Acer announces three Android and two Windows Mobile devices to add to its range

Toshiba announces two new handsets, with both featuring capacitive touchscreens and speedy processors

Orange becomes the first UK network to announce that it will include Microsoft Windows 7 software on its smartphones

Samsung Wave, its first handset to run on its Bada open-source platform, features super-sharp display, 1GHz processor and better integration of apps and social networking functions

Two new Xperia X10 handsets to run off Android platform, with Vivaz Pro based on Symbian OS

Vodafone has launched a range of new SIM-only plans in an attempt to gain iPhone share from rival networks

Get Connected is to move to new head offices one-and-a-half times the size of its current base as it looks to expand to 100 stores by the end of the year

Smartphones will dominate MWC 2010 in Barcelona next week (February 15-18), with platforms and appssharing headlines with new devices from major vendors

US handset distributor Bright­point saw profits imporve significant in the fourth quarter of 2009, both sequentially and annually, even as revenue was down marginally on last year