Smartphones

Best Buy Mobile announced this week that they are cutting the prices on two Sprint smartphones, the HTC Hero and Samsung Moment . Both devices run on Google's Android operating system and sell for $99.99 (with instant rebates and new two-year activation). Both phones were $179.

The $99.99 price will run through December.

"Best Buy Mobile is committed to offering a great shopping experience and helping holiday consumers get the most out of mobile technology, whether it's for them or as a gift," said Shawn Score, president of Best Buy Mobile. "This fall has brought an unprecedented amount of highly-anticipated mobile devices to the market. We are excited to offer customers great selection, value and support to help them make sense of it all."

Visit www.BestBuyMobile.com for more information.

The Android-powered Samsung Behold II hits T-Mobile stores today (November 18th). The touchscreen Behold II features a 3.2-inch AMOLED screen, 5 megapixel camera with autofocus, zoom, flash, five shooting modes and video capabilities. The cube menu also gives you quick access to music, photos, videos, the Web, YouTube and Amazon MP3 for music downloads.

The Behold II features built-in Google mobile services, as well as applications and games available for download from Android Market. The Wi-Fi-enabled Behold II also supports e-mail, as well as instant messaging, and text, picture and video messaging. Additional features include assisted GPS, Bluetooth 2.1, visual voicemail, and a 2GB microSD memory card (with support for up to 16GB of external memory).

Visit the T-Mobile website for pricing information.

Dell has confirmed that they are getting into the smartphone business with the announcement of the new Mini 3 Android device. It will be available first in China and Brazil. No word on pricing or availability in the United States.

"Our entry into the smart phone category is a logical extension of Dell's consumer product evolution over the past two years," said Ron Garriques, President, Dell Global Consumer Group. "We are developing smaller and smarter mobile products that enable our customers to take their internet experience out of the home and do the things they want to do whenever and wherever they want."

For more information visit www.dell.com.

Walmart announced a huge pre-Black Friday sale on smartphones starting tomorrow, November 14th. With the purchase of a BlackBerry at Walmart, get a $100 Walmart Gift card to be used on future purchases. This is available for one week only (Nov. 14-20) and covers all major carriers: AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless. A two year contract is required.

The deal is available on the following BlackBerry devices:

• AT&T Curve 8310
• AT&T Bold 9000
• Sprint Curve 8330 (Red & Titanium colors)
• T-Mobile 8520 (Black, White, and Frost)
• T-Mobile Pearl 8120 (Emerald)
• Verizon Storm
• Verizon Storm2

It will be offered both in store and online at www.walmart.com/wireless. But remember, this is valid only from November 14, 2009 through November 20th. If purchased online, a $100 Walmart.com eGift Card will be emailed in four to six weeks.

The time is here! The much anticipated Motorola DROID is now available at Verizon Wireless and Best Buy Stores.

The Motorola DROID is the first device powered by Android 2.0. Not only does it give you high-speed web browsing, voice-activated search, it is one of the thinnest full-QWERTY slider phones available. DROID also features a customizable large touch screen, with access to thousands of apps and hundreds of widgets from Android Market. Oh, and it being available through Verizon, it is on the largest 3G mobile network in the country.

Verizon Wireless will host demonstrations at select locations today, November 6th, (check with your local store) to help customers get the most from their new DROID. Are you in New York City? Today Verizon is hosting an interactive experience called, "DROID Does Times Square." This experience will let callers control two of Times Square's largest digital billboards – the NASDAQ and Reuters signs – using only voice commands. Pretty cool, huh?

Get more information on Motorola's DROID on Motorola's website or visit www.verizonwireless.com.

Today is a good day for Verizon Wireless subscribers. The company just announced a slew of new phones; there's one for the Android geek, one for the music lover, a push-to-talk phone, and don't worry…they didn't forget the BlackBerry die-hards.

DROID ERIS by HTC

The new DROID ERIS by HTC is the second Android phone in the Verizon line-up, (the DROID by Motorola was the first). The DROID ERIS features a 3.2 inch touchscreen and trackball interface, 5.0 megapixel camera, 8 GB microSD card (up to 16 GB supported), Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, 3.5 mm headset connectivity, Integrated GPS, a digital compass, Full HTML browser with Flash Lite capabilities, and is compatible with Google services like Google Maps, Gmail, Google Search etc.Read more

The T-Mobile Motorola CLIQ is now available and to help celebrate, T-Mobile has launched the Motorola CLIQ Challenge, a contest to build the largest college fan club on Facebook.

The way the contest works is this: T-Mobile wants college students, alumni, teachers and fans to build the largest Facebook fan club. Visit www.facebook.com/tmobile to vote for the four-year college or university of your choice to win a free concert by the rock band Weezer, who's new album Raditude is out today. T-Mobile will also give the winning school $1 for every vote up to $25,000 for collegiate enrichment.to win the grand prize. The school with the highest number of votes by November 30, 2009 will be the winner!

Pretty cool! So, what are you waiting for? Go to www.facebook.com/tmobile to vote for your favorite college or university. What do you have to lose?

Find out more information on the CLIQ by visiting www.T-Mobile.com/CLIQ.