Sprint shed more light on the future of its Direct Connect service today when it announced two CDMA devices that will support the push-to-talk (PTT) feature. The Kyocera DuraMax and DuraCore will launch in the fourth quarter of this year with a yet-to-be-named Motorola handset set following shortly...

The good: The LG Cosmos is a compact messaging phone with a sharp display and roomy keyboard. You get slight improvements over the original, like a 3.5mm headset jack and a music player. Features include a 1.3-megapixel camera, Bluetooth, Bing search, and a wireless Web browser. Call quality is fantastic and...

T-Mobile USA is throwing down the gauntlet at Sprint Nextel with its new smartphone price plans. T-Mobile is set to announce Wednesday that it plans to cut the price of its smartphone plans. Most significantly, its mid-tier plan–which includes unlimited phone calls, text messages, and data–drops...

The good: The T-Mobile MyTouch 4G Slide is a speedy 4G, dual-core smartphone with some great multimedia features. The bad: The keyboard is a little flat on the MyTouch 4G Slide, and while good, the camera tools don’t live up to their mind-blowing promise. The bottom line: While angled toward the...

The good: The HTC Status is a well-made phone with a fantastic QWERTY keyboard and a slight bend to the body that makes texting that much easier. The Facebook button works as advertised, and it could be a great asset to anyone who’s a Facebook fanatic. The bad: The HTC Status has a tiny screen, with...