Dell Consumers in the market for a new PC from Dell now have a chance to pick up the company’s Streak 5 tablet for $99. As part of a new promotion, Dell will kick in an unlocked Streak 5 for that $99 to any customer who spends at least $699 on a new PC. By …

RootMetrics Verizon’s 4G network proved the fastest and most consistent among those of the four major U.S. carriers, according to a study (PDF) out today by mobile testing company RootMetrics. With the four (but soon to be three, what with yesterday’s surprise announcement that AT&T plans to buy T-Mobile USA for $39 billion) major carriers all trumpeting the respective performance …

Millennial Media Android led smartphone platforms last month with a 51 percent share of all ad impressions tracked by mobile ad network Millennial Media, according to its Mobile Mix report released today. That number was down a few percentage points from January but still surpassed the 27 percent grabbed by Apple’s iOS. But Apple and iOS took the top spot …

T-Mobile has unveiled a new data plan that gives mobile broadband users up to 10GB each month and no overage costs for a price of $85. Launched yesterday, the new “10 GB Web access + Unlimited T-Mobile HotSpot” mobile broadband plan is designed for T-Mobile 3G or 4G cellular subscribers who hop onto the Internet via their tablets, Netbooks, and …

The Motorola Xoom Motorola Mobility The Wi-Fi-only versions of Motorola’s Xoom and Samsung’s Galaxy Tab tablets could reach consumers very soon, at least according to a couple of product flyers discovered by the folks at DroidLife. Displaying what appears to be an upcoming flyer for Staples, DroidLife has zeroed in on a launch date of March 27 and a price …

James Martin/CNET As the iPad juggernaut continues with today’s launch of the iPad 2, can any other tablet maker truly compete with Apple? The odds seem to be against it, at least according to the results of a survey released yesterday by ChangeWave Research. Questioning more than 3,000 consumers last month, ChangeWave found that 27 percent of them plan to …

Could the iPad 2 trigger an oversupply of competing tablets? James Martin/CNET Demand for the iPad 2, which goes on sale tomorrow, could hurt rival tablet makers by sticking them with an oversupply of products they may not be able to sell. That’s the outlook of J.P. Morgan Research analyst Mark Moskowitz, who yesterday voiced his opinions in an investors …

Using Wi-Fi over a wired connection at home could bring your speeds down about 30 percent, suggests a new study out today by broadband research firm Epitiro. Tracking the broadband connections of sample users in the U.S., U.K., Italy, and Spain, Epitiro found that on average people lost around 30 percent of their download speed using Wi-Fi over wired. Further, …

Foursquare Foursquare has upgraded its Android and iPhone apps to version 3.0 to kick off some new and enhanced features. Officially debuting yesterday in Apple’s App Store and Google’s Android Market, the free Foursquare 3.0 app has added a new Explore tab that can zero in on the places you want to go. Tap a certain category, such as food, …

VMware iPad corporate users can directly access and control their Windows PCs from their tablets through a new app from VMware. Launched in Apple’s App Store today, the free VMware View app for the iPad is designed for business users who want to be able to access their own office PCs or PCs set up in their company’s data center …