LG will finally get its own Nexus smartphone based on its recently unveiled flagship Optimus G, CNET has learned. The phone will be announced at the end of the month, according to a person briefed on the matter. While it will run some of the same specifications as the Optimus G, it will be modified …

AT&T said today it would sell two Windows tablets, Samsung’s ATIV Smart PC and Asus’s VivoTab RT. The tablets are just the latest mobile devices to be unveiled by AT&T in the last few days. Both 4G LTE products, which run on the next-generation Windows operating system, will be available for the holiday season, although the company didn’t specify when …

Nokia just shut its coolest phone out of more than half the U.S. market. The Finnish handset manufacturer’s decision to strike an exclusivity agreement with AT&T for its flagship Lumia 920 means much of its hopes of breaking into the U.S. market rides on just the one carrier, which isn’t the smartest decision when said carrier has a huge wave …

AT&T said today it will sell Nokia’s Lumia 920 and 820 Windows Phone smartphones, just the latest in the carrier’s increasingly crowded lineup of mobile devices. The phone is expected to hit the market in November, although AT&T wasn’t more specific. The company also didn’t provide any pricing information. The Lumia 920, however, will be exclusive to AT&T. Related stories …

Pantech’s Burst and Element will be getting the Ice Cream Sandwich treatment starting today. Both phones can be upgraded to Android 4.0, AT&T said in a blog post published today. The update brings the phones to the second latest version of Android, behind Jelly Bean, or Android 4.1. To download the update for the Burst, go here. To download the …

A combining of T-Mobile USA and MetroPCS could make for a potent player in the rough-and-tumble prepaid business. T-Mobile has over the past few years expanded its no-contract options for consumers, giving it a badly needed source of customer growth. MetroPCS, meanwhile, has long been an aggressive — albeit small — provider of prepaid services with experience in running a …

AT&T said today that it plans to sell LG’s flagship Optimus G super smartphone, adding to an already crowded lineup of mobile devices. The Optimus G is one of the first phones to run Qualcomm’s quad-core Snapdragon processor, allowing it to handle complex tasks such as pinch-to-zooming a high-definition video clip as its running, or working in a second application …

AT&T said today that it would add three more HTC smartphones to its lineup, the HTC One X+, One VX, and Windows Phone 8X. Windows Phone 8X, which was announced last month, will be available in November, while the One X+ and One VX would be available “in the coming months.” No pricing information was provided on the phones. The …

T-Mobile USA’s parent, Deutsche Telekom AG, and MetroPCS confirmed today that they are in talks to combine operations. Both companies sent out statements confirming recent speculation that a potential deal was brewing. Here are their respective comments: Deutsche Telekom: Deutsche Telekom is holding talks with the listed company MetroPCS with the aim of operating its subsidiary T-Mobile USA and MetroPCS …

Remember the JibJab guys? To refresh your memory (I needed to look them up myself), they’re the brothers who shot on to the public stage in 2004 when their video, “This Land is Your Land,” starring George W. Bush and John Kerry, skyrocketed in popularity. While JibJab, founded by brothers Evan and Gregg Spiridellis, were never able to reproduce that …