Ahead of HTC’s big unveiling at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona later this month, it looks like their latest flagship smartphone has already leaked. A thoroughly believable image has surfaced on Twitter which seems to show the new phone (known so far as the M8) from the back side. HTC M8 #HTC #M8 #HTC_M8 […]

Samsung has announced the appointment of Giuseppe (Beppe) Donagemma as the Head of Samsung Networks Europe (SNE). Donagemma will be in charge of developing business opportunities and expanding Samsung’s mobile network business in the European region. Donagemma has over 20 years experience managing the operations of global networks. He was previously responsible for Nokia Solutions […]

The Samsung Galaxy NotePRO 12.2 tablet will hit shelves across the UK on Thursday. We reported yesterday  that the Galaxy S5, Samsung’s highly-anticipated new smartphone, as well as their new tablet range will be available later in the month, and they certainly haven’t wasted anytime putting the NotePRO on shelves. The NotePRO features  the world’s […]

In an attempt to incentivise Xbox Music, Microsoft are offering an unlocked Nokia Lumia 520 with every pass bought. Microsoft’s continuation of their disastrous Zune campaign, Xbox Music offers a Spotify-style streaming service, with a premium membership costing £8.99 per month in the UK. Unfortunately the Lumia deal is only available in the US, but […]

Sony is reportedly in talks to sell its PC division to investment fund Japan Industrial Partners for approximately 50 billion yen ( £275 million). A new company will be formed to sell the computers as a result of the deal, with Sony retaining a small stake in the firm. Reports had also surfaced earlier in […]

Following controversy surrounding the length and pricing of Metal Gear Solid V: Grounz Zeroes, Game Informer has suggested that the campaign is less than four hours long. Ground Zeroes is a standalone prologue to Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. Konami announced last year that it would come to PS3, PS4, 360 and One […]

Japanese developer GungHo Online have released their financial figures for 2013, and there’s one figure in particular that stands out. Of the company’s $1.5bn in turnover, precisely $1bn of that can be accredited to the game Puzzle & Dragons – the first mobile game to ever reach such a figure. This truly astonishing figure becomes […]

Apple has been hailed as the world’s biggest PC maker, according to Q4 results for PC sales published by market research firm Canalys. Canalys’ decision to include tablets as PCs helped Apple to stay on top – due to strong holiday sales of the iPad – edging out competitors such as Windows and Samsung. Apple […]

Intimate details of the two most highly-anticipated phones of 2014 may have been accidentally been disclosed. If a note sent from KDB Daewoo Securities to investors is to be believed, we now know the screen size, resolution and processor specs of Apple’s iPhone 6 and the Samsung Galaxy S5. For Apple fans, the news only […]

Grand Theft Auto 5 has officially been hailed as the biggest game of 2013 after shipping 32.5 million units. Although it was probably a no-brainer for gamers,  Take Two (parent company of GTA 5 developer Rockstar) confirmed the news in its financial earnings release yesterday. The game’s spectacular debut – which saw it gross $1 […]

It’s been rumored for a little while now but Sony has finally confirmed a wireless headset for the PS4. The £79.99/‚¬89.99 is named the Wireless Stero Headset 2.0. It’s boasts 7.1 virtual surround sound, a noise-cancelling internal mic and eight hours of battery life. PS4 firmware app 1.60, due to be released tomorrow, will make […]

Nintendo has announced that it plans to release a third console purely focused on health and ‘quality of life’ software. Nintendo plans to release the platform, which is currently known as QOL, during the fiscal year that begins in April 2015 and ends in March 2016. CEO Satoru Iwata stated that it’s a “non-wearable” device […]

Good news Vodafone customers – your carrier has finally reached its OfCom mandated 90% level of nationwide 3G coverage! The bad news is that it’s the last network in the UK to do so. And it’s also six months overdue. Whoops. OfCom, the UK communications standards agency, announced at the end of 2013 that Vodafone […]

British mobile operators EE and Three are joining forces to improve their respective rollout of 4G superfast mobile broadband across the UK. The network sharing deal between the two companies will see them invest a further £1bn in their telecoms infrastructure. Three was already involved in a cost-sharing initiative with T-Mobile before and during its […]

Facebook is set to launch Paper,  its newsreader app for iOS devices, in the US today on the eve of the company’s ten year anniversary. The standalone app, which some commentators have compared with Flipboard, combines content shared by users with news from a variety of publications. Along with Facebook’s recent trending feature, the app […]

Microsoft were all set to showcase Windows 8.1, the first major update for their polarising Windows 8 OS, in just one month’s time, but the software has managed to leak ahead of schedule online. Filesharers have been poking around Microsoft’s latest offering and uncovered some interesting, if fairly minor, changes. Mostly navigational, the new features […]

Hurrah! Something has finally dethroned EA’s FIFA 14 in the UK charts! That something would be Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition on PS4 and One. The next-gen port (reviewed here) launched last week and is the first game this year to top EA’s football frenzy. That said, FIFA 14 was still in second place and less […]

Game of the Year awards are a tricky thing because they happen at the end of the year (please, hold the applause). So when Tomb Raider releases in February, you have to remember it all the way through the next 11 months ‘ past The Last Of Us, past Grand Theft Auto V, past two […]

Archos has some new tablets to show off today, although they won’t get tech-heads hearts pumping. The Neon tablet line is designed to be the company’s low-end offerings. It consists of three slates, each with a quad-core A9 processor, 1GB of RAM and 8GB of storage space. The difference comes in the sizes, with the […]

A new update has arrived for the PlayStation app on both iOS and Android. Included inside is the rather nifty ability of watch live streamed games. A Live With PlayStation button will take you to a list of currently-streaming videos. Clicking on one will then take you to a page where you can learn more […]

Google has posted its Q4 2013 results, revealing how the company performed over the last holiday period. Overall the company did as well as ever, with revenue made from the Google Play store pushing things forward. The same can’t be said for the outgoing Motorola, though. The recently-sold outfit posted losses of $384 million in […]

It’s been suggested that Google will bring an end to its Nexus line of smartphones and tablets some time in 2015. The rumor comes from Eldar Murtazin, a Russian leakster. He posted on Twitter (around the same time he pushed the Nexus Lenovo rumour), that the line will end in 2015. But fear not – […]

While Sony didn’t have any new games to show off at its PS Vita Slim announcement in the UK today, it did announce a new bundle with ten indie games. The full list of games includes: Alien Breed, Thomas Was Alone, Velocity Ultra, Men’s Room Mayhem, Coconut Dodge Revitalised, LIMBO, Hotline Miami, Total Recoil, Superfrog […]

Sony has confirmed that the slim version of the PlayStation Vita will be released in the UK next Friday, February 7th. The new model of the company’s handheld is 20 percent thinner than the original device as well as 15 percent lighter. It trades the OLED screen for an energy-efficient LCD one. There’s also 1GB […]

Sony has started sending out beta invites for PlayStation Now, its game streaming service. NeoGAF members recently posted an email with an invite to a private beta. Obviously the invites are only going out to US users, as that’s the only planned territory for the service right now. Sadly the invite didn’t mention a date, […]

When the Moto X was announced for Europe earlier this month we were promised it would be here in February. Well Motorola has made good on that promise and then some. Phones4U is offering the smartphone from today. That’s both the standard black and the retailer-exclusive white model. You can pick it up for £389.95 […]

Looking to buy a phone online? Might we suggest heading on over to mobiles.co.uk, which relaunched its website with a new design this week. Mobiles still offers the same service, it’s just rejigged its interface to make it easier to find what you’re looking for and to appeal to users coming to the site through […]

Remember the Samsung Galaxy NotePRO, the 12.2-inch tablet revealed back at CES? It’s coming to the UK next week. Pre-orders for the Wi-Fi version of the device are now being accepted. According to the company’s webstore, they’ll start shipping on February 4th. That’s next Tuesday, so we could have them in our hands by the […]

A small update for Twitter has hit Android. No, fear not, there’s not another UI overhaul in store. Instead this patch simply adds the ability to crop and rotate any photos that you tweet in-app. Similar to Facebook’s photo-tagging, the app will also push reminders to mention any friends that might feature in an image […]

It looks like the iPhone 5c might not be living up to Apple’s expectations. Company CEO Tim Cook has said that the device doesn’t hold as much market share as the team thought it would since its launch last year. The news follows Apple’s fiscal first quarter earnings in which the company revealed sales of […]

A bit more news on the rumored Nokia X (or Normandy, as it’s codenamed), now. Evleaks has leaked out alleged specs for the device on its Twitter account. According to the outlet the Nokia X will come in six different colours. Apparently it packs a four-inch 480 x 800 display and is powered by a […]

Things sure do move fast in the gaming industry. Just two weeks after Nintendo cut its Wii U sales forecasts to just 2.8 million, the company is rumored to be developing smartphone mini-games. Note the ‘mini’ part of that. According to Japanese publication Nikkei, these games will be designed to promote Nintendo’s Wii U and […]

The Nokia Lumia 1520 stole most of the spotlight when it was announced last year but its mid-range little brother, the Lumia 1320, is on course for release in the US and UK too. As Phone Arena reports, the phablet has gone on sale in the US with a $425 price tag. Meanwhile, Carphone Warehouse […]

Say goodbye to Vanguard: Saga of Heroes, Wizardry Online, Free Realms and Clone Wars Adventures. Sony Online Entertainment is closing all four of these MMOs in the coming months. But don’t worry – new MMOs are coming too! The company reasoned that not enough people were laying the four games listed above for their continued […]

LG has confirmed that it will be revealing its LG G Pro 2 next month. The G Pro 2 is a successor to the Optimus G Pro phablet. The company itself hasn’t confirmed any specs about the new device just yet but rumors have pointed towards a Snapdragon 800 processor, 3GB of RAM and a […]

The day has finally come – Capcom has confirmed Monster Hunter 4 for release in the West. The game will be arriving as Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate and will be here in early 2015. It’s the same version as Japan’s Monster Hunter 4G, an update to the original game that was also announced today. That […]

It’s time for the WhatMobileNews Cast! It’s back to business today, as Jamie and Mike cover a huge range of topics. There’s rumors with the Galaxy S5, money with Microsoft and complaining at trains. Mike is an old man, after all.

Samsung has released its quartely results and there’s a slight issue. While the company’s performance on the whole was excellent, profits for the fourth quarter were down for the first time in two years. As a result the company will lower its advertising budget in the future. Senior Vice President Kim Hyunjoon said as much […]

The HTC One KitKat update is to be certified next week, the company has said. Apparently the software is now being tested by carriers and should be officially certified at some point next week. The Android 4.4 KitKat notification should then start rolling out to people, although it’s in the hands of others. HTC originally […]

It’s time for our next round of quarterly results, and Microsoft Q2 is kicking things off. The company announced some $24.52 billion in revenue for the holiday season. When you take costs out of that you’re left with $6.56 billion in profit. While Windows Phone was barely touched upon, Microsoft did tout near-double sales of […]

Looking to get your JRPG fix before the release of Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII? Sony has you covered with a Final Fantasy sale. A huge franchise sale has been announced over at the PlayStation Blog. It includes the first two games, the completely collection of Final Fantasy IV and then Final Fantasy V – […]

Looking to move from iOS to Android? Or, more specifically, a Motorola Android? An updated Motorola Migrate will now help you on your way. An update to the Motorola-exclusive app (hence the name) will let you migrate using iCloud. It’s as simple as storing data on iCloud, then locating it via the Motorola Migrate app […]

Last year’s Deus Ex: The Fall was one of our favorite iOS games. It combined state of the art visuals with console-quality gameplay to deliver an experience we didn’t think possible on these devices. Now, it’s coming to Android. Square Enix announced and released the new version this morning. It’s priced at the same point […]

Beats Music is launching today on iOS and Android. A Windows Phone release? It’s just around the corner. Beats’ Ian Rogers has confirmed that a Windows Phone version of the app will launch on Friday, January 24th. As far as waiting periods go on Windows Phone apps, that’s not too bad. Until then you’ll have […]

Want to enjoy some high-octane racing on the go? Have a Windows device? Then good news – Asphalt 8 is going free on Windows Phone and Windows 8. Asphalt 8 is the latest entry in the popular racing series that made its name on smartphones. It weighs in at a pretty heavy 800 MB, so […]

Rust, the open-world survival game from Facepunch Studios, has been a breakout success. The team’s Garry Newman has revealed as much in an interview with Games Inudstry. Newman revealed that, in a month of release, Rust has sold 40 percent of what Garry’s Mod has sold in nine years. No specifics, then, but that’s sure […]

2K has revealed the release date for Borderlands 2 on PS Vita via Twitter. The loot ’em up RPG will be here on March 18th. That’s a Tuesday, meaning this is likely a US-only date right now although expect a UK/EU date to follow shortly. The Vita version of Gearbox’s title was revealed at Gamescom […]

It’s Galaxy S5 reveal rumour time. Internet leakster Eldar Murtazin has suggested that the announcement of Samsung’s new flagship phone will come on February 23rd. According to the Twitter post, the reveal will be at 18.00, taking place in Barcelona. Apparently the price will be the same as the current S4 while the specs will […]

It seems like we might have our first look at the Galaxy S5 home screen. EV Leaks has posted alleged images of both the lock and home screen. Both suggest that Samsung has its own Google Now-esque system in the works, that will deliver notifications, news stories and other such contextual information right to your […]

Microsoft has confirmed that the Fable trilogy will be released on xbox 360 on February 7th. As expected, the pack includes both Fable 2 and 3 which first appeared on the system along with the upcoming Fable Anniversary, a remake of the first game. Anniversary will also be launching by itself on that date. The […]