BBC News - Mobiles offer new view of reality

Virtual Reality has been a mainstay of sci-fi for decades but 2010 could see a pared-down version become mainstream. Augmented reality (AR) has had a quiet launch on mobile handsets but it set to explode next year, experts say.

Bottom scanners to be introduced in prisons

Prisons are set to introduce bottom scanners in an attempt to stop prisoners smuggling mobile phones into jail.

Research and Markets: Children's Ownership and Use of Mobile Phones in the UK: a 2011-12 Report

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "CHILDWISE Monitor Report 2011-12 - Mobile Phones" repo

Mobile phones account for 3.2 percent of net traffic in EU5: study

Within the EU5 (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and UK) browser-based internet views from mobiles accounted for 3.2 percent of all internet traffic from October 2010-October 2011, a figure described as "considerable" by authors of a report released by comScore and Telefonica Germany on January 23. 

British mobile shoppers biggest in Europe

For the third year running the British are the biggest mobile shoppers in Europe, according to a new study from Kelkoo, and shopping via mobile is set to rise a further 53% in the UK over the coming year.