There was juicy news for experimental mobile enthusiasts today, as a version of Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 (WP7) Mango was leaked online by xda-developers.

A lot of noise was made last week about Nintendo getting pressured by investors to bring its games to the iOS platform. It’s pretty clear that the market for stand-alone portable gaming devices is toast, and Nintendo needs to make some tough (ego-shattering) choices.

According to a study by ABI Research published today Android tablets have already dented the iPad’s market share to the tune of 20% over the last twelve months.

Samsung Mobile will finally be unveiling its long awaited Galaxy S II smartphone in an event in New York City August 29.

Last week Apple persuaded an Australian court to ban sales and promotion of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1. Now a court in Germany has also sided with Apple, resulting in an Europe-wide ban on sales of the device.

The ongoing patent lawsuit between Apple and Korean electronics giant Samsung has put a ban on sales and marketing of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia, following a court ruling.

Marvel Digital has released a video of its Mercury tablet, an affordable 7-inch device running Android 2.3.1 (Gingerbread).

Gingerbread? Cupcake? Froyo? Who’s hungry? When did the updating of a mobile phone’s Android operating system become a reality show on the Food Network?

As a mobile news site which thrives on rumor and gossip, we love it when the industry springs a leak and spews out information not quite ready to be released, and today was just such a day.

Nokia has been having a hard time of it recently. The firm’s floundering smartphone products have been almost completely eclipsed by efforts from Apple and Google, and now the once-king of the handset finds itself shedding marketshare at an alarming rate.