If you walked into a high street phone shop and asked which mobile was right for you, what do you think they’d recommend? The iPhone 5? Value-packed Nexus 4? Well the Samsung Galaxy S3 is the phone most recommended by British shops, along with the Galaxy Note 2, according to a survey carried out by …

RIM is pulling out all the stops for the upcoming launch of its BB10 operating system. It’s punted out a press release saying it’ll be advertising the new OS during the Super Bowl, which is a pretty pricey spot to buy, from what I hear. The press release hints a BB10 tablet could be on the way as well. So …

LAS VEGAS — Alec Saunders needed a little bait. Soon after Saunders took over the developer relations team, he asked Research In Motion’s then co-CEO Mike Lazaridis in October 2011 for 25,000 BlackBerry PlayBook tablets. When Lazaridis asked why, Saunders said he intended to give them away. “His jaw just dropped to the floor,” Saunders told CNET. “He stood there …

A price has popped up for one of the first handsets to arrive running RIM’s BB10 operating system. The Z10 will cost £479.95 SIM-free, according to what seems to be a leak from the Carphone Warehouse database, Engadget reports. The product code BLAZ10WHI matches a previous leak from the high street giant. If correct, it’s £30 cheaper than a 16GB …

Part of the iPad mini‘s appeal is its simplicity — just switch it on and go — but there’s plemty more to explore if you dig a little deeper. Whether you’ve treated yourself to a new iPad mini or came across one underneath the Christmas tree, you should find these tricks and tools useful in helping you get more out …

Apple may be beavering away on an iPad that boasts increased storage capacity, mysterious sources and iOS code clues suggest. 9to5Mac cites cryptic “sources” who say Apple is working on an additional model of its iPad with retina display, that comes in black and white and features an identical design to the current line-up. The imminent gadget is tipped to …

A pornographic video briefly made Vine’s “Editor Pick” list, further raising the question of whether the video-clip-sharing app has a porn problem. The clip showed up this morning and was spotted by The Verge, before it was quickly taken down. A video featuring the “I love NY” logo is the current top editor’s pick. Vine, a Twitter app that allows …

It must be tough for carriers to make an extra dime these days with upstart apps offering customers for free what network operators want to charge for. With today’s announcement that T-Mobile now supports the StarStar Me app, it’s clear that TMO feels the heat. StarStar Me essentially is a way for smartphone owners, both Android and iOS, to create …

EE is bringing visual voicemail to its iPhone-owning customers — but currently only if you’re on one of the company’s swanky 4G tariffs. If you’re a 4GEE customer with one of Apple’s shiny smart phones, text ‘iPhone visual’ (without the quote marks) to 150 to turn on the service, which lists your voicemails on-screen and makes it easy to hear, …

Bonnet de douche! The hotly rumoured Samsung Galaxy Note 8 has been snapped au naturel with a Galaxy Note 2 by Gallic phone paps Frandroid. It’s the first time we’ve been able to compare the new tablet to one of its stylus-toting freres. It’s not an official pic from Samsung, of course, but it looks exactly the same as the …

BlackBerry users should start to see lower prices for mobile apps, thanks to BlackBerry 10. To push its upcoming mobile OS, Research In Motion is kicking off a new global pricing plan in its BlackBerry World store. As described in a RIM blog post yesterday, the new pricing tiers used in the store will incorporate currency exchange rates and value-added …

Apple and Android continue to chew up the smartphone industry. The two platforms captured a record 92 percent of worldwide smartphone shipments in the final quarter of 2012, according to data released today by Strategy Analytics. Android took the lead with 152.1 million shipments last quarter, almost double the 80.6 million shipped in 2011’s fourth quarter, Strategy Analytics estimated. The …

Lenovo has backed away from speculation that it is planning to acquire Research In Motion. In an interview last week with Bloomberg, Lenovo Chief Financial Officer Wong Mai Ming said that his company is “looking at all opportunities” as it pertains to acquisitions and that a dialogue is open between RIM and Lenovo. Soon after, the Web erupted with claims …

Pictured above is Dev Alpha B, a developers’ unit running BlackBerry 10. Lynn La/CNET While we’ve known for a while that RIM plans to launch its newest mobile operating system, BlackBerry 10, on January 30, new leaked documents report that the first handset running the OS (dubbed the BlackBerry Z10) may be available for the U.K. market on that same …

As if KFC for Christmas dinner isn’t reason enough to move to Japan, how about TV shows in Ultra High Definition? Well there’s not long to wait, as broadcasts in the format will start in Japan next year — that’s two years ahead of schedule, proving it’s not just the trains that run on time over there. Reuters reports the Japanese government will …