Gran Turismo 6 released exclusively on PS3 last week. Its launch sales are now out and it’s not looking too good for Sony’s premier racing sim. Reports show that GT6 sold almost five times less than the last game in the series, Gran Turismo 5, did on launch. It entered the UK’s sales charts at […]

Order Tearaway from Zavvi recently? Then you might be surprised to find you received not just the game, but a PS Vita to play along with it. No, the company wasn’t visted by three ghosts overnight. Instead this was a simple mistake in which the company sent out a Tearaway/Vita bundle instead of just the […]

Despite the lukewarm reaction to the Sony Smartwatch and Galaxy Gear, we still think there’s a big future for wearable tech. So does chip maker Qualcomm, although only with specific rules. Speaking about the company’s recently-released Toq watch, Raj Talluri, Qualcomm SVP of Product Management detailed the importance of always-on displays. “Sometimes you have to […]

Spotify is launching a free version of its music streaming service for mobile devices, according to reports. Currently free versions of the service, which inserts adverts in-between songs, are only available on desktop and laptop computers. The paid-for, ad-free mobile version costs £9.99 per month. But according to the Wall Street Journal, Spotify has been […]

Manufacturer ASUS is to unveil its PadFone Mini in Taiwan on December 11. It has confirmed that the device will have a 4.3 inch screen, and a skipping listing also shows the device will have a quad-core Snapdragon processor. Although it does not offer 4G connectivity, it does run Android 4.3, making it the first […]

Microsoft’s $7.36 billion ( £4.58bn) takeover of Nokia’s devices and services business has been approved by the EU Commission, meaning it is now free to complete the deal. On Monday (December 2) the acquisition was given the green light by the US Department of Justice. The EU’s executive body decided the deal would not threaten […]

Google is launching a Santa Tracker app this month, with daily game and scene updates. The Android app, which allows users to virtually follow Father Christmas on his journey around the world, will also work with Google’s Chromecast, which means it can be viewed via a TV. In the run up to Christmas games will […]

Sales of the HTC One Mini have been banned in the UK after a judge ruled the handset infringes Nokia-owned patents. From December 6, HTC has said it will not be selling the device in the UK, although it has confirmed it is “urgently” appealing the decision. The news is the latest in a series […]

Tesco’s Hudl tablet has sold out twice due to greater than expected demand since launching on September 23, the supermarket has said. The news follows reports that 35,000 of the seven-inch tablets were sold in its first 48 hours. The tablet has a 1.5GHz quad-core processor, 1GB RAM, and a 2MP front facing and 3MP […]

Amazon has said its Kindle Fire HDX is “sharper, lighter” and costs less than iPad Air with retina in an advert parodying Apple. The advert features an (fake) Apple employee demonstrating features of the new iPad, believed to be a parody of Apple’s own marketing featuring senior vice president of design, Jonathan Ive. In response […]

Apple has launched a promotion offering customers 0 per cent financing on products costing £449 and above. The company has been running a financing programme for several years but the loans usually accrue 14.9 per cent interest, meaning the total cost paid for a product is higher than it would be if paid for upfront […]

Samsung will reportedly unveil its Galaxy Note 3 Lite phablet at Mobile World Congress* in February. The device will be a lower cost (and lower spec) version of the Galaxy Note 3, which is a 4G-enabled, 5.7-inch device with a 13 megapixel camera. According to a Samsung source cited by Sam Mobile, the Galaxy Note […]

It’s time for the WhatMobileNews Cast! We’re starting to wrap up the year, and as the phone announcements die down, Jamie and Michael turn their attention to, uh video games. But first! There’s news on the Lumia 1520 and 2520, Nokia’s new phablet and tablet duo! Ones exclusive to John Lewis. Eh? What’s the point […]

One of the biggest and best surprises at E3 this year was the announcement of a new Star Wars: Battlefront game from Battlefield developers DICE and publisher EA. But it sounds like that won’t be the only Star Wars title from the publisher; an open-world game could be coming too. Job postings at EA Canada, […]

If you’re still holding onto the first ever Nexus smartphone, then today may be your lucky day as the almost four year old phone has just received the Android 4.4 KitKat update. It’s not an official release from Google, which is obvious given the search giant isn’t even supporting the Galaxy Nexus – but don’t […]

HTC has two new phones for us today, though both are aimed squarely at its home turf of Taiwan. The first of the two new HTC phones is the Desire 501. This is a mid-range smartphone, armed with a 4.3-inch screen, 1.15 GHz dual-core processor and Android 4.1, sporting the company’s Sense UI. The camera […]

Sky has been selling the £10 NOW TV box for quite a while now, and it’s an ingenious way of making your bog-standard ordinary TV smart – well now it’s about to get even smarter with yet another app released on the ultra cheap box. Channel 4’s 4oD joins a whole host of other apps […]

PlayStation Mobile, Sony’s gaming portal available on certified smartphones, tablets and the PS Vita, will be offering two free games a week over the festive season. The deal runs from 27 November and 18 December 2013, and then again from 8 January to 22 January 2014. New games will come about on the Wednesday of […]

It’s been a few weeks since we last heard of the Lumia 525, an update to Nokia’s best-selling 520. Now we can see the phone in an official capacity. An official product page for the new handset has popped up online. The 525 comes with a few appreciated upgrades, like 1GB of RAM. That’s double […]

HTC is the official sponsor of the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europe League, so it only makes sense that the company has its own stat-tracking app for the sport. That’s exactly what FootballFeed is. The app posts breaking news, live match updates and post-game analysis straight to your smartphone. Info should be going live […]

HTC promised that it would be getting the Android 4.4 KitKat update to the Google Play Edition of the HTC One within 15 days of release of the update, and whilst it’s a little late, the company is finally delivering on that promise – with the update now making its way to the device. It […]

The PlayStation 4 and Xbox One may be stealing all the thunder when it comes to next-generation consoles, but it’s hard to forget that Valve has its own aspirations – after all it might pave the way for the game we’ve all been waiting for, Half-Life 3. If we were to speculate, then Valve is […]

Talking to your new Xbox One through the Kinect motion sensor is one of the big features of Microsoft’s latest console. But what actually works? Let Xbox explain with an official cheat sheet, seen below. As the team at Xbox explains, you’ll have to be very specific with what you say to your new console. […]

A name you rarely hear in the mobile industry is Intel, with the company being more commonly associated with desktop PCs, rather than your tablets and phones – but the company has been in several phones and tablets throughout the years, including the Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1, which launched earlier this year. Of course […]

Nokia’s phablet is finally making its way to the UK, with the Lumia 1520 launching on December 6 at a wide variety of retailers. The 6-inch Lumia 1520 is the first Windows Phone to come with a full HD display as well as the first with a 6 inch screen. The Lumia 1520 will be […]