It’s been a big day for Google Android news, but Verizon’s upcoming Droid phone (and the accompanying TV commercial) are only part of the story. T-Mobile put its Cliq handset on preorder and juicy tidbits leaked out from other sources. We told you last week that a GSM version of the Motorola Sholes cleared the …

Verizon’s recent iPhone attack ad featuring its upcoming Droid smartphone has the tech world buzzing, and iPhone fans are taking notice. The iPhone Blog even posted a point-by-point reply to the commercial’s claims. While most of its arguments center on minutia (see the bit about the keyboard) the iPhone Blog makes one very good point concerning open development. “Really, Verizon, …

If you’ve never heard of Settlers of Catan, you owe it to yourself to read the Wired story, Monopoly Killer: Perfect German board game redefines genre. Then you owe it to yourself to buy a copy, as I did, and find two or three friends for one of the best board game experiences you’ll ever have. No friends? No problem: …

Correction, 5:25 p.m. PDT: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated the number of iPhones AT&T sold in the third quarter. The company has not disclosed that information. This story also incorrectly described Verizon Wireless’ churn rate. The story has been corrected to reflect the changes. Verizon Communications CEO Ivan Seidenberg said Monday during the company’s third-quarter conference call …

Now playing: Watch this: Samsung Blue Earth 4:07 As it does with most trends, Samsung is pursuing eco-friendly cell phones with vigor. It already gave us the Samsung Reclaim, and now we finally have a chance to review the Samsung Blue Earth. Like the Reclaim, the Blue Earth’s shell is made from recycled materials–specifically, plastic water bottles–but it goes a …

Screenshot by Jessica Dolcourt/CNET Even with the most practiced digits, composing long e-mail on the iPhone’s virtual keyboard is the slow, awkward pits compared with typing on a desktop keyboard. However, Google released a small new feature on Monday just for long-winded iPhone e-mail authors that makes typing lengthy Gmail messages easier on the iPhone and iPod Touch. Before, the …

Verizon Communications posted on Monday a third-quarter dip in profits, though the company’s wireless business showed strong results. The carrier’s overall profits were hurt by the continued decline of its wireline business. But the company is making up for much of the loss with wireless. That said, Verizon did not add as many customers in the third quarter as AT&T, …

On Monday, Sprint and Palm announced that the Palm Pixi will be available starting November 15 for $99.99 with a two-year contract and after a $100 mail-in rebate. The Pixi will be sold online and in Sprint stores as well as Best Buy, Radio Shack and select Wal-Mart stores. The Pixi is the second Web OS smartphone for Palm as …

iPhone OS hacker GeoHot released Blackra1n RC2 today, an updated jailbreak utility for the Apple iPhone 3GS and iPod Touch. BlackRa1n GeoHot This version provides a tethering jailbreak for the new iPhone 3GS with the updated bootrom from Apple. According to GeoHot’s blog, these new features are included: Fixed 3G issues Tethered jailbreak for 3.1 OOTB ipt 8GB and new …

As seemingly accidental as Janet Jackson’s infamous wardrobe malfunction, the Motorola Droid has been outed online by the company that intends to sell it, Verizon Wireless, in the US. A screenshot of the Droid product page on Verizon (Credit: Boy Genius Report) The Boy Genius Report was recently sent a hot tip informing it that a detailed product description of …

Halloween is just around the corner and Reko Rivera (left, below) and John Savio (right, below) are ready with the best Apple iPhone costumes we’ve seen. Rivera and Bobby Hartman spawned this idea in 2007 by creating a wearable iPhone costume using a real 37 inch LCD TV and an iPod. The iPod looped videos of recorded iPhone screens. Fast …

This is the 411, my Q&A column answering all your questions about cell phones and cell phone accessories. I receive plenty of questions about these subjects via e-mail, so I figured many of you might have the same questions, too. At times, I might solicit answers from readers if I’m stumped. Send your questions and comments to me at [email protected]. …

Apple has started to release new iPhone 3GS handsets with an updated bootrom and we reported that it rendered those iPhones jailbreak proof. However, this isn’t true, Eric McDonald, an iPhone Dev-Team member, said in a Wired interview released last week. MacDonald said, “It’s not going to be impossible to jailbreak even if the exploit we used is gone.” iBoot-359.3.2 …

Say what you will about the wireless phone companies, but in a crunch their managed 3G cellular networks get the job done when Wi-Fi connections fail. I was in Chicago at a telecom trade show this week and had to cover a Federal Communications Commission’s meeting via Webcast. Ironically, the meeting was focused on the FCC’s proposal to draft new …

Nokia has delayed the release of its N900 Internet tablet. Nokia N900 photos +3 more See all photos The N900 was previously set to arrive in October–and Nokia’s preorder site still states that. However, it is now set for release “during November,” Peter Schneider, head of Maemo marketing at Nokia, said Thursday in a post. Schneider did not state the …