Love it or hate it, Sprint is rolling out its Sprint ID software to the Samsung Galaxy Tab and the Samsung Epic 4G, just as they said they would at a Sprint event last October. Brian Smith, director of Open Platform for Sprint, told CNET that in addition to the expanded support, Sprint ID is …

Little by little, Google Voice has encroached on U.S. mobile operators’ turf, most recently offering to port a subscriber’s carrier-assigned cell phone number for use with Google Voice’s service. But now for one carrier, potential friction has given way to partnership. Sprint and Google announced today deep integration with Google Voice that lets subscribers use their Sprint phone number as …

AT&T and T-Mobile rocked the United States this morning with merger plans that would make T-Mobile USA part of AT&T’s empire. (That’s assuming the buyout receives regulatory approval; until then, it’s business as usual at T-Mobile for now.) Both T-Mobile and AT&T have a claim to fame in recent smartphone history. AT&T was first to get the Apple iPhone, in …

We expect a fair amount from a phone that represents Sprint’s first investment into Windows Phone 7, is the United State’s first CDMA Windows 7 phone, and is the first of its OS to ship with the long-awaited addition of copy/paste. Thankfully, the HTC Arrive delivers. There are a few points of concern, but for the most part, the Arrive …

It’s hard to believe another year has flown by since the last spring CTIA 2010 show in Las Vegas. Before we head to Orlando for CTIA 2011, it’s time to reminisce about the mobile devices that dominated last year’s lineup. Sarah Tew/CNET HTC Evo 4G Sprint’s HTC Evo 4G took our prize for best phone, and it’s little wonder why. …

If you can’t get enough of the Opera browser on mobile, there’s good news on the horizon. Opera Mini 6 and Opera Mobile 11, both updates to the current fare of alternative browsers, will debut next week at CTIA in Orlando. Of course, we’ll be there to give you the hands-on review. Opera isn’t saying much about what the new …

Now playing: Watch this: Dialed In #166: 4G duke-out 47:40 It may be the calm before the CTIA storm next week in Orlando, Fla., but you’d think we were already in the thick of it, what with the tongue-lashing we give a certain carrier for its misleading promises. To go along with all this lightning and hot air is a …

Despite offering solid call quality during our San Francisco tests, the Kyocera Domino had enough design and hardware disappointments to keep us looking for a better simple cell phone. It doesn’t help that for the Domino, Kyocera has regurgitated an almost exact copy of the design used on the earlier Jax, repeating most of the same mistakes. Sorry, Kyocera, but …

One-time Skype competitor Qik has released its latest app for video communications: Qik Video Connect for iPhone. The new program expands on Qik’s work with video calling and broadcast. The app offers two-way video calls, and lets you record video mail. Qik’s live broadcasting skill is present in the feature that lets you post a live link to Facebook and …

You no longer have to be a member of the BlackBerry Beta Zone to try out BlackBerry Protect. RIM over the weekend opened up its beta of the service that helps remotely protect your personal information on lost or stolen phones. The service mimics others (like Microsoft’s My Phone and Apple’s MobileMe), and includes GPS and cell tower tracking, password …