A third update for the Nokia Lumia 800 is available now, once more promising improved battery performance for the Windows Phone-powered mobile. In a post on its official blog, our favourite Finnish company confirmed that the Lumia 800’s third update since launching has started spewing forth ahead of its scheduled 18 April date. That’s bound …

Samsung’s promised ‘Value Pack’ update for the Samsung Galaxy S appears to be rolling out to Galaxy S devices in Korea, signalling that the much-desired software boost could be headed to the UK soon. The rumoured ‘Value Pack’ looks to bring some of the features you’d find in Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich like face unlock, an image editor, and the …

Research In Motion has accused Apple of trying to unfairly sway the vote on an upcoming vote on new SIM card technology standard. The Cupertino company is trying to skew the results by having company representatives change their company affiliation when they cast their proxy votes, according to a letter RIM sent to the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), the …

According to phone tech site The Unwired, all three of HTC’s new One series handsets are slated to arrive in central Europe in just a few short days. The coveted HTC One X, the company’s first quad-core CPU powered smartphone (1.5GHz nVidia Tegra 3) will cost a steep 599 euro ($795). The HTC One S, running a dual-core Qualcomm S4 …

Market research firm Nielsen today announced that half of all mobile phone subscribers in the United States now own a smartphone. According to data compiled through February 2012, smartphones have grown to account for 49.7 percent of all mobile phones, up considerably from 36 percent just one year ago. What’s more, in the last three months alone, two-thirds all handsets …

Good news for those who like their mobiles massive — Samsung’s shifted 5 million of its palm-stretching Galaxy Note smart phones, suggesting plenty of people are keen to exchange money for the 5.3-inch blower. Despite a lukewarm reception from critics — CNET UK included — Samsung tells us it’s shipped a whopping 5 million Notes since the phone’s release in …

The worst thing Google could do to its budding Android tablet business is get into it. But that appears to be what the Internet search titan is up to. The latest report from Digitimes has Google partnering with Asus to create a low-cost tablet to compete with Amazon’s Kindle Fire. If Google wanted to assuage its Android partners that it …

Congressional Republicans are taking aim once again at the Federal Communications Commission. Earlier this week, House Republicans approved legislation that would put limits on conditions that the FCC could impose on future mergers and wireless spectrum license transfers. The legislation would also require the FCC to justify the costs and benefits of new rules it imposes as well as imposes …

The days of Sprint as WiMax’s champion are officially over. Earlier this morning, Bob Azzi, senior vice president of networks at Sprint, told attendees at the Competitive Carriers Global Expo that Sprint is through launching devices that use the WiMax 4G technology. Considering that Sprint announced its first 4G LTE phone at CES, the unreleased Samsung Galaxy Nexus, it’s no …

The CEO of BlackBerry maker Research In Motion is cutting top brass as the troubled company attempts to regain its footing in the competitive smartphone market, according to a report by The Globe and Mail. An unnamed source told the publication that executives at the senior vice president and vice president levels were told before the company released quarterly results …