Sprint isn’t the only one ramping up its lineup today. U.S. Cellular just announced its product road map for the remainder of the year, and it includes eight smartphones and two tablets. Seven of the eight handsets will run Android 2.3 Gingerbread and the eighth will be the carrier’s first Windows Phone 7 handset. One …

Sony Ericsson took to Facebook today to announce two new feature phones, the Mix Walkman and Txt pro. Features phones, if you remember, have become a new class of handsets that aren’t quite smartphones, but aren’t basic models, either. Indeed, the Mix Walkman and Txt Pro fit right into this category. They do much more than make calls even if …

Microsoft is rumoured to be working on an own-brand Windows 8 tablet, according to Taiwanese sources reported by DigiTimes. It may well be in talks with Texas Instruments, presumably for a number of its red-hot OMAP processor, and various other equipment manufacturers. This approach would mimic Apple — picking and choosing components and having them assembled into the iPad. Don’t …

HTC’s top of the line Android smart phone, the aptly named Sensation, is now available to pre-order online at the Carphone Warehouse, with an expected availability date of Monday 20 June. Vodafone’s exclusive will soon be over. Assuming no delays, it looks as if O2’s tipster may have been right all along. Though we’re expecting the Sensation to land on …

Apple fans got their annual dose of goodness this week with the company’s 2011 Worldwide Developer’s Conference taking place just down the street in San Francisco. We didn’t get a new iPhone this time–or even a hint of when the next hardware will come–but everyone’s favorite fruit company did offer a preview of its latest mobile operating system, iOS 5. …

Developers poring over iOS 5 have made an interesting discovery that seems to point to the iPad 3. Simply listed as “iPad3,1” and “iPad3,2” it does seem as if Apple has referenced a future model in its software, TechCrunch reports. Explicitly listing the iPad 3 suggests the next model will have certain additional features not found on the iPad 2. …

Nokia has today rolled out a fairly significant update to the Ovi Store, introducing automatic update notifications for installed apps and an option to update all apps with a single keystroke. (Credit: All About Symbian) The Store update applies to devices running on Nokia’s Symbian^3 OS, although Nokia said that it intends to roll these same improvements out to handsets …

Samsung has sent a shiny new Galaxy S 2 to Atin, a prominent Cyanogen hacker, so his team can work on porting the alternative CyanogenMod firmware to the Android device, Know Your Mobile reports. CyanogenMod offers a range of features not found in the official builds of Android including a DSP audio equaliser, themes, incognito mode, lockscreen gestures, an open …

Motorola’s bodacious new Wilder touchscreen phone will be available from the Carphone Warehouse this July, priced at an awesomely modest £49.95. It’s targeting the feature phone at teenagers, throwing around phrases like “get into the action” and “live life for the moment” in a bid to make it appear cool. It makes us think of Billy Wilder, which probably says …

US reviewers have published the first reviews of Apple’s iPhone 4. All lauded its improved battery life and call quality, solid design, and the simplicity of making video calls. Meanwhile, the tech vandals at iFixit have not only got their hands on an iPhone 4, but they’ve taken it to bits and documented the process in some very nifty photos. …

By 2014, Android will have stormed past BlackBerry OS and Apple’s iOS in terms of market share, becoming the second most popular mobile operating system behind Symbian, according to research firm IDC. IDC predicts Android’s market share will have grown by 51.2 per cent by 2014. As shown in the chart above, BlackBerry OS’ market share is expected to fall by 3.5 per cent, …

The HTC Desire HD, the iPhone 4 and the Nokia N8. We love the ones we own, and we badly want the ones we don’t. But which is best? In this three-way mobile mash-up we’ll be determining which of these smart phone behemoths deserves to wear the Imperial Sash of Victory. (Note: Imperial Sash of Victory not a real award, …

Samsung’s upcoming GT-i8700 handset, which runs Windows Phone 7, has been captured in a YouTube video. The video of the handset, which may eventually be called the Omnia 7, in accordance with the titles of Samsung’s previous Windows Mobile devices, runs for 13 minutes. There’s no sound, but you can see Windows Phone 7 in action, together with a demonstration of how the phone’s camera …

If you’ve bitten your fingernails to the quick waiting for the Nokia N8 to be released, then cut your digits some slack — the phone is now available to buy on the Finnish company’s website. The N8 goes on general release in the UK on 22 October, but you can buy it now from Nokia’s website SIM-free for £429. The website is also offering the phone …

Android’s incredible year continues, with sales from July to September making Android the world’s second most popular smart phone OS, catching up fast to Symbian in the number one spot. Android has cornered a quarter (25.5 per cent) of the world’s smart phone market, according to a worldwide smart phone sales report. It rocketed past iOS and BlackBerry in third …