Motorola and Samsung both took home leading market shares of 21.9 percent among U.S. mobile subscribers for the first quarter of 2010, according to data released Thursday by ComScore, though Samsung won the tip-top spot by a fraction of a percent. Ranking the top mobile handset makers among U.S. cellular subscribers age 13 and older, …

A year after taking over the CEO job from Clearwire co-founder Ben Wolff, Bill Morrow is confident the company is on the right track with its 4G wireless network despite continued financial losses. Morrow, 50, said he is confident about Clearwire’s prospects even as competitors, such as Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile USA, begin to deploy their own faster networks. The …

Updated at 9:28 a.m. PDT with comments from Comcast and information from the chairman’s statement. Updated at 11:45 a.m. PDT with comments from Verizon Communications and statements from companies, such as Google and Amazon, in the Open Internet Coalition. The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday detailed plans for its so-called “third way” to reclassify broadband service as a telecommunications service, …

Know what I just realized? I’m on game overload. There are too many great games for the iPhone and iPod Touch and not nearly enough hours in the day. In fact, I’m concerned about the platform’s effect on national productivity. I can’t prove it, but I think Apple is responsible for lowering the country’s GDP. Thankfully, I was able to …

We’ve wondered, with Atom Netbooks having been basically in pause mode technology-wise for the better part of two years, whether the popular bottom-priced product might eventually be threatened by larger, smarter smartphones and sleeker hybrid computing devices and tablets such as the iPad. It makes sense, especially with the iPad having sold a million units through its first 28 days, …

The Federal Communications Commission released detailed plans Thursday to ensure that it has authority to craft new rules to keep the Internet open. Figuring out exactly what the FCC is proposing and how it will affect the industry and consumers is confusing. The procedure the FCC has chosen to shore up its authority is complicated and requires some legal gymnastics. …

If you’ve ever walked into a Bang & Olufsen store you’ll know that the Danish company is renowned for two things: minimalism, and exorbitant pricing. However, there is a third thing. By the company’s own admission it has been a “closed shop” when it comes to systems such as media servers and, until now, mobile apps. But closed shops are …

Remember the Novophone, that nifty retro handset that plugs into your iPhone for old-school, crook-of-the-neck gab-fests? It was cool, but it was only half the picture. The iRetrofone completes it, combining a similar corded handset with a big, black, 50s-style base. It looks like something right out of a Humphrey Bogart movie, one with private eyes, dangerous dames, and a …

4G is slowly gaining traction–that is if Sprint, Clearwire, and Comcast have their way. The companies have announced that all three will expand their 4G coverage to several more markets this summer. They include Jacksonville and Daytona, Fla; Kansas City, Kan.; Nashville; St. Louis; Salt Lake City; Merced, Modesto, Stockton, and Visalia, Calif.; Wilmington, Del.; Grand Rapids, Mich.; Eugene, Ore.; …

It’s easy to dismiss a celebrity product endorsement as an empty money grab, but not so when the celeb is Black Eyed Pea’s frontman will.i.am and the product is his BlackBerry. When speaking about his phone there seems to be an honest affinity between the man and the brand, a relationship he plans to capitalise on as a means to …

Update May 6, 7:51 a.m. PT: The FCC has released its statement. More coverage to follow. Net neutrality regulations are likely to be imposed on broadband providers after all. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski plans to announce details of the plan on Thursday, a senior agency official said. The purpose is to circumvent a recent federal appeals court ruling …

People living in some of the nation’s biggest cities in the U.S. will have to wait a little longer to get 4G wireless broadband service from providers using the new Clearwire network. Clearwire, which is building a nationwide 4G wireless network using a technology called WiMax, announced Wednesday that it will be adding 18 additional cities to the list of …

Boost Mobile is sweetening its $50 monthly unlimited deal–which includes voice, messaging, and Web–with a very nice bonus. Boost Mobile customers can now make free, unlimited 411 calls. This bonus is for both the $50 unlimited customers as well as those who are on the $60 a month BlackBerry unlimited plan. Boost Mobile also announced unlimited e-mail and instant messaging …

The E72 is one of the first Nokia phones to get Microsoft’s Communicator Mobile software. Nokia A mobile alliance between Microsoft and Nokia has given birth to its first application. The two companies announced on Wednesday the launch of Communicator Mobile, a Microsoft app designed to run on Nokia smartphones. Communicator Mobile will let users of Nokia smartphones tap into …

Bonnie finally reviews the Microsoft Kin phones, and let’s just say it isn’t too positive. We also discuss the recently announced Android phones–the T-Mobile MyTouch 3G Slide and the LG Ally–plus a few other cell phone news items this week. Now playing: Watch this: Dialed In 125: Down on Kin 23:15 Podcast Your browser does not support the audio element. …