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"Enjoy our round-up of ten mobile phone related news stories you may have missed this week including Samsung's Tizen software caught on video, news of the LG Optimus 4X HD launch and Siri doing battle with some heavily armed burglars."

"Y'know those little face things that people like to pepper the emails and text messages they send with? Yeah, that's it, Emoticons. Ever so slightly annoying aren't they? Especially when they're used in a passive aggressive missives to the tune of "The dustbin is NOT a recycling bin….also, if it's full, it doesn't take two minutes to empty it : )" Well, it seems that it's not just us who're not that keen on the things as a company called Varia Holdings Inc are suing the asses of Samsung and RIM over the use of the smiley little blighters."

"LG announced its L-style series last month ahead of Mobile World Congress 2012. The company promised that all smartphones in the series would be launched on the market at some point during Q2 2012."

"Following on from the news this week that a Caribbean hotel resort has set up a mobile-free zone on some of its beaches to increase the peace and quiet for holidaymakers, it seems like a good time to prove that people can relax with the aid of gadgets."

"With the new iPad now on sale, it's time for the rumour mill to start grinding up some stories about the next iPhone, and today we have the return of an old favourite."

"In this ever changing world populated with phones and apps and all that, it's always important to be down with the kids. Yes, "checking in" is still cool, but Foursquare is, like, well old. So taking their cue from the big blue tick, some like-minded chaps have come up with Echoer, a social networking app for your thoughts, created especially for all you iPhoners out there."

When it comes to mobile phones, the ones that people are going for nowadays are smartphones. A smartphone has the basic functions of a mobile phone like making and receiving calls, sending and receiving text messages, voicemail capability, among other things but with added functions. Some of the added functions that make smartphones famous are playing and recording high definition videos, playing music, and connecting to the Internet either via cellular network or 3G network or local Wi-Fi access. Another great thing about smartphones is that you can personalize the phone just the way you like it by installing applications.

The new Microsoft windows 8 will feature many new things especially with the pre-release I think there is going to be some new good and great things in the upcoming windows.

"Remember Panasonic? They make some darn good televisions and musical equipment, are a pretty big company and are known generally for their technical ability. Well, they're making a comeback into the European mobile phone market, following a long hiatus."

"Some people like to complain about people hypnotised by mobile phones, because it's a lot faster than counting their grey hairs or describing their daily routine to a complete stranger. However, despite how it may appear these people walking around staring at a small square of beeps and boop are in fact accessing a portal to the entire world."

"Apple's iPhone is all style and no substance, while Android does stuff better, but is less cool - that's a widely held opinion, which some people will argue to the death about."

"Some interesting news in the battle between tablets and laptops as research has revealed that the number of tablet devices used over public Wi-Fi in the UK saw an increase of 4.7% last month, resulting in tablets taking market share away from laptops for the first time."

"If you've been having problems with your new Lumia 800′s battery, don't worry, as Nokia has isolated the bug and will issue a fix in the New Year. Some owners have been complaining about poor battery life on the 800 ever since it launched, and Nokia has now responded with a statement giving details on the cause of the problems."

Technicians at HP help-desk can use either the Windows-based PC repair tools or some third-party applications to diagnose and fix problem. They can analyze the Windows Event Viewer and the registry settings to know the fault with the machine, and can follow the right method to tackle the situation. A few easy-to-access tools are Action Center, Windows 7 System Recovery Options, Disk Clean up and Disk Defragmenter

"Hello tech-heads and welcome to the first pick of the week of 2012. We hope you all had a great Christmas and New Year and didn't overindulge too much! No doubt it's going to be an exciting year ahead, with CES likely to drop some bombshells confirming or denying all those whispers that have been flying out of the rumour mill of late. As always we've chosen our fave stories from the last seven days, and hope hopefully brighten your blustery and dreary Friday…"

"Along with the Xperia ion, the Sony Xperia S is the first smartphone to bear just the "Sony" name. The Xperia S not only introduces a new design philosophy for Sony's handset range, but the name is also pleasingly short considering that some previous models have had up to six words in their names. "

"As you may be aware, next week sees the beginning of CES 2012, one of the world's largest consumer electronics trade shows, where many major manufacturers will be showing off a variety of new products. Among them is Sony Ericsson, who're keen to start building some buzz beforehand."

"It's had some teething problems of late, with a slow uptake of its latest line and a furore surrounding the Windows-Nokia merger, but one expert predicts that Windows Phone will overtake iOS within three years."

"LG's link with fashion house Prada has lasted several years, but a smartphone branded with this classy label has not been available for some time."

"Dual-core processors? They're so last year! The rumour mill has just churned out some rather juicy goss on the world's first quad-core blower, and it looks like those technologically astute HTC fellas who have, once more, pushed things forward."