BlackBerry fans have much to be happy about when it comes to the new BlackBerry Torch, but few applauded Research In Motion for choosing AT&T as the exclusive U.S. carrier for the new phone. Almost immediately during the live blog of the news on CNET’s Web site, readers posting comments at the bottom of the …

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Sprint and Clearwire announced Monday the expansion of the 4G wireless network in markets in four states. The new cities where the 4G service will be available are Modesto and Stockton, Calif.; Jacksonville, Fla.; Wilmington, Del.; and Grand Rapids, Mich. With these latest deployments, the 4G wireless service, which uses a technology called WiMax, will be in 48 markets. Sprint, …

Cable companies’ fight to keep local sports broadcasts out of the hands of some competitors is heating up as satellite and phone companies pressure regulators to take action. On Friday, satellite TV provider Dish Network said it would file a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission against Comcast for withholding the rights to broadcast regional sports in Philadelphia. Comcast’s SportsNet …

There’s no question that smartphones such as the iPhone or Google’s Android phones have changed the mobile phone market forever. No longer are cell phones just for talking. People text message on their phones. They IM each other, check e-mail, search the Web, and even navigate on-the-go, thanks to these sophisticated phones. As cell phones move away from a voice-centric …

Verizon Wireless smartphone customers use 25 percent more data than AT&T iPhone customers, thanks in large part to new Verizon’s new Android smartphones, a recent study indicates. Validas, a company that analyzes cell phone bills and usage for consumers and corporate customers, analyzed 20,000 consumer phone bills between January and May of 2010 and discovered that Verizon Wireless smartphone customers …

Some Verizon Communications landline phone customers and AT&T wireless customers in Manhattan were unable to make phone calls Monday due to an equipment problem on Verizon’s network. Linda Laughlin, a spokeswoman for Verizon, said that some residential and business customers in parts of New York City were receiving a fast-busy signal instead of a dial tone and were unable to …

Smartphones are hot, but it’s the mobile applications that make the devices so appealing to wireless subscribers. Discovering new applications and figuring out which ones to use are not as easy as it sounds. A couple of readers have asked questions for help. And I’ve enlisted the help of CNET mobile-app expert, Jessica Dolcourt to find the answers. Also, what …

I can’t tell you how many people I’ve talked to this summer who have told me that they had finally made their decision to get a new smartphone only to have their plans thwarted when they got to the store and their well-researched choice was unavailable. This is exactly what happened to my former college roommate, Stephanie Rahill. After months …

NTP said Friday it has filed a lawsuit against six of the world’s leading cell phone makers, accusing them of infringing on its patents for delivering e-mail to handsets. The company, which successfully sued Research In Motion, the maker of the BlackBerry smartphones, is targeting Apple, Google, HTC, LG Electronics, Microsoft, and Motorola in a lawsuit filed in the U.S. …