By Sean P. Aune |
The CTIA Wireless Association today announced that in 2014 it will merge its two smaller shows in to one “Super Mobile Show” to be held in Las Vegas. For some time now CTIA has held two smaller shows through out the year to give manufacturers…
By Todd Haselton |
AT&T and T-Mobile are the first two carriers in the United States to offer a joint database that will be used to block stolen cell phones accessing either carrier’s network. The database is live as of early this week, but the initiative started earlier this…
By Adriana Lee |
It’s official — we’ve reached a milestone, people: According to the International Telecommunications Union’s annual report, Measuring the Information Society 2012, the global population is sporting six billion cell phone subscriptions. (Two billion, or a full one-third of them, are from China and India.) This…
By Todd Haselton |
Last night, during Pepcom at CTIA Wireless 2012 in New Orleans, we swung by HTC’s booth to take a look at the entry-level member of its One series devices, the One V. The phone was first announced during Mobile World Congress in February, but it…
By Todd Haselton |
We already brought you a quick look at LG’s latest flagship smartphone, the Optimus 4X HD, during Mobile World Congress in February. We brought our high-end video and camera gear to CTIA 2012 here in New Orleans, though, so we figured we’d bring you a…
By Mark Hearn |
If Sprint’s smartphone roster was a playbook, it would be running awfully thin on plays where Windows Phone’s number is called. However, this could soon be changing, as the company’s director of consumer acquisition, David Owens, stated at CTIA that he’s “still bullish on Apollo.” It’s…
By Todd Haselton |
Google’s Nexus tablet, highly rumored to be manufactured by Asus, is a “done deal,” according to a U.S.-based supply chain source speaking to Android and Me. The tablet will reportedly cost between $149 and $199 but, due to the lower price, will not feature NVIDIA’s…
By Brandon Russell |
For all you Sprint customers, the grass is starting to seem mighty green on the other side of the carrier fence. At this week’s Mobile World Congress, it was announced that AT&T will soon be the proud home of HTC’s much anticipated One X, while…
By Emily Price |
A new mobile app rating system will be debuting next week, assigning ratings to apps much like ratings are given to music and movies. The system is set to be unveiled on November 29 and will be announced as a joint endeavor between the CTIA…
By Jon Rettinger |
At what size does a phone become too big? That answer will obviously differ from person to person, but the popular consensus among handset makers, at least at the moment, seems to be bigger is better. Just direct your attention to the recent Galaxy S II…
By Jon Rettinger |
When we got our hands-on with the Atrix 2 down at CTIA a few weeks ago, we wondered if it would live up to the Atrix name. After spending some quality time with the phone, we’ve made our conclusion. Does the Atrix 2 make enough…
By Jon Rettinger |
TechnoBuffalo already spent some quality time with the Atrix 2 during last week’s CTIA, and we came away impressed; today the device has shown up to our office and, naturally, we did an unboxing. The Atrix 2 comes packed with some fantastic internals, including Android…
By Killian Bell |
Google and Samsung’s decision to move its joint Galaxy Nexus/Ice Cream Sandwich launch event to Hong Kong meant that by the time the two companies got around to announcing the good stuff yesterday, fans in North America were just settling down for the night, and…
By Jon Rettinger |
Not to be confused with the Sensation XE, HTC is bringing us another Beats by Dr. Dre-equipped device called the Sensation XL and we were lucky enough to go hands-on at CTIA. Immediately you’ll notice that, as a whole, HTC’s behemoth is a very attractive…
By Jon Rettinger |
We got a nice hands-on with the just announced Atrix 2 down at CTIA and my initial feeling is that it lives up to the Atrix name. Slated as the follow up to the popular Atrix 4G, it seems that the company has learned a…
By Killian Bell |
We all expected Google and Samsung to unveil the new Nexus Prime during their joint announcement at CTIA this week, but when the two companies announced that this would be postponed, we were left wondering when the device — and the new Android Ice Cream Sandwich release…
By Jon Rettinger |
A few days before it becomes available on Verizon’s 4G LTE network, we got a short hands-on with Samsung’s upcoming Stratosphere down at the CTIA event in San Diego. The Stratosphere’s biggest differentiating factor will certainly be it’s five row QWERTY keyboard, and my initial…
By Killian Bell |
Following yesterday’s report that we could expect to see the release of the new Samsung Nexus Prime and Google’s Ice Cream Sandwich at CTIA next week, both companies have pulled a surprise move and decided to cancel the joint event. A combined statement from the two companies,…
By Brandon Russell |
The pieces have conveniently been falling into place ahead of next week’s Samsung Unpacked event at CTIA. Do we finally have confirmation of what to expect? Just last week a video showing off Ice Cream Sandwich, Google’s next version of Android, was caught running on…
By Brandon Russell |
Samsung teased us this morning with an all new curved potential Nexus device; that teaser has been updated, now with a sly jab at Apple. At first glance the video is seemingly the same, but eagle eyed viewers will note a few changes. First there is…
By Emily Price |
The wait for the Nexus Prime may be over soon. Samsung and Google have started sending out invitations to a special event in San Diego on October 11 to show off “what’s new from Android,” which may very well be an Ice Cream Sandwich sporting…
By Killian Bell |
If you’re a fan of the Samsung Galaxy Tab but find that 10 inches is just too much for you, then you’ll be pleased to hear the Galaxy Tab 8.9 is finally available to pre-order, and will begin hitting U.S. stores from Sunday, October 2. The Galaxy Tab 8.9…
By Adriana Lee |
Every so often, statements or public announcements land on the news about the risks of electro-magnetic radiation on human health. Conclusive studies have been harder to come by, though, so safety advocates caution that “it’s better to be safe than sorry” and product makers cater…
By Adriana Lee |
It’s WinPho-mania up in here today! Today, on the heels of Verizon Wireless officially unveiling the HTC Trophy, it’s first Windows Phone 7 device, comes word that AT&T has announced the HTC HD7S. Though the fourth WinPho phone in the carrier’s lineup, it’s also the…
