Hold on to your hot dogs folks. A new report from DroidLife asserts that the HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE is headed to Verizon a day after the July Fourth holiday. With all the Samsung Galaxy S III and Motorola Droid Razr Maxx ICS update news, you may have forgotten about HTC’s little Droid Incredible …

Samsung reckons it will sell 10 million Samsung Galaxy S3 phones by the end of July, as US phone fans prepare to get their hands on the phone setting fire to tills around the world. Reuters reports that Samsung boss JK Shin has predicted the big 10 mil by the end of next month after the quad-core 4.8-inch Android behemoth …

Back in January there was no question which carrier had built the best portfolio, and I’ll give you a hint: it wasn’t AT&T. By December, Verizon already had an embarrassment of riches, and the toughest high-end Android decision for holiday shoppers was which Big Red phone to get: the angular Motorola Droid Razr, the HTC Rezound audio genius, or the …

Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile USA are touting their spectrum swap deal announced Monday as a win-win for both companies. But concern over antitrust issues in Verizon’s co-marketing deal with cable companies could threaten the outcome. On Monday, Verizon Wireless announced a plan to swap Advanced Wireless Services spectrum with T-Mobile USA in a deal that will likely help Verizon win …

The Android version of the Google Play Store will get yet another makeover, according to details hitting the Internet this week. Italian Android site HDblog (translate) obtained an image, which appears to show a new look for the app store that borrows from previous versions yet still resembles its desktop counterpart. Appearing cleaner and clutter-free, the Google Play Store experience …

Now playing: Watch this: LG Optimus Vu is a phone on steroids. 2:11 It seemed like not so long ago, we were trying to wrap our heads around the Samsung Galaxy Note and its whopping 5.3-inch screen. Now it looks like LG has provided its own answer to the phone-tablet hybrid with the LG Optimus Vu. The Vu’s screen is …

If your decision to buy Samsung’s Galaxy S III (S3) on T-Mobile comes down to the LTE radio within, prepare yourself for disappointment. A T-Mobile spokesperson confirmed to CNET today that despite the same LTE radio in every GS3 model coming to the U.S., Samsung’s new flagship Android 4.0 phone will not ride T-Mobile’s forthcoming LTE network: The Samsung Galaxy …

What’s next for Kindle hardware? Well, a credible source has told CNET that Amazon will unveil a second-generation Kindle Fire this summer and that it’s targeting July 31 for a launch event. While we can’t confirm the date, there’s been plenty of chatter about new Kindles coming soon. Most recently, DigiTimes, which has been pretty spotty on the rumor front, …

iPhone charging on the go has always presented something of a challenge. You need not only the wall wart, but also a sync cable — and someplace to carry both. Pacific Productions’ JuiceBuddy is a portable, self-contained iPhone/iPod charger that’s tiny enough to slip into your pocket — or ride shotgun on your keychain. In fact, it even comes with …

Samsung’s Galaxy S3 is expected to be a sales juggernaut, according to a new report. Speaking to Reuters in an interview published yesterday, Samsung telecommunications chief JK Shin said he expects Galaxy S3 sales to reach 10 million units during July. Samsung typically calls devices it shipped “sales,” since the products have been sold into the retail channel, so it’s …

Composite by Joe Aimonetti/CNET Verizon has reached a deal with T-Mobile to do an an Advanced Wireless Services spectrum swap, a deal that promises to add much-needed LTE capabilities to T-Mobile’s network. The deal would be dependent on forthcoming Verizon spectrum purchases, currently being scrutinized by the FCC. But, if the deals with SpectrumCo, Cox, and Leap go through, T-Mobile …

The TF700 dares you to knock it over. Josh Miller/CNET The Asus Transformer Pad Infinity TF700 is the Transformer Prime as it should have been. A Gandalf the White to the Prime’s Saruman. Asus has clearly listened to the grievances — most notably, GPS issues — of some Prime owners and in most cases, addresses said grievances and then some. …

BlackBerry 10 is ditching the signature keyboard for the next generation of phones. When the new BlackBerry software arrives, it’ll be on a touchscreen phone — a forward-looking move, but one that could alienate BlackBerry’s best customers. BlackBerry 10 is the next generation of software for BlackBerry phones, with features that drag the venerable emailers into the smart phone revolution. …

Purportedly leaked specs of Research in Motion’s new BlackBerry 10 line show a new all-touch smartphone that has a higher resolution screen than the Retina Display on the iPhone 4S, according to BlackBerry news site N4BB.com. The specs include details of both the BackBerry 10 L-series, an all-touch-screen device, and the N-series, which features the traditional physical QWERTY keyboard. The …

Getting your app discovered is one challenge, but how about sustaining user interest? If your smartphone is like mine, you have a lot of apps that were downloaded on a whim or a recommendation sitting in the apps folder or on the home page, completely untouched. Or perhaps you have a game, productivity, or entertainment app that you obsessively used …