Nokia has started shipping the N9, its first and last smartphone based on the MeeGo operating system, the company said. MeeGo is one of the operating systems Nokia decided to forsake in February when it announced plans to use Microsoft’s Windows Phone as its primary operating system for smartphones. The other operating system Nokia nixed was Symbian. Four months...

October 4 is the date set for Apple’s next media event, reports AllThingsD. New chief executive Tim Cook is expected to announce the product, iPhone 5. Steve Jobs resigned last month as he continues to battle health issue, leading to the promotion of Cook, who had been the company’s COO and Jobs’ right-hand man. Internet rumours have suggested that...

Best Buy has leaked a news that iPhone 5 is going to be launched in October. It also claims that Sprint will offer Apple’s fifth-generation iPhone at launch, aligning with a recent rumor that it would become the third carrier in the U.S. to offer the iPhone. The memo suggests that pre-sales for the new iPhone could begin soon, with an “expected” launch...

Samsung announced the release of the Galaxy S II smartphone to three carriers in the United States. The phone will be available on AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint. The phones are shipped with Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) in addition to the new version of Samsung’s TouchWiz user interface. Samsung has also made it possible to create iOS-style folders in the app list, letting...

Research in Motion (RIM) announced BBM Music, a BlackBerry Messenger-based music service. According to RIM, BBM Music is a cloud-based music service that enables BlackBerry Messenger users to discover and share music through a community-based music library. Research in Motion, (RIM) Blackberry’s parent company, is hoping the social aspects of the service will appeal...

Sprint’s first sub-$100 4G smartphone, the Samsung Conquer 4G, is all set for sale. Sprint and Samsung called the device an “affordable 4G smartphone.” The Conquer 4G runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread and is powered by a 1-GHz Snapdragon processor. It features a 3.5-inch 320-by-480 touch screen, 3.2-megapixel rear-facing camera with flash and zoom, and 1.3-megapixel...

HTC, the Taiwanese phone maker, will soon release the Holiday smartphone in the U.S. on AT&T. Based on the leaked images from the website ‘Engadget,’ the HTC Holiday features a whopping 4.5 inch touchscreen HD display. But it’s not officially announced. Images of the device were apparently leaked to Engadget, one of which shows a “myAT&T” app...

The HTC Status, aka “the Facebook phone,” is all set ready for the market. HTC Status is the U.S. version of the HTC ChaCha, which was first introduced at Mobile World Congress. Designed in collaboration with Facebook, it’s the first handset optimized for the social networking site and features a dedicated Facebook button, so you can easily post status...

HTC will begin releasing unlocked version of its Android smartphones’ bootloader code next month. The first phone to get the update will be the dual-core HTC Sensation, which will get a “software update to support bootloader unlocking… in August”, HTC said. Android fans rejoiced on hearing the company’s promise to re-grant them access to device...