Apps are often the ‘life blood’ for any mobile phone use, and social network and gaming apps are two types most commonly used. We have included a little of both in this post, so if you like social networking and …

Windows Phone users have read about the Apollo update for many weeks, so the fact that there is one coming is nothing new. What is new, however, is more information about the anticipated update from a leaked promotional video from …

Microsoft has invested hundreds of millions in promoting their Windows Phone operating system. Earlier today, headlines grabbed attention with Nokia’s financial report noting the $250 million Microsoft paid to Nokia to develop models for the WP platform, not including future …

In part 1 of today’s Mobile News, there’s official announcements, surprising developments and a whole lot more revolving around the international CES 2012 and the mobile phone and tablet industries.

Let’s start things off with Nokia who is emphasising their efforts …

In a very bold move at the CES 2012, a Microsoft employee issued a wager against any smartphone that a Windows Phone device is faster – or the challenger gets $100 – period.

Called

“Part Inspector Gadget and Part Rambo,”

Ben Rudolph, a.k.a.,

“Ben …

Samsung has had a busy year, and one of their featured events was an introduction of a mobile phone into the mid-range smartphone market with the redesigned, upgraded Samsung Omnia W I8350, which takes some of the good of the …

Well, well, guess what? Today’s news and rumour round-up from hither and yon in the mobile phone industry sees glimmers of … something … that might be that ever-elusive iPhone 5, and Samsung responds to consumer outrage and rethinks its …

HTC’s Trophy won a top-viewed slot on Amazon’s viewed list this Christmas 2011 season. The news came as a bit of a surprise to us, not because it isn’t a decent mobile phone but that the model was introduced into …

Samsung’s Focus S 4G was one of Amazon’s top-viewed mobile phones over the Christmas 2011 holiday; because of its interest and because we’d not reviewed this smartphone before – our oversight, sorry, we decided it was high time we did …

Those of us who practically live in the mobile phone world have been wondering how far LG will explore the Windows Phone OS in their devices. To date, LG has introduced only one Win 7 model, and that was the …