"At its recent BlackBerry World conference RIM indicated that it was moving away from the traditional BlackBerry form factor and looking to build handsets featuring large touchscreens. CEO Thorsten Heins did say that the Canadian manufacturer was not going to abandon the physical keypad entirely but that the initial slew of BB10 Os devices will be full-touchscreen handsets."

"HTC has used, or is at least rumoured to have used, the Ville codename before, as it was attached to the phone which would eventually become the HTC One S. Now, a new leak reported by BriefMobile has shown the specifications for the HTC Ville C."

"Results of a recent survey have shown an increased share in key global markets for both Android and Windows Phone operating systems."

"HTC has finally confirmed the much rumoured HTC Desire C. Availble in white and black, the HTC Desire C launch date is June and device comes preloaded with Beats Audio and Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich."

"The second day of the CTIA Wireless Convention in New Orleans has been a much quieter affair than the first. Day one saw announcements of several new devices from a variety of manufacturers but the focus has since moved towards keynote speeches from some of the industry's bigger players."

"It was less than a month ago that we last saw the HTC Golf, the device believed to be replacing the Wildfire S and initially expected to be named the Wildfire C. It had previously been outed through a decidedly strange picture snapped with its camera."

"Following several months of rumours about a new BlackBerry device RIM has officially unveiled the Curve 9320."

"Samsung's recently announced flagship handset, the Galaxy S III, has been named as the official mobile phone of the upcoming London 2012 Olympic Games."

"Nokia has announced a wave of new app releases, some of them exclusive to the Windows Phone platform, at the CTIA Wireless show currently underway in New Orleans, USA."

"LG's has experienced a downturn in fortunes in recent times. Over the last two years the manufacturer has seen its share of the UK market cut in half and has been eclipsed by several rivals. The plan to reverse this trend involves a five million pound mass-media marketing campaign to promote a new range of mid- and low-priced handsets, known as the L series."

"It's good to know that despite the impending release of the Galaxy S III, Samsung hasn't forgotten about Windows Phone, as it has announced the Focus 2 for AT&T in the USA."

"Unlike some previous editions of Apple's mobile operating system, iOS 5 and iOS 5.1 haven't seen a string of incremental updates, in which bugs are fixed and small features added."

"Software developers and technology fans alike are set for an exciting, and busy, June this year, as Microsoft has announced it'll be holding the Windows Phone Developer Summit between 20 - 21 of the month."

"Samsung and Apple are responsible for almost a 60% worldwide market share of smartphone shipments, according to recently released figures."

"Google has filed several patents that suggest a future Nexus device could have a sliding physical keypad."

"As RIM CEO Thorsten Heins took the stage at BlackBerry World 2012 his main focus was software with the BlackBerry man going to great lengths to show off the developments it has been making with the new BlackBerry OS."

"Like everything covering the world by the millions and constantly changing shape, mobile phones are evolving. And the smaller, smarter species have taken over from the clumsy giants of yesteryear. Once upon a time Motorola ruled over a world of giant bricks. Then, Nokia dominated a dumbphone world, a rich carpet of thousands of different charging cables foresting the floor near electrical outlets, blowing away the ancient voiceboxes with texts and LCD screens and lots of other things which we swear sounded modern back then. But in 2012 it's the time of the smartphone, and Samsung have finally wrestled the crown away from the Finnish giant."

"On the first day of BlackBerry World 2012 RIM CEO Thorsten Heins took the stage to formally open the event with his keynote speech. What did the Canadian smartphone manufacturer have to offer the audience?"

"Everything Everywhere continues to push for the opportunity to launch 4G network services here in the UK before the end of 2012. It announced its plans in February, and has since gained the approval of Ofcom, but met with resistance by fellow operators; which has in turn seen Ofcom delay its decision on whether to allow Everything Everywhere to go ahead or not."

"Mobile operators O2, Vodafone and Three have slammed Everything Everywhere's 4G Britain campaign, amid claims that it has been instigated solely out of self interest."