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Exclusive RIM has confirmed that it's unlikely to include quad-core processors in its first bunch of BlackBerry 10 devices.

Samsung has announced its Exynos 4 Quad processor and confirmed that the quad-core chip will feature in the Galaxy S3.

Opinion It's official. The smartphone market has gone core crazy. Recent weeks have seen the launch of an armada of snazzy new quad-core smartphones from the likes of HTC, LG and Huawei.

No more will Android apps be confined to a mere 50MB as Google allows developers to produce applications up to 4GB in size.

MWC 2012 Sony has only just got out of the starting blocks on its solo quest into the mobile market, but it's already being left behind after it confirmed it won't be launching a quad-core handset until 2013.

We've stripped out the hottest trends from MWC 2012 and squashed them into bite-sized info-nuggets so you know what technologies and issues are shaping the future of mobile.

Exclusive LG has confirmed it is working on a quad-core LTE device which will deliver fantastic speeds without draining battery life.

MWC 2012 ZTE has designs on the smartphone market in a big way, and its first major offensive of the year is the ZTE Era, a quad-core Tegra 3 running smartphone with a 4.3-inch qHD screen to boot.

MWC 2012 Not content with announcing two new phones - the ZTE Orbit and ZTE Era - ZTE has also announced it will be releasing four new tablets in 2012.

ZTE has confirmed that it will be bringing a total of eight new handsets to MWC 2012 in Barcelona covering both Android and Windows Phone.