The mobile phone and tablet industries are so dynamic that at any given time, there is one announcement, update and breaking news story virtually every minute. To keep you as informed as we can, we are trying a new format to bring you even more news. We will periodically test this briefer-than-before headline grab, and if you like it or don’t like it, let us know: Feedback helps tremendously.

So, let’s start off today’s Mobile News with a RIM update, a Samsung update and a few other juicy bits.

RIM CEO Thornsten Heins has completely dissipated all rumours and speculation about RIM putting itself on the auction block, even if an outside consulting firm had been hired to evaluate offers. Heins says that RIM has the assets and the drive to turn the company around, and that’s precisely what he plans to do.

HTC Sense 4.0 is coming to Android mobile phones. The Sense skin is one of the most recognisable for Android devices, and the 4.0 version is reported to resolve some of the clunkiness that was or is in the 3.5 version. There is less visual clutter and less typography, and users can now enjoy a landscape mode. To save space in landscape, tabs appear to the upper right instead of along the bottom. The slider menus will be more contemporary and simplistic in design.

Devices shipped with the 4.0 version still won’t comply with on-screen keys in ICS but will come with three rounded buttons instead of four. Additional changes and upgrades in HTC Sense 4.0 are a mixed bag of conveniences, consolidations and service expansions. If you have a Sense 4.0 device or can upgrade, you might have a lot to look forward to.

Mattebox supplements your camera’s capabilities and even teaches new shutter dogs new tricks – at least for iPhone 4S owners. One of the complaints iPhone 4S users have is the rigidity of the camera operations, and Mattebox heard those complaints. They developed opens new possibilities in shutter speed, photo editing and a whole bunch of fun options.

Find it in the App Store for US$3.99.

Samsung lost one patents lawsuit against Apple in Germany recently. All five suits against the iOS giant were initiated in 2011, three of which are still outstanding, and the fate of the other 3G and UMTS patent issues could rest on the tiered decision.