Market watcher Gartner predicts that mobile application stores like the Android Market or Apple's App Store will generate $6.2 billion in revenue in 2010 - and could decide the platform war.

Nokia has previewed a next-generation user interface for its Symbian mobile platform, to be voted on by the Symbian Foundation ahead of the next major release.

Rumour has it that Palm is to launch a new handheld OS dubbed 'Nova' at CES, based around the open-source Linux platform - and possibly followed by some fresh hardware.

Palm has announced a further round of restructuring designed to return the ailing company - once at the forefront of PDA design - the profitability.