Good news, T-Mobile lovers! All T-Mobile phones will be offered for free at T-Mobile retail stores this Friday, February 11, and Saturday, February 12, just in time for Valentine’s Day. Of course, you have to sign up for a new two-year contract, so it’s not completely free. But it’s still a great deal, especially if …

HTC’s original Desire smart phone was one of the big news stories at Mobile World Congress 2010, but now it seems the HTC Desire 2 could be taking the plaudits at this year’s show, which takes place in Barcelona next week. The Android-based Desire 2 has appeared on Vodafone Germany’s inventory system, according to local site HTCInside. While that leak …

The distributor of TiVo in Australia could be set to halve the price of its recorder following a significant restructuring in December 2010, and may also be looking to offload its assets to a competitor. TiVo distributor Hybrid TV is set to drop the price of the TiVo 320 Media Device to AU$299 in order to “clear out stock”, according …

Over the years, the commercials played during the Super Bowl have become just as entertaining and scrutinized as the game itself, and this year was no different. Among the myriad car commercials that dominated the big game this year, there was one ad that probably caught the eye of many a mobile tech fan. Airing during the second quarter, Sony …

Nokia is widely expected to announce some sort of strategy shift when CEO Stephen Elop meets with investors in London on Friday. A new report suggests, however, that several executive departures could also accompany the shift. German weekly Wirtschaftswoche reported on Saturday that a number of executives may leave, citing company sources. According to a Reuters summary of the German …

The Google-owned Blogger network has released a free app designed to enable people who have built their blogs on the Blogger platform to easily update them from their Android smartphones. Unveiled this week, the program lets people bang out copy, and take photos with their phones, from directly inside the app–and then either publish their words and images straightaway or …

Earlier this week, Google offered the first real taste of Honeycomb. Though we’d previously seen short video clips and images, it wasn’t until Tuesday’s event that we were able to see Android 3.0 in action. Watching the live demonstrations, I could envision thousands of Galaxy Tab owners glancing at their tablets, wondering if or when it will see Honeycomb. And, …

It’s hard to know what to make of Nokia these days. Though it still holds a huge worldwide market share and sells more phones than its competitors, it doesn’t quite capture the buzz it once had, and its presence in the United States has dwindled. Sure, the Finns maintain a healthy business selling low-end handsets in emerging markets, but over …

Not every manufacturer enjoys the instant name recognition of Samsung and Motorola. But that doesn’t mean they don’t produce phones worth owning. We periodically gather up the latest handsets from manufacturers that tend to scoot below the radar. After all, it wasn’t so long ago that HTC was barely a speck on the map. Our latest batch of five cell …

Apple A new rumor surfacing online pegs February 14 as the release date for Apple’s iOS 4.3, the newest update for iPhones, iPads, and iPod Touches. MacStories has reported from a “reliable source” that iOS 4.3 will be available on February 14 at 10 a.m. PT. Daring Fireball’s John Gruber conjectured in his review of the Verizon iPhone that an …