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(Credit:Josh Miller) While the RIM BlackBerry Curve 9360 is a decidedly lower-end phone than RIM’s Bolds and Torches, we think it’s a great option for those still loyal to the BlackBerry brand. It comes with the company’s latest mobile operating system, BlackBerry 7 OS; it has a decent physical keyboard; and it’s definitely an improvement [...]

The brand new Windows Phone 7.5 powered Nokia Lumia has already been made available by T-Mobile, Orange, O2 and Vodafone with contract deals in the UK and now the first of the virtual network operators has also launched the Nokia Lumia 800 across their entire range of pay monthly deals. Talk Mobile are a virtual [...]

Matthew Miller is an avid mobile device enthusiast who works during the day as a professional naval architect in Seattle. he is one of three hosts on the MobileTechRoundup podcast and runs the Nokia Experts website. Matthew started using mobile devices in 1997 with a US Robotics Pilot 1000 and has owned over 90 different [...]

HTC has taken the lead in the U.S. smartphone race. According to research firm Canalys, HTC had a stellar third quarter, claiming more than a quarter of the U.S. market, and shipping more smartphones than either Apple or Samsung. In Q3 2011, HTC shipped 5.7 million smartphones under its own brand in the U.S., the [...]

We loved the original HTC Sensation, so I jumped at the chance to get my hands on its bigger (badder) brother, the Sensation XL. this monster phone has a 4.7-inch WVGA display and is intended to be a device for major media fiends. Like the HTC Flyer, the Sensation XL has a largely aluminum body [...]

The Amaze 4G, HTC’s latest flagship Android smartphone, picks up where the HTC Sensation left off and in the process takes a few steps forward and a couple steps back. The Amaze, available on T-Mobile, carries over the 4.3-inch touchscreen seen on the Sensation and Sensation XE. but a number of specs have been bumped [...]

Obama to announce aid for student and home loans. Home loan proposals will include refinancing for underwater mortgages. (Reuters) EU leaders press Italy for more austerity measures. (Reuters) China’s October PMI is moderately higher. (Reuters) Barron’s expects Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) stock to rise up to 25%  in the next year. (Reuters) Investors want News Corp. [...]

T-Mobile’s HTC Amaze 4G is worth considering by serious shutterbugs who want a phone that can replace their everyday point-and-shoot, according to this eWEEK review. but, reviewer Nicholas Kolawkowski adds, don’t expect its battery to hold out all day.HTC may have taken any number of design tropes into consideration when crafting the Amaze 4G, but [...]

The brand new HTC Sensation XE has already been launched on O2, Orange, T-Mobile and Vodafone deals in the UK but has now found a new network partner with the dedicated 3G operator; 3 Mobile. Known for their competitive contract deals, 3 Mobile offers the HTC Sensation XE with more inclusive minutes and text plus [...]

HTC today launched its second Beats Audio phone, a gigantic behemoth of an Android device called the Sensation XL. For U.S. consumers, the XL will remain a curiosity, though, as HTC confirmed that it will never come here. The gigantic XL is like an Android-powered version of HTC’s colossal Titan phone, which we had a [...]