We’re gonna send it to outer space, to find another bar of mobile phone signal. The Samsung Galaxy S 2 is going on a space odyssey, released into the heavens on a space balloon. The phone will be borne aloft by a tiny astronaut, and reach 3km from the Earth. Why? No idea. We know …

Nokia could reveal its first Windows Phone devices in October. The world’s largest phone manufacturer is holding its annual Nokia World conference at the end of October this year, setting the stage for its hotly anticipated — and desperately needed — Windows Phone smart phones. Nokia World takes place on 26 and 27 October right here in Britain, so you …

Sony is bringing video calling and smart-phone apps to its Bravia TVs. Sony’s new Bravia tellies are — deep breath — the HX923, HX823, HX723 and NX723, followed by the EX723, EX523, EX320, CX523 and CX2D. The new tellies add Skype and mobile apps to their Web-connected Bravia Internet TV — and, because it’s 2011, it’s all in 3D. You’ll …

Our seventh sense is sensing a sensation: the HTC Sensation is free of Vodafone and now on sale at Three, O2, and Orange. The humble looks of the Sensation hide a powerful dual-core processor running Android 2.3 Gingerbread software with added whizziness from a revamped HTC Sense interface. It also has that unique concave screen, with lovely crisp graphics. Let’s …

You’ve just dropped your new tablet. Time slows to a crawl and your body moves as if in treacle as you lunge in vain for several hundred quids-worth of consumer electronics, plunging inexorably to its floor-related doom. Unless it’s a Pansonic Toughbook tablet, a new Android tablet designed to be sturdier than the average slate. The Toughbook tablet just maybe …

The long-awaited Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo is set to land in July. The Android phone with Sony’s camera and movie technology could be on sale in Europe as soon as next week, according to Sony Ericsson in Italy, the Netherlands and the UK. Yes, next Friday is 1 July, despite what it looks like out of the window. The phone …

Say what you see: it’s the Nokia C2-02, C2-03 and C2-06, a trio of affordable Nokia Symbian phones. The C2-03 holds two SIM cards, making it perfect for jet-setters and adulterers. The C2-03 has a dual SIM slot, so you can put two different SIM cards in from different networks. You can save the settings of up to five SIMs, …

Mark your calendars, clear your schedule, and ask yourself this: has Apple just set the date for the iPhone 5? If the fruit-flavoured phone maker sticks to past form, the next generation of iPhone could be unveiled to gasps of wonder on 6 June. The boys and girls at Cupertino have set the date for the Apple Worldwide Developers’ Conference, …

The iPhone 5 will be five alive in September, according to new reports. “Pish and tosh,” we hear you cry. “We’ve heard such predictions before — away with you and your scurrilous scuttlebutt, lest our hopes be dashed by another piece of ill-informed gossipmongering!” But wait! This particular piece of hearsay is fairly credible, given the fact it comes from …

The iPad 3 will have an eye-melting high-resolution retina display screen, but rival Samsung wants to be the first to see it. Details of the next Apple iPad‘s screen have been spotted in new software, and Samsung’s lawyers want to get their grubby mitts on the new hardware in an ongoing legal battle. Samsung is being sued over similarities between …