Car dealerships can be a stressful. Sure, it’s a chance for you to get an up-close-and-personal look at your next potential ride, but then there are the salesmen to contend with. Maybe you just want to check out the vehicle in peace. Augmented reality, which superimposes digital images on top of the real world, aims …

AT&T has ambitions to connect everything from cars to whole cities. Why not drones, too? The Dallas wireless carrier and chip giant Intel said Monday they would partner to investigate adding 4G LTE connectivity on drones, which would be a key element in getting them to fly higher and further than ever before. The companies will offer an early look …

LG has been feeling what we’ve been feeling: It’s getting harder to get pumped up for a new phone. Enlarge Image LG’s mobile president, Juno Cho, kicks off the G5 presentation. Sarah Tew/CNET In fact, the company has known that for a while. On the day in November 2014 that Juno Cho took the reins of the Korean conglomerate’s mobile …

I took a spin in a 5G phone. Well, it wasn’t really a phone, but a large van that served as a proxy for a 5G mobile device. I sat in the vehicle, which had Samsung and Verizon logos plastered on the sides and a large, bulky cellular antenna mounted on the roof, as it drove around one of the …

T-Mobile may need to postpone taking a victory lap as the fastest wireless carrier. Verizon Wireless took the top honors in a new study conducted by testing firm RootMetrics, which broke down its findings by states, metro areas and categories including network speed and call reliability. In virtually all segments, Verizon proved dominant. It’s the fifth straight time the New …

Nowadays, you’re more likely to watch your phone than talk on it. Thanks to the explosion of streaming video apps such as Netflix, YouTube and HBO Go, countless hours of entertainment are at your beck and call. Grab a little boob tube on the train home or kill a few minutes on your coffee break. The growth of mobile video …

5G is coming. Eventually. The fifth generation of wireless technology heralds a significant speed boost for Internet connections. On a 5G network, you could download the latest “Star Wars” film in seconds, not the minutes needed on today’s networks. Its expected ubiquity will also help connect millions of devices, from lightbulbs to farm gear, allowing them to talk to one …

Nextbit’s Robin is ready to leave the nest. There aren’t many in the flock. The San Francisco startup, which captivated Kickstarter last year by promising a phone that taps the cloud for massive amounts of storage, will open its online store in the coming days. Enlarge Image The Robin phone promises 100GB of cloud storage. CNET Chief Design Officer Scott …

T-Mobile is celebrating. The Bellevue, Washington, company, dropped the price of its unlimited data family plan by a third on Wednesday. The cut came a day after the carrier edged out Verizon Wireless as the fastest carrier in the US, according to a report by testing firm OpenSignal. The nation’s third-largest carrier dropped the price of its four-person unlimited data …

The mobile phone is conquering the world. Everywhere you turn, someone’s glued to the screen of a phone, e-mailing, posting status updates or playing a mobile game. But that’s largely in developed countries like the US or those in Western Europe. In many developing countries, even a basic “dumb” phone is a luxury. That’s poised to change in the next …