SAN DIEGO–AT&T announced five new Android handsets today: the Motorola Atrix 2, Samsung Captivate Glide, Samsung DoubleTime, Pantech Pocket, and AT&T Avail. This release brings the total of Android devices on AT&T to 19 in 2011 alone. As AT&T hasn’t always been so bullish on Android in the past, we’re happy to see the carrier …

Orange and T-Mobile customers are about to get a 3G signal boost, as the two companies begin sharing their data network. Orange and T-Mobile recently merged to form the confusingly named Everything Everywhere. They’re keeping the two separate names, for some reason, but all 27 million customers of the two companies will be able to use each others’ network. During …

First, a word of warning: if you’re still recovering from the weekend, you might be advised not to check out this Motorola teaser video that’s been punted out today. It shows a series of images flashing on the screen while a heartbeat speeds up along with the rate of the images. And it gives us a fair hint of what’ll …

The Velocity Micro Cruz T408 and T410 Android tablets. Donald Bell/CNET Update, Oct. 10, 2011: Velocity Micro has dropped the MSRP of the Cruz T408 to $199. There are a ton of low-cost tablets out there, many produced by fly-by-night brands, never to be seen from again. We’ve covered a few of them here at CNET and in most cases …

MetroPCS has recently released the Kyocera Presto and the LG Beacon, both of which are relatively basic phones for the prepaid carrier. The Kyocera Presto is a candy bar handset with bare-bones features that include a camera, Bluetooth, a speakerphone, and text and multimedia messaging. The LG Beacon, on the other hand, is somewhat based on the LG Cosmos Touch. …

SAN DIEGO–Plantronics has just announced its latest flagship headset, the Plantronics Voyager Pro HD. It’s essentially a more consumer-friendly version of its Voyager Pro UC product, which is currently for sale in certain business channels. Like the Pro UC, the Voyager Pro HD has a Smart Sensor technology that knows to automatically transfer calls to your headset once you place …

RIM Co-CEO Jim Balsillie unveiled BlackBerry Tag today at the GITEX conference in Dubai. BlackBerry Tag is an NFC-based app that will let BlackBerry customers share information simply by tapping their BlackBerrys together. You can also add friends directly to your BBM list this way. This sounds a lot like Bump, an iOS and Android app that transfers information in …

Good: The LG Esteem runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread, taps into MetroPCS’ 4G LTE network, and has an impressive pair of front- and rear-facing cameras. Bad: Bulky and heavy, the LG Esteem’s worst offense is its poor battery life. Its slow data speeds keep it from working well outside of MetroPCS’ 4G LTE territory. Bottom Line: Specs-wise, the LG Esteem …

The launch of the Galaxy Nexus has been postponed as a mark of respect to Steve Jobs, who died last week, Samsung has confirmed. The Galaxy Nexus, also known as the Nexus Prime, was to have been unveiled this week with a new version of Android, called Ice Cream Sandwich. “We believe this is not the right time to announce …

BlackBerrys are broken. A BlackBerry outage has crippled BlackBerry Messenger and Internet connection for millions of users — and it’s all Slough’s fault. The problem started around 11am today due to a fault in the Slough-based servers of BlackBerry maker Research in Motion, and has now spread around Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Ouch. Judging by updates posted to …