The premium Nokia Oro has just waved its sparkly bits at us to catch our magpie-like attention. Just as we thought Nokia’s idea of expanding its portfolio meant churning out cheap, irritating handsets, the 18-carat gold and leather-clad Oro comes along. Yes, Nokia’s rolling out expensive, gaudy phones too. Unlike some other bling-infested mobiles, we …

Cash: it’s a pain, isn’t it? If it’s not weighing down your pockets it’s falling out and disappearing under the checkout as the queue behind you tuts disapprovingly. iZettle is a new payment system promising to end coin-related nightmares by bringing together your credit card and your phone for instant on the go payments. iZettle is like a chip and …

A significant number of people are comfortable shopping and paying for items through their mobile devices, according to a new report from mobile media firm JiWire. JiWire’s latest Mobile Audience Insights Report (PDF) found that 79 percent of 5,000 people surveyed are OK paying online via their cell phones or tablets. Though most of those polled are still making relatively …

As we suspected, Verizon Wireless announced today that the LG Revolution will be available starting May 26 for $249.99 with a two-year contract. The Revolution is the carrier’s third 4G smartphone (following the HTC Thunderbolt and Samsung Droid Charge) and offers a 4.3-inch WVGA touch screen, a 5-megapixel camera and front-facing 1.3-megapixel camera, and mobile hot-spot capabilities. The handset will …

The first Nokia phones with Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system will be fleshed out further this summer, and they’ll have the latest version of the software, Mango, on board. Redmond bigwig Achim Berg announced the news at the launch of the software today in London. We’ve been salivating over the prospect of Nokia hardware running Windows Phone since the two …

A high-speed LTE mobile network will be trialled among a select group of Cornwall residents later this year, as part of a collaboration between BT and Everything Everywhere. The trial is intended to test the feasibility of bringing high-speed wireless broadband services to rural areas that have slow Internet connections or none at all. It will cover approximately 25 square miles and …

Microsoft goes all tropical on us with the announcement of Windows Phone Mango, the next big update to the Windows Phone operating system. We discuss all of the Windows Phone news, the latest 4G markets, and a cavalcade of Verizon smartphones that include the Motorola Droid X2 and the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play. Now playing: Watch this: Dialed In 175: …

A fellow co-worker who’s an unabashed iOS enthusiast passed by my cube yesterday and saw me playing on a table-top arcade machine sitting on my desk. He stopped, eyes drawn to the bright colors on the sides and the top, and the arcade graphics on the small glass screen. I explained that it was an iPad sitting in the iCade, …

What are these two up to? Look what just showed up in my inbox. Sprint and Motorola are hosting a special event in New York on June 9 to show off their “latest collaborations.” We haven’t heard too many rumblings about any rumored Moto devices for Sprint, so we’re definitely curious. Both Sprint CEO Dan Hesse and Motorola CEO Sanjay …

Apple devices running the latest iOS version 4 are now susceptible to having their passcodes hacked. This would allow someone complete access to your stored data. Russian security firm ElcomSoft claims to be the first company to have cracked the encryption system used to protect the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. Alarmingly, it plans to sell the software to the …