A high-speed LTE mobile network will be trialled among a select group of Cornwall residents later this year, as part of a collaboration between BT and Everything Everywhere. The trial is intended to test the feasibility of bringing high-speed wireless broadband services to rural areas that have slow Internet connections or none at all. It will cover …

Microsoft goes all tropical on us with the announcement of Windows Phone Mango, the next big update to the Windows Phone operating system. We discuss all of the Windows Phone news, the latest 4G markets, and a cavalcade of Verizon smartphones that include the Motorola Droid X2 and the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play. Now playing: Watch this: Dialed In 175: …

A fellow co-worker who’s an unabashed iOS enthusiast passed by my cube yesterday and saw me playing on a table-top arcade machine sitting on my desk. He stopped, eyes drawn to the bright colors on the sides and the top, and the arcade graphics on the small glass screen. I explained that it was an iPad sitting in the iCade, …

What are these two up to? Look what just showed up in my inbox. Sprint and Motorola are hosting a special event in New York on June 9 to show off their “latest collaborations.” We haven’t heard too many rumblings about any rumored Moto devices for Sprint, so we’re definitely curious. Both Sprint CEO Dan Hesse and Motorola CEO Sanjay …

Apple devices running the latest iOS version 4 are now susceptible to having their passcodes hacked. This would allow someone complete access to your stored data. Russian security firm ElcomSoft claims to be the first company to have cracked the encryption system used to protect the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. Alarmingly, it plans to sell the software to the …

Welcome to the 411, my column answering all your questions about cell phones and cell phone accessories. I receive plenty of questions about these subjects via e-mail, so I figured many of you might have similar queries, too. At times, I might solicit answers from readers if I’m stumped. Send your questions and comments to me at [email protected]. If you …

France Telecom’s grand fromage, Stephane Richard, has confirmed that his company is working with Apple on a smaller SIM card standard. The telecoms giant owns Orange, which we already knew was backing Apple’s plans in Europe, but this adds weight to the likelihood of changes coming sooner rather than later. Apple’s plans for a smaller physical SIM card are the …

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Google has blocked access to the Android Market‘s movie download rental service for any rooted Android device, Wired reports. Users who have unlocked the standard Android operating systems to give them full administrative privileges will now be greeted with a terse error message if they try to download a movie from the store. Google offers a short and far from …

In addition to today’s Windows Phone 7 Mango software and hardware announcements pertaining to the phone is another tidbit aimed squarely at Web use. This fall’s Mango update will also include a new version of the online Windows Phone Marketplace. Similar to Google’s Android Market and RIM’s BlackBerry App World, the Mango edition of the online marketplace will sell and …

Now playing: Watch this: Windows Phone Mango preview 1:15 NEW YORK–Earlier today, Microsoft previewed its upcoming Mango update for Windows Phone. Expected to roll out to devices in the fall, Mango brings more than 500 new features, making it the biggest update to the mobile operating system since it debuted in November 2010. It’s an impressive number, to be sure, …

Seven months after launching its bold new Windows Phone 7 OS, Microsoft peels open its forthcoming Mango update at a preview event in New York. There are still plenty of unknowns, like whether the more than 500 software updates will be tempting enough to attract customers and gain market share. Windows Phone Mango update (photos) +14 more See all photos …

Windows Phone 7 is getting a fair amount of work done. In addition to a more integrated outlook on apps, the Windows Phone update coming this fall (code-named Mango), will feature improvements in communications and better Web browsing, with search. Communications On the communications front, the Mango update will see a multi-network chat feature that gets conversations going among Facebook …

Nokia’s new X1-01 is another in its line of super-cheap mobile phones and a variant of the X1-00 we tentatively associated ourselves with a couple of months ago. It’s the mouthy little brother of the X2. The significant difference between the X1-00 and X1-01 is the latter’s dual SIM capability. Should you have done your homework and ascertained that one …

Sharp could be very close to launching its Hybrid 007SH clamshell phone in the US, according to documents that have shown up at the FCC and reported by Engadget. We knew one Aquos phone was imminent, but the Japanese company had been rather cagey about exactly which handset would grace the world stage. It’s now clear that Sharp’s latest retro …