The new iPad 2 will hit store shelves in the U.S. on March 11. If you’ve been waiting to see what Apple would put in the latest version of the hit tablet, here’s a quick FAQ that spells out some of the key features. It also is a quick guide to what’s new for the …

The Apple iPad 2. James Martin/CNET The wait is over for eager Apple fans wanting the next-generation iPad. At an invite-only event in San Francisco today, the company took the wraps off the iPad 2. Apple CEO Steve Jobs, who is taking a leave of absence from the company, returned to unveil the new product, which is expected to be …

China Unicom, one of China’s three largest wireless operators, plans to introduce its own mobile operating system to compete head-to-head with Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android OS in China. The Wall Street Journal reported today that the wireless operator, which is building a third-generation wireless network that competes with China Mobile and China Telecom, is developing a new mobile OS …

I am asked all the time by readers, friends, and family members to offer my predictions on what I think is coming in the mobile market, as if I have some crystal ball hidden in my office. It’s true that I follow this market closely, but I must admit that I did not go to the Hogwarts School of Wizadry. …

Last month at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, I sat in press conference after press conference wanting to pull my hair out in utter frustration, because even though I had 100 percent signal strength on my wireless air card, I could barely load a Web page. My 3G Sprint air card, which under normal circumstances provides me with …

BARCELONA, Spain–There are many reasons why I love Barcelona: the food, the wine, the art, the architecture–and of course, the mobile phones. You didn’t know Barcelona was a hotbed of activity for the mobile industry? Well, for a week every February, the GSM (Groupe Speciale Mobile) Association hosts the Mobile World Congress, the world’s largest trade show and conference for …

BARCELONA, Spain–Research In Motion and Nokia share a similar vision for success: help wireless carriers avoid becoming a dumb pipe. RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie and Nokia CEO Stephen Elop shared the stage here today at the Mobile World Congress as part of a keynote panel. Competition is heating up between the two handset makers after Nokia’s announcement last week that …

Executives from the some of the world’s largest wireless operators participated in a keynote event at Mobile World Congress 2011 in Barcelona. Stephen Shankland/CNET BARCELONA, Spain–The recession is over and wireless operators are finally growing again, but they are warning regulators in Europe, Latin America, and the United States to keep their paws off. CEOs from some of the largest …

BARCELONA, Spain–Verizon Communications Chief Technology Officer Tony Melone would love to see a third player in the mobile OS market, but Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform may not be it. Verizon Wireless CTO Tony Melone. Verizon Wireless Melone said during an interview yesterday at the Mobile World Congress here, that it is important for the mobile industry to have more than …

BARCELONA, Spain–Europeans will soon get a chance to buy two of Motorola Mobility’s hottest products this year: the Google Android business smartphone, the Droid Pro, and Motorola’s Android tablet, the Xoom. The Motorola Droid Pro. Motorola The company announced today at the Mobile World Congress 2011 here that these devices, which are already announced for the U.S. market, will soon …