With AT&T officially announcing its “Mobile Share” plans and joining Verizon Wireless, there will soon be two options for customers who want to get into a family plan for data services. While these plans aren’t the best deals for individuals, large families or even groups of really, really close friends may want to consider them. …

Amazon’s Kindle Fire may be cooling down. That’s according to Cowen analyst Kevin Kopelman, who today cut his forecast on the company’s revenue, as well as sales of its Kindle e-reader and Kindle Fire tablet. The forecast comes ahead of an expected refresh of Amazon’s tablet, which made a splash late last year with its $200 price point. Since then, …

Motorola Mobility said it isn’t worried about a looming import ban on many of its products that takes effect tomorrow. “Motorola has taken proactive measures to ensure that our industry leading smartphones remain available to consumers in the U.S.,” the company said in an e-mailed statement. The ban, which takes effect tomorrow, comes from a U.S. International Trade Commission ruling …

Have a hit flash game on the PC? Autodesk has a way to quickly and easily get it on the smartphone. Last week, the company unveiled the latest version of its Scaleform software, a tool used by programmers to make games for consoles and, increasingly, smartphones. In fact, the newest version has more features dedicated to the mobile environment, a …

commentary Don’t let the new price fool you — even at half off, the Lumia 900 isn’t a worthy purchase. The Lumia 900, which now costs $49.99, down from its original $99.99 price tag, is the victim of bad timing. That’s because it, alongside all other Windows Phone devices, are unable to upgrade to Windows Phone 8 when it comes …

Nokia is shuffling its operations in China as it hopes to better address the largest smartphone market in the world. The company confirmed to the Wall Street Journal that it would close its operations in Chengdu and Shanghai, but increase the size of its operations in Beijing and Guangzhou. Once a major player in China, Nokia has watched its market …

You can’t fault HTC for being persistent. The Taiwanese company, best known for its line of smartphones, will again try to breach the tablet market, according to a report from PC Advisor, who cited a company representative. Beyond acknowledgement of another tablet in the works, the report has little other information on timing, specifications, or price. HTC declined to comment …

Now playing: Watch this: The Nexus 7 Tablet 3:49 The components that make up the Google’s entry-level Nexus 7 cost roughly $152, according to a teardown study by IHS iSuppli. The results, which were first reported by AllThingsD, suggest the possibility of a minor profit from the device, which will retail for $199 and come with 8 gigabytes of storage. …

It’s funny how a company with nearly 80 million subscribers can be considered to be in a death spiral. But that’s exactly where Research In Motion finds itself. On the heels of a disappointing quarterly loss, a warning of further losses ahead, and the delay of its next-generation BlackBerry 10 platform, many are questioning the company’s ability to continue to …

Frank Boulben, the new chief marketing officer at Research In Motion, did his homework before joining the company. Boulben, who jumped off the sinking ship that was wireless startup LightSquared, tapped his Rolodex of contacts and friends within the carrier and developer communities to see if the RIM position was a job worth taking. To his surprise, he found there …