Mobile & Wireless

Verizon is building its new LTE network is some pretty small cities as its network expansion has long moved past the big metro markets, but it’s preparing to scale down even smaller with the help of rural carriers. Verizon in a blog post on Tuesday revealed that six operators would have LTE networks online using Continue Reading →

Apple is getting its ducks in a row for the release of the iPhone 5. One of the ways it’s doing that is ensuring that as many apps as possible are ready for the new taller screen of the new device. We’ve been getting reports from developers that Apple is pushing review through its system Continue Reading →

Even if you’re not planning to upgrade your iPhone to the iPhone 5, that doesn’t mean you have to sit out the smartphone refresh fun. Apple’s going to release the next version of its operating system, iOS 6, to the public Wednesday, which will come with an improved version of Siri, a new mapping app Continue Reading →

It’s a lonely, disappointed, and sometimes all too familiar feeling for a pickup baller: Shoes laced tight, jump-shot warmed up, game-face on … but just empty blacktop and not another player in sight. The app InfiniteHoops, however, wants to make sure you never have to live through such trauma again. Originally launched as a barebones Continue Reading →

Motorola Mobility unveiled three new Android smartphones earlier this month, in an effort to show off its holiday lineup before attention turned elsewhere. On Tuesday, however, the Google-owned smartphone maker unveiled a fourth handset that will launch over the coming weeks, and this one is a bit more unique. Beyond the 4.3-inch “edge-to-edge” AMOLED display, Continue Reading →

Dropbox has given its iOS offering a little more social spice after it quietly updated the app with options to share content to Facebook and Twitter, while there is now support for AirPrint. Sharing support was initially limited to ‘email’ and ‘copy to clipboard’ only but, with the update, content can also be posted to Continue Reading →

While Sprint’s iDEN network is getting the axe in favor of a new CDMA setup, AT&T will soon be sprucing up its near absent push-to-talk services. Targeting a November release with plans starting around $30, Ma Bell’s enhanced PTT will be compatible with smartphones running Android 2.3+, BlackBerry 7, Windows Phone 8 and even Java-powered Continue Reading →

Hot off news that Hewlett-Packard will take another stab at building a smartphone, SlashGear has learned that the company is already testing a device code-named “Bender” running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Alleged benchmark tests reveal that the Bender has a Qualcomm S4 dual-core processor clocked at 1.5GHz and a display with a 1366 x Continue Reading →

Apple is a huge fan of Snapseed, the mobile photo editor for iPad and iPhone from Nik Software. So much so, in fact, that Apple named it the 2011 “iPad App of the Year.” But Snapseed has an even bigger admirer in Google, which just bought the German company behind the app, according to a Continue Reading →

There’s nothing worse than watching your mobile device’s battery slowly slip away, and who wants to lug around a phone charger? Those built-in battery cases are typically clunky and heavy too. A new Kickstarter project aims to take frustration out of the equation for female iPhone users thanks to a series of stylish wristlet and Continue Reading →