Pumping out music on your cell phone or smartphone improves all the time, which is why we took another look at our list of favorite music phones. There are some old favorites that have superb tools and controls, and which continue to be a base line’s best friend. You’ll also notice a newcomer from an …

Whether you enjoy watching the socially inept humiliated, revel in the tears of sobbing teenagers, or are just mesmerised by Cheryl Cole’s giant head, you may feel you just can’t get enough X Factor. Thank Cowell! You can now buy an X Factor-branded Nokia 5228 from Carphone Warehouse.  The 5228, a cheap and cheerful touchscreen phone that’s similar to the …

The Samsung Omnia 7, one of several Windows Phone 7 handsets that are expected to launch on 21 October, is now available for pre-order from T-Mobile. There are a variety of T-Mobile deals, and the handset will also be available from Orange and 3. You can sign up for 18- or 24-month contracts, with tariffs ranging from £10 to £40 …

Verizon Wireless will be releasing a new Network Extender femtocell that will finally be able to access 3G/EV-DO data. Like the previous Network Extender, it works by connecting to your home broadband connection. You can then use it to make and receive phone calls and text messages, and now, you can surf the Web with it as well. According to …

RIM just announced the BlackBerry Style, a new flip-style BlackBerry complete with a full QWERTY keyboard, but it is not the BlackBerry Oxford as we had previously reported. The Style will be the second-ever BlackBerry to ship with BlackBerry OS 6 (the first was the BlackBerry Torch), and it is also the first CDMA BlackBerry to have OS 6. It …

Behold the world’s most expensive smart phone: a diamond-studded iPhone 4, priced at £5m. An Australian businessman commissioned Liverpudlian designer Stuart Hughes to slap a few precious stones on the iPhone, according to Small World News Service. Hughes has form in the field. Also available on his website are a solid-gold iPhone 4 worth £22,000, a £100,000 pink-diamond-encrusted Nokia handset, and a £110,000 solid-gold iPad.  The iPhone 4 ‘Diamond Rose’ has …

Foxtel and Microsoft have announced five subscription packages for the Foxtel on Xbox 360 service set to launch in November. It will offer users of the Xbox 360 Live service access to 30 channels of Foxtel content over the internet, without paying for a Foxtel installation or set-top box. The basic Get Started package will cost “less than” AU$20 per …

It’s been a long wait, but early Monday morning Sprint and its partner Clearwire finally announced full 4G service for New York City, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. New York will be first with 4G going live on November 1, Los Angeles will follow a month later on December 1, and San Francisco will launch in late December. Exact 4G …

AT&T is pitching Apple’s iPad tablet directly to businesses with a discounted wireless data plan, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. The move could help AT&T generate more revenue as the market for smartphone plans becomes saturated, the Journal said. It could also–temporarily at least–increase the threat posed by Apple’s mobile operating system to Research In Motion’s …

No, it’s not official yet, but after years of rumors and gossip, it appears that a Verizon Wireless iPhone will be a reality early next year. It would be an understatement to say this would be a very big deal–not only to Apple and Verizon, but also to AT&T, which would lose its exclusive hold on Apple’s device. We know …