4G is coming — but what is 4G and when will it supercharge your gadgets? 4G is 3G, only faster, giving you a speedier Internet connection on your smart phone, tablet or laptop. EE — the new name for Everything Everywhere — has today announced its new 4G network (and the UK’s first LTE deployment), …

Just when you thought you had sated the lust of your inner gadget demon by buying a shiny new Samsung Galaxy S3, Sammy has upped the stakes by announcing a range of new colours — and a new 4G version of the phone. When the quad-core S3 launched back in May it was a case of ‘any colour so long …

Now playing: Watch this: EE 4G launch 1:47 A brand new network — dubbed ‘EE‘ — will serve up the nation’s first taste of 4G data. It’s run by Everything Everywhere, the hard-to-get-your-mouth-around joint venture between Orange and T-Mobile. EE will “stand alongside” Orange and T-Mobile, with the new EE company being the only one of the three to offer …

The wireless industry isn’t celebrating a victory yet, despite a federal appeal court ruling that struck down San Francisco’s attempt to force cell phone retailers to distribute radiation warning materials with each phone purchased. The CTIA, the industry’s trade association, remained quiet on the ruling. A spokesperson for the CTIA said that the group had no comment on the ruling, …

British PM David Cameron meets Huawei CEO Ren Zhengfei at Downing Street, London Huawei Chinese telecom giant Huawei has pledged to invest $2 billion (£1.3 billion) in the U.K. economy, in an apparent bid for goodwill as the U.S. Congress opens a probe of the company’s relationship with the Chinese government. (See the embedded press release below.) Huawei will plow …

Microsoft’s consolation prize to anyone who owns a current Windows Phone is a new homescreen landing in an update known as Windows Phone 7.8, pictured above running on the Nokia Lumia 900. It’s best described as a sweetener to coat the bitter truth that anyone who’s shelled out for a Windows Phone in the last 20 months isn’t getting the …

We’re all getting ready for a certain event this Wednesday, but Apple’s preparations involve more than a pot of coffee and a finger hovering over the Refresh button on CNET UK.  It’s been decorating the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco for next week’s iPhone 5 launch, and Mac Stories has a whole set of snaps of how …

Nokia’s just outed two Windows Phone 8 handsets this week, but now it looks like there’s another incoming. The Lumia 920 is the high-end blower, the 820 is the mid-range, and now the forthcoming ‘Flame’ looks set to cover the low end, The Verge reports. It says sources have tipped it off about the upcoming handset. The Flame (I’d expect …

EarthLink can now offer its Internet customers a high-speed connection through Clearwire’s 4G broadband network, the companies announced today. The agreement allows EarthLink customers to access the service through Clearwire, which runs its own 4G WiMax network. The deal also opens the door to Clearwire’s planned 4G LTE network, the companies said in a statement. EarthLink was a major player …

Amid brief speculation this morning, AT&T announced that it will indeed carry the entry-level Android 4.0 smartphone known as the LG Escape. The Escape houses a 1.2GHz dual-core CPU, a 4.3-inch qHD IPS touch-screen display, and NFC capabilities. It will also include QuickMemo, LG’s note-taking and drawing feature seen in devices like the LG Optimus Vu and the Optimus 4X …

If it looks like an iPhone and walks like an iPhone, it must be an iPhone, right? Yet the iPod Touch isn’t quite there. Sure, you can install a voice-over-IP app like Fring, Line2 (a personal favorite), or Skype and make calls over Wi-Fi, but you still have to plug in a headset or rely on the speakerphone — you …

More details emerged today about T-Mobile’s Samsung Galaxy Relay 4G Android 4.0 slider phone, specifically that the Relay will be available on September 19 for $149.99 after a $50 mail-in-rebate card, and with a new two-year service agreement. The successor to the Galaxy S Blaze 4G will feature Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, a 4-inch super AMOLED display, a 5-megapixel …

AT&T is preparing to offer an “entry-level” Android 4.0 experience in the form of the LG Escape, according to recent internet chatter. Also possibly known as model number of P870, the LG smartphone will run Android Ice Cream Sandwich and feature a 4.3-inch (960×540-pixel) display, a dual-core 1.2 GHz Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 processor, a 5-megapixel camera, and a 1.3-megapixel …

Apple is poised to ditch the iPhone 3GS, reports suggest, with the maker of shiny smart phones tipped to make the iPhone 4 its new bargain-basement blower for beginners. The Telegraph cites sources “close to retailers” who reckon Tim Cook and cohorts will soon be calling time on the iPhone 3GS, which went on sale in the summer of 2009. …

Alibaba, China’s top e-commerce company, has Android firmly in its sights. Speaking to The Wall Street Journal in an interview published yesterday, Alibaba Chief Strategy Officer Zeng Ming said his company hopes to be “as strong as Android in China” with its own mobile operating system, Aliyun. In order to achieve that, however, Zeng needs some help from vendors. Luckily …