"We're already aware that Sony aren't holding back in the wake of their rebirth as Sony Mobile Communications and with four devices already toting either an 'available' or 'coming soon' status, we know that they're keeping themselves busy."

"Nokia CEO Stephen Elop has reportedly stated in an interview that he believes dual and quad-core processors are simply a waste of battery life and the performance benefits they bring are questionable."

"Nokia CEO Stephen Elop reportedly stated that multi-core mobile processors are a waste of battery life in a recent interview with a Chinese newspaper. Yangcheng Evening News quotes Elop as having said, "the so-called dual-core, quad-core mobile phones can only waste batteries, but not be useful for consumers all the time." Microsoft's Windows Phone mobile operating system does not support multi-core chipsets, but the company has been highlighting the "real world performance" of its handsets through the "Smoked by Windows Phone" challenge. Elop went on to claim that the company's flagship Lumia 900 has never been defeated by the iPhone or an Android smartphone, despite the dual-core and quad-core processors found in those devices. "

"Polaroid has confirmed that it intends to launch a 10-inch Android tablet with a glasses-free 3D screen into the European market."

"Microsoft Corp said on Wednesday it won a ruling in a Seattle court effectively preventing phone company Motorola Mobility from immediately obtaining an injunction in Germany that could stop Microsoft from selling its Xbox and other software products there, due to a patent disagreement."

"The Samsung Galaxy S III will feature a hardware home button and 5 column UI, if recent reports are to be believed."

"The parent company of Orange and T-Mobile, Everything Everywhere, has announced that the investment bank Morgan Stanley will be assisting in the sale of its 1800MHz bandwidth this year."

"The new Nokia 808 PureView was one of the most exciting phones to be announced during Mobile World Congress this year, but many who may have been interested in its 41 megapixel camera could have been put off by the Symbian operating system."

"Worldwide consumer tablet sales are forecasted to reach 118.9 million units in 2012, according to market research firm Gartner. The figure represents a 98% increase from 2011, when Gartner says 60 million media tablets were sold. The firm predicts Apple's iPad will continue to be the dominant tablet and is projected to account for 61.4% of worldwide sales in 2012, despite the success of Amazon's Kindle Fire and the arrival of Microsoft's Windows 8 platform. Read on for more."

"Traditional smartphone cases are designed to protect their contents from scratches and even the odd small drop - but one pioneering company has taken it upon itself to make a product that will help protect against another typical form of "accident"."

"Nokia has announced a new addition to its growing range of custom applications for Lumia Windows Phones. At Mobile World Congress, Nokia Reading and Nokia Music were both introduced - along with the new Lumia 900 and Lumia 610 smartphones too - and now the company has given us Nokia TV."

"Steve Jobs famously vowed to spend his dying breath and all of Apple's cash to destroy Google's Android operating system. In an interview with Bloomberg Businessweek, Google CEO Larry Page said that despite Jobs's rather public hatred, "the Android differences were actually for show." Page claimed that, "For a lot of companies, it's useful for them to feel like they have an obvious competitor and to rally around that. I personally believe that it's better to shoot higher. You don't want to be looking at your competitors. You want to be looking at what's possible and how to make the world better." The CEO shot down rumors that the two were bitter rivals, instead noting that "I had a relationship with Steve." Despite Jobs's ailing health at the time, Apple's co-founder reached out to Page for a casual talk. "He was quite sick. I took it as an honor that he wanted to spend some time with me," Page said. "I figured he wanted to spend time with his family at that point. He had a lot of interesting insights about how to run a company and that was pretty much what we discussed.""

"You're probably already familiar with the Motorola Razr, the super-slim Android phone which shares its name with the phone that catapulted Motorola to super-stardom in 2004."

"Google's dominance in mobile advertising and Apple's growing iAd platform on iOS convinced Samsung to launch its own rival advertising platform called "Samsung AdHub Market." The Wall Street Journal reported the company officially announced the platform on Tuesday, which uses technology from OpenX Technologies Inc. According to the report, the company will allow advertisers to buy space within apps through developers and Samsung. The ads are expected to appear on Samsung phones and tablets sometime in last half of the year."

"It can be really annoying when you're watching a video and accidentally touch the screen, causing the video skip forward, backwards or stop (with the Galaxy Note's 5.3-inch screen being so massive, its easily done). Now though, you can lock the screen when in video mode to stop any haphazard hand gestures ruining your viewing pleasure. Just follow this simple instructions to find out how."

"A Dutch semiconductor company said on Tuesday it had filed a patent infringement suit against Research In Motion Ltd, adding to the BlackBerry maker's troubles and sending its shares tumbling"

"The Samsung Galaxy S III has reportedly already had 10 million handset pre-orders, despite no firm release date having yet been put in place."

"Despite well-publicised difficulties in recent times, RIM has continued to produce a multitude of BlackBerry handsets to ensure every corner of the smartphone arena is covered. However, it is on their QWERTY-equipped devices that the brand continues to primarily focus. The Bold range represents the pinnacle of the BlackBerry design ethos, with the recently released 9900 heading up the family and featuring luxurious materials accompanying the usual BlackBerry functionality."

"Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich is probably the most anticipated update to Google's mobile operating system yet, and all this excitement has put considerable pressure on manufacturers to get the new version out as quickly as possible."

"While mobile phone manufacturers fall over themselves in a bid to outperform (and, more importantly, outsell) the iPhone, one such phone producer is targeting one of the California tech giants' other products for a new wave of competition."