Google’s adding some advanced new features to its Android operating system in the latest version — 2.2, deliciously codenamed Froyo. USB tethering and the ability to act as a Wi-Fi hot-spot will be included in the next update, TechCrunch reports, meaning you can use your phone’s 3G connection to pump the Internets to your laptop. …

Channel Nine and SBS have been granted licences for 3D TV trial broadcasts for the period of the FIFA World Cup and the rugby league State of Origin. The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has granted the two television networks and its affiliates “scientific” trial licences for broadcasting in high definition 3D. Cities covered by the trial are Sydney, …

The heads of the big TV companies are in Los Angeles this week, and all of them are making an effort to publicly embrace the brave new world of video. Not freaked out by it at all, OK? Here’s Comcast CEO Brian Roberts, for instance, showing off a forthcoming iPad app that allows you to program and control your TV …

TechCrunch is reporting today that Android 2.2 “Froyo” will feature built-in USB tethering and Wi-Fi hot-spot capability. This is exciting news for Android users as it could potentially provide all phones with one of the great selling features of the forthcoming HTC Evo 4G from Sprint. For those unfamiliar, mobile hot spots allow users to share their Internet connection with …

We just got our hot little hands on the LG Ally here at CNET, so before we delve into the review, we wanted to give you a quick overview of the first LG Android phone to hit U.S. shores. Despite its ties to the futuristic superhero action flick “Iron Man 2,” the LG Ally doesn’t exactly surprise us when it …

Now playing: Watch this: LG Ally 1:21 LG is getting ready to launch its first Android phone in the U.S. and has partnered up with Verizon Wireless to bring it to the masses. The LG Ally will be available in stores on May 20 for $99.99 but you can preorder yours from Verizon starting Thursday. The Ally features a 3.2-inch …

The iPad’s onscreen keyboard hasn’t won many fans. In portrait mode, it’s a bit too narrow for touch-typing. Landscape mode is more accommodating, but if you’re holding the iPad in your hands, the keyboard’s actually a bit too wide for thumb-typing. Enter Keyboard Upgrade, a data-entry alternative. It’s a split, two-piece keyboard, one you can size and position to your …

Sprint Nextel is teaming up with Wal-Mart to offer a new prepaid mobile phone service for consumers who don’t use their cell phones much. On Thursday the No. 3 wireless operator in the U.S. announced the new Common Cents prepaid mobile phone brand. This new plan charges customers 7 cents per minute for phone calls and 7 cents per text …

Our new Prime Minister David Cameron has started his reign by banning mobile phones from cabinet meetings. The cabinet meets for hour-long sessions every Tuesday morning at 9am. Meetings now won’t be interrupted by Vince Cable cringing as he re-reads last night’s text messages, William Hague checking Twitter or Theresa May giggling over BlackBerry Messenger. It also means David Cameron …

This show was recorded before we knew the price and availability of the HTC Evo 4G, but we do mention it in the show. We also go over the iPhone appearance in Vietnam, the LG Ally, more Android news, and the latest reviews. Now playing: Watch this: Dialed In 126: Dating the HTC Evo 4G 27:14 Podcast Your browser does …

Bonnie Cha/CNET Hot on the heels of the Sprint announcement from Wednesday night, Best Buy and Radio Shack have already begun the preorder process for the HTC Evo 4G. Starting today, customers can go into a Best Buy store and preorder the Evo 4G for pickup when the Android superphone launches on June 4. You will have to go into …

Vodafone is trying its hand at cheap and cheerful, announcing a new AU$19 cap contract for customers choosing its network. Removing any remaining differentiation from the offerings of its sister company 3 Mobile, the new AU$19 offers AU$70 per month in calling credit to any phone in Australia, plus an additional AU$70 per month in credit to be spent calling …

For Research in Motion, the maker of the popular BlackBerry smartphone, staying No. 1 isn’t about apps or fancy hardware, it’s about cost effectiveness. For all the hoopla surrounding Apple’s iPhone and the various Android smartphones that have hit the market recently, many forget what is still, by a healthy margin tops in the market: RIM’s modest BlackBerry. And RIM …

This post was last updated at 7:01 p.m., PT. NEW YORK–Sprint CEO Dan Hesse finally revealed the pricing and release date of the much anticipated HTC Evo 4G at a special event here Wednesday. The nation’s first 4G smartphone will be available starting June 4 for $199.99 with a two-year contract and after a $100 mail-in rebate. The Android device …

I love magazines. I subscribe to around a dozen of them and even started one of my own many years ago. (PalmPilot users may remember it: Tap, which later became Handheld Computing.) Unfortunately, most of the magazine content I’ve seen on my iPhone has been mediocre at best. Usually it’s poorly formatted, incomplete, out of date, and/or not of particular …