A new LG smart phone has leaked online. Dubbed the X3, this mysterious mobile is rumoured to be packing Ice Cream Sandwich and a quad-core processor. Pocketnow has acquired specs and a potential promo shot of the X3, and while there are no obvious surprises in the design department (black and rectangular, you say?), the …

Looks like LG is having another go at making a 3D phone. The follow-up to last year’s Optimus 3D has leaked online and is set to offer another round of glasses-free three-dimensional kicks. Reportedly codenamed the CX2, Pocketnow has acquired leaked images of the new phone, as well as a selection of specs. The exciting news is that the Optimus 3D 2 will …

Note: As we were writing this article Carphone Warehouse’s Lumia 900 page went offline. This could be a technical hitch, but we’ll contact the company and update this story. A spot of good news for Nokia and Windows Phone fans — the 4.3-inch Nokia Lumia 900 will apparently be going on sale in the UK this summer, courtesy of Carphone …

The third iPad could arrive boasting an eye-treating retina display, if hi-res imagery hidden within the iBooks 2 app is to be believed. iBooks 2 — the new version of Apple’s ebook store that introduces interactive textbooks — was only announced yesterday, but already its code is being enthusiastically dissected. 9to5Mac has found image assets with a ‘2x’ label at …

An Apple patent application describes a new, space-saving battery design that could lead to thinner devices. Read on for the skinny. Ahem. Apple’s slender new battery tech involves a “set of electrode sheets of different dimensions”, according to Patently Apple. Those sheets can be stacked on top of each other to make various shapes in order to save space. A …

Bad news for Brits, the Samsung Galaxy S2 HD will not be arriving on these shores. We heard about the souped-up S2, which boasts a 720p 4.65-inch screen, way back in September. Back then, the drool-worthy mobile had only been announced for Samsung’s native South Korea. Following news from Recombu that the S2 HD wouldn’t be coming out over here, …

Nokia is rolling out a fix for the Lumia 800’s tragic battery problem, and it should be arriving on all devices in the next two weeks. Since the Lumia 800 came out last year, many owners have complained that the Windows Phone wasn’t pulling its weight in the battery department. We heard about a software update designed to knock the …

Asus looks to be declaring war on the Transformer Prime’s GPS issues, launching an intercontinental ballistic update that upgrades the tablet’s GPS version. Since its release, owners of the quad-core Android tablet have been bemoaning the Transformer Prime’s general awfulness when it comes to GPS. The jury is still out on whether the new update, which can be downloaded from …

Samsung says it’s not interested in buying ailing BlackBerry-maker RIM, pouring cold water on rumours that the Canadian company was looking to sell up to the South Korean tech giant. Samsung told Reuters, “We haven’t considered acquiring the firm,” further stating that it’s “not interested”. Ouch. Rumours starting circulating yesterday after BGR cited sources who reckoned RIM was moving towards …

Apple could be plotting to squeeze Thunderbolt ports into upcoming mobile gadgets such as the iPhone 5 or iPad 3. Patently Apple spied an Apple patent that hints at that very eventuality. The patent, which is one of three new Thunderbolt patent applications from the Cupertino tech giant, details how a connection could be established with mobile devices. “A connection …