Android isn’t just about big screens, beefy processors and Gingerbread goodness, y’know. One of the reasons Google’s smart phone OS is growing so fast is it’s also available on cheaper mobiles you don’t have to pay an arm and a leg for — or even sign up to a monthly tariff. Take the T-Mobile Pulse …

Excited about the three-dimensional thrills of the LG Optimus 3D, but not so hot for its black design? Phones 4u has bagged a UK exclusive on the white model of the Android handset, although it’s not yet saying when the device will go on sale. The retailer is taking pre-orders, though. It says the black model will be available “shortly …

Looking forward to getting your hands on Sony Ericsson’s new Xperia Neo Android smart phone? You’ll have to wait a little longer, unfortunately. The company has confirmed that the handset has slipped to a third-quarter release date, although online retailer Clove says that will mean a July debut in the UK. The cause of the delay is the recent earthquake …

Three quarters of Brits are on the wrong mobile tariff, and we’re overpaying nearly £200 each and every year as a result. That’s according to a survey from billmonitor, based on crunching the stats from 28,417 people’s mobile bills here in the UK. The scary topline finding of the survey is this: collectively, us Brits are wasting £4.9bn a year …

The HTC Pyramid is set to ditch its Egyptian moniker in favour of a name that’s more startling. The new Android 2.3 Gingerbread smart phone is expected to be unveiled next Tuesday with the name HTC Sensation, at a media event in London. Pocket Lint has the story, although it’s unclear from its source whether the Pyramid name will be …

The HTC Desire S Android smart phone has gone on sale in the UK today through Orange, with the network offering the device’s black model for free to anyone willing to sign up to a £35 per month contract. Orange will be preloading several of its own services on the Desire S, including Orange Mail and Orange Maps. The operator …

Talk of a delayed release for the Galaxy S 2 may have been premature — Samsung says the smart phone’s on course to go on sale this month as planned, although not in every country. Speculation of delay has been rife this week, after UK online retailers Play and Clove both pushed their anticipated shipping date for the Galaxy S 2 back to May. …

Apple has unaccountably failed so far to put alcoholic Irish priests who swear like navvies at the centre of its iPhone TV ads. Perhaps Channel 4’s new app will change its mind — Father Jack Me is based on classic sitcom Father Ted, and lets you become Jack through the power of photo-manipulation alone. Or, as the app’s official blurb …

Samsung’s Galaxy S 2 was supposed to be touching down on UK shores at the end of March, going head to head with Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Play and other Android Gingerbread smart phones. Now its release date has slipped to May, according to two online retailers. In late February, Play was offering the Galaxy S 2 for pre-order with a planned …

The BlackBerry Bold Touch 9930 has been leaked again, in advance of the BlackBerry World show in early May. This time, the Bold Touch has been leaked in four videos that show the device’s basic features. The four videos were apparently buried in a leaked build of the BlackBerry 6.1 operating system. They’re designed to act as tutorials for using the Bold …