Sprint Nextel may finally be getting the iPhone. The Wall Street Journal, citing anonymous sources, reported today that the nation’s third-largest wireless carrier will begin selling the iPhone 5 alongside Verizon Wireless and AT&T in mid-October. Gaining access to the iPhone would represent a major victory for Sprint. Selling Apple’s smartphone would put the carrier–which lags behind its larger rivals–on …

HP’s closing-down sale continues. Yesterday UK retailers dropped the price of its discontinued TouchPad tablet to just £89, and now it’s done the same with its forthcoming Pre 3 smart phone, slashing £250 off the RRP and selling it for a bargainous £49 SIM-free. Everything must go! The price cut will apply to the whole of Europe, according to the …

Nokia promises “something new on Symbian” coming tomorrow. The Finnish phone company is counting down to a surprise for its feature phone software — will it be an update to Belle? Nokia is heralding the surprise with an eye-wobbling pink and purple countdown on its Facebook page. As we feverishly type against the clock, there are less than 30 hours …