RIM may have delayed its update to the PlayBook, and be being sued by another tech company (as well as its own customers), but here’s one reason for BlackBerry fans to smile: fresh details on the first handset to run the BBX operating system. It’ll be called the BlackBerry Colt, according to N4BB, via Recombu, …

Sprint Nextel is offering developers some prominent real estate to feature their apps–if they’re willing to pay for it. The company said Friday it plans to launch a new auction system for developers, allowing them to bid for spots on the Sprint Zone application and the Sprint Tab found in the Android Market–two locations where new Sprint customers go to …

Now playing: Watch this: Dialed In #197: Zombie phones returned from the dead 46:28 This is one thriller of a show you can’t miss! Stephen sets the mood with some intros that will make you scream, we consider what it takes to bring Nokia back from the dead, and if RIM and Web OS have a chance at reversing their …

Most Android smartphones sold for $100 or less are basic hardware shells that do an adequate job, but won’t blow you away with their features. Not so the HTC Evo Design 4G. Sprint’s fifth member of the Evo family is a slightly smaller (but hardly tiny) handset that’s beautifully designed and imbued with a robust set of features, including 4G …

Are you being ripped off for owning an iPhone? Are phone networks ripping you off for owning a smart phone? We’ve heard from many of you who are unhappy with the hidden charges, secret data limits and extra fees imposed by phone companies. One reader, Martyn Hardacre, eloquently sums up the frustration of owning an iPhone. Here’s his story — …

Leap Wireless saw its third-quarter loss narrow as the tide continues to turn for the better on customer growth. Leap Wireless sells its service under the Cricket Wireless brand. The prepaid wireless provider, which sells its service under the brand Cricket Wireless, posted a quarterly loss of $68.8 million, or 90 cents a share, compared with a year-earlier loss of …

While the RIM BlackBerry Curve 9360 is a decidedly lower-end phone than RIM’s Bolds and Torches, we think it’s a great option for those still loyal to the BlackBerry brand. It comes with the company’s latest mobile operating system, BlackBerry 7 OS; it has a decent physical keyboard; and it’s definitely an improvement over the previous Curves with its faster …

New details for the Motorola Xoom 2 have surfaced recently, and as one would hope and expect, it will be faster and more powerful. According to information obtained by Droid Life, the Motorola tablet will come in two storage options, 32GB and 64GB. The first-gen Xoom topped out at 32GB. What’s more, the device is also expected to come with …

Nokia may still be licking its wounds after Comes With Music, but now it’s outed a new music service for the Lumia 800. It’s called Nokia Music Mix Radio. There’s no subscription, no login, no password. It’s about as simple as mobile music gets. It streams “locally relevant music” across hundreds of channels to your handset, though we’re still trying to …

Is your iPhone 4S battery running down much quicker than previous models? A flaw in the location service system in iOS5 could be to blame, the Guardian reports. It seems your phone is accessing your phone’s location even when there’s no need for it to do so, and you’ve not asked it to. The Setting Time Zone option in Systems …

Britain’s largest police force is using covert surveillance technology that can shut off mobile phones and intercept communications, according to a report in The Guardian. CBS/AP The article says that the London Metropolitan Police Service bought the technology, which acts like a fake cell tower, from a U.K.-based company called Datong plc. The suitcase-sized receiver reportedly tricks cell phones into …

November 6 is shaping up to be a big day for AT&T, as the carrier will release its first 4G LTE smartphones and expand its LTE network to nine additional markets on that day. When it comes to devices, customers will be able to choose from the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket or the HTC Vivid, both of which are …

T-Mobile has announced that its new MyTouch and MyTouch Q handsets will be available online starting November 2 and in retail stores starting November 9. They will be $79.99 each after the usual two-year service agreements. A departure from previous MyTouch handsets like the MyTouch 4G Slide and the MyTouch 4G, the new MyTouch phones are made by LG instead …

The Nokia Lumia 800 may be the “first real Windows phone” according to Stephen Elop, but soon all Windows Phone handsets will be running the same Mango software, Pocketnow reports. Eric Hautala, general manager of customer experience engineering at Windows Phone, wrote in a blog post that Microsoft was “now delivering Mango to 100 percent of eligible phones around the …

The Nokia Lumia 800 will cost £400 on pay as you go with Three. The first Nokia Windows Phone is already on sale with a contract, but is expected on pay as you go and SIM-free soon from Orange and Vodafone and other retailers. Although contract deals for the Lumia were confirmed by assorted networks, SIM-free prices were still unclear. …