Market research firm ABI Research says that Apple and Samsung are responsible for 50% of the smartphone market sales and snap up more than 90% of the profit in this sector. FULL STORY >

Nokia sells its luxury mobile arm, Vertu, makes changes to its structures and acquires imaging specialists and IP from imagery firm Scalado to cut costs, raise funds and invigorate its mobile devices. FULL STORY >

Samsung makes its budget-friendly Galaxy Pocket smartphone available in South Africa. FULL STORY >

RIM reveals that the latest version of its BlackBerry smartphone platform, BlackBerry 7.1 OS, is now available for download to local customers. FULL STORY >

Apple showcases the forthcoming version of its mobile operating system, iOS 6, which it will release during spring 2012. FULL STORY >

Head of Android at Google, Andy Rubin, provides the latest activation figures for the mobile OS, while denying rumours that he's leaving the search giant. FULL STORY >

Nokia delivers its second Lumia smartphone, the Lumia 710, to take on a myriad of BlackBerry OS and Android-running midrange contenders. FULL STORY >

The IDC provides a peek into the mobile phone market future, by forecasting sales trends for 2012 and beyond. FULL STORY >

Google makes the latest usage figures surrounding its Android mobile operating system available. FULL STORY >

Korean tech giant Samsung surpasses that 50 million sales mark for its ultra popular Galaxy S and Galaxy SII smartphones. FULL STORY >

Sony reveals the latest two additions to the Android-powered Xperia smartphone line-up, the Xperia go and Xperia acro S. FULL STORY >

From the land of the dragon comes the Huawei Honor, which sports some impressive mid-range specs available at an even more surprising budget pricetag. FULL STORY >

Market research firm IDC says that Android and iOS have stretched their mobile OS lead to powering eight out of every ten smartphones sold during Q1 2012. FULL STORY >

Although Motorola Mobility provided users with a roll-out schedule of devices that will be receiving an Android 4.0 update this year, the company will not be updating all of these devices to the latest OS. FULL STORY >

Korean tech firm LG showcases its new user interface for smartphones running Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). FULL STORY >