It’s not a great time to be a T-Mobile USA customer right now. Sprint Nextel getting the iPhone is one thing, but regional carriers C Spire–formerly known as Cellular South–announcing it will be selling Apple’s smash-hit handset in the coming weeks has got to be galling for T-Mobile customers. T-Mobile’s response: blame Apple. “T-Mobile thinks …

AT&T posted a decline in its third-quarter profit today, although results largely fell in line with expectations and the company’s wireless-customer growth remained solid. The Dallas telecommunications titan reported a quarterly profit of $3.6 billion, or 61 cents a share, down significantly from a year-earlier profit of $12.3 billion, or $2.07 a share, when the company’s results benefited from a …

Research in Motion’s new BBX operating system isn’t even out yet, and it’s already facing a bit of legal heat. A small Albuquerque, N.M.-based software provider, Basis International, claims “BBx” is the name of a software platform that it has already trademarked. RIM unveiled the BBX platform–which combines elements of its older BlackBerry operating system with its next-generation QNX software–at …

AT&T said it surpassed 1 million iPhone 4S activations on Tuesday, making it the most successful launch despite its availability on two other carriers. The Dallas telecommunications giant hit the mark after five days of sales. The figure underscores AT&T’s continued strength even as Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel offered the iPhone as well. The company earlier reported third-quarter results …

AT&T is looking forward to an “unbelievably” happy holiday. The company expects its best smartphone sales ever in the fourth quarter, according to Ralph de la Vega, head of the consumer and wireless businesses. “We expect blockbuster smartphone sales in the fourth quarter,” de la Vega said today during a conference call following its third-quarter report, further fueling the expectations …

commentary If I’m a Droid Bionic owner, I have to be pretty peeved. The Bionic was supposed to be positioned as Verizon Wireless’ flagship 4G LTE smartphone–the first with a dual-core processor–when it launched in early September. But its reign barely lasted a month, and following several recent announcements, it may not even rank as the third-best Android phone in …

The exclusive iPhone 4S club isn’t so hard to get into after all. Regional carrier C Spire Wireless, formerly known as Celllular South, said it will be offering Apple’s latest iPhone in coming weeks. Exact timing and pricing information wasn’t yet available. C Spire marks the fourth U.S. carrier to offer the iPhone, after Sprint Nextel joined AT&T and Verizon …

Samsung Electronics and Google took the wraps off the Galaxy Nexus, the latest Android handset to carry the flagship smartphone moniker. Samsung The smartphone, unveiled at a Samsung event in Hong Kong today, marks the debut of the latest version of Android, known as Ice Cream Sandwich (each iteration of Android is named after a dessert). For Samsung, the introduction …

Research in Motion co-CEO Mike Lazaridis unveiled a new name for its next-generation operating system, BBX, as he made the case for developers to stick with BlackBerry. BBX combines the best qualities of RIM’s older BlackBerry operating system and its QNX platform, which powers the PlayBook tablet, Lazaridis said during the company’s developer conference today. RIM intends to use its …

commentary Research in Motion, is that really all you’ve got? After a critical outage that left some BlackBerry users without e-mail for as many as three days, RIM is offering customers $100 worth of premium apps for free. Enterprise customers also get a month’s worth of technical support. The problem is, the BlackBerry faithful stick with you for primarily one …