To subscribe to The Register’s weekly newsletter - seven days of IT in a single hit - click here Microsoft scents Danger, circles Yahoo! Continued

One of the best, although some cynical bloggers would also say one of the worst, things about Samsung is they always launch so many phones. 3GSM has been no different with around a dozen or so new handsets taking their… Continued

Toshiba is muscling in on the smartphone market, showing off two devices at 3GSM - the G900 and the E01. Attracting most of the attention is the G900, a horizontally-sliding handset, not unlike the popular HTC models. Like a good… Continued

It’s a bit of a Samsung love-fest here at the moment, as Susi and Ashley are getting hands on with some of the brand’s recently announced mobiles. The latest cat out of the bag is this rather sleek F500 multimedia… Continued

Features up, price down Sony has expanded its H series of advanced digicam shooters with the H50, which ushers in an increased number of megapixels alongside a welcome price drop from its H9 predecessor model. Continued

News Round-up Mobile World Congress - the show formerly known as 3GSM - brought a bumper crop of handsets and hype to Barcelona. Here are all of Register Hardware’s MWC 08 stories, brought together for your reading pleasure… Continued

After Toshiba, after the studios… Microsoft is dropping its HD DVD add-on drive from its list of Xbox 360 add-ons, the software giant revealed this past weekend. Continued

Yahoo! next? It looks like Steve Ballmer is doing a little pre-spring cleaning. Continued

Keep listening If you ve recently been served with an ASBO for making too much noise, then Sony s lined-up a home cinema range that should help, because its latest speaker and player combo range automatically limits sudden loud sound effects. Continued

Features up, price down Sony has expanded its H series of advanced digicam shooters with the H50, which ushers in an increased number of megapixels alongside a welcome price drop from its H9 predecessor model. Continued

FCC documents uncover CDMA handset Pictures and details of Samsung’s US-oriented Qwerty keyboard-equipped slider handset have been revealed in documents filed with the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Continued

Eyes front If you re sick of other folk claiming the kudos for your well-framed shots then Canon may have the answer. The company has filed a patent application for a technology that allows each camera snap to be embedded with a digital watermark of your iris. Continued

i780 makes its first carrier appearance Samsung only launched its new i780 Qwerty handset a week ago at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, but the phone’s already appeared on Orange’s website. Continued

Mobile World Congress The newest addition to HTC’s Windows Mobile 6 Professional line-up,the P3470, will offer sat-nav software and a touch interface via its 2.8in LCD screen, the company said this week. Continued

Roll with it Nokia and the University of Cambridge jointly designed a concept mobile phone that allows users to mould the handset into different shapes. Continued

Analysis Behind Redmond’s other big bet The world may have missed it in the fuss over the Yahoo! bid, but last week Microsoft announced it had agreed to acquire Danger Inc, for a reported $500m. The purchase is indicative of Microsoft’s aspirations as a provider of back-end services to the mobile industry, and could point to a new model for the future of Windows Mobile. Continued

Review Fashion-conscious design can only get you so far Motorola has refreshed the PEBL concept with the MOTO U9, another stylish clamshell with a glossy front and external music player touch controls. But is this tune-playing mobile the one to get Motorola back on track with the fashion phone crowd? Continued

Mobile World Congress Haptic feedback - it’s the new herpes I’m only here because of a terrible misunderstanding. When the News Editor asked if I wanted to go to “Mobile World Congress”, I naturally jumped at the chance. Pictures of caravans, camping equipment and motorized Zimmer Frames swam before my eyes. Continued

Will you be my valentine enormous wireless infrastructure partner? Nortel and Motorola are reportedly in talks to merge their wireless infrastructure businesses in a bid to cut costs. Continued

Hollywood glam meets handset beauty If you see someone ordinary carrying Motorola s upcoming ROKR E8 handset later this month, then call the police, because they ve probably mugged a superstar. Motorola s planning to award ROKR E8 handsets to Oscar nominees, before letting the huddled masses know when the phone goes on sale. Continued

Mobile World Congress No need to save up Samsung clearly doesn t believe entry-level handsets are just about squeezing basic mobile features into an ugly box, because it s launched a trio of beauties into the price-conscious space. Continued

Now with vibrating keys Samsung s U600 handset has several similar-looking stablemates, including the G600. So the South Korean manufacturer has decided to set it aside from the rest by re-launching the U600 in a sultry black shade and adding in fingertip vibration. Continued

Your travel-friendly projection unit If you feel the need to beam your holiday photos onto a wall but are held back by power cables and heavy projectors, then Samsung may have the answer. It s developed a portable projector that plugs directly into a mobile phone. Continued

Always have enough juice to talk Philips has created a handset that stops dead your excuse of I couldn t call because my phone s battery died, because its latest mobile phone accepts AAA batteries. Continued

Review Still a brand to be reckoned with When the world ends in a nuclear glow or a flood of melted icecaps, the final remaining life will be bacteria in the vents of undersea volcanoes and the last piece of technology to give up the ghost will surely be a ThinkPad. Continued

Not to be confused with Nokia’s 8800, BlackBerry have just announced their new version, the 8800, which apparently contains ‘GPS goodness’, according to our woman of the hour, Susi, who obviously needs a long nap, judging by this video. Bless…. Continued

Camping World Congress Attention: Cargo Cults! We got our mitts on the mystery Communicator from LG at MWC today, and dear reader Kebabster, you are quite correct. The KT-610 isn’t going to win any prizes in a design contest. We’re not even sure it’s a serious product, or just pads out LG’s catalogue. But quite a few Reg readers value utility over bling, and this design really has potential. Continued

Well, there’s another hour or so of the majority of the Shiny Massive’s (Susi, Ashley and Stu) time here at 3GSM (although Hard Core Stu is staying on for more mobile fun); just time enough for a quick reflection on… Continued

To see some of the properly futuristic stuff at 3GSM, you have to seek out the technology companies. On its stand, NVIDIA was running a bunch of demos, including one showing a next-generation mobile interface, powered by its GoForce 5500… Continued

To see some of the properly futuristic stuff at 3GSM, you have to seek out the technology companies. On its stand, NVIDIA was running a bunch of demos, including one showing a next-generation mobile interface, powered by its GoForce 5500… Continued

Mobile World Congress No need to save up Samsung clearly doesn t believe entry-level handsets are just about squeezing basic mobile features into an ugly box, because it s launched a trio of beauties into the price-conscious space. Continued

Still hovering around the Samsung stand at 3GSM like a hobo ’round The Ivy’s garbage cans, Ashley has his mitts firmly clamped on the F300 music phone from Samsung. This hybrid of a mobile phone, and music player on the… Continued

Mobile World Congress Toshiba has unveiled a Windows Mobile-based smartphone that, as technically advanced as it may be, has unfortunately been released with the same product number as a rival Samsung handset. Continued

Camping World Congress Attention: Cargo Cults! We got our mitts on the mystery Communicator from LG at MWC today, and dear reader Kebabster, you are quite correct. The KT-610 isn’t going to win any prizes in a design contest. We’re not even sure it’s a serious product, or just pads out LG’s catalogue. But quite a few Reg readers value utility over bling, and this design really has potential. Continued