Now playing: Watch this: Sanyo Zio (Sprint) 1:40 SAN FRANCISCO–Ever since Kyocera and Sanyo first introduced the Zio Android phone earlier this year at the spring CTIA show, we kept hearing that it would land at both Sprint and Cricket Wireless. Cricket followed through last month, but it was only today as the fall version …

HTC saw a 130 percent year-on-year rise in its revenue in September, the phone manufacturer said in a brief statement (PDF) today. According to HTC, it brought in NT$27.1 billion (US$875 million) in September. Its revenue for the whole third quarter was NT$75.8 billion (US$2.45 billion). “September revenue was impacted by product transition with small portion shipment of new products, …

The Nokia N8 smart phone will be available to buy — pretty much everywhere — from 22 October. Vodafone was joined today by O2, Orange, T-Mobile, 3 and Virgin Mobile in making the the new Symbian 3 phone available on contract. Retailers rolling out the red carpet for it include Carphone Warehouse, Phones4u and Tesco. If you’re especially keen, you …

Google Goggles is now available for the iPhone, joining Android phones in enjoying the ability to find information from the Web by analysing photographs of the world around you. Available on iOS 4.0 for the iPhone 4 and 3GS, it’s now a feature of the Google Mobile App for iPhone. The new version of the app has a camera button, …

Currently Apple offers only the newest generation of the iPhone, in one form factor, as well as one version of last year’s model. A new report from Kaufman Bros. analyst Shaw Wu suggests Apple may be looking to diversify its iPhone offerings. Wu’s supply chain checks have reportedly revealed that Apple is sourcing a variety of touch-screen options, both smaller …

SAN FRANCISCO–PacketVideo, creator of an interconnected multimedia streaming suite dubbed TwonkyMedia, will officially push out its mobile complement at the end CTIA’s Fall 2010 conference on Friday, but that didn’t stop the company from showing off the app at a swanky cocktail party in a SOMA loft a bit ahead of schedule. Twonky Mobile is rather aptly described by the …

Sprint’s Sanyo Zio. Kent German/CNET SAN FRANCISCO–Sprint added to its Android lineup today three times over, with the announcement of not only the Samsung Transform and the LG Optimus S, but also its own version of the Sanyo Zio. That makes Sprint the second carrier to offer the Zio after Cricket Wireless. The Zio will be available beginning Sunday, October …

Cliq XT Motorola T-Mobile and Motorola are pushing out an update to the Motorola Cliq XT this week that is designed to improve the overall performance of the device. While it’s not the Android 2.1 update users have been pining for, it’s recommended nonetheless. The 1.32.20 release is said to significantly improve common requests such as answering calls, opening apps, …

You know the drill: you’re recording some video of the kids doing something cute, when suddenly you realize you’re about to miss a snapshot-worthy moment. Alas, Apple’s Camera app locks you into one mode or the other–you can’t take a photo at the same time you’re shooting video. Camera Duo pulls off the noteworthy trick of snapping photos while you’re …

SAN FRANCISCO–AT&T announced the Pantech Laser today, claiming it’s the thinnest slider messaging phone the carrier has ever offered at only around 9.95mm (less than half an inch) thick. The super-skinny Laser has a 3.1-inch AMOLED touch screen, a sliding QWERTY keyboard, and a “Drawing Commander” feature that lets you make calls and access messages and apps by tracing a …