The RIM BlackBerry Torch will be the first device to run BlackBerry OS 6, but you won’t necessarily have to get a new smartphone to enjoy the revamped operating system. RIM said that BlackBerry OS 6 will be available for a select number of older models in the coming months, including the BlackBerry Bold 9700 …

Sharp will enter the three-dimensional fray with a 3D smart phone by the end of the year, taking inspiration from the Nintendo 3DS, which showed that 3D can be done without headache-inducing glasses. Sharp said its phone would feature a 3D panel that didn’t require special glasses and will also “likely” have a 3D camera, Reuters reports. The firm didn’t …

Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system is set to hit Europe before it arrives in the US. The hotly anticipated next-gen OS is “likely” to arrive on these shores in October, according to a Microsoft exec. Microsoft big cheese Kevin Turner said that Windows Phone 7 would put the company “back in the game” in the smart-phone market, allowing it to take on the …

It’s a fact that Google is stuffed to the brim with really, really smart people. You might think you’re a bit of a brainbox, but compared to those dudes at Google, we’re all idiots. So to help us feel better about ourselves, the search and mobile OS giant has created Google App Inventor, a simple way for us to make …

The brand spanking new BlackBerry Torch 9800, announced by Research in Motion yesterday, will be available on Vodafone UK. Other networks will have RIM’s latest, but Vodafone displayed the speed of the puma to be the first to announce it would offer the phone.  You can register your interest in the BlackBerry Torch at the Vodafone Web site. The Torch …

Believe it or not, we manage to make it through a whole podcast without barely mentioning the iPhone! Sure, it comes up just for a second, but we spend the majority of the time discussing desserts that begin with the letter “H”. If anyone at Google is listening, we’re down to “Honeycake” or “Hamantash” for the next Android update beyond …

The same vulnerability used to jailbreak your iPhone 4 can be used by a hacker to take complete control of it, security firms have warned. This rather worrying caution comes from Symantec, Lookout and Vupen, licking their lips at the prospect of Apple users buying their security software. But the threat is real and simply needs an iPhone user to …

Helped by a funky looking robot called Nowi, Now Mobile has launched a pay as you go service specifically aimed at immigrants to the UK who simply want to phone home without any hidden charges or contracts. It’s plugging cheaper international call charges compared to traditional pay as you go tariffs, which would obviously be very attractive to people in …

Clearwire is rolling out a 4G hot spot designed dubbed the iSpot to appeal to Apple users. The WiMax service provider on Wednesday launched the iSpot, a personal hot spot with dedicated support for the iPad, iPod Touch, and iPhone. In many respects, the Clearwire move makes a lot of sense. Most Apple plans are tethered somehow to AT&T. Clearwire …

Talkmobile, a new mobile network from Carphone Warehouse, will focus on short-term contract deals and a very tasty looking pay as you go tariff. We like to pronounce it all as one word, rather than ‘talk mobile’, and imagine it’s what Oprah calls her car, like the Batmobile. But anyway — Talkmobile’s Essentials tariff charges 8p a minute for calls …

CNET Labs has returned the official iPhone 4 battery results for music playback time. With 3G turned on, we managed an impressive 59.02 hours in our longest test. That more than beats Apple’s promised time of 40 hours for audio playback. As a reminder, we also surpassed Apple’s rated talk times in the CNET Labs test last month. When we …

David Arquette, actor and husband of Courtney Cox, is planning to launch a digital distribution platform for video this month, Hollywood trade magazine Variety reports. Called inmoo — for reasons we don’t understand — it will allow independent filmmakers to find an audience online, and even earn some money. Arquette is working with a couple of buddies on this, namely …

With the Windows Mobile neoTouch P400 and P300 smart phones, announced at Mobile World Congress 2010, Acer is urging you to ‘put your business in the palm of your hand’. We think something might have been lost in translation there, as that sounds highly unsanitary. The P300 (pictured on the left) and P400 both sport Windows Mobile 6.5.3, which adds, among other features, …

Android’s US market share has shot up since the start of the year, with a prodigious 886 per cent rise in sales catapulting it to the most popular smart phone OS in America, according to one analyst. Google’s smart-phone platform surpassed both Apple and BlackBerry-manufacturer RIM, the previous market leader, for the quarter. Canalys says shipment of handsets running Android …

Research In Motion on Tuesday introduced the BlackBerry Torch, a touch-screen and sliding-keyboard device that will be the first to feature the sixth version of the company’s phone software. RIM introduces the BlackBerry Torch. Research In Motion The phone, which goes on sale August 12 will be an AT&T exclusive. New or otherwise upgrade-eligible customers will be able to get …