CTIA

We knew this day would come. Even though only around 75-80 percent of U.S. citizens are online, the number of wireless devices with cell phone plans has increased to 327.6 million, which is higher than the entire population of the United States, which stands at 312.4 million, reports CTIA, which is holding its wireless enterprise & apps conference in San Diego, California this week. Not every living American has a cell phone, which means… Read More

This week, Nintendo launched the first major glasses-free 3D handheld device. If you're wondering, yes, it has better 3D than either of these two phones. However, HTC and LG aren't far behind. While I have no love for LG's implementation of 3D in the Optimus Pad tablet (T-Mobile G-Slate), LG's first attempt at 3D in the smartphone space is a different story. The LG Optimus 3D does the third dimension justice with… Read More

Samsung is taking the iPad seriously. So seriously, in fact, that in two weeks it completely redesigned two of its upcoming tablets to compete with Apple's new, thinner, iPad 2. The newly announced Galaxy Tab 8.9 and refreshed Galaxy Tab 10.1 are now slightly thinner than Apple's tablet and will be sold at competitive prices when they hit North American shelves this summer. Now, the only question is what kind of experience they… Read More

The tablet market is all about size these days. Apple defined the market with its 9.7-inch tablet, but outside of HP, everyone else has chosen to size their tablets differently. Touch devices of all sizes have cropped up, ranging from 5 inches to 10.1 inches in diagonal screen size. Lately, however, the focus has been on larger, more iPad-like devices, usually 8.9 inches to 10.1 inches in size, and thin. Samsung emphasizes this growing range… Read More

LG's G-Slate has a lot going for it, but 3D ain't one of them. Though it's tech specs are decent and its 8.9-inch size is interesting, but after spending some time with the new tablet, I don't see the value in its most talked about feature: the 3D. Unlike its LG Revolution (LG Thrill 3D on AT&T) handset, which has a glasses-free 3D screen and 3D camera, the G-Slate's implementation of 3D is bewildering. If a 3D… Read More

it's no secret that mobile device maker HTC is getting into the Android tablet game, and as that day approaches the company is lining up retail partners to make sure its gizmos get into consumers hands. American electronics retailer Best Buy has just announced that it will be the exclusive retail launch partner for the Wi-Fi HTC Flyer Android tablet—although the company isn't yet offering any pricing information, or saying… Read More

T-Mobile (soon to be AT&T) and LG have a great relationship. Together, the companies are working together on the G-Slate tablet and a new premium Android phone, the T-Mobile G2x. I got my hands on the G2x yesterday afternoon and it has some impressive features. Most notably, the ability to instantly stream HDMI content (via its Mini HDMI port). This feature is called HDMI Mirroring. When connected to a big screen, I was able to actually use… Read More

In a presentation at this year's CTIA show in Orlando, Florida, LightSquared CEO Sanjiv Ahuja announced that mammoth electronics retailer Best Buy has signed on as a client for its pending LTE-based nationwide broadband network. Although Best Buy hasn't specified what kinds of products it has in mind, it will buy service from LightSquared to sell under its own Best Buy Connect brand. According to Ahuja, the companies plan to… Read More

For many companies, CTIA has taken a backseat to the Mobile World Congress and CES this year, but not for Samsung. Just a month after unveiling its Galaxy S II and Galaxy Tab 10.1, Samsung showed off two new tablets and mouthful of software and UI enhancements for its entire tablet lineup. Our complete recap is below. Newer, thinner Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 In a sign that competition is incredibly stiff in the tablet space, In the last two… Read More

In addition to unveiling a new 8.9-inch Galaxy Tab and redesigning its upcoming 10.1-inch offering a few moments ago, Samsung showed off a whole suite of software and services aimed at turning its line of touch tablets into a premium offering, much like Apple has done with its iTunes ecosystem on the iPad. The company rolled out the announcements at lightning speed and was loose on details, so bear with us if there are any inaccuracies.

At this year's CTIA expo in Las Vegas, Electronics giant Samsung has announced its new Galaxy S smartphone, a new Android-based device that features a 1 GHz processor, a 4-inch 800 by 480-pixel outdoor-friendly AMOLED display, the capability to offer “rich augmented reality content,” and advanced location-based services. And the Galaxy S will be running Android, rather than Samsung's own still-simmering Bada smartphone… Read More

There’s only so much you can do to dress up a classic clamshell cell phone. But as Nokia proved at this year’s CTIA, there’s also always room for improvement. The Nokia 7205 Intrigue, a phone we already profiled when it was first announced, proved to be just as agreeable in real life as in Nokia’s packet of glossy press photos. It’s slim, slippery, and just distinctive enough to draw eyes without turning… Read More

With Clear’s WiMAX mobile Internet service now blanketing Baltimore, Portland, and many more cities to come, Samsung has decided to roll the dice on the fledging standard’s success and release a mobile Internet device (MID) with WiMAX built in and running Windows Mobile 6.1. We sat down with the long-rumored and now-revealed Mondi at the company’s CTIA booth. An MID is, by default, a sort of awkward device. Too small to… Read More

Last we saw Nokia’s fabled N97, the high-profile prototype was tethered to a company representative’s waist at CES, and crowds were lining up just to get a minute or two to play. This time around, we managed to get some breathing room with the yet-to-be-released phone, and it’s quite a machine. Unlike the N96 that we couldn’t quite believe came from this typically high-quality company, the N97 feels solid and… Read More

As you may recall, one of the biggest names in GPS seemed to be on the rocks around CES time this year, since Mio’s parent company Mitec snapped Magellan up in December. And with the umbrella company already having merged the European Navman brand into its homegrown Mio brand, it looked as if Magellan might be assimilated the same way. Not so, says Raphel Finelli, Magellan’s senior manager of public relations. We caught with… Read More