Google is launching its own ebooks store for Android, although for now, it’s only available in the US. The store sits within the existing Android Market, and lets you buy ebooks and read them on your Android smart phone or tablet, as well as adding them to your Google account. The books category was added …

You might think Nokia is all about Windows Phone 7 now, but the company has stressed it’s not killing off Symbian just yet. That’s good news for owners of the Nokia N8, as the company has revealed a taster screenshot of the next OS update for that device and other smart phones running the Symbian 3 OS. The screenshot was …

50 million downloads later, Angry Birds is finally coming to Windows Phone 7. Microsoft has confirmed that Rovio’s feathery smart phone hit will make its debut on the WP7 Marketplace this April, and it won’t be alone. Six new games have been confirmed as coming to Windows Phone 7, introduced at Microsoft’s Spring Showcase games event in San Francisco yesterday. …

ZTE Skate, the Chinese mobile maker’s latest smart phone, has rolled into Mobile World Congress. It’s the follow-up to the ZTE Blade — better known in the UK as the Orange San Francisco — and continues the company’s trend for making affordable Android devices that are more powerful than their price tags imply. ZTE claims the device is inspired by …

The Acer Iconia Smart is apparently “100 per cent smart phone. 100 per cent tablet”. That’s what we call giving it 200 per cent for effort. But how can it be both? A whopping 4.8-inch display with an ultra-widescreen 21:9 aspect ratio, that’s how. The Android device, which has a curved metallic design and a slimline 64.5mm width, has four …

Samsung’s Galaxy S II smart phone and Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet have been hogging the headlines this week at Mobile World Congress, and for good reason. With somewhat less fanfare, however, the company has also taken the wrappers off another Android-based device, the Samsung Galaxy S WiFi 4.0 Smart Player. It’s a direct competitor to Apple’s iPod touch, with a …

Amazon may be plotting a way around Apple’s new rules on subscriptions and in-app purchases for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad users. With reports suggesting the new rules could cost Amazon up to $160m a year, a move to the mobile Web could be the answer. Amazon was expected to be one of the hardest hit by Apple’s new rules, …

Samsung’s new Galaxy S II smart phone and Galaxy Tab II tablet have been widely leaked ahead of Mobile World Congress, which takes place over the next few days. Now the devices, also known as the Galaxy S 2 and Galaxy Tab 2, have been officially confirmed. Well, at least there are official images showing the devices being waved about …

HTC’s two new Facebook phones, the ChaCha and Salsa, got people talking (and poking) at Mobile World Congress. Now they’ve got a release date for the UK, albeit from online retailer Expansys rather than HTC or its operator partners. Expansys now has both Android phones listed on its site (here’s the ChaCha and Salsa), but no price for either. Their …

Microsoft has provided an official response to reports of bricked Samsung Omnia 7 smart phones due to this week’s Windows Phone 7 update. The company admits there is a problem for some phones, and has suspended the update for the Omnia 7 while it fixes the issue. Microsoft’s Michael Stroh says in a blog post that 90 per cent of …