If you’re strictly comparing the BlackBerry Curve 9370 to what came before, then the update for Verizon is an absolute knockout. It runs BlackBerry 7 OS, and has a lovely 5-megapixel camera and 1GB of internal storage in addition to its expandable slot, and–a hidden bonus–it has a SIM card slot for easily transitioning the …

Details are still sketchy on Nokia’s Mobile World Congress plans, but there are a few more hints than when the company first made its intention to launch something known. Nokia intends to introduce a minimum of one new high-end phone, according to Forbes, who cited an anonymous industry source. Don’t hold your breath that the handset in question is the …

A raspberry, pointing fingers, flowers, and a cat? Sometimes companies plant exciting clues in their press conference invitations. And other times, you’re better off putting the puzzle out of your mind. Of this I am certain: HTC is throwing a press conference the night before Mobile World Congress officially kicks off (February 26), and I’m going. Thankfully, there are enough …

Boost Mobile isn’t just about offering phones off-contract, it’s also about style. So if you’re a phone that lands in Boost’s lineup, you might be the hot stuff. Or you could just be a good bargain. The Samsung Replenish was an entry-level Android phone to begin with when it first emerged last spring for Sprint. It grew from Android 2.2 …

Here comes yet another tasty tidbit for the multitudes eagerly awaiting news of the Samsung Galaxy S III: it could measure just 0.28 inch, or 7 millimeters, thick. The latest rumor ultimately comes to us from Korean Web site Electronic Times News (Google translation). Samsung, it seems, is taking on Motorola’s ultraskinny Droid Razr, another phone that comes in at …

How about this for a crazy idea: a cell phone plan that charges you separately for each voice minute, message, and megabyte. Meet Ting, launched yesterday by Tucows. The new cell phone service for U.S. customers turns the conventional contract on its head by offering plans for various allotments of talk, text, and data. At the end of the month, …

Hey, remember the Peek, that handheld device from 2008 that supplied e-mail, and only e-mail, for $20 a month? Yeah, didn’t think so. After supporting customers on the original Peek, the marginally more useful Peek Pronto, and the Twitter Peek since then, Peek and its CEO Amol Sarva are shutting things down. This does, unfortunately, affect the “handful” of remaining …

commentary Let’s get one thing straight. Microsoft’s mobile operating platform isn’t called “Windows Phone 7.” How do I know? Because Windows Phone 8 is right around the corner. Yet “Windows Phone 7” is exactly how CEO Steve Ballmer introduced the platform and its first nine handsets in 2010, and it’s how people have commonly referred to the operating system–including CNET. …

MetroPCS is calling its $40 unlimited plan back into service for 4G LTE smartphones, after pulling the plan when it ceased selling its debut 4G phone, the Samsung Craft, last year. As with all of the carrier’s unlimited plans, the $40 4G LTE plan includes unlimited talk, text, and Web browsing. It also allows for 100MB of multimedia streaming using …

If you’ve got that gorgeous Nokia Lumia 900 on the brain, 25 bucks will get you a guaranteed reservation for the phone. The only problem? You’ll need to live near one of Microsoft’s fifteen retail locations. It costs $25 to reserve the phone, a fee that comes out of the total price of the handset. You’ll have to pick it …