The PlayStation Phone cometh, and sooner than you might have thought. Sony Ericsson formally unveiled its Xperia Play Android-based gaming phone last night, with more than 20 publishers already signed up to make games for it, and 50+ titles promised for its launch. When will that launch be? Sony Ericsson said March, but UK operator …

Pleased with the zippy performance of your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad on Apple’s new iOS 4.3 software? Join the club. But it seems a few minor gremlins crept into the software update, which may lead Apple to roll out iOS 4.3.1 within the next two weeks. Boy Genius Report claims to have the details, suggesting a timeframe of “one …

Apple smashed through the 10 billion downloads mark for its App Store this weekend, and one lucky Brit played a key role in its magic milestone. Gail Davis, of Orpington, Kent, was the lucky iOS user who bagged the 10 billionth download, earning herself a $10,000 iTunes voucher. What’s more, the game she downloaded — Paper Glider — is the …

Analyst firm IDC has stuck its neck out with a futuregazing report that sees Windows Phone overhauling Apple’s iOS in just four years. With Ovum forecasting that Microsoft’s OS will overtake BlackBerry by 2016, the analyst reports are making good reading for Redmond this month. Both sets of forecasts agree that Google’s Android will be top dog, though. IDC predicts …

If you’re one of those people who’ve bought Angry Birds multiple times for different devices, rejoice. You’ll soon be able to port your saved game between your gadgets. Rovio, the developer behind the game, has confirmed on Twitter that its sync feature will make its debut in the next couple of months. “We are working hard on that, before summer is the …

Could the iPhone 5 and iPad 2 let you mix and match operators according to your location, making them true world-roaming devices? That’s what we’re wondering after finding out that the new Verizon iPhone 4 includes Qualcomm’s MDM6600 Gobi chip. Why? Let us explain. Apple is famously unwilling to cough up too much information on which chips are inside its …

Think Apple fans will believe anything CEO Steve Jobs says? Think again. Jobs announced last week that the iOS 4.3 software update would be made available on 11 March, yet yesterday saw people around the world frantically hammering the ‘Check for Update’ button in iTunes around 6pm GMT, after rumours that the update was arriving three days early. It didn’t. …

Another iOS update? Quick, dash to your computer! Oh, actually, maybe don’t rush. Apple has pushed out the iOS 4.3.1 software update for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad, but it’s essentially just bug fixes. Separately, though, there’s some intriguing information on the loose about the next major update to Apple’s software, iOS 5. iOS 4.3.1’s release comes hot on the …

Apple’s new subscription billing for iPhone and iPad apps allow developers and publishers to charge recurring subscriptions for magazine, newspaper, video and music apps. The system, launched yesterday, is already controversial, however, with music service Rhapsody saying Apple’s 30 per cent cut of subscription payments will make music services “economically untenable”. The subscription billing was used first by US news …

The white iPhone 4 may finally go on sale in the coming weeks, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek article.  The article cites “three people with knowledge of the plans” as saying the white handset will be available “in the next few weeks” in the US at least, through operators AT&T and Verizon Wireless. The article specifies that this means an on-sale date before the end …