One of the biggest and beefiest phones to come out of this year’s MWC — HTC’s humungous One X — will be coming to O2’s network, the operator has confirmed. It made the announcement in a tweet spotted by the chaps over at Reg Hardware. O2 said it will be getting its hands on the …

Apple memorably launched the iPhone 3GS with the slogan ‘this changes everything’. It really should have kept that line for the iPhone 5 launch. Now that Apple has thrown 4G into the iPhone’s mix, the UK mobile landscape is about to be held up by the ankles and given an epic shaking. The seismic 4G ructions coming our way are …

We may have our own iPhone 5-induced 4G confusion to worry about here in the UK, but across the pond a different network issue looks like it could take some of the sheen off Apple’s latest launch. Two US networks — Sprint and Verizon — are unable to offer simultaneous voice and data capability on the iPhone 5, our sister …

The iPhone 5 is finally, officially alive and Apple has also now revealed how many of your English pounds you’ll have to shell out to own its latest superphone. The basic iPhone 5 model starts at an eye-watering £529 — which is the price-tag for the 16GB flavour of the phone. Apple is also selling 32GB and 64GB versions of …

Being the super well-informed CNET reader you are, you’ll know Apple hasn’t included NFC in the iPhone 5. And you won’t need me to remind you NFC is a contactless info-sharing technology that can be used to make payments with your phone, or act as a shortcut for grabbing or sharing info when used in conjunction with NFC tags, stickers …

Apple’s new iPhone comes loaded with the latest version of its mobile OS, iOS 6, which includes a raft of new functions — including Apple’s new mapping software and an expanded role for Siri, its sassy voice assistant. While most of the new features announced in iOS are going to be available in the UK, there are a couple of …

Just when you thought you had sated the lust of your inner gadget demon by buying a shiny new Samsung Galaxy S3, Sammy has upped the stakes by announcing a range of new colours — and a new 4G version of the phone. When the quad-core S3 launched back in May it was a case of ‘any colour so long …

Microsoft’s consolation prize to anyone who owns a current Windows Phone is a new homescreen landing in an update known as Windows Phone 7.8, pictured above running on the Nokia Lumia 900. It’s best described as a sweetener to coat the bitter truth that anyone who’s shelled out for a Windows Phone in the last 20 months isn’t getting the …

Nokia has cut the price of its existing line of Windows Phone-based Lumias to prop up sales ahead of the arrival of its two new Windows Phone 8 (WP8) phones, the Reuters news agency is reporting. The once Mighty Finn took the wraps off the WP8-based Lumia 920 and 820 at a press event held in New York this week. …

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