is the first phone only available on pay as you go to feature the blue button though, and it’ll cost just £62.50. Bargain. …