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Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam cracked open the door to a full no-contract wireless world. McAdam said it was “pretty easy” to change up the model to eliminate contracts, and added that he would watch the consumer response that T-Mobile gets from its recent decision to drop contracts and phone subsidies altogether. He indicated a willingness to follow suit if consumers …

More Android devices are gobbling up Jelly Bean, but it’s largely because of a tweak in how Google calculates the adoption of its mobile operating system. Jelly Bean, or Android 4.1 to 4.2, made up a quarter of all Android devices, according to data captured during two weeks that ended on April 2. That’s an increase from 16 percent a …

Now playing: Watch this: Introducing Samsung’s Galaxy S4 3:02 AT&T said today it would begin taking pre-orders for the Samsung Galaxy S4, which it is pricing at $249.99 with a two-year contract. Eager customers can place their order starting April 16. AT&T hasn’t yet announced when the smartphone would actually hit stores, and a representative declined to provide a specific …

It’s not just the BlackBerry faithful signing up for the BlackBerry Z10. More than half of the customers snapping up a Z10 — 55 percent — are coming from a different platform, BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins said during a conference call today. Heins wouldn’t go into detail about the breakdown of where these customers were coming from, but it’s an …

Don’t hang up the banners and throw the ticker-tape parade for BlackBerry yet. BlackBerry’s fiscal fourth-quarter report brought a bevy of good news. The company surprisingly returned to profitability; it shipped 1 million Z10 smartphones, the majority of which were snapped up by consumers; and it appears as if it it’s taking share from competing platforms. It’s a strong start …

BlackBerry swung to a surprising profit in the fiscal fourth quarter amid early signs of progress with its BlackBerry Z10 flagship phone. For the three months that ended on March 2, the Canadian smartphone manufacturer reported a profit of $98 million, or 19 cents a share, compared with a year-ago loss of $125 million, or 24 cents a share. Excluding …

Always itching for that next great smartphone? T-Mobile might have the answer for you. One of the ideas being bandied about is the concept of a club that would allow for “anytime upgrades,” which the company defines as a maximum of two upgrades per year. Related stories: T-Mobile launches 4G LTE network T-Mobile finally gets the iPhone T-Mobile’s new contractless …

T-Mobile’s seismic shift in how it sells phones and service may be too much for some consumers to process. In moving away from the old — and arguably more comfortable — business model of subsidized phones and two-year contracts, T-Mobile is hoping to shake up the industry and grab a bit of the limelight in the process. But oftentimes, different …

As obviously useful as wireless charging is, it suffers from a Tower of Babel problem with incompatible standards and competing interests keeping it from truly going mainstream. But the industry may yet be inching toward some level of sanity. AT&T is seeking from its handset vendors a commitment to one standard of wireless charging, CNET has learned. Related stories Wireless …