Now playing: Watch this: Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G (T-Mobile) 1:01 CES was the first we heard of T-Mobile’s Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G, and Mobile World Congress was the first time we got our hands on T-Mobile’s latest 4G Android smartphone. Today, T-Mobile is sharing the price and release date for its latest Android …

Intel looks to be the latest tech company to want a piece of the online TV action. But it’s a tough business and judging how others have fared, it’s hard to say whether the chipmaker could ever be successful. On Monday, The Wall Street Journal reported that Intel, the world’s largest maker of microsprocessors for computers, is considering offering an …

Telecom geeks (like me) may know Ericsson as the mammoth company that supplies phone network equipment to carriers. But did you know it has a burgeoning app following as well? That was news to me as I sat down with a few executives from Ericsson while at Mobile World Congress. But the company has long fostered a small, but healthy, …

Now playing: Watch this: Dialed In podcast #214: The iPad ‘3’ shines a light on… 35:03 Even if you never plan to get one, the third-generation iPad is important for the wireless industry as a whole. Apple has once again set the bar when it comes to jaw-dropping screen resolution. That and its 4G LTE connectivity portend good things for …

I love me some Roku boxes. They’re cheap, easy to use, and capable of streaming everything from HBO Go and Hulu Plus to Netflix and Pandora. Oh, and don’t forget the awesome CNET TV channel, nudge-nudge, wink-wink. Of course, another box means another remote, and Roku’s clickers are so small they can easily vanish into the couch cushions, never to …

Apple First of all, let’s clear the air about Apple’s iPad and the Kindle Fire. Apple couldn’t care less about the Kindle Fire. There is not a single device in the tablet market that requires Apple to create a “competitor” product. In fact, one could argue that there is not a single device in the smartphone market that Apple is …

As the latest iPad nears its official availability date of March 16, those who haven’t preordered already are left in a quandary. To no great surprise, newly placed Apple iPad orders now won’t ship for another 2-3 weeks. So, should you try waiting in a line at an Apple store or retailer on Friday instead for your iPad fix? I …

Virgin Mobile has begun taking preorders for its next smartphone, the Gingerbread-powered PCD Venture. The Venture is an affordable option for customers looking to scoop up their first Android device; it features a 2.8-inch display, a 600MHz processor, 512MB of RAM, and microSD expansion slot (for cards up to a 2GB). Taking a peek at the user manual reveals that …

Think of SXSW, or “South-by” as it is affectionately known by its attendees, as a sort of amalgamation of film, music, and interactive media conferences, but topped with copious amounts of booze and barbecue sauce, and neatly packaged in a charmingly chic weeklong festival. It is a geek gathering like no other. But more than just the expected parties, panels, …

Offering this USB modem stick for free–if you factor out the 2-year contract and $50 mail-in-rebate–Sprint must be really trying to purge the 3G/4G Plug-in-Connect from its inventory. Perhaps it’s because the modem likely only connects to the carrier’s original WiMax 4G network and not its fancy LTE infrastructure in the works to enable 4G surfing. If Sprint really will …

It’s true that today iPad owners, along with other 4G LTE smartphone and tablet owners in the U.S., won’t be able to roam onto international 4G LTE networks while traveling. But will that change in the future? When Apple introduced its third-generation iPad last week, it took the wraps off the first Apple device to get 4G LTE, giving the …

In a world in which unlimited data plans are disappearing faster than you can say 4G LTE Hotspot, T-Mobile’s possible mobile-to-mobile offer sounds pretty tempting. If a report from TmoNews is true, the carrier will launch an Unlimited Any Mobile service on April 4 that offers all-you-can eat minutes to domestic cell numbers of all carriers. Even better, at just …

The Samsung Galaxy S3 has appeared on a phone retailer’s pre-order page, detailing what could be the specs of Samsung’s much yearned-for follow-up to the Galaxy S2. The listing, spotted by Recombu, appeared on mobilecityonline.com, a site that sells unlocked phones and mobile accessories. Is the listing genuine? It’s impossible to tell, but I’ve contacted Samsung for comment and will …

New Orleans, St. Louis, and Cleveland are just a few of the cities on AT&T’s upcoming LTE deployment list. The company revealed today that it will bring 4G access to a dozen markets in April and May and on into the early summer. Locations slated for the high-speed upgrade include Cleveland, Akron, and Canton, Ohio; Naples, Fla; Bloomington, Lafayette, and …

It’s tempting to think you can ditch your cable subscription, relying instead on a hodgepodge of content sources like Netflix and iTunes, but live TV is harder to replace. Many cord-cutters (including myself) get their live TV using free, over-the-air TV signals, but the hassle of dealing with an antenna and limited DVR options have left over-the-air TV as a …