If we’d had a penny every time we heard someone say, “I would switch from my BlackBerry to Android, but I like the keyboard,” we’d have, well, about 7p, but you get the idea. Acer has seen a gap in the market and pounced, with one of the first Android phones we’ve seen to look …

BlackBerry maker RIM has proudly shown off its native email app for the previously hobbled BlackBerry PlayBook at the stupendously boring BlackBerry World conference. PlayBook users can expect to see email, calendar, contacts, tasks and memopad run natively on the tablet after an update this summer. Right now, if you want to check your email you have to rely on …

Verizon extends its 4G LTE network. A week after Clearwire, Comcast, and Sprint announced their WiMax expansion, Verizon has continued the 4G fun with today’s news that its 4G LTE network is now live in what it calls nine new markets. These are Mobile and Montgomery, Ala.; Greater Fairfield and New Haven, Conn.; Gainesville, Pensacola, and Tallahassee, Fla.; Fayetteville-Lumberton, N.C.; …

Verizon has been on a tear lately, with the recent announcements of the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, the Motorola Droid X2, and now you can add the HTC Trophy to the list. Launching as Verizon’s first Windows Phone device, the Trophy will be available online starting May 26 and in stores on June 2 for $149.99 with a two-year contract …

The HTC HD7S Bonnie Cha/CNET Earlier today Verizon introduced its first Windows Phone handset, and now AT&T has announced the upcoming availability of its fourth Windows Phone 7 device, the HTC HD7S. The HD7S will go on sale June 5 for $199.99 with a two-year contract. The smartphone was first introduced at CTIA 2011 and largely resembles the HTC HD7 …

Verizon Chief Financial Officer Fran Shammo revealed several interesting things at the Reuters Global Technology Summit. First, Verizon will continue to compete with AT&T on the iPhone–Big Red will sell the next-generation iPhone (referred to by some as the iPhone 5 or iPhone 4S) alongside AT&T. Shammo also said that the next Verizon iPhone will operate in as many countries …

Could a 10-inch Honeycomb tablet be the key to Dell’s Android adoption? CNET.UK When it comes to Android hardware makers, Dell is not a name that immediately comes to mind. Thus far the PC giant has had a tough time cracking the Android market thanks to uninspiring phones and tablets. I see many people carrying around Android devices, but I’ve …

Watch out, folks! Nicole and Jessica are armed with sound effects this week and they’re having a blast (me, I have to make my own sound effects) but in between the sad trombones and breaking glass, we talk about the latest rumors floating around about upcoming devices for AT&T and T-Mobile. Meanwhile, Verizon is prepping for a big end of …

Screenshot by Jessica Dolcourt/CNET It’s been about two weeks now since Google and Sprint threw open the doors of a partnership they jointly announced at CTIA, a quick and easy way to integrate Google Voice’s extensive calling extras on almost all Sprint phones. These extras include visual-voice mail that you can read on the phone or online, personalized greetings, and …

The year started out with only one Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablet on the horizon (the Motorola Xoom). Today, nearly halfway through the year, we have so many Honeycomb tablets flying around CNET that it’s hard to keep them all straight. More importantly, the prices on these things are steadily creeping downward, making them a more compelling alternative to Apple’s lowest-priced …

Some new data from Amazon.com this morning: it’s now selling more Kindle ebooks than print books. (Credit: Amazon) This isn’t exactly shocking, as Amazon had previously announced that Kindle book sales had surpassed hardcover sales and, more recently, had overtaken paperback book sales. In fact, we’re not sure why the announcement didn’t come earlier because you’d figure that if Kindle …

The O2 network is back up and running after Tuesday’s massive network failage. London and the South East faced a communications breakdown for most of the day, with many angry customers clamouring for compensation. O2 explains what happened in a statement but says compensation won’t be offered. It says the rarity of incidents like this means you won’t be compensated …

Google has stepped up its response to recent worries over Android data leaks, implementing a back-end fix that means the majority of Android smart phone users still using versions 2.3.3 and older won’t have to wait for an update. Yesterday’s initial statement from Google acknowledged the issue, stating that it was “aware of the problem” and had “already fixed it …

LG is planning to release an over-the-air update for the Optimus 2X later this month, in a bid to fix the smart phone‘s software flaws. That’ll come as good news to the 790 owners of the phone who’ve signed an online petition urging LG to do something about the bugs, which make the 2X randomly freeze and reboot.  European users will be …

DoubleTwist Product Wizard Lucas Dickey joins us in the studio this week to talk about syncing and streaming your media to and from an Android device. In the news, Google closes a WiFi security hole, AT&T opens its restrictions on 3rd party apps, and Motorola announces an amazing phone–save one missing feature. All of that plus the answers to your …