An old iPad has gone under the hammer for $10,200 (£6,500) — and it doesn’t even work. But what’s interesting about this first generation iPad is that it’s a prototype, sporting not one but two dock connectors. The prototype tablet proves that Apple seriously considered giving the iPad a second dock connector in the side …

Members of the public have sat down to watch YouView for the first time. The next generation of Freeview box for online telly and catch-up is being tested in hundreds of houses. YouView, formerly known as Project Canvas, is a collaboration between the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel Five, TalkTalk, BT and Arqiva to build a set-top box that pipes …

Nokia and Microsoft have run into problems with the new Nokia Lumia 610. While trying to avoid the fragmentation issues faced by Android, Windows Phone has properly shot itself in the foot — with a catapult and an Angry Bird. The budget Lumia 610 is the first phone powered by Microsoft’s Windows Phone software to arrive with just 256MB of …

Are you ready for the next transformation? That’s the question posed by Asus, in a teaser video for the successor to the Asus Transformer Prime — a new Android tablet with added cloud gubbins. The teaser seems to promise a new entry to the Transformer line alongside the Transformer Pad TF300 and Transformer Pad Infinity 700, tablets that become laptops …

Rumours are gathering pace that Google is about to unveil its first Nexus tablet. The 7-inch tablet is set to be built by Asus to show off Jelly Bean, the next version of Android — and it could be with us as soon as next month. The Asus 7-inch Google Nexus slate is reported to be powered by an Nvidia …

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Facebook could be making a phone. The old rumours have resurfaced, but this time it seems Mark Zuckerberg and co are actively recruiting Apple engineers with iPhone experience — and Facebook’s need to grab hold of the mobile market has never been more pressing. The world-conquering social network is headhunting Apple engineers …

Samsung has registered a trio of potential names for future Android phones: the Samsung Galaxy Rush, Galaxy Amp, and Galaxy Helm could be heading our way soon. Hey, at least they’re more interesting names than Samsung Galaxy S3. Samsung has registered the potential monikers with the US patent office, although that doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll ever be used. It’s also …

Meet the iPen, Apple’s next-generation stylus. Packing haptic feedback and a speaker, this sophisticated stylus concept not only writes and draws on your iPad and iPhone, but also tells you what’s happening. The stylus has made something of a comeback with the Samsung Galaxy Note and Samsung Galaxy S3, but the iPen takes things to a whole new level. Patently …

BlackBerry Messenger won’t be showing up on iPhone or Android any time soon. BlackBerry bosses have seen sense and realised that licensing BBM to other phones could see people ditching their BlackBerrys altogether. The Wall Street Journal reports that the new boss of BlackBerry manufacturer Research in Motion shut down talk of licensing BBM to other phones, without any discussion. …

Looking forward to Ice Cream Sandwich on the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play? Not so fast, my friend — Sony has quietly dropped the Play from the list of phones set to upgrade to Android 4.0. Sony has already tried to convince us that in some ways Ice Cream Sandwich isn’t as good as Gingerbread, trying to persuade Xperia owners to …