Computer giant Acer launched its first Windows Mobile smartphone earlier this year, and already, it is expanding its portfolio with an Android handset. The just announced Acer Liquid has impressive specifications, including a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, a first for phones running Google’s mobile operating system. The most powerful Android to date. (Credit: CNET UK) …

Nokia may still dominate the overall cell phone market, but a steady slide in its smartphone market share could threaten the company’s long-term standing. On Thursday Nokia announced third-quarter earnings that, despite an unexpected loss of $832 million in its telecommunications equipment unit, beat expectations. The company managed to ship about 3 million more handsets than analysts had expected. But …

A prolonged outage for users of T-Mobile’s Sidekick device gets even worse as Microsoft’s Danger unit says that their lost Sidekick data may be gone forever. Deaf users sound offon Sidekick outage Recent problems with the smartphone, long popular in the deaf community, leave many users frustrated and sizing up alternatives. (Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried) October 15, …

AT&T has taken off the boxing gloves in its fight against the Google Voice service and proposed changes to Net neutrality rules. In a letter sent to the FCC (PDF) on Wednesday, AT&T went on the attack to portray Google as a powerful company that’s trying to fool the FCC into believing that the rules shouldn’t apply to it. In …

Now playing: Watch this: Motorola Cliq (T-Mobile) 3:35 Just a few weeks after its splashy debut, Moto graced us with a review model of its first Google Android phone, the Motorola Cliq. Though our first impressions were mixed, we can report that the Cliq has a lot to offer. With its easy-to-use design, spacious keyboard, and action-packed feature set, the …

Now playing: Watch this: RIM BlackBerry Storm 2 (Verizon Wireless) 4:06 Let’s be honest. Research In Motion’s first foray in the world of the touch-screen smartphones wasn’t exactly a smashing success. The RIM BlackBerry Storm was riddled with bugs and performance issues, which were resolved with subsequent software updates, but still, the damage had been done. However, there are high …

The Electronic Frontier Foundation says it has discovered another bogus patent, and it’s taking the newly found evidence to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to have the patent invalidated. On Wednesday, the EFF, a civil liberties organization that works to protect rights in the digital world, filed a re-examination request to the U.S. Patent and Trademark office, stating it …

Curiouser and curiouser. If the rumours are to be believed, Apple is developing an FM radio app for the iPhone and iPod touch. Y’know, because they have FM radio chips — Apple just hasn’t switched them on for you yet. Apple rumour blog 9to5Mac, which has a reliable track record for publishing leaks, was tipped with the news. The tipster …

A new Wi-Fi specification will let wireless devices discover and connect to one another without a router. The spec, called Wi-Fi Direct, was announced Wednesday by the Wi-Fi Alliance, the industry group that promotes the technology. By making it much easier for devices to connect directly to each other using Wi-Fi, the new spec could pose a challenge to wireless …

Scan the bookshelves of any serious movie buff and you’re almost certain to find a worn, dog-eared copy of “Leonard Maltin’s Movie Guide.” Of course, just as encyclopedias work far better as interactive, online guides like Wikipedia, so do reference tomes like this benefit from the digital treatment. Enter Leonard Maltin Movie Guide for iPhone ($4.99), which not only reproduces …

The solar-powered Samsung Blue Earth handheld was finally released to the public today–in Sweden, at least. The touch-screen phone with the solar charger on the back is also set to launch in other countries soon; they are France, Germany, Austria, Italy, and Portugal, just to name a few. We first saw this eco-friendly phone at GSMA 2009 and then our …

NEW YORK–Nokia, the world’s largest maker of cell phones, is getting into the computer business with its new Booklet 3G, setting the stage for a new era of competition in the mobile device market. Nokia Booklet 3G Nokia At a press event here Tuesday, Nokia took the wraps off the anticipated Booklet 3G, a Windows 7 Netbook that will run …

Last month, Apple released iTunes 9.0.1, which addressed a number of iPhone syncing issues as well as making some performance and stability improvements. We covered some of these improvements and offered a tip on relieving some of the problems people encountered with Smart Playlist syncing. Today, Apple started offering their own tips on what to do when Smart Playlists are …

Family Guy‘s Stewie Griffin has always wanted to control the world. On 8 November on US TV, he’s going to get his first real life chance — Microsoft and Fox have teamed up to exploit the show’s popularity to promote Windows 7. A special edition of Family Guy, along with various other live-action performances from the show’s creator Seth MacFarlane …

Cerulean Studios Trillian IM users on the PC or Web who have been waiting to chat with Trillian on the iPhone will have to wait a while longer. According to Trillian maker Cerulean Studios, Apple has been sitting on Trillian’s submission for the last two months without a peep to indicate a problem with the app’s content or the quality. …