Hello hello. Mobile mobile news news. Why are we saying everything twice twice? Because the Samsung Galaxy Y Duos and Samsung Galaxy Y Pro Duos are Samsung’s first dual-SIM Android smart phones dual-SIM Android smart phones. The Duos phones get their two-faced name because they each hold not one but two SIM cards. Two SIM …

Everybody knows a text message saying ‘I’m on my way’ means ‘Bargain hunt finishes in 5 minutes and then I’ll jump in the shower. See you in an hour, maybe?’ And new research bears this out, suggesting we’re more likely to lie in a text than when talking on the phone or face-to-face — while video chat is most likely …

BlackBerry bosses are reportedly considering a game of musical chairmen to reverse a disastrous year for the Canadian smart phones. The board of BlackBerry manufacturer Research in Motion is rethinking the company’s leadership after a terrible 2011 of failed tablets, BBM outages and poor performance, Canada’s Financial Post reports. The board is reportedly considering jettisoning chairmen Mike Lazaridis and Jim …

Half of the web surfing performed on phones or tablets is done on an Apple iPhone or iPad. It seems owners of Apple phones and tablets are more likely to hit the Internet than owners of Android, Nokia or BlackBerry devices. Data from NetMarketShare reveals smart phones and tablets running Apple’s iOS software performed 52.1 per cent of mobile browsing …

Keen to get your teeth into Ice Cream Sandwich for the Google Nexus S? The tasty treats of the latest version of Android remain officially just out of reach as Google has delayed the update for some regions — but stick with us and we’ll help you update anyway.  Google has paused the official update to “monitor feedback”, even after …

How many ninjas does it take to change a lightbulb? No-one knows — when the light comes back on we still can’t see them. How many ninjas does it take to unbox the Samsung Galaxy Nexus? Find out in a mind-bogglingly fun 8-bit game on YouTube. Clash of the Nexus Ninjas begins as a YouTube video introducing the Galaxy Nexus, …

Amazon, Microsoft and Nokia have all considered buying BlackBerry maker Research In Motion, according to reports. RIM’s dismal year has seen the world and his wife consider a pass at the BlackBerry-builders. Amazon is reported by Reuters to have gone as far as hiring an investment bank during the summer to size up the troubled Canadian phonemaker. Microsoft and Nokia …

Google takes on the Apple iPad next year. Googleboss Eric Schmidt has revealed the Big G will launch a tablet within the next six months. “In the next six months we plan to market a tablet of the highest quality,” Schmidt told Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera. He also said Apple founder and visionary Steve Jobs was “the Michelangelo of …

Nokia has officially admitted the Nokia Lumia 800‘s battery woes are down to a software bug, and promised a solution in the new year software update. Owners of the new Lumia 800, Nokia’s first Windows Phone, have reported assorted problems with the battery and charging the phone. But Nokia now says, “The good news is that as this is a …

O2 is the least annoying phone company — and once again TalkTalk and Three are the worst. That’s according to new complaint figures from Ofcom. Despite reducing the number of complaints in the last six months, TalkTalk has now been the most moaned-about ISP over the whole year, right back to this time last year. The report is based on …