HP is offering compensation to customers who bought the HP TouchPad tablet and Pre 3 smart phone before the company decided to abandon both gadgets. In a cheery post on its website titled, ‘HP webOS devices — At HP we always think about you!’ the organisation has outlined its plans to sneak a few quid …

If you were planning to head to Sprint today to pick up the RIM BlackBerry Curve 9350, you’re going to have to save that trip for later. The carrier announced on its Community page that the launch of the entry-level BlackBerry is delayed till October due to “unexpected circumstances.” Sprint said it will share the specific release date closer to …

Screenshot by 9to5Mac Apple has released the newest beta seed of iTunes 10.5 as well as iWork for iOS 3 to developers for testing. Developers can now download both releases from the Developer Center Web site. iTunes 10.5 beta 8 includes a number of security improvements and bug fixes, focusing on iTunes Match (currently in beta as well). Developers can …

TiVo is taking over the iPad. Virgin Media’s TiVo companion app will let you control your intelligent set-top box from your Apple tablet. The app basically turns your iPad into a giant remote control. You can browse the TiVo interface on your iPad’s big screen, searching for something to watch from the TV guide or on-demand library, and all without …

Windows Phone apps could run on Windows 8. That’s according to the boss of chipmaker Nvidia, and it’s very good news for app-makers who want their apps to reach a bigger audience. If apps built for phones also work on computers, it means they’ll reach a much bigger audience — even Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer admits Windows Phone is ‘very …

The iPhone 5 machine is fired up in full effect. Reports suggest Apple’s Chinese manufacturer Foxconn is blasting out 150,000 phones per day, according to DigiTimes — that’s 4.5 million iPhones in September. That’s more than 18 million iPhones before the end of the year, if our calculations are correct. And that’s not counting other manufacturers also contracted to Apple. …

Samsung has confirmed the name of the next Google Phone: Nexus Prime. The name of the latest flagship Android phone heads a document listing the phone’s — rather dubious — details. Google likes to have a smart phone bearing the Nexus name leading the line-up of devices that use its Android software for phones and tablets. The forthcoming Nexus Prime …

We mentioned in our review of the Motorola Droid Bionic that one of our main concerns was its cost. At $299.99 with a two-year contract, the Droid Bionic is quite the pricey product, even if it is an excellent handset. If you decide to get the optional accessories, the cost can quickly add up. But if you’re Costco member, you …

At CES, we saw the keyboard dock of the Motorola Atrix. At Computex, we saw the Asus Padfone, and its tablet dock. And now, at IFA, Korean company KT has taken the idea of ‘phone plus dock’ to another level with its Spider Concept, which has both laptop and tablet docks — and adds a gaming dock to the mix. …

A patent for it slipped out last year, but a new leak has shed some more light on Apple’s forthcoming social network. And the good news? Looks like it’ll be baked right into iOS 5. New HTML code in the MobileMe/iCloud website shows some more details on the service, known as Find My Friends, CNET News reports. Using phrases such …