The Nokia 5250, the low-cost touchscreen phone first glimpsed in the Ovi Store last week, has now officially been launched. Obviously aimed at the cheaper end of the market, Nokia’s official blog makes a big deal about the phone’s music capability, offering with it a free mobile version of Guitar Hero 5 preinstalled. To carry …

Virgin Mobile leaked a teaser on its Facebook page indicating that it will roll out a $40 unlimited monthly prepaid plan, so we called to confirm. Indeed, spokeswoman Corinne Nosal confirmed with us that the company will announce this plan Tuesday. This new unlimited data plan replaces three previous Broadband2Go 30-day pricing plans–$60 for 5GB, $40 for 1GB, and $20 …

Sprint has confirmed with CNET that it’s starting to ship 3G-capable femtocells, but only to qualified customers. Like the previous 2G Airave, the Airave Access Point acts as a mini cell tower using your home or office broadband connection to help boost voice and data coverage. The primary difference between the two is that the Airave Access Point supports EV-DO …

The way we use our phones is changing rapidly, and with the help of 1000 CNET readers we now have a better understanding of the things we do and don’t do with our phones. Firstly, we’d like to say a big thanks to everyone who helped out with this survey. We know every other website you visit is probably asking …

A light-fingered lady from Manchester has broken the world record for the world’s fastest text message, typing using the touschreen text system Swype on a Samsung Galaxy S. Melissa Thompson wrote, “The razor-toothed piranhas of the genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus are the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world. In reality they seldom attack a human,” in a spectacular 25.94 …

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.–What will the sports stadium of the future look like? Just ask Cisco and Verizon Communications, the two companies that helped build the technology in the new Meadlowlands Stadium here, which is home to the NFL’s New York Jets and Giants NFL teams. The 82,500-seat stadium, which cost about $1.6 billion to build, has about $100 million worth …

The LG C900, a Qwerty slider phone running Microsoft’s new Windows Phone 7 operating system, has snuck out of the LG labs, Engadget reports. The trickle of phones running Windows Phone 7 has already begun with the Samsung Cetus SGH-i917, and we expect it to become a torrent as the OS gets closer to release this winter. We’ve had our …

Australia’s dead-heat election over the weekend has left both the Labor and Coalition parties scrambling to try to form a government. Meanwhile, the National Broadband Network Co. suggests it may stop the early-stage roll-out of a fiber optic network across the country until it knows who will be heading the next government. Labor backs the fiber-optic plan, while the Coalition …

Microsoft has just delivered on Monday an answer for software developers wondering when they’ll be able to start creating apps for the Windows Phone 7 platform. The company is planning to release its Windows Phone Developer Tools on September 16, giving program authors at least a couple months to code before the “holiday release” of Windows Phone 7 handsets. In …

I’m a big fan of mapping apps, particularly if they involve airports. Though I’ve covered them in the past, I didn’t find one I really liked until I downloaded Point Inside, which is available free for the iPhone, iPad, and Android handsets running OS 1.6 or above. As it covers both airports and shopping malls nationwide, Point Inside can be …

Last weekend Motorola refreshed its support forum for Android software upgrades. This latest round of news can be broken down into three categories: good, bad, and downright disappointing. Let’s start with the good news, shall we? As many of you are already aware, the Droid currently is receiving its 2.2 “Froyo” update. Meanwhile, the Droid X is expected to see …

In a move that will bring high-quality — and almost certainly high-priced — sound to mobile phones, Bang & Olufsen will link up with fellow Danish firm Lumigon, whose T1 phone we had a gander at last week. “We are pleased to announce our partnership with Bang & Olufsen which will bring ICEpower audio into our products for optimal sound …

According to a growing thread in the Apple Support Discussions forums, the Apple bumper case, made specifically for the iPhone 4 (and a major part of the “Antennagate” solution), is scratching the steel antenna band. ASD user Dayvidpriddy reports: “I received my black bumper about a week ago now. Took off the bumper tonight to clean my phone down and …

The new BlackBerry Torch 9800 has been listed by a retail site with a UK release date of 1 October, together with a bank-busting price-tag that makes it more expensive than the 16GB iPhone 4. Expansys is offering the long-awaited smart phone SIM-free for £570. It replaces the BlackBerry Bold as RIM’s flagship consumer phone. The first BlackBerry to offer …

Apple has filed a patent for technology that could enable it to ‘kill’ or shut down jailbroken iPhones, our sister site CNET.com reports. The patent covers tech that would allow Apple to detect whether somebody was doing anything it didn’t approve of with one of its haloed gadgets, such as hacking, removing a SIM card, or texting nasty jokes about …