Apple rubber-banding patent ruled valid, snaps back into place

Not so fast, Samsung Apple's rubber-banding patent that was crucial in its lawsuit against Samsung, but was ruled invalid two months ago, has suddenly snapped back into place at the U.S Patent Office. That's fitting for this "overscroll bounce patent," as Foss Patents has nicknamed it. Officially, it's known by the lengthy USPTO name "List scrolling and...

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Apple may have to rely on Samsung for iPad mini 2 Retina display

The iPad mini 2 could come with Samsung-made Retina displays It's been rumored for months that Apple wants to cease all its business with Samsung, but a new report claims that the Korean company will make displays for the rumored iPad mini 2 with Retina tech. Samsung supplies displays and chips for various Apple devices, but the two companies have an ongoing...

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Oppo Find 5 appears wearing a bright red paintjob

Oppo Find 5 with a brand new color scheme made an appearance. The Chinese top shelf Android smartphone posed for a photo session, wearing a screaming red paintjob. Reportedly, there is no change in the specifications of the smartphone - hardly a surprise, considering its already solid internals. The new color however, draws even more attention to the Find 5's already...

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HTC One Mini gets officially confirmed by a UAPROF

HTC One Mini got confirmed by a user agent profile, released by its manufacturer. The document reveals the upcoming handset's previously speculated 720p (1280 x 720 pixels) screen resolution. The rumored specs of the HTC One Mini include a chipset with 1.4GHz dual-core CPU (probably a Qualcomm Snapdragon 400), 2GB of RAM, 16GB of built-in memory, and Android 4.2.2...

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Former Windows Phone boss out once again at Microsoft

Microsoft may have a new plan for VP Andy Lees Microsoft is once again playing executive shuffle, this time with former Windows Phone chief Andy Lees, whose corporate bio mysteriously vanished from the company roster overnight. AllThingsD reported Thursday that Microsoft Vice-President of Corporate Strategy and Development Andy Lees appears to have stepped...

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iOS 7 is the Frankenstein's monster of the smartphone world

iPhone: now with Android Inside I've reviewed dozens of phones and tablets for TechRadar over the years – each time putting them through their paces in the most unbiased, rigorous way possible. But as well as being a professional, I have a love/hate relationship with tech, and that's what these columns are all about: the passionate howlings of a true fanboy....

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10 Best Nokia Lumia 620 Apps

The cheap, chunky and usually quite cheerful Nokia Lumia 620 is one of the more affordable ways to get into the Windows Phone 8 universe, with Nokia and the networks managing to get it into the hands of buyers for around £150 on PAYG SIMs. Nokia and Microsoft have already done a pretty decent job of pre-loading the Lumia 620 with loads of awesome apps. Nokia's Maps...

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Office Mobile hits iPhone - but no iPad for now

Just doing some important work... Office for iPhone has hit the App Store, meaning that Office 365-subscribing iPhone users can now create, read and edit documents on the go. The mobile version of the Windows document editing suite comes with Powerpoint, Excel and Word on board, and offers an experience that Microsoft describes as "similar" to Office Mobile...

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Have we just zoomed in on the aluminium Nokia EOS?

Taking some cues from the 925? The Nokia EOS is expected to bring its 41-megapixel sensor to fingers at its July 11 New York event, but for those of you who just can't wait the extra month, we've seen some more pictures that both entice and confuse in equal measure. These snaps, courtesy of mysterious Chinese sources, give us a few more angular views on...

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Leaked Samsung Galaxy Note III sample confirms 13MP camera

As September approaches and with it the announcement of the Samsung Galaxy Note III, rumors about the upcoming phablet are bound to intensify. Today we got the first sample from the handset's camera, which confirms the resolution of its snapper. The image which was uploaded to the Picasa web albums has a resolution of 2322 x 4128 pixels, which is what a 13MP sensor produces...

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Samsung Galaxy S4 update to install apps to SD hits the UK

S4 x 4 = 16GB The memory-freeing software update for the Samsung Galaxy S4 that allows users to install apps to SD cards is rolling out across the UK. The update means that all those memory-hungry apps can be safely squirreled away on the external memory rather than taking up valuable bytes of the handset's measly 9GB of available storage. Technically,...

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Aluminum shell of unannounced Nokia Lumia device leaks

We have already seen quite a bit of the unannounced Nokia EOS smartphone that is supposed to have a 41 megapixel PureView camera and running on Windows 8. Now, a metal shell of an unannounced Nokia device has leaked that suggests there could be another Lumia device in the making with a full metal body. The shell is made out of aluminum and you can see...

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Huawei keeps the Ascend P6 teasing going with new photos

We are just four days away from the official announcement of the Huawei Ascend P6 and the Chinese company is doing all it can to build up the hype. The company has used its Twitter account to post a number of teaser pictures over the past two days, including a couple that shows the smartphone itself and its box. We've already learned virtually all there is to...

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Razer: No plans for a gaming phone

Razer phone - unlikely Razer may have taken its first foray into tablets with its Edge, but the gaming hardware giant has no plans to head into the phone world. Speaking to TechRadar at E3, Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan explained that the minimal screen size was a compromise too far. "One of the common questions I get all the time is are we building a gaming...

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