Friday has rolled around once more, and while we’re gearing up for another day full of headlines to see us through to the weekend, you’d do well to catch up with everything you might have missed overnight. It’s all rounded up for you right here in techie breakie!

First up, on the tablet front, we stacked the Samsung Galaxy Tab up against the BlackBerry PlayBook in a stat clash, but tastier news was to come, with ViewSonic revealing an intriguing way to get money off its own ViewPad: by trading in any old laptop.

On the mobile front meanwhile, we looked at a corker of a budget Android phone in our Orange San Francisco review, while Apple is rumoured to be holding a secret iOS event soon in the run up to the important 4.2 update that will bring multitasking to the iPad.

Finally, in gaming, we set loose our full review of the The Sims 3 for console – has it been worth the long, long wait?

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