NEW ORLEANS–HTC announced a 4G LTE updated Droid Incredible for Verizon Wireless, which looks very similar to the HTC One S offered on T-Mobile USA. The new Droid Incredible 4G LTE for Verizon is a variation of the HTC One S that HTC is already selling on T-Mobile USA. But there is one notable difference. …

A recent Web usage report shows the iPad with a staggering lead over its competitors. Chitika Taking into account any Web query made from a tablet device across its ad network, Chitika was able to determine that not only was the iPad clearly the front-runner in Web usage with 94.64 percent, but that other tablet devices are nearly non-existent. Coming …

Wireless charging isn’t new, but the technology soon will get a new push from large industry players like Samsung and Qualcomm. At CTIA in New Orleans today, the two companies announced the formation of the Alliance for Wireless Power (AWP). The organization will “promote global standardization of a wireless power transfer technology” by fostering an industry dialogue and developing a …

NEW ORLEANS–AT&T and Samsung must be selling enough of the “Focus” family of Windows Phones to be inspired to do it again. The day before CTIA kicks off, the two partners took the wraps off the Samsung Focus 2, a $50 Windows Phone outfitted with LTE. The phone also features a 4-inch Super AMOLED display and a 5-megapixel camera that …

Now playing: Watch this: Samsung Focus 2 does $50 LTE 1:29 NEW ORLEANS–AT&T’s Samsung Focus 2 made an appearance today at an AT&T event before CTIA 2012 officially kicks off on May 8. Like the carrier’s other low-cost Windows Phone, the Samsung Focus Flash, the Focus 2 is also priced at $49.99 after a two-year contract. Unlike the Focus Flash, …

Clarion Corporation of America announced today at CTIA 2012 a new way to connect your iPhone to your car: the Next Gate. Clarion’s Next Gate is a 7-inch WVGA touch display that mounts on your vehicle’s windshield with a suction cup, much like a portable navigation device. (However, at 7 inches, its size is only rivaled by the largest of …

commentary Research In Motion is in need of a drastic change. But its most recent viral-marketing campaign, “Wake Up,” hasn’t exactly helped it achieve that goal. The company has updated its “Wake Up” Web page with a short speech telling the corporate world that it should wake up and realize that “it’s time to mean business.” “Now before you go …

NEW ORLEANS–T-Mobile’s network will be compatible with the iPhone later this year — even if it isn’t selling it, the company said today. The wireless carrier added that it had tapped Ericsson and Nokia-Siemens for its $4 billion 4G LTE deployment. The moves will address the two biggest gaps at T-Mobile: the lack of the iPhone and a more advanced …

By now, we have all seen how it happens. Pictures from “stars,” such as Kim Kardashian or Paris Hilton, are leaked on the Web, and all the gossip Web sites spread the pics like wildfire. People also probably remember the scandals that followed Brett Favre and Congressman Anthony Weiner when their pics were leaked and went viral. Even worse, many …

Kyocera rep Brad Shewmake demonstrates how a Kyocera device equipped with hard-tissue conduction technology can be heard even through noise-canceling headphones. Lynn La/CNET NEW ORLEANS–In addition to the many niche devices Kyocera has under its belt, like its handful of rugged phones for enterprise workers, the phone manufacturer announced tonight its hard-tissue conduction audio technology. Considered a “revolution” in voice …

On a sultry New Orleans afternoon today, AT&T took over a century-old Garden District mansion to open the 2012 CTIA. Yes, the annual wireless confab doesn’t formally open until tomorrow morning, but the news already is coming fast and furious. And though I don’t arrive in the Big Easy until tomorrow either, a big CNET team is on the ground …

In the United States, hundreds of new TVs are released every year, and our job is to pick out the diamonds from among the dirt clods. In the past six months, two TVs have really stood out to me not only as diamonds, but iconic in the same way that the Pioneer Kuro was all of those years ago. While …

Now playing: Watch this: Convert cassettes into MP3s 6:08 As far as I’m concerned, we have a global musical crisis on our hands. The cassette tape was the dominant music format through most of my childhood. The first read-along books I had as a kid were on cassette tape. The first time I ever bought music with my own money, …

CNET Reader Rob asks: I’ve been reading your articles on HDTV and find them very informative so, here’s something I need cleared up. You mentioned how plasma TVs can control the brightness of individual pixels, made me think they should have a superior picture to LCD — so I went looking at plasmas. I noticed that they seem to have …

As the latest smartphone releases cross our desks here at CNET Australia, it’s time to start weighing up which is best, which phones fall short and how the new models compare with our favourites from last year. These new models feature a range of new features and enhancements, but trying to assess which of these upgrades are most important will …