ORLANDO, Fla.–Sprint got an early start at CTIA 2011 today when it announced that it would add the Samsung Nexus S to its lineup. Not only will it be the first CDMA Nexus device–Verizon reneged on its promise to add the HTC Nexus One to its lineup–but also it’s the first Nexus handset with support …

Vodafone is playing up the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play. It’s now taking orders for the PlayStation phone and its playmate the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc. Both phones will be in shops on 1 April — but they’re no joke. The Play lets you fire up retro Sony PlayStation games, including classics from the PSP and PSOne, as well as new …

Opera announced last week that it would launch two new mobile browsers at CTIA—Opera Mobile 11 and Opera Mini 6–but when it came to new and enhanced features, it mostly kept quiet. We were lucky enough to get our hands on a preview build before the show, and can share a lot more about what’s in store for Opera on …

T-Mobile G2X has the Nvidia Tegra 2 dual core processor plus compatibility with T-Mobile’s 4G network. LG LG has just announced the T-Mobile G2X, which is the much-awaited U.S. version of the LG Optimus 2X. It appears that T-Mobile and LG are going after a G prefix naming convention with their higher-end devices, the first being the T-Mobile G-Slate tablet. …

Firefox for Mobile (download) is just one step away from its first Android release, as Mozilla announced the browser’s release candidate today.  Pending final testing, the mobile version of the popular Firefox browser will soon be available in full force on Android smartphones (the release candidate will be available beginning today in the Android Market). Firefox 4 will also work …

Now playing: Watch this: AT&T plans to buy T-Mobile 1:25 It will take up to a year before we know for sure whether or not AT&T will be allowed to acquire T-Mobile. But people are already starting to speculate about what this means for consumers, particularly the ones currently on T-Mobile’s service. To put together our related story for CBS …

AT&T announced today it had entered into an agreement to acquire T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom for $39 billion. The news was unexpected and sent the technology world into a frenzy, and naturally, it has many AT&T and T-Mobile subscribers wondering what’s next. Of course, T-Mobile customers have more to gain or lose in this deal, and to ease some …

AT&T and T-Mobile rocked the United States this morning with merger plans that would make T-Mobile USA part of AT&T’s empire. (That’s assuming the buyout receives regulatory approval; until then, it’s business as usual at T-Mobile for now.) Both T-Mobile and AT&T have a claim to fame in recent smartphone history. AT&T was first to get the Apple iPhone, in …

In a blockbuster mobile deal, AT&T announced today it had agreed to acquire T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom for $39 billion. The acquisition would make AT&T the dominant wireless player in the U.S. with the addition of more than 33 million subscribers to its 95.5 million customer user base, giving it a new total of more than 129 million subscribers. …

From a network and technology perspective, the $39 billion marriage between AT&T and T-Mobile USA is a no-brainer, but the companies may have to do some smooth talking to get the deal approved by regulators. AT&T and T-Mobile USA, which is owned by German phone company Deutsche Telekom, each use the GSM technology and each company plans to deploy the …

Just when CTIA 2011 was shaping up to be a snoozer, it suddenly got a lot more interesting today when AT&T announced that it was acquiring T-Mobile for $39 billion. A rumored acquisition of T-Mobile has long been percolating for a few months–up until today Sprint was listed as the likely buyer–but the news of AT&T swooping nonetheless is shocking. …

In a year from now, the chart that you see below you might be out-of-date. After the news broke that AT&T would be acquiring T-Mobile USA, one of the first concerns was if T-Mobile customers would be able to keep their plans. Thankfully,T-Mobile has released an FAQ that answered just that; T-Mobile will keep things as they are for about …

The usual suspects are already sharpening their knives against AT&T’s announced acquisition of T-Mobile’s U.S. business. Within hours, the Media Access Project announced that “if approved, this deal would further increase costs and decrease choices for the public.” Media reform group Free Press headlined its press release, “Consumers lose when there’s less competition.” And Public Knowledge condemned the deal as …

Say what you will about Nokia, but the Finnish manufacturer knows how to churn out cheap phones. The new Nokia C2-01 will be the company’s cheapest 3G handset, and the X2-01 is a budget device with a full Qwerty keypad.  Apart from its 3G connectivity and annoying name, the C2-01 is a run-of-the-mill Symbian Series 40 device, with an alphanumeric keypad, 3.2-megapixel camera and 2-inch screen. …

Millennial Media Android led smartphone platforms last month with a 51 percent share of all ad impressions tracked by mobile ad network Millennial Media, according to its Mobile Mix report released today. That number was down a few percentage points from January but still surpassed the 27 percent grabbed by Apple’s iOS. But Apple and iOS took the top spot …