Google made a smart move in buying Motorola, and the acquisition will help it defend Android against those who would see the popular operating system destroyed. That’s the view that 72.5 per cent of you hold, at least according to a poll on our rather spiffing Facebook page. The remaining 27.5 per cent of you …

Google wasn’t the only company interested in snapping up Motorola — Microsoft was one of several parties in talks with Motorola before the big G came along and snapped it up for a cool £7.6bn, according to a report from Gigaom. But why? Apparently Microsoft was courting the fair lady Motorola, lavishing her with sweetmeats and oaths of fealty, with …

Google has bought Motorola Mobility, for $12.5bn — about £7.6bn. Mobility is the part of Motorola that makes phones. Google says the acquisition will “supercharge” Android. Motorola is certainly no stranger to Google’s mobile OS. It’s the company behind devices such as the Motorola Milestone and the first Honeycomb tablet, the Motorola Xoom. So the purchase does make a degree of …

The Huawei Blaze, the Chinese company’s first own-brand phone to hit the UK, could be out as soon as September, according to Bloomberg. The Blaze is tipped to be a budget Android smart phone, running version 2.3 Gingerbread of Google’s mobile operating system, and a 3.2-inch touchscreen. It could sell for as little as £100, analysts reckon. Another phone, the …

Search giant Google dropped a massive news-bomb on us this afternoon — it’s bought Motorola Mobility, the part of Motorola that makes phones and tablets, in a £7.6bn deal. But what’s the reaction to the news, and what does it mean? Patent spending There’s strong feeling that the main motivation for the purchase is so Google can own all Motorola’s …

LG’s latest, sunniest smart phone has been leaked in a video. Dubbed the LG Optimus Sol, it looks to be a mid-range Android mobile. The video, which appeared on German site Bestboyz, shows off a prototype with a 3.8-inch AMOLED display, and a 5-megapixel camera glued to the back. The rear of the phone rocks rounded, shiny, black plastic, though …

HTC has made a massive investment in Beats audio, with an eye to filling its smart phones with the hippity-hoppity, bass heavy speaker tech. HTC head honcho Peter Chou said the Taiwanese tech giant would be ploughing $300m into Beats, in an interview with AllThingsD, and that we could expect to see the first HTC phone rocking the speaker tech …

We like the Samsung Galaxy S2. We like it lots. But chuck it against the wall, or run it under the tap, and it’ll quickly start to look less impressive. If you want a smart phone that can take a punch, you should keep an eye out for the Samsung Galaxy XCover. This rugged Android mobile packs all modern conveniences …

Enter our latest, greatest competition for the chance to win an LG Optimus 3D! Yes indeedy, we’ve got LG’s 3D-toting Android smart phone to give away, and to be in with a chance of winning it, all you have to do is enter the competition on our Facebook page, and answer one simple question. The LG Optimus 3D is an …

Facebook now has its own instant messaging app, called Facebook Messenger. The app, which is available for Android and iOS devices, lets you send messages instantly to anyone in your Facebook friends list. The app will also let you send messages to people on your mobile contacts list, and send out group messages too. We suspect that could come in …