HTC’s had an early Christmas present from the Court of Appeal, as it today ruled to grant a stay on the injunction against its devices in the UK, following a lawsuit brought by Nokia over alleged patent infringement. The ruling means the Taiwanese company can continue to flog its phones here in Britain, including the …

Asus has put its bonkers PadFone gadget in the wash and both its fone phone and pad tablet have come out much smaller — but crucially haven’t lost any power. The PadFone mini 4.3, like its big bro the PadFone 2, is two gadgets in one: a 4.3-inch phone and a 7-inch screen dock that becomes a tablet when you …

Samsung’s putting several of its more recent mid- and low-range Android phones through their paces to see if it’s feasible to update them to Android 4.4 KitKat, according to a leaked company document. Phones up for consideration include this year’s mid-range mobiles the Galaxy S4 Mini and Ace 3, and older low-powered blowers such as the S3 Mini, the Ace …

LG’s Google Play Edition of its G Pad 8.3 tablet runs unadulterated Android 4.4 KitKat and looks to be quite the desirable slice of cutting-edge Android. The new slate is a Google Play Edition of the standard G Pad 8.3, meaning you’ll be able to buy it direct from Google, but also that it’ll be very near the front of …

Google’s new Nexus 10 could arrive soon, as a new tip-off from Twitter-based “uberleakster” @evleaks suggests LG is building the new tablet. LG V510 is the device’s manufacturing code name, apparently. And it appears that @evleaks got his hands on what looks like an entry from a supply chain database. The LG V510 tablet is indeed a Nexus device. [via …

Google’s new Nexus 10 could be arriving soon, as a new tip-off from Twitter-based uberleakster @evleaks suggests LG is building the new tablet. LG V510 is the device’s manufacturing codename, apparently, with @evleaks getting his hands on what looks like an entry from a supply chain database. The LG V510 tablet is indeed a Nexus device. [via tip] pic.twitter.com/hhKZ2B9NtQ — …

Nokia’s beefy new bruiser of a phone, the Lumia 1520, is on sale in the UK today, bringing its capacious charms to your specially extended pocket for £550 SIM-free. The 6-inch Windows Phablet is available this very day from online retailers such as Unlocked Mobiles and Clove, both offering the 1520 for £550. Unlocked tells me preorders went out in …

Apple’s slashed the time you’ll be waiting if you want a new iPhone 5S in the UK, with the fingerprint-reading new blower shipped within 1-3 days of ordering from the Californian company’s website. That doesn’t mean you’ll be happily unlocking your new mobile with a touch of your sweaty digit in that time — it still has to travel all …

Android 4.4 KitKat will get its first update in the next few days, Google has promised, with Android 4.4.1 principally improving the camera software on the company’s otherwise superb Nexus 5 superphone. The update makes the camera quicker to open, faster to autofocus and less susceptible to motion blur. “You fix the motion blur,” Google’s director of engineering for Android, …

America is the land of the free — if you’re on Three. The numerical network has expanded its brilliant Feel At Home scheme to the US, letting subscribers use their minutes, texts and data as if they were back in Blighty, for no charge whatsoever. The scheme has also added Indonesia, Sri Lanka and the Chinese region of Macau to …