Nokia: A long and innovative history +27 more See all photos Sorry, Nokia, but even with all the hype out of this week’s Nokia World, it’s clear you’ve lost your way. Yes, you continue to introduce new phones, some of which are indeed pretty, but handsets from your rivals in Korea, Taiwan, Chicago, and Cupertino, …

HTC is planning a big brouhaha on Wednesday in London to unveil the latest thing that it has “dreamt up.” We don’t know for sure what the company has up its sleeve, but Android should be the flavor of the day. Specifically, look for news about the HTC Desire HD and the HTC Desire Z, which is the European equivalent …

Sanyo Innuendo Sprint Though it’s now property of Kyocera, the Sanyo brand continues to live on at the carrier it has called home for many years. Sprint today announced the Sanyo Innuendo, a messaging-friendly handset with a full QWERTY keyboard. An update to last year’s Sanyo Incognito, the Innuendo borrows heavily from its predecessor’s design. On the outside, there’s a …

As it enters the final stages of its 4G expansion in New York City, Clearwire finally acknowledged today that its 4G WiMax service is already intermittently available in the Big Apple. In a carefully worded statement, the company said it has started “operational readiness activities” not only in New York, but also Los Angeles and San Francisco. During the final …

Even on a holiday week, things can get busy at the Federal Communications Commission. In the past few days, three Huawei models passed through the FCC’s gates–evidence perhaps that the company is trying to crack the U.S. market–along with models from Nokia and Motorola, and something called the ZTE MoviStar Urban. Because the FCC has to certify every phone sold …

Urban dwellers and tourists exploring a new city now can get improved walking directions thanks to Google Maps for Android. Available on the application’s 4.5 update, Walking Navigation offers many of the standard Google Navigation features, but tailors them to pedestrians. Walking Navigation will use more than city streets to guide you on your way; it also will take into …

Look out Dell, Bonnie is not happy. Your Android smartphone, the Aero, recently passed through her hands and all she can say is that it’s “unintuitive, slow, and limited in functionality.” And don’t forget that it only runs on Android 1.5. Fortunately, Samsung fared better with its Fascinate Galaxy S handset for Verizon Wireless, but plenty of people are miffed …

Now playing: Watch this: Apple iOS 4.1 2:08 Just as promised, Apple’s iOS 4.1 went live today for iPhone and iPod Touch users. As iOS updates go, this one is pretty small, but it offers a new camera feature and it finally brings the promised Game Center feature. I posted my initial take last week shortly after Apple CEO Steve …

Though music and entertainment were the of focus of Wednesday’s Apple press conference in San Francisco, CEO Steve Jobs devoted a few minutes to the next release of the company’s mobile operating system. iOS 4.1 will be available next week for the iPhone and iPod Touch. And in a change from previous OS updates, it will be free for iPod …

Cricket Wireless, the little carrier with big plans to go national, added yet another handset to its lineup Tuesday. The Samsung Messager Touch comes hot on the heels of the Android-powered Sanyo Zio, which had its formal introduction last week. The Messager Touch isn’t a smartphone, but it offers a slider design with a full keyboard, messaging and multimedia features, …