The Finnish phone giant Nokia will reportedly be bringing out a Windows 8-powered tablet, as well as a new Lumia smartphone next year. FULL STORY >

Gartner says that sales of smartphones showed a year-on-year increase of 42% during the third quarter of 2011. FULL STORY >

RIM has revealed its latest smartphone duo to work on the BlackBerry 7 OS, the BlackBerry Bold 9790 and Curve 9380. FULL STORY >

The release of Apples 5.0.1 update late last week has apparently not resolved all the battery issues plaguing iPhone 4S users. FULL STORY >

HTC has announced the local availability of its first 3D smartphone, the EVO 3D. FULL STORY >

Microsoft has apparently slacked its tight grip on hardware requirements for mobile devices running its Windows Phone operating system. FULL STORY >

Samsung reveals its Q3 2011 fiscal results, which sees its telecommunications businesses record all-time high quarterly sales on the back of strong mobile sales. FULL STORY >

HTC UK reveals the names of the first spate of mobile devices that will receive an update to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich early next year. FULL STORY >

A new software update for Apple's iOS 5 operating system is in the works, and is intended to fix numerous issues being encountered by users. FULL STORY >

The Finnish phone giant Nokia quietly kills off the Nokia 600 Symbian Belle running smartphone. FULL STORY >

Samsung launches its smartphone and tablet hybrid, the Galaxy Note, bringing a new type of smartphone experience about. FULL STORY >

Apple's App Store houses the largest selection of apps (over 500 000) available. TS brings some of the best free ones to your attention. FULL STORY >

ST-Ericsson reveals that Nokia has chosen it as a chip provider for the company's future Windows Phone Mango-running smartphones. FULL STORY >

With the previous iPhone model, it was Antennagate that caused a headache for Apple. Might it just be Batterygate this time around? FULL STORY >

Sony Ericsson reveals that it will be kicking off a worldwide rolling out of the Android 2.3.4 update for many of its mobile devices. FULL STORY >