An ambitious tinkerer has bestowed the power of wireless charging upon his iPhone 4S, with a modification that sees Apple’s prized smart phone pulled apart and put back together with all-new components. Essex-based Tanveer Islam is the chap behind the creative hack. He uploaded a video explaining exactly how to modify your iPhone, which will gain …

Nokia is cooking up a PureView-powered Lumia phone, having confirmed in an interview that the high-powered camera tech is coming to the Windows Phone-powered range in the near future. Speaking to Neowin, Nokia’s VP of worldwide developer relations Richard Kerris said the PureView camera technology would be coming to the Lumia line “very soon”. That’s excellent news, as Nokia’s PureView …

Samsung has high hopes for its Galaxy S3, boastfully tipping its quad-core smart phone to sell 19 million units by the autumn. Samsung made the crystal-ball estimate as it announced more whopping profit — the South Korean company believes it will have made $5.9bn profit in the three months April-June, or about £3.8bn in British coin. That’s a 79 per …

Samsung has a new phone aimed at satisfying avid texters — the Galaxy Chat looks like a BlackBerry, but it’s powered by Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. The Chat, which recently leaked under the GT-B5330 moniker, has a 3-inch touchscreen and a full Qwerty keyboard, ideally making it easier to rattle off missives to your mates. To aid you in …

The Sony Xperia Go has been given a ‘coming soon’ date of July by oxygenated operator O2, suggesting the UK is mere weeks away from seeing the rugged, splash-happy smart phone in high street shops. SoMobile spotted the listing, which also promises 50GB of free cloud storage forever, so long as you splash out (geddit) before the end of the …

Sony says the Ice Cream Sandwich update for the Xperia S is back on track, following earlier issues that had affected the roll-out. A reader on our Facebook wall asked CNET UK to investigate whether Sony had halted the much-anticipated update, having had problems several days ago that had stymied the company’s attempts to get the update onto customers’ phones. …

Leaked snaps have surfaced showing a new Samsung smart phone, reckoned to be running Ice Cream Sandwich, and — curiously — sporting a full Qwerty keyboard. Images showing the front and back of the mysterious mobile were spotted by Sammy Hub, with the finger-friendly phone bearing the name GT-B5330. That’s not such a catchy moniker, but I’d expect the phone to …

For fans of Google’s Android OS, regular updates are sweeter treats than the sugary codenames that grace the various versions. A delayed update can feel like slow torture, and a new version is a geeky joy to receive. This is the place to find all the details on every version of Android, past and present. Bookmark this page as reference …

Mozilla’s brand-new Firefox OS will launch next year, with Alcatel and ZTE confirmed to be crafting the first phones running the new software. Firefox OS comes from Mozilla’s Boot to Gecko project, and is powered by HTML5. The Boot to Gecko name has been abandoned now, in favour of something much more recognisable. The first phones running the spangly new …

You’ve got an important text to send, but you’re also trying to flag down a taxi, make a rude gesture at an enemy or fight off a marauding seagull. It’s a nightmare scenario, but possibly not for much longer, as spy-shots leak suggesting that Windows Phone 8 will feature a one-handed one-screen keyboard. WMPoweruser got hold of the snap above, …