HTC is reported to be taking on the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 with the T6 ‘phablet’, a plus-sized version of the HTC One smart phone — and it might be bringing Key Lime Pie with it. Key Lime Pie is set to be the next generation of Google’s Android software for mobile phones and tablets. …

The HTC One Google Edition is coming, but if you’ve already bought a One that doesn’t mean you have to miss out on pure unadulterated Android. HTC says it’s “examining the best way to support early adopters of the One,” hinting at the possibility of Nexus-style stock Android coming to people who have already bought the phone — and, fingers …

O2 customers are about to be cut off from BT Wi-Fi hotspots. Despite forging a new 4G partnership together, the two companies are ending their deal for O2 customers to use BT Wi-Fi — formerly known as BT Openzone and BT Fon — from 1 July. That means if you’re on O2 you’ll now have a choice of 8,000 free …

Apple is under the microscope for allegedly bullying its way into an unfair advantage for the iPhone. The European Commission is pressing mobile networks to find out if Apple is abusing its market-leading position to give the iPhone an unfair advantage and block rivals from a fair fight on phone shop shelves. Watchdogs are “investigating alleged anti-competitive behaviour in the …

EE is adding the new Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini to its super-fast LTE line-up of smart phones and tablet, as 4G takes over 12 more towns across England and Wales. Ashton-under-Lyne, Chatham, Gillingham, High Wycombe, Merthyr Tydfil, Oldham, Oxford, Rochester, Runcorn, Sale, Stafford and Wigan are served by 4G from today. That takes the number of towns and cities covered by EE’s …

YouView is now in 400,000 homes, with a fistful of new channels about to arrive. The online-tastic set-top box is about to get new standard and high-definition channels delivered via your Internet connection alongside the channels coming in your aerial — and there’s an Android app coming in the next few weeks too. Those 400,000 viewers are now watching 2.2m …

The great white Google Nexus 4 is official — but it looks like the last Nexus to be built by LG, which says it doesn’t need another poisoned chalice like the Jelly Bean phone. The ivory version of the bargain-tastic Android flagship joins the ebony version in the Google Play store, side-by-side like the keys on my piano keyboard. It’s …

More Samsung news! As we steel ourselves for Samsung’s big London event on 20 June, it seems the Galaxy Ace 3, Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 and Galaxy Mega could join the Galaxy S4 Mini in being unveiled next month. The Galaxy Ace 3 and Tab 3 10.1 are reported to make their debut in June — although the first leaked …

A new contender could be about to set the tablet world ablaze. Mozilla and Foxconn are teaming up to produce a new Firefox OS device, rumoured to be a tablet. The iPad still dominates tablet sales, but Android is fighting back with recent smaller, cheaper slates like the Nexus 7. A Firefox OS tablet would also enter the market at …

Thin is in: the rumoured Huawei Ascend P6 is about to be the thinnest smart phone in the whole wide world. Now we’re not ones to promote negative body image, so let’s see what else is going on with this skinny Android smart phone. The Ascend P6 is reported to run Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean software — but interestingly, in …