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Apple has confirmed it will be launching its already record breaking iPhone 4S in a number of new territories 11 November, less than a week before its Mango and Ice Cream Sandwich flavoured competitors, the Lumia 800 and Galaxy Nexus hit British stores.

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.

Samsung has confirmed its opening pot-shot at Apple's iPhone 4S, the Galaxy Note will be hitting UK stores on 3 Nov., weeks before the speculated 17 Nov. release of its Galaxy Nexus.

Having just wrestled the crown of world's favourite smartphone maker from Apple, speculation has turned to the next quarter, with analysts questioning whether Samsung's Galaxy Nexus will be able to keep the Apple iPhone 4S hordes at bay.

According to the two companies' quarterly financial statements, Samsung has won the title of world's top smart maker, with its current line of smartphones outselling Apple's iPhone.

Floods in Thailand will cause PC and hard drive shortages in the run-up to Christmas, with industry-leader Western Digital (WD) warning that stock levels will not return to normal until 2012.

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.

The display to be used in the upcoming iPad 3 is said to be a "quantum leap in pixel density", according to sources with knowledge of the new tablet, due early next year.

An update for the BlackBerry PlayBook that promised to bring BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) and a host of other features this month has been delayed until next year.

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.

LG continues to struggle in the mobile phone sector, falling further behind Apple, Nokia and Samsung as the South Korean company records losses for a sixth consecutive quarter.

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.

Samsung's seemingly cursed Galaxy Tab 10.1 has finally been given a release date by T-Mobile.

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.

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.

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.

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.

With Samsung's Android Ice Cream Sandwich-powered just unveiled, analysts have once again begun to speculate whether the device will be able to beat Apple's recently release iPhone 4S.

With Google and Samsung's answers to Apple's iOS 5-powered iPhone 4S finally unveiled, the IBTimes brings you a complete breakdown of what the two tech power-houses brought to the table at the 19 Oct. Hong Kong unveiling.

With the Hong Kong unveiling of Google's new Android Ice Cream Sandwich just one hour away, analysts and critics alike have come to question which smartphone Samsung will launch alongside the new OS.

In the run up to Google and Samsung’s announcement of the Ice Cream Sandwich, we want to know if the iOS 5 can stand up to what Google are calling “the most ambitious release to date.”

Despite the on-going patent war between Apple and Samsung, the two companies have come to an agreement over chips for future iPhones.

With the likelihood of the Ice Cream Sandwich mobile operating system announcement steadily increasing, what are the key features likely to be? This is our rumour roundup.

HTC has lost a legal case against Apple, accusing the company of violating patents relating to how the iPhone protects data and stores contact information.

American Carrier Verizon has leaked Google and Samsung’s Nexus Prime release date, price and a full specification list.