Like a good top tier carrier, Sprint has a handful of free phones available to you at no cost when you sign up for a two-year plan. I remember my first one now, an incredibly ugly gold-colored Kyocera candybar phone–but hey, it worked!–and that was good enough to get me through my days as a …

Wireless consumers will be alerted in real time when they’re about to go over their voice, data, or text-messaging limits thanks to a new voluntary agreement struck between the wireless industry and the Federal Communications Commission. On Monday, FCC chairman Julius Genachowski and the head of the CTIA, the wireless industry’s trade group, Steve Largent, are expected to reveal the …

It’s not being announced till next week, but a source has leaked some specs for the Motorola Droid Razr phone that’s been teased in a video. And they look mighty impressive. Word is it’s faster than the iPhone 4S, with a 1.2GHz dual-core processor (Apple hasn’t released the speed of the iPhone 4S’s, but it’s believed to be around 1GHz). …

When it comes to GPS-based friend-finding apps, you either love them or you don’t. Google has been a big believer on its Android platform for some time, integrating Google Latitude into all of its Android phones. Apple’s iOS 5 update brings a separate downloadable app, Find My Friends (shortened to Find Friends once it installs). In many cases, it’s another …

I’ve often used this column to talk about how developers can get their apps noticed, so it’s appropriate that the issue of discoverability was a key topic at a recent panel that I moderated. Discoverability, it turns out, is not just a dilemma for small developers but in the minds of wireless and media executives as well. They approach it …

The iPhone 4S may have only just gone on sale, but word is already out about the iPad 3. Apparently it’s already gone into production, according to an analyst, and looks likely for a March 2012 launch, a year after the iPad 2. Susquehanna Financial analyst Jeff Fidacaro told AllThingsD that increased demand from suppliers suggests Apple is upping its …

Need to read PDFs on the go? Adobe announced the availability today of Adobe Reader for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. When you search for a word, Adobe Reader highlights it in the document. Hitting the arrows moves on to the next usage. Screenshot by Jason Parker/CNET Adobe says that the app works just like the desktop version, letting you …

Just a few hours before the big unveil, here’s some more news on Android Ice Cream Sandwich: looks like it’ll be getting a photo editor built-in to Android Gallery, like a slimmed-down version of Photoshop to edit your snaps. Android Police has obtained the icons, and while it can’t confirm if they’re the final ones, it does look pretty certain …

In advance of tomorrow’s Motorola press conference in New York, more information is leaking out about the expected Droid Razr for Verizon Wireless. Just this morning, Droid Life managed to grab glamor shots of the handset from Motorola’s teaser site. What’s more, Mobile Burn showed off its goody box about the event with items that represent the “Faster, Thinner, Smarter, …

Despite several of the telcos adopting simpler plan structures recently, buying a mobile phone and connecting to a network in Australia is still a test of wits and patience. If you’re hoping to avoid a contract with a prepaid phone plan, there are some bargains to be found, but you’ll have to do your digging. (Credit: CBSi) Sections Best value …

If you were a little let down by the iPhone 4S, but do like the look of its Siri voice-controlled assistant, then we have some very good news for you: someone has got Siri working on their iPhone 4! Developer Steven Troughton-Smith has ported Siri to his iPhone 4, reports 9to5Mac, and while there are still some teething issues, it …

T-Mobile USA today launched several pay-per-day plans for customers who think a monthly plan is too much of a commitment. There is a $1-a-day plan, which comes with unlimited text messages and a charge of 10 cents a minute for phone calls, a $2 plan for unlimited talk, text messages, and data at 2G speeds, and a $3 plan for …

Next week will see not only the launch of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and Android Ice Cream Sandwich, but it seems that Motorola also has something special up its sleeve — and to heighten the tension, it’s put a live countdown on its homepage, reports Engadget. At time of writing there are 80-odd hours to go till we see the …

It’s less than a week since the iPhone 4S was released to positive reviews and even more enthusiastic high fives, but attention has already turned to its successor — the iPhone 5 — with the news that it was Steve Jobs’ last project. Ashok Kumar, an analyst at Rodman & Renshaw, wrote in a research note that the next-generation iPhone …

BlackBerry wants to make it up to you for last week’s smart phone meltdown and is talking compensation. Your money back, perhaps? A chunk off your next bill? A handwritten, hand-delivered apology from the BlackBerry board inscribed on jewel-encrusted gold-leaf? Nope — you can have some free apps. BlackBerry phones across the world were cut off from the Internet and …