ORLANDO, Fla.–While the first day of CTIA was full of news about 3D phones, new tablets, a certain merger, and more, the second day proved to be relatively humdrum in comparison. Still, some news did trickle in on the second day. Huawei made an appearance at a CTIA Mobile Focus event last night with the …

At long last, the BlackBerry PlayBook is finally available for preorder. The Wi-Fi-equipped Playbook will come in 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB versions, which will be $499, $599, and $699, respectively. Notably, this mirrors the iPad 2’s pricing exactly, at least for the Wi-Fi-only models. The PlayBook will be in Best Buy stores starting April 19 in the U.S. and in …

The LG Thrill 4G is the Optimus 3D repackaged for AT&T. Nicole Lee/CNET ORLANDO, Fla.–LG is definitely making a bigger name for itself in the U.S. market by bringing two hot European phones to these shores. The LG Optimus 2X was repackaged as the T-Mobile G2X, and now the LG Optimus 3D is coming stateside in the form of the …

ORLANDO, Fla.–If you were a fan of the LG Optimus 2X, then you should be a fan of the T-Mobile G2X too. We had hands-on time with the sleek new LG phone today, and it feels just as fast and impressive as its European cousin. And no wonder: The specs are eerily similar. The G2X has a 1GHz dual-core Tegra …

T-Mobile G2X has the Nvidia Tegra 2 dual core processor plus compatibility with T-Mobile’s 4G network. LG LG has just announced the T-Mobile G2X, which is the much-awaited U.S. version of the LG Optimus 2X. It appears that T-Mobile and LG are going after a G prefix naming convention with their higher-end devices, the first being the T-Mobile G-Slate tablet. …

The entry-level LG Optimus continues to make the rounds to almost all the carriers with the introduction of the LG Optimus C, with the C standing for Cricket Wireless. Like its other Optimus counterparts, the Optimus C arrives with Android 2.2 Froyo, a 3.2-megapixel camera, WiFi, 3G, a 3.2-inch touch screen, and a usable 600MHz processor. It’s certainly not the …

LG introduced a few new accessories to go along with its big G2X announcement today. They include the HBM-905 mono Bluetooth headset, the HBS-700 stereo Bluetooth headset, and the WCP-700 wireless charging pad. LG HBM-905 LG The HBM-905 appears to be the successor to the LG HBM-900 Bluetooth headset, with a similar long and skinny design. It features three microphones …

In a year from now, the chart that you see below you might be out-of-date. After the news broke that AT&T would be acquiring T-Mobile USA, one of the first concerns was if T-Mobile customers would be able to keep their plans. Thankfully,T-Mobile has released an FAQ that answered just that; T-Mobile will keep things as they are for about …

When the LG Optimus T and Optimus S phones were announced last year, I genuinely felt for the first time that feature phones were a dying breed. Both of these Optimus handsets were branded as entry-level smartphones, but had very impressive features–they shipped with Android 2.2 Froyo (the latest OS update at the time), had portable Wi-Fi hot spots, and …

Samsung has announced three new Bluetooth headsets–the HM1610, the HM3600, and the Modus 6450–each of which offers slightly different functions. The Modus 6450, for example, is the second device in the Modus family of Samsung’s stereo headsets. It can be worn either in a mono-style headset or attached to a second earbud for a more stereo audio experience. Obviously the …