By Joseph Palenchar On Feb 25 2013 - 2:19pm

Boost, Virgin Prepaid Brands Add First LTE Phones

Kansas City, Mo. — Sprint prepaid brands Virgin Mobile and Boost Mobile unveiled their first 4G LTE handsets, having launched their first 4G Mobile WiMAX

By Joseph Palenchar On Feb 25 2013 - 1:04pm

Consumer Cellular To Add Step-Up Smartphones, LTE Service

New York - MVNO Consumer Cellular, which targets the 50-plus age group with no-contract postpaid service, will move into high-end smartphones, launch 4G LTE service

By Joseph Palenchar On Feb 25 2013 - 10:55am

Huawei Unveils ‘World’s Fastest’ LTE Smartphone

Barcelona, Spain — Huawei is at the Mobile World Congress to unveil what it called the “world’s fastest smartphone.”

The company is

By Joseph Palenchar On Feb 25 2013 - 10:54am

Samsung Extends Galaxy Note Line With 8-Inch Tablet

Barcelona, Spain — Samsung is expanding its Galaxy Note line with an 8-inch Galaxy Note 8.0 tablet, which complements the Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet and the 5.5-

By Joseph Palenchar On Feb 25 2013 - 10:53am

Mozilla: Firefox OS Smartphones Coming This Year

Barcelona, Spain — Mozilla, creator of the Firefox web browser, has enlisted a quartet of cellphone makers to support the launch later this year of the first

By Joseph Palenchar On Feb 25 2013 - 10:49am

DTS, Qualcomm In Deal To Bring Headphone:X To Mobile Devices

Barcelona, Spain — Smartphones and tablets will be able to deliver up to 7.1 channels of surround sound through headphones starting later this year now that

By Joseph Palenchar On Feb 25 2013 - 10:47am

LG Outlines Four-Tier Smartphone Strategy

Barcelona, Spain — LG Electronics outlined a four-tier smartphone strategy that it said would double the company’s 4G LTE smartphone sales in 2013.

By Joseph Palenchar On Feb 22 2013 - 2:45pm

Kyocera, Sprint Price Their First Rugged LTE Smartphone

San Diego – Kyocera Communications and Sprint will launch their first 4G ruggedized smartphone on March 8 at $99 through all of the carrier’s

By Joseph Palenchar On Feb 21 2013 - 2:31pm

LG Bringing LTE To Lower Prices

Seoul – LG will go to next week’s Mobile World Congress not only with its quad-core

By Joseph Palenchar On Feb 21 2013 - 2:26pm

Savant Adds Wi-Fi Thermostat For Retrofit Installs

Hyannis, Mass. — Savant Systems is targeting retrofit installations with its first thermostat, which connects to standard thermostat wiring and