"The iPhone is gaining ground on Android in the US with Apple's iOS platform making inroads towards eclipsing its Google rival, according to a report this week."

"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."

"Just after the New Year, the ZTE Tania made an appearance for sale in the UK via an online retailer, however it wasn't very clear whether this was a one-off batch, or that the phone was officially making its way over to these shores."

"Samsung has caused a bit of a stir by releasing a promotional video on its YouTube channel which shows a handset that looks very much like it could be the Galaxy S III."

"Sony kicked off 2012 in style with the announcement of the Xperia S, previously known as the Nozomi, and the Xperia Ion during CES last week, but it appears this was just the beginning of their plans for the coming year."

"A European company by the name of Skype taught the world that enabling people to make free voice and video calls over the Internet would be an enticing offer to hundreds of millions of users, and make for a great business at the same time. Now, a Euro startup called Vox.io plans to challenge them by envisioning how digital telephony should work in 2012 and beyond."

"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."

"British mobile retailer Mobicity has prematurely announced the arrival of the new Samsung Galaxy S II HD, according to a report by Android Central."

"There's an age old saying that nothing lasts forever, and never has there been a truer word spoken about our friends at Sony Ericsson. For reasons unknown to us, the two companies have chosen to separate, fortunately though, one side of the couple has decided to carry on the family business and have already prepared a brand new device to add to the current Xperia line-up."

"If you need proof of just how far gaming has moved on in ten years, consider that Grand Theft Auto II was a flagship title for the PlayStation 2 back in 2001, and now it's available for your mobile phone. Not only that, but it actually looks better than it did back then, thanks to Rockstar tweaking the graphics for this 10th anniversary release."

"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."

"Samsung may well have this whole Android thing sewn up, but it's looking like the Korean mobile overlords could be ready to up its game on the Windows Phone front in the coming months too."

"We're already a fortnight into 2012, meaning most new year's resolutions have already been resolved. Because "definitely didn't happen" is a firm resolution to any story. It turns out willpower is a worse building material than water, because water can actually work (freeze it), but humanity's whole shtick is that we build tools to do the hard things for us and so we might as well jettison the notion of willpower entirely because we've machines to put the graft in on our behalf. Machines like smartphones. Here's how they'll improve you …"

"Samsung continues to go from strength to strength, as the main rivals to Apple's 'King of the Smartphones' crown have revealed a record profit for the fourth quarter of 2011, aided by best-ever sales of its high-end smartphones."

"If the car's broken down and your mobile is fresh out of power then don't despair; help is at hand in the form of a new mobile phone that runs on a single AA battery."

"It's been a strange week this one. Yes, the days have flown by as they usually do but it's kinda been a bit quiet on the domestic front, what with the tech-tastic extravaganza of CES going off big style across the pond. Of course, the Vegas-based cavalcade of electronical things has chucked out all kinds of futuristic gadgetry and has caused us to gaze in wonderment at just what those boffins are capable of, but it still doesn't quell the frustration of knowing the avalanche of cool kit will more than likely be debuted in places that aren't Britain. Pah. Anyway, enough of our bellyaching, here's the top picks from this week …"

"Since the beginning of the week, the newswires have been dominated by reports of the latest tech coming from the CES 2012 show in Las Vegas. We've been covering much of the important phone and tablet news elsewhere, and rounding-up the best of the news each day."

"Have you had enough of reading about all the sparkly new 4G LTE phones arriving in the USA? It has been especially hard during CES, with US-only phones such as the Nokia Lumia 900 and the HTC Titan II all offering cutting-edge tech, along with data speeds we can currently only imagine."

"That's almost it for CES 2012, with the last official day being Friday 13 January. We've seen just how seriously US networks are taking 4G, with the launch of several new handsets from Nokia, Sony and Motorola to name a few. Elsewhere, ultrabooks and tablets have been out in full force, while 3D TV took a backseat to new OLED screens. Here's what has been grabbing the headlines."

"A rumour concerning a mid-to-end of January Apple event appeared just after the New Year, but just to keep everyone's expectations in check, it was said to be a 'media event' and wouldn't contain any new device announcements."