Those looking for their fill of Nokia-Windows Phone goodness won’t have to wait much longer, according to Nokia chief Stephen Elop. He confirmed in an interview that Nokia’s first phone running the Microsoft software will ship before the year’s out. A Nokia exec in Australasia had hinted the company’s first Windows Phone handset wouldn’t go on sale until 2012, but …

Patent pile-on! Apple has brought its legal challenge against Samsung to the UK, claiming that the likes of the Samsung Galaxy S2 and Galaxy Tab 10.1 copy the iPhone and iPad. Apple filed the suit in British courts this week, as a response to an action brought by Samsung in June. The disputed patents haven’t been identified yet, but we …

Who says fashion and technology can’t mix? Sprint, for one. Today the carrier announced a new handset, the thin and superlight LG Marquee, putting it on track for an October 2 release. Powered by Android 2.3 Gingerbread, the smartphone features a 1GHz processor, a 4-inch Nova display, 5-megapixel camera, and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Known in other circles as the …