Verizon Wireless' webOS powered Palm Pre Plus smartphone is now available at Walmart for $30 with a 2-year contract. The Palm Pixi Plus is free with a 2-year Verizon Wireless contract. Read the full story here.

The LG Lotus Elite is an interesting looking full-QWERTY clamshell messaging feature phone that adds a touchscreen to the design of the original Lotus for Sprint. Todd tests it out for us and shares his thought in this hands-on review. Read the full...

Here's Todd's quick look at the Motorola CLIQ XT for T-Mobile that we just received. Known as the QUENCH in other markets, this smartphone shares much with the original CLIQ, but lacks a QWERTY keyboard. Expect a full written review soon. Watch the v...

T-Mobile may launch its HTC HD2 smartphone on March 24th for $199 with a 2-year contract. Rumor has it that the Windows Mobile 6.5 device will not be upgraded to Windows Phone 7 Series. Read the full story here.

A company called SmartPhone Technologies LLC filed a complaint with the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Texas against Apple, AT&T, LG, Motorola, Research in Motion (RIM), Samsung, and Sanyo. The company claims all have violated at...

comScore released its January 2010 U.S. Mobile Subscriber Share report today. Motorola maintained its top spot in the overall mobile phone market, and Research in Motion (RIM) held its top spot in smart phones. Google's Android operating system saw t...

Verizon Wireless may be using the WiFi-only Apple iPad as a means for selling 3G data plans, according to documents leaked to Engadget. In one promotional image, that may have been provided to employees, Verizon Wireless says "The iPad is an opportun...

Today Google announced that it is launching advertisements on mobile YouTube sites (m.youtube.com) in the United States and in Japan. The ads will be served on the home, search, and browse pages. Google said initial tests showed strong click-through...

Google today announced that Google Maps now includes bike-friendly routing. That means you can get directions from one place to another with routing along bike trails, bike-friendly roads, or bike lanes, where possible. The feature only exists on the...

IBM said today that it is partnering with the National Institute of Design of India and the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Tokyo to research ways of making phones more accessible to the illiterate and elderly...

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According to a new study by Strategy Analytics, Apple iPhone owners are so satisfied with their phones, that they're most likely to buy their next device from Apple as well. The report titled "iPhone Owners Most Satisfied and Likely to Repeat Purchas...

At a press conference in Taipei, microprocessor manufacturer ARM said that it expects there will be over 50 devices available by the end of 2010 with a similar form factor as Apple's iPad. Read the full story here.

China Mobile today said that it plans to invest 39.8 billion yuan ($5.8 billion) in Shanghai Pudong Development Bank as a means to help spur mobile phone banking and services such as mobile bank cards, payments, and money transfers. Read the full sto...

Last week Apple filed a complaint with the International Trade Commission (ITC) claiming that HTC is infringing on 20 of its patents, a move many think is an attack on Google. Jonathan Schwartz, Sun Microsystem's former CEO said Jobs ones threatened...

Part 1 of our unboxing and look at some of the features of the Android-powered HTC Legend, the follow-up to the popular HTC Hero. The Legend features an AMOLED touchscreen display and has a body that is carved from a solid block of aluminum. In this...

At the Knight/FCC sponsored Digital Inclusion Summit in Washington today, one of the FCC's recommendations for a draft of its National Broadband Plan was to consider using some wireless spectrum for free or low cost wireless broadband. Read the full...

A study conducted by Stanford University and 200 students has found that the iPhone can be, unsurprisingly, addictive. Read the full story here.

Today Verizon Wireless announced that beginning in April it will offer NFL Mobile to its customers. NFL Mobile will provide coverage of the April 22-24 NFL Draft as well as the NFL RedZone Channel from the NFL Network. Customers will be able to strea...

Today Palm announced that its webOS plug-in development kit (PDK) is now available to the public. The PDK works with Palm's webOS software development kit (SDK) and allows developers to use C and C++ programming languages with web technologies. The P...

Reports are surfacing that Vodafone in Spain is shipping the Android powered HTC Magic devices loaded with Mariposa botnet malware. The bots were planted by a hacker named "tnls." Vodafone says the attack was an isolated incident and that it is takin...

Cisco said recently that it will stop making WiMAX radios, base stations, and modems, and will instead focus on its IP networks that are used by both WiMAX and long term evolution (LTE) 4G networks. Read the full story here.

Today Cricket Communications launched the Samsung SCH-R100 Stunt, a relatively basic candy-bar style feature phone. Read the full story here.

According to a number of sources across the web, the Motorola BACKFLIP is unable to install applications that aren't inside the Android Market, otherwise known as "untrusted" apps. We are still waiting on our review unit, but should this prove true,...

Goldman Sachs expects Google to sell just 1 million Nexus One units in 2010, down from the original 3.5 million it projected earlier this year. The firm attributes a lack of marketing and customer service issues as reasons for slashing the forecast,...

Verizon Wireless has been testing its fourth generation long term evolution (LTE) network in Boston and Seattle. Today, it revealed a few of its real-world data speeds that are significantly faster than current 3G networks. Read the full story here....

We spent a bit of time testing out T-Mobile's webConnect Rocket USB modem on T-Mobile's trial HSPA+ 3G network in the Philadelphia area, and tested the T-Mobile webConnect and Sprint's 4G WiMAX Overdrive as well. Read on to learn of the dizzying spe...

Today LG announced the GS290 Cookie Fresh, a new feature phone with LG's "cartoon user interface" that will be sold in Europe beginning this month. Read the full story here.

Nokia recently filed a patent for a phone that could potentially recharge itself using kinetic energy. According to the patent, the "kinetic energy resulting from acceleration of a battery powered device is harvested using piezoelectric elements that...

The Android-powered Motorola BACKFLIP smartphone is now available for purchase from AT&T for $99.99, after a $100 mail-in rebate that comes in the form of a debit card. The BACKFLIP features a reverse folding design and a full QWERTY keyboard. Re...

Samsung and U.S. Cellular announced the SCH-r351 Freeform this afternoon, a 4-row QWERTY feature phone. Read the full story here.

Today DataViz launched an update to its popular DocsToGo application, version 3.1. The latest release includes support for Google Docs. Google Docs support includes the ability to download, view, and edit files, save and synchronize changes, and uplo...

The FCC today said that it plans to revamp the Universal Service fund to help deliver broadband services to poor and rural areas. Read the full story here.

MIPS Technologies today announced two new solutions for Android developers, one of which is an open source emulator that provides a virtual space to develop Android applications. Read the full story here.

Apple today announced that the WiFi version of its new iPad will be available on Saturday, April 3rd and that the 3G + WiFi versions will be on the market later in April. Starting on March 12th, you can pre-order both models and schedule an in-store...

Microsoft recently outlined a few development features of the Windows Phone 7 Series platform. "If you are a Silverlight or XNA developer today you're [going to be] really happy. New developers to the platform will find a cohesive, well designed API...

Retail Giant Features Samsung R80 Series Notebooks with Blu-ray Drives, Along With N210 Netbook Offering Options to Families and Students Read the full story here.

The Motorola DEVOUR is a QWERTY slider Android smartphone for Verizon Wireless that packs Moto's MOTOBLUR social networking features for tight homescreen integration of Twitter, Facebook, and MySpace. Read Todd's full review for all the details on th...

Sony may be preparing new devices to compete against Apple's portfolio of gadgets, including a smartphone capable of playing PlayStation games and an all-in-one media device. Read the full story here.

Microsoft could launch its mysterious "Project Pink" social networking phones on Verizon Wireless as soon as April, according to some rumors. Read the full story here.

Palm announced an update to its Facebook application for webOS, revamping a product many shunned originally. The app makes it easy to stay up to date on your news feed, view your inbox, check out your friends photos, and even share your own. It's fre...

today AT&T announced two new USB modems, one of which is Option's USBConnect Velocity, which supports the carriers 3G network and is AT&T's first GPS enabled USB modem. Read the full story here.

AT&T today announced its first 3G modem from LG, the USBConnect Turbo. Read the full story here.

Today Vlingo, the popular voice-powered service for BlackBerry, announced a new iPhone application. The App lets you speak to send emails, SMS texts, update your social status on Facebook and Twitter, launch maps, and voice dial. The application is f...

Motorola today announced that it is releasing the Motorola MILESTONE in Spain with the latest Android 2.1 operating system. The device will be available in Spain SIM-free for 499? ($681). The U.S. version of the MILESTONE, the DROID, still runs Andro...

Today J.D. Power and Associates released its Wireless Retail Sales Satisfaction Study. T-Mobile won the top spot. The study measured customer satisfaction with sales staff as well as the facility, price, and promotion. The survey included 8,000 inter...

Opera Software today announced a native version of its Opera Mini 5 beta browser for legacy Windows Mobile 5 and Windows Mobile 6 smartphones. Read the full story here.

A district judge in Delaware has placed lawsuits between Apple and Nokia on hold pending an International Trade Commission investigation. Read the full story here.

Google recently announced a new application called Gesture Search that lets you search your Android 2.0 or newer smartphone by drawing a letter or number on the screen with your finger. Read the full story here.

A day after Apple filed a lawsuit alleging that HTC is infringing on 20 of its patents, Google has said it is standing behind its Android operating system and the partners that use it. Read the full story here.