CEA Opposes CTIA Support of Plan to Ban Mobile Devices While Driving

By Ryan Punzalan | 5/9/2012

The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) has spoken out against CTIA's promotion of the development of new products and services that disable a driver's mobile device.

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HTC EVO 4G LTE To Launch on May 18

By Grant Hatchimonji | 5/9/2012

The highly-anticipated release of the HTC EVO 4G LTE is just around the corner, with Sprint announcing today that the phone will be available starting Friday, May 18.

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Kingston Wi-Drive Now Available for Android Devices; Receives Additional Updates

By Ryan Punzalan | 5/9/2012

Kingston announced that the Wi-Drive wireless external storage device has received a hefty update, including Android support as well as other enhancements and improvements, like a new high-capacity version.

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T-Mobile to Launch 4G HSPA+ Service Especially for the iPhone

By Ryan Punzalan | 5/8/2012

As part of T-Mobile's network modernization efforts, the company plans to launch 4G HSPA+ service in the 1900MHz band in a large number of markets by the end of the year. By rolling out this service in that particular band, subscribers will be able to use such as the iPhone 4S on the carrier?s 4G network.

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Jury Comes to Inconclusive Verdict in Oracle-Google Case

By Ryan Punzalan | 5/8/2012

The Oracle-Google battle did not come to a decisive end, as a jury found yesterday that Google infringed on Oracle's 37 Java APIs, but could not determine whether Google had made "fair use" of said material in Android, its mobile OS.

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Kyocera Unveils Hydro and Rise Android Smartphones

By Ryan Punzalan | 5/8/2012

Today, Kyocera announced two upcoming Android smartphones: the waterproof Hydro and the QWERTY-plus-touchscreen Rise. Both will be released in the U.S. later this year.

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Apple iPhone Receives iOS 5.1.1 Update

By Grant Hatchimonji | 5/7/2012

iPhone users, as well as owners of the iPod touch or iPad, received an update to iOS version 5.1.1 today, which contains a litany of bug fixes and improvements to functionality.

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Samsung Announces Its Next 4G Windows Phone, The Focus 2

By Grant Hatchimonji | 5/7/2012

This morning Samsung unveiled the Focus 2, the latest Windows Phone on AT&T's 4G LTE network with a Super AMOLED display and an attractive price point of $50.

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HTC One V to Make its U.S. Debut This Summer

By Ryan Punzalan | 5/7/2012

HTC announced today that their One V smartphone will launch in the U.S. this summer from a variety of U.S. partners.

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Verizon Unveils the HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE

By Ryan Punzalan | 5/7/2012

HTC and Verizon Wireless decided to kick off the spring edition of the International CTIA Wireless 2012 tradeshow by unveiling the HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE smartphone.

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Most Popular Smartphones for April

By Ed Hardy | 5/6/2012

Each month, Brighthand publishes a list of the smartphones that readers have shown the most interest in during the preceding four weeks.

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Top 10 iPhone Tips and Tricks

By Ed Hardy | 5/5/2012

You can use a smartphone for years and not learn all of its tricks. That's why the Brighthand staff has put together this list of the ten most useful features of Apple's smartphone that most people probably aren't aware of.

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