One of the first things we noticed about the Nokia Lumia 800 is that it looks strikingly like the Nokia N9, which runs Nokia’s soon-to-be-extinct MeeGo OS. Indeed, it has a similar unibody polycarbonite shell along with the same curved AMOLED display. But on probing further, we found that the differences between the two go …

Huawei today revealed it will be the first to launch a dual-SIM Android-powered smartphone in Australia, with the Huawei Deuce hitting stores with an RRP of AU$249. On the taskbar of the Deuce in this image you can see the signal for both SIMs. (Credit: Huawei) Not affiliating the Deuce with any Aussie telco, the handset will be available through …

Sprint Nextel posted a narrower third-quarter loss as customer growth improved ahead of the company getting the Apple iPhone. The country’s third-largest wireless provider reported a third-quarter loss of $301 million, or 10 cents a share, narrower than its year-earlier loss of $911 million, or 30 cents a share. Revenue rose 2 percent to $8.33 billion. Wall Street analysts, on …

LG Electronics swung to a loss in the third quarter as its television and handset businesses suffered a sharp decline in sales. LG reported a third-quarter loss of 414 billion Korean won ($366 million), compared with a year-earlier loss of 8 billion Korean won. Revenue fell 4 percent to 13.4 trillion Korean won ($11.8 billion). The chief culprits came from …

Good news and bad news: the Nokia Lumia 800 is out now, but the more affordable Nokia Lumia 710 isn’t hitting shops until next year. The Lumia 800 and 710, Nokia’s first smart phones powered by Microsoft’s Windows Phone software, were announced today at the Nokia World event in London. The hotly anticipated Lumia 800 is on sale today, to …

First up at Nokia World? The Asha line for the developing world — the 200, 201, 300 and 303. They run S40, but best of all? They’re all getting Angry Birds. That’s right, Angry Birds is going truly global. Blanca Juti, Nokia’s vice president of mobile phones, outed the handsets, along with a series of completely fictional people she’s met …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.–Nokia’s first, highly anticipated foray into Windows Phone gives both the phone builder and the software maker a second chance. Two of them, actually. A few hours after Nokia’s big unveiling of the Lumia 800 and Lumia 710 at Nokia World, Senior Associate Editor Nicole Lee and I went to Nokia’s Sunnyvale office to spend some quality time with …

LONDON–Multitouch revolutionized user interfaces, and if Nokia researchers get their way, a mobile device that’s sensitive to how it’s being flexed could be the next revolution. At the Nokia World show here, the Finnish mobile phone maker showed off its “Nokia kinetic device” with a flexible display. Gripped with two hands, it would scroll through music collections or photo albums …

Apple After upgrading to iOS 5 on my iPhone 4, I noticed that my Twitter app was not behaving up to snuff. My troubleshooting investigation led to some interesting realizations about how Twitter is integrated in iOS 5. Twitter’s role in Apple’s latest mobile operating system is a bit different from other apps. The issue I was having was that …

Nokia Asha 303 hands-on | CNET UK Though the headliners of Nokia World were the company’s first Windows Phone devices, the Lumia 800 and Lumia 700, Nokia also introduced a new line of handsets today designed for emerging markets. The new Nokia Asha (which means hope in Hindi) family includes four models–the Nokia Asha 200, Asha 201, Asha 300, and …

Earlier this month, Sprint Nextel’s leadership team sat dumbfounded on stage as an increasingly contentious audience of investors questioned the company’s strategy of pursuing its own 4G network alone. The investor presentation, which came mere days after the unveiling of the iPhone 4S, was among the most raucous in recent memory. The agitation only grew when the executives refused to …

LONDON–Nokia announced its first two Windows Phone smartphones here today, in what could be the start to a recovery for the company’s beleaguered smartphone product line. But U.S consumers will have to wait to get their hands on the new devices. The Finnish company introduced the Lumia 800 and Lumia 710, the first two devices in its revamped smartphone portfolio …

Sprint CEO Dan Hesse made his case for bringing the Apple iPhone to the carrier and argued that a short-term financial hit in the years ahead is worth the long-term gain. Sure, the iPhone has a pricey contract, but the device will bring customers to Sprint and help the company become profitable faster. Hesse likened the iPhone to an expensive …

HTC may have Beats Audio, but now Nokia has Monster. The companies today introduced two new audio accessories, the Nokia Purity HD Stereo Headset and In-ear Nokia Purity Stereo Headset, and announced an exclusive long-term partnership to produce a range of accessories for Nokia’s mobile phones. The news was revealed at Nokia World in London, where the Finnish handset manufacturer …

If you’ve been itching to get a Motorola Razr back in your pocket, your wait is almost over. Starting tomorrow, Moto’s new Droid Razr will be available for preorder at Verizon Wireless. Though it may carry the name of one of Motorola’s most iconic devices, the Droid Razr is no simple revamp of that original phone. Sure, it’s thin, but …