CNET Ask the Editors: Smartphones starts November 20 at 9:30 a.m. PT/12:30 p.m. ET and runs for an hour. If you’re gearing up to buy a new smartphone this holiday season, but still have questions, CNET has just the thing for you. Related stories Pick the best smartphone for you CNET’s top cell phones Tomorrow, …

Now playing: Watch this: The future of BlackBerry 3:45 *Video depicts existing and developer devices, not unannounced hardware. RIM CEO Thorsten Heins settles all 6 feet, 7 inches of his lanky frame into the high chair of the hotel conference room where we both sit, slumping down slightly before the camera rolls and the questions fly. (Heins quips that he’s …

Walk into a T-Mobile store and a second cell phone payment option might catch your eye: the Value plan. Related stories Prepaid plans versus contract plans Nokia Lumia 810 review Top 5 T-Mobile phones At first, the plan looks a bit like an interest model: a lower up-front cost for your purchase, say $50 less, followed by 20 months of …

If you’re a Samsung Galaxy S3 owner, your long, patient wait for an Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update will soon end. Related stories: Samsung Galaxy S3 review What’s inside: Android 4.1 Jelly Bean Starting today, T-Mobile will begin pushing Android 4.1.1 over the air and through the Samsung Kies app. If you run into trouble, T-Mobile provides documentation to help …

Sprint is building out its 4G LTE network little by little, today listing nine more markets to get LTE treatment. The areas are: Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minn. Fort Smith, Ark. Ardmore, Okla. Oakland/Fremont/Hayward, Calif. Eau Claire, Wis. Key West, Fla. Bloomington, Ind. Michigan City/La Porte, Ind. McAllen/Edinburg/Mission, Texas Minnesota’s Twin Cities center is the largest of the bunch, with several key …

Now playing: Watch this: MiFi Liberate hot spot gets touchy 1:31 On November 16, AT&T will begin selling two new devices. The MiFi Liberate stands out as the first hot spot with a touch screen. The device, which is designed by Novatel Wireless, can connect up to 10 devices and will sell for $49.99 with a new two-year service agreement. …

Now playing: Watch this: Windows Phone 8 grows up 4:10 Here’s CNET’s Windows Phone 8 OS review. This article was originally posted on June 20 and was updated November 6. The first smartphones bearing Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 operating system are hitting store shelves this holiday season. CNET has even reviewed the Nokia Lumia 920 and the HTC Windows Phone …

Editors’ note: This article originally posted September 19, 2012 and was updated November 2, 2012, after I reviewed the Nokia Lumia 920 and the HTC Windows Phone 8X, and again on November 6 after AT&T released Lumia 920 pricing . Related stories: Nokia Lumia 920, fully reviewed Review: HTC Windows Phone 8X Nokia Lumia 920 camera vs. HTC Windows Phone …

Nokia has trumpeted the ability of its Nokia Lumia 920’s 8.7-megapixel camera with image stabilization, low-light enhancements, and PureView algorithms. Photo quality was strong and fairly consistent, though photos had a blue cast to them and the Lumia 920 had problems with contrast and absolute sharpness compared with the others. Related stories: Nokia Lumia 920 review Review: HTC Windows Phone …

Skype’s VoIP app is “coming soon” for Windows Phone 8, but when it arrives, it’ll be outfitted with more options than its Skype sibling for Windows Phone 7.5. Written in native code, the app integrates into your address book and partially into the dialer, so you can receive incoming Skype calls the same way you would receive a cellular call. …