It may have only gone on sale last Friday, but Apple announced today that over 5 million people worldwide shelled out for an iPhone 5 during its first three on sale. At the weekend we reported that the iPhone 5 sold as well in its first two days as the iPhone 4S did in its …

If you’re lucky enough to have bagged an iPhone 5 and are wondering how to squeeze your current SIM card or micro-SIM into that teeny-tiny slot, then you’ll need artistic precision and the slicey dicey skills you picked up in biology class, as well as a head for geometry. I took this exam, passed with flying colours and will show …

On 19 September — two days before the iPhone 5 is out — we’ll wave goodbye to iOS 5, and with it some trusty pre-installed chums such as YouTube and Google Maps, which will be replaced with Apple’s own software in iOS 6. Google’s counter-strike against this blatant attempt by Apple to further distance itself from its main mobile competitor …

Google Play is getting personal by bringing tailored app recommendations straight to your Android phone. This special treatment has been available on the web version of the Google Play store for a month or so, but now you can be pampered by the mobile version too. Enter the app section of the store today and you’ll have the option to …

Now playing: Watch this: Samsung Galaxy S3 3:44 It’s a sad fact of life that not all tech is born equal, and so it happens that now and then a phone comes along that’s of a sufficiently high pedigree, even hardened tech reviewers need a moment to take stock. And so it is with the Samsung Galaxy S3. The budget …

Now playing: Watch this: Asus PadFone hands-on 1:56 Are you in the awkward position of needing both a phone and a tablet, but you can’t face wandering around with the comically large Samsung Galaxy Note strapped to your face? Asus may have the perfect gadget for you. The PadFone is a 4.3-inch phone that sits inside the body of a …

Now playing: Watch this: HTC One S 2:29 If we were to play Top Trumps with Android phone spec sheets, the HTC One S would not be the mobile to propel you to victory — that honour might just belong to its beefy brute of a brother, the One X. Nevertheless, we bestowed a respectable four and a half stars …

You write awesomely detailed reviews on CNET UK in our comments section on a daily basis. You spot software glitches, identify long-term hardware issues and diss the heck out of stuff that repeatedly lets you down. And we just cannot get enough. Which is why we want to hear more of what you think about the new iPad. Thus far …

Now playing: Watch this: Apple’s new iPad 2:55 Apple has been the leader in the tablet market since it launched the original iPad in 2010, and two models later with no radical design overhaul, people still can’t get enough of this sleek slab of tech. The new iPad went on sale today, and you can take a look at what …

Now playing: Watch this: Sony Xperia S 2:33 Sony’s first public outing after its split with long-term partner Ericsson sees it trotting out a powerful new Android phone with enough gloss and sheen to take the limelight off the awkwardness of its break-up. Sony got custody of the Xperia name in the separation proceedings, and as such its newest blower …