commentary A year from now, Research in Motion may not exist. A little while ago, that might have been a controversial call. Sure, RIM had its share of problems, but many were willing to give it some space to possibly turn itself around. But after today’s first-quarter warning and disclosure that it hired bankers to …

A Dark Knight edition of the Windows Phone-powered Nokia Lumia 900 is going on sale this week, tying in with the Batman movie hitting silver screens this summer. The bat-powered blower is available exclusively from Phones 4u from 1 June, and has the iconic Batman logo etched into its matte-black rear. Not the most subtle calling card for a masked …

When Apple unboxed the iPhone 4S it also uncorked Siri — the sometimes smart-arsed robotic genie/butler that can fetch stuff from your calendar, tell you what the weather’s like or do a web search for Kevin Costner’s age. Now it has a challenger — the Galaxy S3‘s S Voice. Siri was not the first voice-control app on a phone — …

An old iPad has gone under the hammer for $10,200 (£6,500) — and it doesn’t even work. But what’s interesting about this first generation iPad is that it’s a prototype, sporting not one but two dock connectors. The prototype tablet proves that Apple seriously considered giving the iPad a second dock connector in the side for landscape docking, allowing you …

Samsung apparently has difficulties with the color blue. The “pebble blue” variant of its highly anticipated Galaxy S III smartphone faces delays due to issues with getting the color and its newly invented “hyper-glaze” process, according to several reports. Despite launching today in various markets in Europe and the Middle East, the blue version faces delays of two to three …

Samsung’s new iTunes-fighting music app lets customers stream music, as well as matching music catalogues to Samsung’s own library of ‘choons. The new bit of software, humbly dubbed Samsung Music Hub, lets you stream unlimited tracks from Samsung’s library of 19 million songs, so long as you splash out £10 per month for the premium version. Forking over a monthly …

Monotype Imaging today announced a new mobile font suite designed for Android Ice Cream Sandwich devices. The suite, which offers a slew of tools and services for developers and manufacturers, is called “Type Enhancements for Android.” Though some of the tools in the suite have been previously available to developers, it is the first time they have all been offered …

Editors’ note: This is a guest post. See Noam Kedem’s bio at the bottom. The smartphone market revolves around one question: how do you fit all-day access to all of a consumer’s favorite applications and services comfortably into one hand? (The tablet market? Two hands.) The rest is commentary. No smartphone manufacturer has managed to answer the question fully, because …

Auction site eBay says UK listings of Android phones have increased by 119 per cent in the last month, a spike the site blames on smart phone owners trying to sell their existing or older mobiles to swap for the Samsung Galaxy S3. It’s not just Android phones people are especially keen to flog this month — eBay says iPhone …

Now playing: Watch this: Venture out with the Virgin Mobile Venture 1:33 With its 2.8-inch touch screen, physical QWERTY keyboard, and 2-megapixel camera, the Virgin Mobile Venture was designed for first-time Android users. Seriously — the ad copy surrounding it states that it wants you to “break into the world of Android-powered phones with the Venture by PCD.” Though it …

Now playing: Watch this: Phone News: Galaxy S3 shortages 2:36 On this week’s Phone News, the Samsung Galaxy S3 goes on sale — but are there enough handsets to go around? We pit the S3’s camera against the other leaders of the smart phone pack. And I explore rumours that Facebook is working on its own phone with former Apple …

Research in Motion will post an operating loss in the first quarter, the company said, further illustrating the titanic obstacles it faces as it struggles to right its smartphone business. The reversal of fortune caps a tough stretch for the maker of the once-popular BlackBerry. Sales of its current BlackBerry 7 phones are deteriorating and upcoming BlackBerry 10 products are …

Members of the public have sat down to watch YouView for the first time. The next generation of Freeview box for online telly and catch-up is being tested in hundreds of houses. YouView, formerly known as Project Canvas, is a collaboration between the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel Five, TalkTalk, BT and Arqiva to build a set-top box that pipes …

Motorola promised the Razr would get Ice Cream Sandwich by the end of next month, and it looks like it’s true to its word. It’s released a series of videos showing off Android 4.0 running on the device, using its own skin à la HTC Sense, Droid Life reports. Despite Moto’s tweaks, it’s still recognisably Android. Click through to see …

Samsung has registered a trio of potential names for future Android phones: the Samsung Galaxy Rush, Galaxy Amp, and Galaxy Helm could be heading our way soon. Hey, at least they’re more interesting names than Samsung Galaxy S3. Samsung has registered the potential monikers with the US patent office, although that doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll ever be used. It’s also …