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A new study has emerged suggesting sales of smartphones running Google's Android operating system are more than doubling those of Apple's iOS.

Two heavyweights in Microsoft's anti-Android Windows Phone arsenal, the HTC TITAN and Nokia Lumia 800, are set to fire the opening shots against Google's Ice Cream Sandwich fortress.

Speculation regarding a new culinary themed Ice Cream Sandwich vs Windows Phone Mango grudge match has re-emerged after news broke that Nokia's new Lumia 800 will launch just one day after Samsung's Galaxy Nexus.

Samsung and Amazon have confirmed the Android Ice Cream Sandwich powered Galaxy Nexus will launch in Europe 17 November.

The three-day blackout earlier this month cast a dark shadow over RIM, but the BlackBerry manufacturer had been in trouble long before a server in Slough decided to take the day off.

With news of the buy-out now public, analysts have suggested Sony's decision to buy Ericsson out of the two company's partnership may have been motivated by the patents and added legal protection it would duly acquire.

New research suggests Apple's iconic series of iPad tablets have not only outsold their Android equivalents, but also allowed tablet sales, for the first time ever, to exceed those of Netbooks.

The first of Samsung's next wave of anti-Apple smartphones, the Galaxy Note is set to be unveiled in London on 27 Oct., leading to fresh speculation whether Samsung's new plus-sized smartphone will be able to carve out its own section of the already packed high-end device market.

Sony has confirmed it has agreed to acquire Ericsson's 50 per cent stake in Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, making the company a subsidiary wholly owned by Sony.

Apple has patented its touchscreen unlock for both tablets and smartphones, meaning no other mobile operating system can use a similar system.

With Nokia only just having unveiled its new high-end Lumia 800 Windows Phone, analysts and critics have already suggested the Finnish phone maker hasn't done enough to compete with Apple's iPhone 4S and Samsung's Galaxy Nexus.

Motorola, via its Twitter account, has reportedly confirmed that a number of its tablet and smartphone devices will be receiving an Ice Cream Sandwich flavoured update just six weeks after Google releases the OS' final build.

Steve Jobs swore to destroy Android and spend all of Apple's money to stop the Google operating system, which he claimed to be a stolen idea from Apple.

Just as T-Mobile finally granted Samsung's long-delayed Galaxy Tab 10.1 a firm release date, new rumours have emerged suggesting Apple's iPad 3 could be in stores in just five short months.

Reports have emerged suggesting Sony Ericsson is set to upgrade its Xperia range of devices to Google's new Ice Cream Sandwich operating system sooner rather than later.

With the company's Nokia World event less than one day away, analysts and critics alike have begun to question what the former king of the smartphones will bring to the table to combat Apple's iPhone 4S and Samsung's Galaxy Nexus.

Despite his reputation for talking down competitors and claiming Android to have 'ripped off' the iPhone, Steve Jobs described HP's dramatic exit from the tablet market as "tragic".

World of Warcraft may come to iPad and smartphones, as game developer Blizzard reveals that it is working on mobile and tablet games.

The first of Samsung's next wave of anti-Apple smartphones, the Galaxy Note, is set to be unveiled in London Thursday, leading to fresh speculation on whether Samsung's new plus-sized smartphone will be able to carve out its own section of the crowded high-end device market.

New research suggests Microsoft and Nokia's forthcoming set of smartphones will help the company's ailing Windows Phone OS grow to account for 12.3 per cent of the smartphone market -- nearly a quarter of the share forecast for Google's Android.

'PlayStation Certified' games are coming to non-Sony devices, according to Kaz Hirai, who insists that the project is not just for company products, with other devices soon to offer PS certified games.

Having been dethroned as king of the phone makers, Nokia has put all its eggs in one basket, tying its future to Microsoft's underdog Windows Phone OS, tech analysts say.

Quotes taken from Walter Isaacson's forthcoming authorized biography of Steve Jobs reveal that the tech guru died after, against all medical advice, he continued working to "destroy Android."

Google has revealed that a staggering 3.4 billion photographs have been uploaded to its social network Google+ in the first 100 days since the site opened to the public.

Reports have emerged suggesting Sony Ericsson is set to upgrade its Xperia range of devices to Google's new Ice Cream Sandwich operating system sooner rather than later.

Following Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's recent anti-Android rant, analysts have voiced support for the notion that the fight for smartphone supremacy is a two-horse-race -- between Android Ice Cream Sandwich and iOS 5.

With Microsoft's quarterly earnings report arriving imminently, critics and analysts have come to question whether the company's recently released Windows Phone Mango OS will be able to compete with Apple and Google's new operating systems.

Within days of each, other both Motorola and Samsung have announced two new Android smartphones, both set to use Google's new Ice Cream Sandwich, capable of taking on Apple's already record-breaking iPhone 4S.

Google's answer to Apple's iOS 5, Android Ice Cream Sandwich is finally here, so to celebrate the IBTimes is treating you, the lucky reader, to the new Android version's official launch trailer, breaking down the key features contained within.

Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer has hit out at the “complicated” Google-made Android mobile operating system, saying that only “computer scientists” could figure out how to use one.