iPhone 4S Alert : HTC Rezound Will Run Ice Cream Sandwich
HTC announced that its newest top of the range Android handset, the HTC Rezound, would be upgradable to Google's newest operating system, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, by early next year. The HTC Rezound, which has yet to be announced in the UK, will be the company's first HD ready phone, which means that the handset has almost the same pixel density as Apple's Retina Display.
ITProPortal

Smart phone turned into vital signs monitor
A team of biomedical engineers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in the US has developed a smart phone application that can measure not only heart rate, but also heart rhythm, respiration rate and blood oxygen saturation using the phone's built-in video camera.
Healthtechwire

Samsung hits top smartphone vendor spot globally in Q3
Samsung boosted its global smartphone shipments by 223% in the third quarter. Samsung took 20% market share with its various smartphone brands, while Apple had 14.5%, keeping the iPhone still the largest single smartphone brand.
PC Advisor

Google Ponders Pay-TV Business
Internet giant Google Inc. is considering a plan to offer paid cable-TV services to consumers, a move that could unleash a new wave of competition within the traditional TV business. Google has discussed distributing major TV channels from companies like Walt Disney Co., Time Warner Inc. and Discovery Communications Inc. as part of the video service, though the discussions were exploratory and no final decisions have been made.
Wall Steet Journal

APP WATCH: Sky Go heading to Android
First off, Sky Go will finally be arriving for Android users. It launched back in July for the iPhone and iPad, allowing you to watch Sky TV 'on the go' and for free if you happen to be a subscriber. It's proved popular, with 1.6 million users already in the UK. But it didn't launch for the rival Google platform, leaving a lot of people out in the cold.
Mobile Choice UK

Mozilla developers to test new phone OS this year
Mozilla developers hope to start testing phones running its new mobile operating system this quarter. Mozilla announced the project, called Boot to Gecko (B2G), in July, describing it as an operating system for mobile devices that would run applications primarily on the Web.
Computer World UK

Android handsets carry hidden support costs, support calls show
The success of Android handsets, which are now used by around a quarter of all UK mobile users, has come at a price for mobile operators in the form of higher than average calls relating to hardware problems from customers, a new study says.
The Guardian

Microsoft to host unveiling of new Windows Phone handsets
No one expects Windows Phone to leap over Google Android and Apple iOS in a single bound, but industry analysts have been revising their projections for Windows Phone, now forecasting a dramatic surge in sales over the coming 12 months.
PC Advisor

Apple's iPhone 4S issues show the problem with being an early adopter
First, the battery life. Dubbed “batterygate” the iPhone 4S’s biggest problem so far has been characterized by inexplicably bad battery life.  The latest set of issues involve Siri, the now-beloved voice assistant plugged into the iPhone 4S. Since 11AM on Thursday users have reported a pretty widespread outage of the Siri software.
ZDNet

Phone-hack scandal claimed 5,800 victims
Almost 5,800 victims are now thought to have been targeted in the phone-hacking scandal at the now defunct News of the World tabloid.
Terranet