This morning, Microsoft relaunched its online catalog for Windows Phone Marketplace, a move that gives Microsoft’s nearly year-old OS a little more life, even as it turns our attention to the spotty state of Windows Phone apps. Like it or not, the number and quality of apps in a platform’s on-device marketplace can just as …

Earlier this year, we told you about the National Geographic-themed Samsung B2100 Xplorer. If you don’t remember, it was the durable handset in bright red that was packed with features for travelers and outdoor enthusiasts. This time around, Huawei is tackling the general theme while taking a slightly different route for getting there. The manufacturer announced today that it was …

It’s no secret to iPhone and iPad users that watching movies and listening to streaming audio consumes the bulk of their wireless data plans, but what may surprise them is how much data they eat up looking for and downloading apps from Apple’s iTunes App while on the go. Onavo compiled a report of the apps that consume the most …

Feast your eyes, lovers of fast internet. Telstra has announced that its first 4G smartphone will be a mysterious HTC monster known only as the HTC 4G, but we know better. Yesterday at the telco’s 4G launch event, we snapped a pic of the phone’s own ID, outing it as the HTC Holiday. Excuse the camera phone photography, but this …

Huawei announced its next Android endeavor yesterday, unveiling the Gingerbread-powered Honor and putting it on track for a fourth-quarter release. Ask an average Android user to name one item they’d like to improve on their handset and you’ll likely hear battery performance. That’s why Huawei is really hoping to impress by adidng a 1900 mAh battery with a promised three …

Samsung’s Galaxy S2 smart phone has passed the 10 million worldwide sales mark, making it a very popular mobile indeed. In late July we reported that Samsung had shifted 5 million of the Android-powered blighters. That was eight weeks ago, suggesting the incredibly slender S2 is continuing to go great guns. Those 10 million devices appear to represent channel sales, …

T-Mobile’s ‘4G’ smartphones (photos) +8 more See all photos While T-Mobile doesn’t quite have the spectrum required to build a true 4G LTE network, it’s putting all of its chips behind HSPA+, which is technically a faster version of 3G. It first debuted this technology with the T-Mobile G2 late last year, with several more “4G” phones to follow, like …

We love smartphone and tablet statistics just as much as the next guy, and we got an earful of them at today’s Mobilize conference this morning, thanks to Nielsen general manager of digital, Jonathan Carson. Unfortunately, we couldn’t get our hands on all the great pie charts and graphs–at least not yet, anyway–but we did walk away with some interesting …

The majority of Pandora’s business comes through mobile devices; 70 percent, to be exact. Yet like many Web services that began with only the desktop on the mind, the early Pandora team had no inkling that mobile would become the runaway success it is. “Like most rock bands, Pandora was sort of like a 10-year success in the making,” Tom …

Sprint’s data-hungry customers can breathe a sigh of relief. The carrier’s commitment to unlimited data plans remains unwaivering–at least for now. So said Sprint Chief Technology Officer Stephen Bye when addressing attendees of GigaOm’s Mobilize conference in San Francisco today. While main competitors Verizon and AT&T are slashing their unlimited plans, Sprint sees it as a differentiator. “There’s clearly a …