This autumn customers of Vodafone will have the chance to start paying for goods and services via their smartphones. The company has forged a partnership with Visa.

Nokia has seemingly got back to its manufacturing proliferation with its announcement of yet another smartphone. This one is called 808 PureView and is expected to arrive sometime in May.

Chinese manufacturer Huawei has unveiled what it calls the world’s fastest smartphone at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

Three of Asia’s major smartphone manufacturers, LG, HTC and Sony, have all unveiled new flagship smartphones at the Mobile World Congress this week.

Acer’s involvement in the manufacture of smartphones has taken another step forwards with the launch of a budget device. What is interesting about this one is that it runs Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS), Android’s hybrid operating system.

Apple has got used to winning many of its patents battles, but it got a bloody nose itself in Germany recently. This time, Motorola caused it.

Everything Everywhere, the new company resulting from an amalgamation of Orange and T-Mobile, has announced its plans for installing 4G technology this year.

Google is apparently planning on producing Android-based glasses that send information to the eyes.

It seems that doctors are supporting the growth in smartphone applications relating to medical conditions. Or rather, that doctors have been ordered to prescribe such apps to patients.

The well-known hi-fi manufacturer Panasonic is launching a new smartphone. What is more, the Eluga is waterproof and will be available in Europe.