AT&T Spending Billions to Improve Its Wireless Service

By Ed Hardy | 12/22/2009

With the success of smartphones like the Apple iPhone 3GS, customers sending more data over AT&T's wireless network than ever before. This carrier says it is spending billions to keep up with this growing demand.

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Native Skype Client for Symbian Devices Released as Beta

By Antoine Wright | 12/10/2009

Skype has introduced a limited beta of its client for some of Nokia's Symbian smartphones, allowing users to make free VoIP calls using Skype's proprietary protocol, and also exchange files and instant messages.

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Nokia Closing U.S. Flagship Stores

By Ed Hardy | 12/9/2009

Nokia is going to close its flagship stores in New York City and Chicago next year. This comes on the heels of an announcement that this company is closing its store in London.

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Nokia Gives a Sneak Peek at the Next Version of Symbian

By Ed Hardy | 12/6/2009

The Symbian Foundation is in the process of transforming the Symbian OS. Nokia has given the world its first glimpse of what the user interface for next version of this operating system is going to look like.

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Nokia E72 Released in North America

By Antoine Wright | 12/4/2009

Nokia has released the North American variant of the Nokia E72 Symbian-powered smartphone. This is the replacement for the popular E71, and has the same general design: a tablet with a small keyboard below its display.

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Nokia N97 Mini Released in the U.S.

By Antoine Wright | 12/3/2009

The Nokia N97 Mini was announced early this fall as a smaller version of the flagship N97 smartphone, and it launched in Europe in October. This Symbian S60 device is now available in the United States.

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Most Popular Smartphones of November 2009

By Ed Hardy | 12/2/2009

At the beginning of each month, Brighthand publishes a list of the smartphones and other mobile devices that readers have shown the most interest in during the preceding four weeks.

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Nokia E72 Debuts in Europe

By Antoine Wright | 11/17/2009

The Nokia E72 QWERTY smartphone was announced this summer, and it has just now been released in Europe. The U.S. release for the replacement for the popular Nokia E71 isn't expected until early December.

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Adobe Flash Player for Android, webOS Will Be Available in 2010

By Ed Hardy | 11/14/2009

Adobe Systems has promised users of phones running Google's Android and Palm's webOS that they will get a browser plug-in with Flash support in the first half of next year. This software is also coming to many other mobile devices, with one notable exception.

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Nokia X6 Music Smartphone to Be Available This Week

By Antoine Wright | 11/9/2009

Nokia's latest music-oriented smartphone, the Nokia X6, will be released in just a few days, alongside other music announcements from the Finnish mobile device maker. The X6 will be a high-end S60 model focused on its touchscreen.

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Nokia Learning Many Lessons from Ovi

By Antoine Wright | 11/8/2009

Nokia's Ovi platform has taken its share of knocks for poor service, implementation, and weakness as a competitor to the Apple iTunes platform. In a recent interview, one of this company's executives talks about the lessons learned, and plans for moving forward.

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New Study Warns that Cell Phone Use May Slightly Increase Cancer Risk

By Ed Hardy | 11/4/2009

An extensive study overseen by the World Health Organization has found that cell phone use may cause a slight but measurable increase in several types of tumors, some of which are dangerous.

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