If you’ve got unrequited love for the Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray, NewEgg.com is doing something to ease the pain. NewEgg will soon sell the Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread smartphone unlocked to U.S. customers for $424.99. Announced this past June at CommunicAsia, the Xperia Ray follows up on the Xperia Arc with a thin, sleek design. The …

Now playing: Watch this: Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc 2:08 When we first saw the handsome Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc at CES last January, we knew it was a solid effort–slim and sleek with sharp edges, impressive camera specs, and a Reality Display worth talking about. Nine months later, the unlocked phone we’ve finally got in our hands still holds our …

Starting next month, U.S. Cellular customers will be able to get their hands on the HTC Wildfire S, HTC Hero S, and HTC Flyer tablet. All will run Android 2.3 Gingerbread. The Hero S has a 4-inch qHD Super LCD touch screen, a 5-megapixel rear-facing camera, and a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. The U.S. version of the HTC Kingdom, it’ll be …

With Windows Phone 7.5 Mango, Microsoft is sending a clear message that its mobile ambitions are moving full steam ahead, but can they hope for more than third place? Windows Phone 7.5 Mango review: Up to speed Ambitious Microsoft heaped up 500 changes in the Windows Phone update, many of which give the underdog mobile OS a fighting chance against …

This morning, Microsoft relaunched its online catalog for Windows Phone Marketplace, a move that gives Microsoft’s nearly year-old OS a little more life, even as it turns our attention to the spotty state of Windows Phone apps. Like it or not, the number and quality of apps in a platform’s on-device marketplace can just as easily defend an operating system’s …

Now playing: Watch this: Windows Phone 7.5 Mango 3:21 After a long wait, Windows Phone owners on all carriers will begin receiving the Mango OS update, or Windows Phone 7.5. The over-the-air roll-outs begin as soon as today. (Keep tabs with Microsoft’s update schedule.) Ever since we first heard about it in May, Microsoft’s intention with Mango has been clear: …

Now playing: Watch this: Samsung Galaxy S II (T-Mobile) 1:57 Samsung, more than any other phone maker, knows how to run with a good thing. T-Mobile’s version of the Samsung Galaxy S II is the fourth of this family we’ve seen, after the unlocked version, and iterations for Sprint and AT&T. The good news is we’ve been impressed with each …

In advance of its anticipated “Mango” software update, Microsoft is throwing open the doors to its newly renovated online Windows Phone Marketplace. Related stories • A look at Windows Phone 7 Marketplace for Mango • Microsoft to app developers: Submit Mango apps to Marketplace now • Windows Phone Marketplace hits 30,000 apps The initial Marketplace was little more than a …

Now playing: Watch this: Windows Phone 7.5 Mango 3:21 As of this morning, Microsoft and its partner carriers have begun pushing the 7.5 Mango OS update (review) to the first wave of Windows Phones. The question on everyone’s lips isn’t so much if the more than 500 changes to Windows Phone OS will satisfy current Mango users; they will. It’s …

Now playing: Watch this: HTC Amaze 4G 2:28 Yesterday T-Mobile announced two new dual-core Android smartphones for its upgraded HSPA+42 network–the Samsung Galaxy S II and the HTC Amaze 4G. We were already pretty familiar with the Galaxy S II family at its kick-off event in New York, and we’ve also reviewed the unlocked version. The Amaze 4G, however, was …