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CTIA2011 News, Reviews and Phones

T-Mobile to expand 4G network in an effort to increase usage

T-Mobile to expand 4G network in an effort to increase usage 11 Jan 2012, 00:21 4

Tuesday at CES 2012, T-Mobile announced a number of steps it plans on taking to increase usage of its...

Huawei Discovery Expedition hands-on

Huawei Discovery Expedition hands-on 14 Oct 2011, 02:24 1

Fortunately, the Huawei Discovery Expedition is able to go beyond being a simple candybar phone – that’s...

Huawei M835 Tokidoki edition hands-on

Huawei M835 Tokidoki edition hands-on 14 Oct 2011, 01:58 4

Splashing some flare to an existing handset, the Huawei M835 Tokidoki edition smartphone manages to turn...

LG LifeGram hands-on

LG LifeGram hands-on 13 Oct 2011, 20:37 1

Looking at it, the LG LifeGram appears to utilize an OLED display of some sort. In addition to displaying...

EcoATM turns your old phone into cash with its self-service option

EcoATM turns your old phone into cash with its self-service option 13 Oct 2011, 20:12 2

Dubbed as the EcoATM, it’s literally the Coinstar for cell phones as it accepts your old phone and pays...

Burg Watch Phone brings along basic functionality to your wrist for under $200

Burg Watch Phone brings along basic functionality to your wrist for under $200 13 Oct 2011, 19:18 7

So here’s the lowdown with this so-called watch phone, it actually works like a normal basic phone –...

Samsung HM7000 Bluetooth headset hands-on

Samsung HM7000 Bluetooth headset hands-on 13 Oct 2011, 13:00 7

Without a doubt, the design of the Samsung HM7000 is by far its biggest attraction as it sits firmly...

ZTE Score hands-on

ZTE Score hands-on 13 Oct 2011, 12:29 3

Boasting a 3.5” HVGA display, there’s nothing pretty to say about it, especially when it appears to be...

Huawei Pinnacle hands-on

Huawei Pinnacle hands-on 13 Oct 2011, 01:56 2

From afar, the Huawei Pinnacle might look similar to one of RIM’s entry-level BlackBerry models, but...

Samsung Vitality hands-on

Samsung Vitality hands-on 13 Oct 2011, 01:19

Sure it’s not a high-end smartphone after looking over its humble hardware specs, but considering that...

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 for T-Mobile hands-on

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 for T-Mobile hands-on 13 Oct 2011, 00:30 4

So what’s new with T-Mobile’s version? Well, it does sport that all too prominent T-Mobile and “4G” brandings...

Pantech Link II hands-on

Pantech Link II hands-on 12 Oct 2011, 23:58

It’s very difficult to seek out the difference in design with the Pantech Link II because it seems to...

Pantech Pocket hands-on

Pantech Pocket hands-on 12 Oct 2011, 19:41 13

Right from the start, it’s classic Pantech styling as the Pocket utilizes the same design cues found...

Huawei Ascend II Hands-on

Huawei Ascend II Hands-on 12 Oct 2011, 18:03 5

Boasting a no-contract price of $129.99, the Huawei Ascend II pretty much looks and feels like all the...

HTC Wildfire S for Virgin Mobile Hands-on

HTC Wildfire S for Virgin Mobile Hands-on 12 Oct 2011, 14:48 2

Just like all of the variants out there, the HTC Wildfire S for Virgin Mobile follows in similar fashion...

Bolt Browser for Android hands-on

Bolt Browser for Android hands-on 12 Oct 2011, 14:16 13

Thankfully enough, the mighty BOLT browser for Android has recently come out of private beta, and it’s...

Nokia testing lab tour

Nokia testing lab tour 12 Oct 2011, 08:53 26

we had the opportunity of checking out one of Nokia’s testing facilities where engineers and designers...

HTC Radar 4G Hands-on

HTC Radar 4G Hands-on 12 Oct 2011, 06:08 4

As we continue to see Mango’s penetration to other first generation Windows Phone 7 smartphones, the...

Samsung Transform Ultra Hands-on

Samsung Transform Ultra Hands-on 12 Oct 2011, 05:44 2

Following after the Samsung Galaxy Prevail from earlier in the year, the Samsung Transform Ultra appears...

Samsung Transfix Hands-on

Samsung Transfix Hands-on 12 Oct 2011, 05:26 1

With the Samsung Transfix for Cricket Wireless, you get all the lovable of aspects of any Android 2.3...

Samsung Stratosphere Hands-on

Samsung Stratosphere Hands-on 12 Oct 2011, 05:00 6

The 4G LTE lineup of Verizon is still missing a QWERTY focused handset. Thankfully, that’s where the...

Motorola ATRIX 2 Hands-on

Motorola ATRIX 2 Hands-on 12 Oct 2011, 03:33 22

Earlier in the year, AT&T had the prestigious opportunity of taking grasp of what was deemed as “the...

Sprint partners with the World Wildlife Fund for the Climate Savers program

Sprint partners with the World Wildlife Fund for the Climate Savers program 11 Oct 2011, 13:40 2

Sprint announced today that it is teaming up with World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) Climate Savers program....

CTIA Fall Day 1 Keynote Live Coverage

CTIA Fall Day 1 Keynote Live Coverage 11 Oct 2011, 11:31 3

Hello from CTIA Fall 2011! We're here live at today's keynote with AT&T, Verizon and Sprint CEOs Ralph...

CTIA Fall 2011: What to expect

CTIA Fall 2011: What to expect 11 Oct 2011, 01:33 2

CTIA 2011 is the bi-annual expo that brought us the HTC EVO 3D this spring, but another, fall edition,...

All CTIA 2011 Coverage... in one place

All CTIA 2011 Coverage... in one place 29 Mar 2011, 04:17 7

CTIA 2011 is over and we're back to our usual desk schedule, but we decided to take one final look at...

HTC EVO 3D is getting a European Vacation

HTC EVO 3D is getting a European Vacation 28 Mar 2011, 22:28 9

HTC is taking the EVO name across the Ocean to Europe with the EVO 3D handset; not only will the phone...

Best of CTIA 2011: People's Pick

Best of CTIA 2011: People's Pick 28 Mar 2011, 09:00 17

CTIA Wireless 2011 followed one of the biggest stirs in the industry after AT&T announced it's about...

Best of CTIA 2011: PhoneArena's Pick

Best of CTIA 2011: PhoneArena's Pick 28 Mar 2011, 08:54 3

CTIA is officially over, but we're left with not only the memories of sunny Orlando, but also a handful...

Dry Case's Waterproof Vacuum Seal keeps your iPhone dry in up to 100 ft of water

Dry Case's Waterproof Vacuum Seal keeps your iPhone dry in up to 100 ft of water 26 Mar 2011, 13:13 6

By now, we’ve all probably been exposed to some kind of rugged tough case for the iPhone that enables...

Samsung Mobile Unpacked at CTIA: Watch the full show here

Samsung Mobile Unpacked at CTIA: Watch the full show here 25 Mar 2011, 02:52

Samsung put on quite a show with its Galaxy S II Unpacked event at MWC, and while the Unpacked event...

Solar charging your phone through its screen to enter retail devices a year from now

Solar charging your phone through its screen to enter retail devices a year from now 24 Mar 2011, 10:33 7

The French company Wysips is working on a handy application of transparent solar cells film, namely charging...

Opera Mobile 11 Hands-on

Opera Mobile 11 Hands-on 24 Mar 2011, 09:27 8

Opera kept the latest version of its browser for one of the biggest events in the industry – CTIA Wireless...

Opera Mini 6 Hands-on

Opera Mini 6 Hands-on 24 Mar 2011, 09:14 1

Opera Mini is not nearly as powerful as the Opera Mobile browser, but its latest 6th version brings a...

ZTE Style S and V11-LTE tablet to land on US soil

ZTE Style S and V11-LTE tablet to land on US soil 24 Mar 2011, 08:04 1

They're made in China. But so is your clothing and pretty much everything around you, so why not give...

Nokia demoes Ovi Maps SR6 at CTIA (video)

Nokia demoes Ovi Maps SR6 at CTIA (video) 24 Mar 2011, 07:44 2

At CTIA 2011, Nokia kindly demonstrated for us the latest version of its navigation software – Ovi Maps...

T-Mobile G2x benchmarked

T-Mobile G2x benchmarked 24 Mar 2011, 07:01 4

We ran a quick Quadrant test on the first dual-core phone on T-Mobile, the G2x, and the 2100+ result...

Android mascot stepping up to show you how robots do it (video)

Android mascot stepping up to show you how robots do it (video) 24 Mar 2011, 06:51 4

The Kyocera Echo might be the first dual-screen mass-marketed handset out there, but the thing that attracted...

Games for the Sony Ericsson XPERIA Play bring us back to the Playstation's early days

Games for the Sony Ericsson XPERIA Play bring us back to the Playstation's early days 24 Mar 2011, 06:40 1

Last month, we got the opportunity of first checking out the Sony Ericsson XPERIA Play at MWC, but now...

Kyocera Echo benchmarked

Kyocera Echo benchmarked 24 Mar 2011, 06:29 10

Kyocera Echo is powered by a 1GHz QSD8650 Snapdragon chipset, the same one that is in the HTC EVO 4G,...

Nokia J Hands-on

Nokia J Hands-on 24 Mar 2011, 06:21 1

The Nokia J, also known as the Nokia BH-806, is a Bluetooth headset with a unique design, which we were...

Taking 3D video with the HTC EVO 3D

Taking 3D video with the HTC EVO 3D 24 Mar 2011, 06:16 3

Self-made 3D footage sounds exciting and even more so when shooting it with a device you always have...

LG Optimus 3D camera samples

LG Optimus 3D camera samples 24 Mar 2011, 05:47 6

We shot a video and a few stills with the stereoscopic dual lens camera present on the LG Optimus 3D...

More details about Sprint's integration with Google Voice (video demo)

More details about Sprint's integration with Google Voice (video demo) 23 Mar 2011, 18:10 8

Along with the announcement of the Google Nexus S 4G for the Now Network on Monday, Sprint also let it...

LG Revolution Hands-on at CTIA 2011

LG Revolution Hands-on at CTIA 2011 23 Mar 2011, 17:16 18

We caught a glimpse of the retail LG Revolution at the CTIA floor, and made a quick presentation for...

HTC Merge Hands-on

HTC Merge Hands-on 23 Mar 2011, 15:04 4

Ah, the HTC Merge, that elusive handset, which has been making random appearances in our news section...

HTC HD7S Hands-on

HTC HD7S Hands-on 23 Mar 2011, 13:57 12

The "S" stands for Super LCD screen, and indeed we saw increased brightness and better viewing angles...

Sprint appeals to Android developers, wants to be their carrier of choice

Sprint appeals to Android developers, wants to be their carrier of choice 23 Mar 2011, 11:23 28

It has been a few days since AT&T announced its plans to acquire T-Mobile. After the news broke, countless...

Thin is in: Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 vs Apple iPad 2 specs

Thin is in: Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 vs Apple iPad 2 specs 23 Mar 2011, 10:16 23

We pit specswise the three thinnest tablets currently on the market to determine which Slim Jim looks...

Samsung Galaxy Indulge Hands-on

Samsung Galaxy Indulge Hands-on 23 Mar 2011, 08:04 6

We guess it's fair to say that pretty much all of the fuss about CTIA 2011 is reserved for some groundbreaking...

 
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