The next BlackBerry phones may be many months away yet, but already we’re getting a near-complete picture of what RIM will reveal when BB10 launches next year, as specs and video guides for the next round of BlackBerry gear leaks. BlackBerry London specifications have emerged at rapidberry.net, tipping RIM’s first BlackBerry 10 phone to have …

iPhone 5 owners are complaining that Apple’s new phone take photos with an annoying purple haze. The complaint appears to have surfaced in a forum thread at AnandTech, and sees an unsightly purple halo appearing when photos are taken with the new phone pointing toward bright light sources. One user has reportedly contacted Apple support and was told it was …

Now playing: Watch this: CNET News Sky+ 2TB 1:33 Sky is adding a seven-day Catch Up section to its on-demand service, giving Sky+ customers a place to access the week’s telly from ITV Player and Demand 5, as well as a tonne of Sky programming. Click play on the video above for all the info. If it sounds like a …

iPhone 5 owners have been complaining that the black version of Apple’s new £529+ smart phone is a little too easily defiled, with its sultry slate casing picking up scratches and dents. But Apple’s own Phil Schiller has seemingly said the damage is to be expected. A 9to5Mac reader asked Schiller whether anything was going to be done about the …

Now playing: Watch this: CNET News Nook HD tablets 1:52 Barnes and Noble is bringing its US-centric Nook tablets into the UK, in a bid to extinguish the Kindle Fire HD. The stateside bookseller will be flogging two tablets to Brits this autumn, dubbed the Nook HD and Nook HD+. The Nook HD is a 7.7-inch tablet that’s going to …

Now playing: Watch this: Apple iPhone 5 4:39 We’ve given the iPhone 5 the full video review treatment, bundling all our most pertinent thoughts on Apple’s sixth smart phone into one gorgeous moving picture. Hit play on the video above to hear what we think about the year’s most anticipated gadget, and see if you agree with our conclusions. Visually, …

Huawei has form when it comes to cobbling together ultra-cheap Android mobiles, and now the author of the budget-buoying Ascend G300 is making another wallet-friendly blower. Enter the Ascend Y201, strutting into the spotlight from stage right. This affordable gadget has a 3.5-inch display, a 3.2-megapixel camera and is powered by Android 2.3 Gingerbread. In other words, it has everything you …

Update: RIM says it’s fixed the issue, with a statement that reads, “Our apologies to any customers impacted by the BlackBerry service issue today. We can confirm that services have been restored and are now operating normally.” Original story follows. BlackBerry services are currently borked for Vodafone customers across Europe, on the day the ailing firm’s biggest rival launches its …

Now playing: Watch this: HTC 8X hands-on 1:51 We knew it was only a matter of time until HTC threw its hat into the Windows Phone 8 ring, following Nokia’s Lumia 920 and 820 with high-end and mid-range devices of its own. I’ve already been hands-on with both phones, so examine our in-depth previews of both the HTC 8X and …

Phwoar, that iPhone 5‘s a bit popular, eh? Apple’s newest phone isn’t even on sale yet, but already pre-order demand has pushed delivery estimates back by several weeks. At the time of writing, if you head over to Apple’s iPhone 5 pre-order page, both the black iPhone 5 and the white option are listed with a 3-4 week wait time. …