This photo really doesn’t do it justice, but the SPIbelt is great for carrying your phone and other items while running. Overton Enterprises LLC A smartphone is all but essential gear for runners, walkers, bikers, hikers, gym rats, and other exercise-minded folks. For one thing, there are the apps. As a semi-regular runner, I can’t live without RunKeeper (one of …

HTC fans, today is your day, with a veritable pinata of new information about the next batch of HTC smartphones and tablets. Collected from the four corners of the intertubes, the following looks like the best of HTC’s second-half line-up — including its first Android Honeycomb tablet. HTC Vigor The front and back of the upcoming HTC Vigor. (Credit: GSMArena) …

AT&T, Verizon Wireless, and T- Mobile USA plan to invest an additional $100 million into their mobile payment joint venture, Isis, to help get the project off the ground more quickly, Bloomberg reported Monday. According to Bloomberg’s unnamed sources familiar with the joint venture, the investment is contingent on whether Isis, which was developed to turn cell phones into payment …