The Nokia Lumia 800 marks Nokia’s return to the Australia smartphone market with their pioneer Windows Phone device.

Nokia's first Windows Phone smartphone, the Lumia 800, is scheduled to go on sale in Australia in March. The three carriers and all major retailers will be offering the Nokia Lumia 800.

Although they should have launched in Australia last year, Nokia’s Windows Phone 7.5-powered Lumias are finally coming in around 8 weeks time, although with that timeframe due to see the iPad 3 arrive, along with the later arrival of Galaxy S III’s and iPhone 5’s… does Nokia stand a chance down under?

Semi-conductors are in high demand from the leading electronic equipment manufacturers as the enormous worldwide demand for smartphones continues unabated, with Apple leading the way with demand for the chips ahead of Samsung and HTC.

Nokia has fallen foul of Australia's anti-spam laws for 'helpful' SMS messages it sends to owners of Nokia mobiles.

Nokia has bought Norwegian mobile phone operating system developer Smarterphone, formerly known as Kvaleberg and whose OS previously went by the name of Mimira.

Rumours are circulating that Amazon, Microsoft and Nokia have  had informal or formal merger discussions with Research in Motion in recent months, but with none of these discussions progressing to the stage of a formal bid.

The ill winds of global recessionary times – or at the least a prolonged downturn in the global economy – are threatening the thriving smart device market with its own ‘recession’,with one prediction that the effects could be most acutely felt in the premium tablet sector, with net device sales likely to plateau or decline.

Tired of your phone or other device running out of juice when you're on the move? The Droidax PortaCharge may be the answer.

Depending on whose stats you believe, Chrome has either become the world's number two desktop browser or it is still well back in third place.