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Following widespread speculation that Apple will release a new budget version of its current iPhone 4, HTC, ZTE and Huawei have all announced new budget handsets designed to take on the iPhone 4S.

With Apple's iPhone-focused media event just around the corner, police in Shanghai have confirmed the arrest of five individuals selling fake versions of the popular devices.

News Corp.'s iPad-exclusive newspaper, The Daily, is struggling to generate an audience with less than 120,000 readers a week, insiders say.

An app costing £60 ($95) that can reduce your eye-age by ten years and increase your reading speed is to be released in the next few months.

Since news of Apple's iPhone-focused media event next Tuesday broke, evidence has emerged suggesting the company will be unveiling an updated version of its current iPhone 4, not the highly anticipated, next-generation iPhone 5.

Amazon has announced the Kindle Fire, a touchscreen tablet intended to rival the iPad and BlackBerry PlayBook, with a 7 inch screen, Android operating system and $199 price tag.

With Apple's 4 October iPhone media event just having been confirmed, new reports have emerged suggesting further details about Google's future Nexus Prime smartphone.

Just one day after Apple announced its 4 October iPhone-focused media event, smartphone competitor HTC has announced its own unveiling on 6 October.

Amazon is set to introduce its iPad-rivalling tablet, tipped to be called Kindle Fire at a media event in New York today. The Kindle Fire is expected to undercut Apple's $499 (£399) iPad and come in at the $250-$350 price point where tablets have so far failed to succeed.

Apple may be set to discontinue the iPod classic and shuffle at next weeks' iPhone 5 media event, while a white iPod touch will be announced some technology sites believe.

A treat for all smart phone customers, as the mobile operator Three has announced that it is going to extend its popular unlimited data plan to all smart phone users, reported The Telegraph.

With Apple's media event confirmed for next Tuesday, analysts and consumers alike have once again questioned whether the company will unveil a truly next-generation iPhone 5 or a slightly updated iPhone 4S.

A sunspot over 60,000 miles in diameter is shooting out huge solar flares that could potentially blow the circuits of every electrical product on earth.

Apple has confirmed that it will be holding a media event on October 4, where the company is expected to announce the iPhone 5, iOS 5 and iCloud; the event carries the tagline "Let's talk iPhone"

Apple and other manufacturers are looking into curved glass touchscreens for their future products, according to a report by the DigiTimes.

Reports today suggest that the iPhone 5 will be released on October 14 in the UK, United States, France, Germany and Japan, although the question of whether there will be an iPhone 5 and iPhone 4S is still unanswered.

Joining the Samsung and HTC-led anti-Apple iPhone armada, Chinese phone-maker ZTE has unveiled its new Spirit Windows Phone Mango powered smartphone.

Despite the lack of any official information, with the iPhone 5's rumoured release date just around the corner, analysts and consumers alike have already begun to speculate which future devices could topple the fabled smartphone.

New reports have emerged suggesting Google's updated Ice Cream Sandwich operating system will be released in late October, placing it squarely in the same rumoured release window as Apple's highly anticipated iOS 5.

Facebook is said to be launching its long-awaited iPad app at Apple's iPhone 5 launch event sometime this month.

Following the recent shift in focus from idle speculation regarding Apple's, unconfirmed, iPhone 5 to its, also unconfirmed, iPad 3, analysts have rushed to quash speculation that the company is making moves to release the fabled tablet sooner rather than later.

The biggest "game changing" feature of the iPhone 5 is tipped to be Assistant, an evolution of Voice Control which lets users record reminders and send text messages by speaking to their phone, according to tech site 9to5mac.com.

Amazon may be set to announce a tablet computer next week, after inviting the media to a press conference due to take place next Wednesday.

U.S. mobile network operator, Verizon Wireless has stepped into the legal battle between Apple and Samsung, claiming that banning Samsung's 4G devices would harm both Verizon and consumers.

Headphones and speaker docks are all well and good, but what your iPhone or iPad really needs is a Wi-Fi-controlled spy tank with night vision camera. Your pets may be less than pleased.

Phone regulator Phonepayplus has issued a warner to smartphone users, after uncovering two applications that charge the user without their knowledge or consent.

New reports have emerged that Apple is rejecting store employees' vacation requests between Oct 9. and 15, supporting the theory that the iPhone 5 will be launched in October.

Vodafone is currently giving the iPhone 4 away for free on its £39 a month contract and O2 is giving away the iPhone 3GS for free on a £21.50 a month contract, suggesting that the neworks are shifting old stock ahead of an iPhone 5 launch.

The much-anticipated iPhone 5 could face stock shortages, as defective touchscreen displays are sent back to the manufacturer, according to a report in DigiTimes.

Nearly half of Android owners want to move away from the operating system when they next upgrade, according to a report out today.