Microsoft takes the wraps off the new Windows Phone 7.5 today. Microsoft claims its mobile phone software is adding more than 500 new features in the update, codenamed Mango, ready to appear on phones such as the Dell Venue Pro and forthcoming Windows phones from HTC, Sony Ericsson and Nokia — but still no new …

Nokia has failed to launch a new phone at Mobile World Congress for the second year running. The Finnish mobile phone manufacturer has offered up more details on its adoption of Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 software, but there’s no sign of new devices based on Nokia’s Symbian or MeeGo operating systems. MWC is the biggest blow-out of the mobile blower …

Think you’ve got an eye for a bargain? How about an Apple iPad for less than £50? With the iPad 2 just weeks away, T-Mobile has teamed up with discount site Groupon to offer Apple’s original tablet for £49 — if you don’t mind staying up late. All you have to do is sign up for Groupon’s daily email offering …

Apple’s legal battle with Samsung has taken a new twist. The California outfit is suing the Korean corporation over alleged copying of Apple products in Samsung’s Android range, and a federal court is forcing Samsung to hand over samples of new phones for Apple to pore over. The phones and tablets in question are the Samsung Galaxy S 2, Galaxy …

Microsoft is thought to make more money from phones that run Android than from handsets running its own Windows Phone 7 software. That’s thanks to a money-spinning patent deal that apparently sees HTC pay Microsoft $5 for every Android phone it sells — and Microsoft is chasing similar payments from other Android manufacturers. A deal signed in April 2010 between HTC and …

Scientists at the World Health Organisation claim mobile phones pose a possible risk of causing cancer. Researchers from the WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer sussed out hundreds of scientific studies and articles to conclude that radiofrequency electromagnetic fields, as given off by mobile phones, are “possibly carcinogenic to humans”. The IARC panel was made up of 31 scientists …

Nokia has taken a knock, with its share price plunging to its lowest level in 13 years, after the Finnish company admitted it currently isn’t making a penny of profit on mobile phones. Nokia boss Stephen Elop warned that the company would only break even for the period between April and June. Nokia is still the largest maker of handsets …

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s a video showing off the processing power of Nvidia’s quad-core Kal-El chip for Android tablets and phones. Nvidia hopes that Kal-El will make your mobile device faster than a speeding bullet. Currently named after what’s written on Superman‘s birth certificate, the finished chip should be in phones and tablets later this year. When …

Can you dig it? Smash-hit indie game Minecraft is coming to the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, mining a rich seam of gaming fun before coming to other Android phones after an exclusivity period. Minecraft developer Mojang picked the Play for pickaxe action, with custom controls for the Play’s slide-out buttons. The phone version of the game will also reflect the …

Cash: it’s a pain, isn’t it? If it’s not weighing down your pockets it’s falling out and disappearing under the checkout as the queue behind you tuts disapprovingly. iZettle is a new payment system promising to end coin-related nightmares by bringing together your credit card and your phone for instant on the go payments. iZettle is like a chip and …