Finding a satisfying Android phone on a prepaid carrier is getting easier every day. Case in point, the new LG Motion 4G for MetroPCS. This pint-size $149.99 handset features Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, a 3.5-inch screen, and a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, plus 4G LTE data. The pint-size yet potent LG Motion 4G (pictures) +7 …

If you’re thrilled by Sony’s Xperia S, then you have another reason to get excited. The company has just revealed plans for an Xperia SL phone, which sees the Xperia S and raises its 1.5GHz CPU up a notch to 1.7GHz. Of course, both phone’s processors are last-generation Snapdragon S3 chips, which while technically dual-core, are roundly trounced performance-wise by …

Motorola just dropped a bomb of an invite that hints at the promise of sweet new smartphones. Scheduled for September 5, the press event will be held in New York and vaguely states, “Motorola. On Display,” which is down right tantalizing. Could Motorola’s afternoon festivities herald the coming of a much-rumored Droid Razr HD or even Droid Raxr Maxx HD? …

If a TMO News report pans out, Samsung might be quietly planning a new Windows 8 smartphone boasting a connection to T-Mobile’s new 4G LTE network. Other specs the device could feature include a nimble 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor, 1GB of RAM, and a big 4.65-inch Super AMOLED HD (1280×720-pixel) screen. Other possible goodies the rumored handset, code-named Odyssey, …

Smartphones have become part of daily life but are often too delicate to withstand everyday abuse. Not so for the Sony Xperia Go, an Android handset built to shrug off treatment that would destroy typical mobile devices. CNET UK took the Xperia Go for a spin, a few dunks, plus crevice-clogging dust-ups to put this rugged machine through its paces. …

Motorola Editors’ note: This article was originally published on July 26, 2012, and updated August 10 with more details. When we first heard of Motorola’s upcoming Motorola Photon Q, we thought that the keyboarded Android smartphone would serve as a nice lifeline for disillusioned and disenfranchised BlackBerry refugees fleeing the sinking ship. Running Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich and driven …

U.S. Cellular just announced plans to offer two new Android smartphones, the slim Motorola Electrify 2 and rugged Defy XT on August 1 and August 3. The Electrify 2, a follow-up to the original Electrify will ship running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, and 4.3-inch LCD screen featuring Motorola’s ColorBoost enhancements. Related stories Best Phones Under …

If you have or were considering buying an unlocked smartphone, Simple Mobile hopes its new $50 4G data plan just might tempt you to sign up. Starting August 1, the carrier reseller will shave $10 off of its current Unlimited High Speed plan. Mobile virtual network operators such as Simple Mobile aren’t particularly new but this company’s offering was alluring …

In my view, smartphones are all about the future, and the best handsets are usually the ones with the freshest, slickest mobile technology. Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, Google’s latest and greatest operating system though remains frustratingly out of reach unless you own an unlocked Samsung Galaxy Nexus. Even so, the number of phones running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich software …

If you own an HTC Evo 3D or Evo Design 4G, here’s a bit of good news. An update to Google’s modern Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system is just around the corner. Android ICS certainly isn’t Google’s freshest mobile software flavor, Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. Frankly I’d rather have the nimbler handling and trove of new abilities JB …