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 …

Android rules, an Aston Martin phone, and you guessed it, Amazon is on fire! All that and more on this week’s episode of Android Atlas Weekly for September 28, 2011. Now playing: Watch this: Ep. 66: Amazon’s Kindle may start a Fire 47:17 Podcast Your browser does not support the audio element. Subscribe: iTunes (MP3) | iTunes (320×180) | iTunes (640×360) | RSS (MP3) …

The Slider includes a QWERTY keyboard that snaps out from under the tablet. Josh Miller/CNET Thanks to their slim designs, touch screens, and light weights, tablets have taken off in the last few years as a popular alternative to Netbooks and, in some cases, even laptops. Unfortunately, a tablet screen isn’t the most ideal environment for typing. By including a …