America’s first “4G” Windows phone is right around the corner. AT&T recently announced pricing and availability for the Samsung Focus S, which will run on AT&T’s HSPA+ network (not AT&T’s 4G LTE). Starting November 6, you’ll be able to pick up the higher-end Focus S for $199.99, along with the budget and Samsung Focus Flash …

Windows Phones just aren’t selling (only 1 percent in the U.S., according to Nielsen in June). The new Mango OS is nice enough, but with shelves awash with so many excellent Android phones, what Windows Phone badly needs is a hardware hit. If Nokia has its way, the Lumia 800 and Lumia 710 will deliver it. “It’s a new dawn …

Boost Mobile is showing Android lots of love these days, most of them for candy bar form factors. This week’s announcement of the ZTE Warp is a perfect example. Luckily, Boost has one “Gingerbread man” QWERTY for Android fans who like a good keyboard: the Samsung Transform Ultra. The good: The uncluttered Samsung Transform Ultra has a pleasing design, a …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.–Nokia’s first, highly anticipated foray into Windows Phone gives both the phone builder and the software maker a second chance. Two of them, actually. A few hours after Nokia’s big unveiling of the Lumia 800 and Lumia 710 at Nokia World, Senior Associate Editor Nicole Lee and I went to Nokia’s Sunnyvale office to spend some quality time with …

Another budget phone for Virgin Mobile has entered the arena: the slide-out Samsung M575. We’ve seen it before as Virgin Mobile’s Samsung Restore. This no-contract QWERTY slider has a 2.4-inch LCD screen, a 2-megapixel camera and camcorder, and threaded text messaging and e-mail. It also has a browser, Bluetooth support, a music player, and a microSD card slot that can …

Samsung is a company with a penchant for sequels, and just a few months after releasing Exhibit A, here comes Exhibit B: the Samsung Exhibit II 4G. The specs are modest to be sure, and very similar to the original. It starts with Android 2.3 Gingerbread running behind a 3.7-inch WVGA touch screen and powered by a 1 GHz Qualcomm …

Boost Mobile has cultivated a reputation for offering slick, good-looking smartphones–which is why I’m pleasantly surprised to see the ZTE Warp enter Boost’s no-contract lineup. ZTE isn’t well-known in the U.S., and definitely not for higher-end devices, but the specs are promising so far. The Android 2.3 Gingerbread ZTE Warp offers up a 4.3-inch display, a 1GHz processor, and a …

We’ve been wondering to ourselves what a Nokia-made Windows Phone would look like ever since Nokia shocked the mobile world by announcing a commitment to Microsoft’s Windows Phone OS. This week we’ll finally get to find out when the company unveils its Windows Phone road map at Nokia World in London. CNET News’ Maggie Reardon and Stephen Shankland will be …

What I’m about to attempt–comparing Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich with Apple iOS 5–is a little like tiptoeing through a minefield. Most of you won’t be happy and somebody could get hurt. (Read: me.) Yet, this comparison must be done. For one thing, Google and Apple have both recently unveiled huge changes that respectively make their mobile operating systems far …

Nokia World commences next Wednesday, but at this rate we should call it “Windows Phone World.” It’s there that Nokia will show off its first Windows Phone, about nine months after the then-struggling device and mobile platform maker shocked the mobile world by publicly placing all bets with Windows Phone. The amount of enthusiasm the handset receives isn’t just important …