Update, October 27: Google’s October 29 Android event has been canceled because of Hurricane Sandy. …

With the debut of Windows Phone 8 a little more than a week away, Best Buy has begun taking pre-orders for Nokia’s and HTC’s flagship smartphones running Microsoft’s new mobile operating system. The electronics retailer’s Web site now lists the Lumia 920 for $149.99 with a two-year commitment and off-contract at $599.99. It also lists the HTC 8X for $99.99 …

There might be hope for those who suffer from BlackBerry shame after all. Once the de rigueur instrument of business communications, Research In Motion’s smartphone has taken a beating lately. RIM’s market share of mobile traffic has plummeted from 25 percent in September 2011 to just barely 1 percent in July, according to a recent Chitika study. Last month, Yahoo …