Motorola and Verizon Wireless went all official today with the new Droid handset. The device is very cool looking and has a nice large 3.7-inch 854 x 480 capacitive touchscreen. The handset will hit on November 6 for $199.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate. continued »

Sprint gets new Motorola Debut i856 with push to talk feature for $99.99.LG gets J.D. Power and Associates "Highest in customer satisfaction" award.AT&T unveils new GoPhone Unlimited Talk and Text plan for $60 per month.Sidekick users find out their data is gone forever, Danger may be most hated firm in mobile industry right now.New Samsung Armani mobile phone debuts, ... continued »

I was never that big on reading comic strips, but my dad liked Dick Tracy when I was a kid. The only thing cool I can recall about the comic strip was that he had a watchthe could talk into. Not as cool as that shoe Maxwell Smart had, but pretty cool nonetheless. LG was showing off its slick GD910 watch ... continued »

The FCC is a source of never ending product leaks for us geeks to peruse. I particularly like when a product is leaked by the FCC and when you look at the documents that are available with the FCC images and specifications you find a request by the device maker to keep images confidential. I don’t think the FCC cares ... continued »

What is it with the pictures that people leak of new phones? The images are always blurry and you can rarely tell the details of the device. It seems that if you have the time to find a nice white background and shoot multiple shots you can take the extra few seconds per shot to be sure they aren’t blurry. Anyway, ... continued »

The mobile phone market is doing well despite the poor economy, particularly in the smartphone segment. There is also a market for devices that aren’t smartphones but offer lots of features and are centered on messaging. Specifications for the LG LX290 have been provided to us and the device looks to be a solid phone for those looking to keep in ... continued »

I guess I have never really put a lot of thought into how exactly mobile phone developers go about developing software and apps for mobile devices. I always sort of assumed that the developers had all the mobile phones on hand that they needed to test software on. Apparently, at least some of the developers don’t even have the mobile phone ... continued »

It’s about time there’s a standard for phone charging port.  Even though the push is in Europe, US consumers will also feel the ripple effect as phone makers standardize on microUSB. That’s great news all around!  This scheme is lead by the European Commission, and have support from Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, NEC, LG, RIM, Qualcomm, Samsung, Texas Instruments and ... continued »

While mobile users in big cities are looking forward to getting faster mobile broadband speeds that 3G service can offer, those of us outside of a large city are still waiting to get a decent 3G connection. Despite the massive holes in many 3G networks, the rollout of LTE is coming. Verizon has promised to start limited introductions of its LTE ... continued »

I am not fast when it comes to texting. For that reason, my texts tend to be short, full of abbreviations and anything else that can make things faster. I typically respond with single letters, K. My friend's wife on the other hand sends full paragraphs with punctuation and all. LG has announced the winner of its annual texting championship. The ... continued »