Search giant Google buys more patents from IBM to beef up its Android patent armour. FULL STORY >

62.5 million tablets are expected to ship this year according to the IDC, a testament to their growing popularity. FULL STORY >

Search giant Google has launched a new version of its Goggles app, which might well take image-based search to the next level. FULL STORY >

HTC brings excellent build quality and its sensible Android skin to the budget-level smartphone crowd with the Wildfire S. FULL STORY >

Intel partners up with Google in order to enable future Android-operating mobile devices to be powered by its Atom CPU range. FULL STORY >

Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC is considering buying its own operating system. FULL STORY >

Launched at an event held in Sandton City last night, the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play is the world's first PlayStation certified smartphone. FULL STORY >

The HTC Desire S delivers a slick Android experience in a compact package that is as much a pleasure to use as it is to hold. FULL STORY >

Microsoft concludes patent agreements with two more Android OEMs, Acer and ViewSonic, getting royalties from their Android-running smartphones and tablets. FULL STORY >

DStv Mobile has announced that its Drifta DStv Mobile decoder is set to make its debut on Android, but only on certain devices. FULL STORY >

During IFA 2011 in Berlin the Korean tech giant Samsung has revealed its Galaxy Note, which it says isn't a small tablet, but rather a new type of smartphone. FULL STORY >

Apart from being purchased by Google, Motorola Mobility launched the Atrix smartphone and Xoom tablet locally. We talked to Megan Nicholas to discuss these interesting developments. FULL STORY >

Lenovo's IdeaPad Tablet K1 has joined the ever growing list of 10-inch Android-based devices available in SA. FULL STORY >

The world's biggest manufacturer of Android-operating smartphones, Samsung, reveals its new naming strategy to assist in mobile product awareness and feature identification. FULL STORY >

Some say tablets are for media consumption and not media creation. Asus' Slider tablet with slide-out QWERTY keyboard begs to differ. FULL STORY >