Asus has announced additions to its ultrabook range in a press conference in Taipai. The Asus Zenbook UX32A and UX32Vd will shortly be launched, sporting Ivy Bridge processors.

HP has entered the world of ultrabooks with its HP Folio 13.3-inch ultrabook in winter. HP has now released its first business-oriented ultrabook in the form of the EliteBook Folio.

HP EliteBook Folio ultrabook offers the usual array of features found in consumer ultrabooks - SSD, ultra-slender and light chassis, i5/i7 CPU - but also incorporates several security features and a crucial swappable battery, unlike the rest of the ultrabook pack, whose batteries are non-removeable.

The Windows Phone Marketplace offers just 80,000 apps, compared to the half a million-plus available for Android or iOS users. That means WP7 folk often have to look that bit harder to find quality apps, and often have to wait a while before the best and most popular applications are ported to the Windows Phone platform.

Fujitsu has unveiled a new Lifebook notebook, which the Tokyo-based company is marketing as 'symphony at your fingertips'. The Fujitsu LH772 features an unusual 'rounded profile' based on the Zakumi philosophy, offering a levelled wristrest, spill-resistant scrabble-tile keyboard with two-toned keys, a circular scroll wheel, and an 'intelligent ' touchpad, presumably which can discriminate between deliberate touches and accidental brushes of the wrists or thumbs when typing.

Social Mints is a free app created by Techark Solution for Windows Phone users. The developer of this application has also developed application like Mood Swing and Dress Pal. The idea behind the launch of this Social Mints app is to allow its users to be updated about what’s happening in their social network and provide the essential data in an organized format. The app will get all the data from various social networking/bookmarking sites, blogs and news and then it displays the info in certain layout.

HTC had a difficult 2011, but the One X, One S and One V are a new trio of handsets that could well restore the company's fortunes. All three smartphones run HTC's lightweight Sense 4 UI atop Google Ice Cream Sandwich.

Enough tittle-tattle, it's time for some cold hard, silicon and Gorilla Glass to put all those Samsung Galaxy S3 rumours to bed.

The Ivy Bridge upgrade constitutes a 'tick' in Intel's tick-tock roadmap, meaning a shrinking of the die rather than an overhaul of the architecture. So it's basically a 22nm version of the last generation Sandy Bridge 32nm CPUs, though Intel is keen to stress there is more to the new Ivy Bridge range than a simple miniaturization of the manufacturing process. Scroll down to the bottom for a hands on video that will demonstrate just what 22nm transistor looks like.