Motorola has made the claim that it will bring upgraded cell phone smarts to its upcoming line of handsets. Billed as “Smart Actions,” this feature is designed to help smartphone beginners remove complexity from their devices. For example you’ll be able to tell a phone to automatically turn the ringer down at work, or up …

Verizon just made the Motorola Droid Razr Maxx ship date official. Enhanced with a big battery designed for maximum endurance, Android fans can scoop up the pricey $299.99 superphone in stores on January 26. First unveiled at CES two weeks ago, the Droid Razr Maxx boasts a fat 3,300mAh battery pack yet still manages to keep a slim 0.35-inch silhouette. …

When it comes to mobile security, common perception is that RIM’s Blackberry devices have the market locked up. But in this age of personal iPhones and Androids migrating to corporate networks, does it really matter? We also inhabit an era of disclosing everything you do online, including sharing your live location, publicly announcing shopping preferences, not to mention making purchases …

Now playing: Watch this: Ep. 206: Phones go big at CES 35:42 Between a new Motorola Droid, some slick Sony models, and a powerful punch from Windows Mobile, the Dialed In team was crazy with new phones at CES. Join us as we discuss the hits and misses from Las Vegas. Podcast Your browser does not support the audio element. …

Now playing: Watch this: Ep. 205: CES 2012 Preview 41:23 Dialed In #205: CES 2012 Preview In this edition of Dialed In, we chat about what slick smartphones and other cool mobile gear we expect to see at the upcoming CES 2012 trade show in Las Vegas, from Android Ice Cream Sandwich to new Windows Mango handsets from Nokia. Bonus: …

Just when I thought the white smartphone craze had died down, Samsung says it plans to bring a pearly version of the Galaxy S II to Sprint for $199 on January 8. Of course I should have known that milky-hued handsets are here to stay. First popularized by Apple’s iPhone and then adopted by its Android competition, many of this …

Verizon may have been the first to roll out a blazing 4G cellular network using LTE technology but AT&T is hot on Big Red’s heels. Today the carrier announced it now has expanded its own LTE service to 11 new markets now covering New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. This brings the total number of regions under the carrier’s …

One of the slickest features of Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus is its big, beautiful Super AMOLED screen. Problem is, I’m a little hesitant to cough up the almost $700 to get it. Well, perhaps the newly unveiled Galaxy M is the next best thing. It seems that Samsung, on the heels of announcing the Galaxy Ace Plus, has just pulled the …

Continuing the Android handset push, this time into the low end of the handset spectrum, Samsung has just unveiled the Galaxy Ace Plus. Announced in Korea but also targeted at Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, it seems the only region the Ace Plus won’t be shipping is right here in the States. Of course I bet …

It seems that Google will directly challenge Apple’s tablet supremacy, a ploy that has failed a litany of other worthy hardware makers. Google chairman Eric Schmidt allegedly told the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera that the company plans to “market a tablet of the highest quality” in the next six months. Now it certainly isn’t clear if Schmidt was misquoted …