Verizon Wireless is reportedly looking at new pricing models for its 4G network, and one option is to charge based on data speeds. In a Wall Street Journal interview, Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg said the company’s Long-Term Evolution (LTE) network opens up a bevy of pricing options. Verizon hasn’t set any formal pricing plans, but …

Cisco Systems delivered solid first-quarter earnings and said it is focused on “execution in the areas we can control.” In other words, capital spending is tailing off for some of Cisco’s businesses. And one of the areas where it’s becoming most evident is government spending. The company reported first-quarter net income of $1.9 billion, or 34 cents a share. Non-GAAP …

Apple has sued Motorola over multitouch patents in two separate lawsuits. The complaints, first reported by Patently Apple, were filed Oct. 29 and cover six patents. In the first complaint, the main document is only 9 pages, but one exhibit–patent 7,479,949–is broken into two parts and weighs in at a whopping 362 pages. Motorola on Oct. 6 sued Apple for …

Garmin and Asus said today they won’t introduce any new co-branded Nuvifones going forward, but will support the handsets already in consumers’ hands. It remains to be seen what this means for Nuvifones, which combine a mobile phone with GPS device. Regardless, Asus won’t be making them, according to a statement. At the least, the Nuvifone line is being rethought …

AT&T’s third-quarter earnings were on target with estimates as the company activated a record 5.2 million iPhones amid a total of 8 million smartphones. The company reported third-quarter earnings of $12.3 billion, or $2.08 a share, on revenue of $31.6 billion, up 2.8 percent from a year ago. Those earnings were inflated by one-time gains that included a tax settlement …

A bevy of Android devices will ultimately mean that Google’s mobile operating system will control largely half of the smartphone market, according to a Piper Jaffray report. Apple’s iOS will probably top out with market share of 20 percent to 30 percent in the long run. The big picture? Android and Apple will squeeze rivals such as Nokia and Research …

Clearwire is rolling out a 4G hot spot designed dubbed the iSpot to appeal to Apple users. The WiMax service provider on Wednesday launched the iSpot, a personal hot spot with dedicated support for the iPad, iPod Touch, and iPhone. In many respects, the Clearwire move makes a lot of sense. Most Apple plans are tethered somehow to AT&T. Clearwire …

Hewlett-Packard landed Palm by raising its bid following interest from other suitors after intellectual property and a potential licensing arrangement for the WebOS. The proxy statement, which sparked a good bit of discussion, provides an interesting read on how HP landed Palm. Simply put, HP almost fell short of acquiring Palm. Palm outlines the process to sell itself and the …

Brightcove, an online video platform provider, is looking to fill the Apple iPad’s Flash void with HTML5 video. The company on Monday announced the Brightcove Experience for HTML5, which allows customers to publish video for devices like Apple’s iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch (Brightcove blog, statement, background). There’s a big scrum over video formats highlighted by the back-and-forth between Apple …

Palm’s third quarter was a disaster, the fourth-quarter outlook was worse, and the company is stuck with an inventory glut as Verizon Wireless customers went with the BlackBerry Tour and Motorola Droid over the Pre Plus and Pixi Plus. The big question: where does Palm go from here? Simply put, Palm is in a vicious cycle that goes like this: …