Squashing any lingering doubts about the arrival of the next version of Android, Google has put up a Jelly Bean sculpture on its campus. The sculpture appears next to others in a collection of alphabetically ordered sweets after which new versions of Google’s mobile operating system is named: Cupcake, Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb, and …

Microsoft has shot down rumours that it’s going to make its own mobile, saying it’s perfectly happy with its current partners thank you very much. When asked in an interview with Information Week whether the software giant had plans to create a Windows Phone device bearing its own logo, Greg Sullivan, the senior marketing manager for Windows Phone responded, “No, …

Now playing: Watch this: Phone News: iPhone 5 to have NFC? 3:24 Not content with offering you robot companionship through Siri, the iPhone of the future could also offer to buy your sandwiches. Using NFC tech that is, and also using your money. That’s just one of the dog-and-bone-related news stories covered in this week’s Phone News roundup, in which …

A new digital wallet seeks to replace the collection of bank cards kept in your wallet — as well as any loyalty cards — with a combination of technologies. (Credit: iCache) The package consists of a GeoCard, an app and an iPhone case. The card lives in the case and, when you want to use one of your bank cards, …

Matching with Friends (2.99, full version – Free, ad-supported version) is another in a long line of Zynga apps that let you play turn-based games with a friend on mobile devices. But instead of playing word games loosely based on Hangman, Scrabble, or Boggle, this time you’ll be strategically placing matching colored blocks on a gameboard, then sending your move …

Apple When considering the bitter rivalries that have emerged in the smartphone industry between Apple and its competitors (Samsung, Google, HTC, Nokia), one needs only to review the patent portfolio of each company to see from where it all stems. To argue that the patent system is broken is another article for another day, but with Apple receiving the grant …

Vizio First teased at CES 2012, Vizio’s Google TV plans are now moving forward with the launch of the Co-Star Stream Player. While we’re still waiting for Google TV to fulfill its promise, the Co-Star makes the most of the platform’s current capabilities by combining live TV and streaming services. Along with wired and wireless Internet connections for Web surfing …

Starting tomorrow, the Samsung Galaxy S III won’t be the only member of its family to use Google’s Android 4.0 operating system on AT&T. The network will begin to roll out Ice Cream Sandwich updates to the Samsung Galaxy S II as well. Unfortunately for AT&T customers, making the leap from Gingerbread to ICS will take a little more legwork …

It looks as though Microsoft has annoyed some of its chums by launching its own Windows 8 tablet, Surface. Oliver Ahrens, Acer’s senior VP and president for Europe, Middle East and Africa, told Reuters that Microsoft doesn’t stand a chance in taking on Apple. A case of sour grapes? Or has he got a point? “I don’t think it will …

The Google Nexus 7 tablet and Android Jelly Bean are just two days away, and we’re hearing even more detail about what to expect from the 7-inch slate. Gizmodo has uncovered a training document that outlines the details of the Nexus tablet. Bolted together by Asus, the tablet sports a 7-inch, 1,280×800 touchscreen. Under that is a 1.3GHz quad-core Tegra …