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A unibody anodized aluminum chassis and a reinforced glass over the panel make the Nokia N8 certainly look like one of the sturdiest smartphones around. And the Finnish company is keen to show just how resistant to the elements it really is. The...

It's only been a week since the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 got its long awaited Android 2.1 update and now we get to meet its successor, the Anzu a.k.a. Sony Ericsson XPERIA X12. The first live shot of the rumored device has just been spotted in the...

SquareTrade, the largest independent warranty provider, rated some of the most popular smartphones out there by their reliability and as it turns out, Apple's iPhone 4 suffers from the least non-accident malfunctions compared to the competition....

Yet another Android smartphone leaked today, courtesy of the FCC test shots. The QWERTY-packing side-slider HTC Paradise is a mid-range device, designed for AT&T. There is a slight chance though that the handset was canceled before it ever reached...

Yesterday, while announcing the Verizon-bound Samsung Continuum, a company spokesperson revealed that the number of Galaxy S smartphones sold in the US has already reached the impressive 3 million units. Keep in mind that this is the whole Galaxy...

The fourth Symbian^3 device - Nokia E7 - will be released on 10 December. It will bring a full hardware QWERTY keyboard under the tilting 4-inch ClearBlack AMOLED screen. The confirmation came straight from the official Nokia Twitter account....

Opera Mini for Android has been a stopgap measure - Opera Mobile 10.1, the flagship browser from the Norwegian company, is finally available (though in beta) and it will probably take over the job of the Mini version now. What makes Opera...

A shopkeeper is a reputable job - especially if you're selling mobile phone apps. So, HTC might be working on their very own store - which will offer both apps and e-books. It might become a part of the HTCSense.com website, but all we have to go on...

The first devices based on the recently unveiled Windows Phone 7 platform are finally ready to take over the US, a few weeks after the first WP7-powered devices hit the stores across Australia, Europe, New Zealand, and Singapore. Windows Phone 7...

It’s raining deserts as three Android handsets are about to get updated to a new version of the Google platform. HTC Legend is getting the Froyo update in the coming weeks, while the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 mini and mini pro have already started...

The Android platform was born on this day three years ago, on 5 November 2007, and the first device based on the platform was introduced nearly one year later, on 22 October when the T-Mobile G1 saw daylight for the first time. However, the story...

Samsung may have hit a snag with the Android 2.2 Froyo update for the Samsung I9000 Galaxy S, but that has been sorted out and the update is already rolling out in the UK. And it was about time - with Android 2.3 and 3.0 looming on the horizon....

Today Nokia announced that another of the devices unveiled at this year’s Nokia world started shipping. Nokia C6-01 is the most affordable Symbian^3 handset to date and also the most compact one. The most interesting part of the Nokia C6-01...

The Samsung I9000 Galaxy S can add another highlight to its connectivity spec list - Wi-Fi Direct. Wi-Fi Direct is a very new technology and the Galaxy S is among the first devices to support it - and certainly the first phone in the short...

Orange UK is going to offer exclusively a Fashion Edition of the smallish Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 mini. It's a standard black XPERIA X10 mini with two free fashion jackets and some style-oriented apps and wallpapers. The two extra jackets you...

LG will give away free applications for its Windows Phone 7 users. If you own any Windows Phone 7-running LG smartphone such as Optimus 7, 7Q or Quantum, you'll get a package of free apps every 60 days. Those subsidized packages will include all...

The T-Mobile myTouch 4G (a.k.a. myTouch HD) and the Motorola DEFY are finally available at the T-Mobile stores across the US or online. And while the DEFY already made it to some stores in Europe, the USA is the first country to get the myTouch...

Sony Ericsson XPERIA X8 is going to have a nice piano black version in addition to its white and white-dark blue models. And also, if you already own an X8, you should know that the Android 2.1 Eclair update will be released before the end of the...

Sigh. There's some gossip on the Internet of photos and specs for a Nokia X2-01, which is a lot like the Nokia C3, but it's obviously positioned even lower. Yes, we're as confused as the rest of you. Anyway, the Nokia X2-01 is an S40 phone with a...

Google just published the latest report on the Android versions usage. It covers the two weeks ending on November 1 and shows Android 2.1 is still in the lead, with Eclair devices accounting for more than 40 percent of all Android devices. However...