Best iPhone sat nav app: 5 tested The iPhone is a perfect sat-nav device. Small enough to sit discreetly on your dashboard, but big enough that you can glance – rather than squint – at it, all you need now is the perfect app to use with it. A quick search of the App Store will show you there’s lots of choice, from free ones to apps costing over £50

Samsung has unveiled its latest chip to hit the mobile phone market – the Exynos 5250. This dual-core toting, 2GHz beast is the successor to the 4210 which currently powers the Samsung Galaxy S2 and it is more than likely to be the chip that will make its way into the Samsung Galaxy S3. When it comes to graphical performance, Samsung is claiming it is four times faster than its predecessor and will be 2560 x 1600 resolution compatible and it also supports stereoscopic 3D.

Mobile phone networks and manufacturers are rushing to deny that their handsets carry the Carrier IQ software that has spawned privacy fears. It has emerged that the software, which is installed on a number of smartphones to monitor device performance and usage for mobile networks, has been tracking much more done on a handset than necessary, seemingly down to each individual keystroke.

RIM’s first BBX handset may be dubbed the BlackBerry Surfboard in a move that wouldn’t so much say as scream attempted down-with-the-kids-ness. The handset was originally codenamed BlackBerry London but it seems that RIM has extended an IP filing giving it the rights to the name Surfboard which it originally secured in July 2010. All hope is not lost, however. Remember the Surfbook?