Sony Ericsson has reported its financial results for the third quarter of 2011 and has committed to a smartphone-only future.

Sales were up 33% on the previous quarter to 1.586 billion Euro, although this is slightly less than Q3 2010. Income before taxes was 31 million Euro - half the Q3 2010 figure but a dramatic improvement from the previous quarter’s loss.

A UK-wide study has found that one in six mobile phones is contaminated with faecal bacteria.

The most-likely reason, in case you hadn’t already guessed, is apparently due to people failing to wash their hands properly after going to the toilet.

Mark Bridge writes:

The Apple iPhone 4S launches in the UK today - but the self-repair chaps at iFixit.com have already acquired one and have disassembled it. Everything seems to be very much as expected, despite suggestions that Siri might provide distractions along the lines of “Number five is alive - no disassemble me!”

Mark Bridge writes:

When I was a youngster, evangelists preached the gospel. Not the gospel according to Steve Jobs, Bart Simpson or Oprah Winfrey. The gospel of Jesus the Christ. That was all. That’s what the word meant.

In recent years, the word ‘evangelist’ has evolved to gain a wider meaning. We have Product evangelists. Customer evangelists. Developer evangelists. Technology evangelists. Even Word of Mouth evangelists (which sounds rather like being an ‘evangelism evangelist’, I reckon). Anyway, I’m sure you get the picture.

Mark Bridge writes:

Call me naive or call me cynical - in either case you won’t be the first - but I was a little surprised to see a strong manufacturer presence at Droidcon UK last week. I’d assumed that manufacturers might be inclined to pick a popular operating system and then just start making devices.