At this year’s CTIA in New Orleans, which just wrapped up last week, Kyocera debuted its Tissue-Conduction Audio Technology for mobile devices. Today, the company announced that two new handsets featuring this technology will debut in Japan starting today: the Kyocera Urbano Progresso and the Kyocera K012 Simple Mobile Phone. The former is an Android …

T-Mobile USA will restructure its business and hold another round of layoffs, as it seeks to reduce its operating costs. The changes were announced in a memo from CEO Philipp Humm leaked to The Verge. T-Mobile told CNET that 900 employees would be cut as a result of the changes. The cuts come on top of 1,000 jobs the carrier …

Patently Apple Discovered by Patently Apple in a group of 21 patents issued to Apple by the Patent and Trademark Office, the in-vehicle remote-control patent describes a product designed for drivers wishing to control their iOS devices more easily. Currently, drivers must fumble around with their iPhone, iPod, or iPad to change songs, get directions, or make calls if their …

Remember the HTC Desire C leaked yesterday? It’s just been made official, and it’ll put Ice Cream Sandwich in your pocket for £170. The 3.5-inch Desire C runs the latest Android 4.0 software, known as Ice Cream Sandwich — which is kind of a big deal, especially at this price. It also packs Beats Audio, boosting the quality of sound …

Looks like the Big Red is about to get even bigger. Verizon’s 4G LTE network, which already covers the largest amount of markets and people compared to any U.S. carrier, is expanding its reach to 28 new markets starting May 17. Related Stories When Does My Phone Unlock? And How Can I Get My Carrier to Do It? Best Internet …

It’s not a shock when a prepaid phone doesn’t offer much, but the new T-Mobile 665 takes simplicity to an extreme. With a simple flip design and only the basic features, its focus is on what a phone should do. Clad in a muted gray color and resembling a skipping stone, the slim T665 has rounded edges and few distractions. …

The Google of China, Baidu, today announced a new smartphone powered by its own cloud-based platform. Dubbed the Changhong H5018, the smartphone runs on a forked version of Android that’s powered by the Baidu Cloud Smart Terminal platform. The device was manufactured by Foxconn and will be released on China Unicom’s network, according to the search company. Baidu’s Cloud Smart …

LG today confirmed that its quad-core Optimus 4X HD will go on sale in “key markets” in Europe starting in June. Initially unveiled at Mobile World Congress back in February, the smartphone also will touch down in select countries in Asia and South and Central America in the coming months. As a reminder, the handset runs Ice Cream Sandwich (Android …

Mobile network O2 UK has started rolling out the current fastest variant of 3G. Don’t get too excited yet: this isn’t the 4G speed hike we’ve all been waiting for — it’s an incremental improvement while operators jockey for position ahead of the 4G spectrum auctions. DC-HSPA, which stands for dual-cell high speed packet access, could see typical mobile data …

Virgin Atlantic will soon allow passengers to use their cell phones during flights, but don’t expect your phone-free fuselage to be replaced with coffeehouse clatter. The airline announced today it will allow passengers to make in-flight phone calls, send and receive texts, check e-mail, and surf the Web via general packet radio service (GPRS) from inside A330 Airbus planes on …

Apple has dropped all mentions of 4G from its new iPad. Previously billed as ‘Wi-Fi + 4G’, the new iPad is now described as ‘Wi-Fi + Cellular’. Head over to the Apple site and you can see for yourself. This follows a barrage of complaints about how the tablet is described. While technically capable of connecting to LTE bands, it only …

CTIA 2012 may be just a memory but that hasn’t stopped the smartphone news. Apparently an entry-level handset called the HTC Desire C popped up in a Vodafone Portugal catalog. Reported by both Engadget and GSM Arena, the Desire C won’t be an ultra-advanced device like the company’s current One line of handsets. In fact, the Desire C is powered …

HBO Go, the service that provides unlimited on-demand access to everything in HBO’s catalog, past and present, rocks. Unfortunately, it’s had something of a rocky start. The service is available only from select cable/satellite providers, and only on certain devices. For example, HBO recently updated the HBO Go Android app to support devices running Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). But …

Samsung has taken the lid off the new Galaxy S3, proudly boasting about its enormous screen and improved processor. But when are you going to be able to take one home for yourself, and how much will you have to shell out? General availability here in good old Blighty will be from 30 May, says Samsung, which is sooner than …

After a number of delays and just a bit of finger-pointing, T-Mobile finally is set to deliver Android 4.0 to the HTC Sensation 4G. As one of the carrier’s premier smartphones of 2011, the HTC handset should only get better when it picks up Ice Cream Sandwich (4.0.3) on May 16. The details of the update are listed on T-Mobile’s …