If the rumours are to be believed, the magic Google fairy will be delivering a job-lot of Nexus 4s to the UK Play Store at 3PM today. While we can't confirm the exact time, the omens point to it being back in the UK in the very near future. Suffice to say, if you're hankering after a N4, I'd be on the Play Store website at 2.59. [phoneArena] Read More >>

The Nexus 4's one hell of a phone -- if you can get your hands on it, that is -- but you can only buy it in boring 'ole black. However, for the fashion-concious ladies (and gents who don't like black), Google might just have a white Nexus 4 prepped for sale. Read More >>

If you've been looking forward to seeing what HTC's got up its flagship phone-shaped sleeve, we've got good news: HTC's holding an event in London on February 19th to launch what's probably the incoming M7. Is there's going to be a new King of the Androids wandering about before MWC? Looks like it. Read More >>

According to some new research, there's £6.86 billion of second-hand handsets just sitting around UK homes doing nothing. Although this is sort of interesting by itself (though the 'research' should be taken with a lethally large pinch of salt), the most shocking thing is the most valuable second-hand phone in the UK. And no, it's not an iPhone. Read More >>

iPhone 5 users have been waiting a long, long time for a jailbreak. Sure, the current versions of iOS have been opened, but unlucky kids with A6 chips, and the fancy new Apple devices they come in, have been fat out of luck. But no longer! Probably. Read More >>

We've all broken our share of phones, and generally the only day-to-day danger they face is a three or four foot fall, or maybe the odd puddle of water. Norwegian X-Games competitor PK Hunder's phone had a bit more to deal with when he lost it in mid-air, half-way through a 720 during a practice run. Read More >>

Intel's trying to crack the enormous budget smartphone market with its latest model, powered by a new affordable mobile Atom platform and launching in Africa this week. The only problem is, it's calling the thing Yolo. Read More >>

Samsung's quarterly profits exploded by 76 per cent in the final three-month chunk of 2012, thanks to soaring demand for its smartphones and the many internal bits it supplies to other makers. Read More >>

For once, Nokia's earnings report isn't the kind of thing which makes investors weep like small children. In the fourth quarter of 2012 the Finns became successful once more — netting a £370 million profit. Read More >>

If you've ever tried to frustratingly juggle your phone and umbrella like some hapless idiot in an infomercial, you can rest assured there's at least one other person who's been in the same situation. But instead of grumbling about it, they went and created the Brolly: an umbrella with a redesigned handle that makes it easier to text in a downpour. Read More >>

Did you get in at the ground floor? Punt your money and take the risk of backing the Pebble smartwatch early on? Good news, the first batch of the beauties are actually shipping today. With a bit of luck you'll have yours within a week or two. You can even check your shipping here. Anyone expecting one? [Pebble] Read More >>

I've said it many times. I'd love to be able to charge my phone from my tablet, because, let's face it, your phone is way more important than a tablet, plus your slate has an enormous battery compared to said phone. Well, Sony's finally gone and done it. You'll be able to charge your shiny new Xperia Z from your svelte Xperia Tablet Z. Awesome. Read More >>

Rumours are emerging which suggest Nokia is planning to launch a "true PureView Windows Phone" — codenamed EOS — some time later this year. Read More >>

A Samsung roadmap for the first half of 2013 has been spotted, showing us at least five new models from its forthcoming Android range. Some we know, some we don't. Read More >>

Mozilla has just announced a pair of Developer Preview Phones that will come sporting its new, in-development Firefox OS. They've got basic specs, since they're just for developers and looks....though one of them is very, very orange. Read More >>