Nov. 10, 2010 at 11:49 a.m.			
			
			Filed under: 
Consumer electronics, 
Technology		 
		 
		By Associated Press
		
			Global smart phone sales nearly doubled in the third quarter, and Apple is now one of the top five bestselling manufacturers.
Research firm Gartner says cell phone manufacturers sold 80.5 million smart phones in the third quarter. It says nearly 1 in 5 of all phones sold is a smart phone. Get the full story »
		 
			 
		
		
			
				Nov. 9, 2010 at 1:06 p.m.			
			
			Filed under: 
Cell phones, 
Telecommunications, 
Wireless		 
		 
		By Los Angeles Times
		
			AT&T on Tuesday cut the price of Research In Motion’s BlackBerry Torch in half, down to $99.99.
The cut comes about three months after the smart phone landed on AT&T store shelves and amid intense price competition from Web sites such as Wirefly.com, which is offering the Torch for $29.99, and Amazon.com, which is selling the smart phone for 1 cent.