Just5 (photos) +4 more See all photos While we were perusing through CTIA’s list of Emerging Tech award nominees, we noticed an interesting company called Just5. A company based in Europe, Just5 makes and sells basic phones for the elderly, in the style of both the Jitterbug and the Doro PhoneEasy handsets. Just5 is currently …

Now playing: Watch this: HTC Evo 4G (Sprint) 2:08 LAS VEGAS–CTIA 2010 has come to a close, and the show produced some really awesome smartphones, cell phones, and applications. However, it’s one thing to read about these devices and services, and it’s another thing to actually see them live. Since we couldn’t take all of you to Las Vegas with …

Ever since California passed its no-texting-while-driving law, we’ve seen a steady stream of mobile apps aimed at overcoming the temptation. Most are marketed to parents of rebellious teens and lock down certain phone features, like texting, e-mail, and placing calls after sensing movement of 10 miles per hour or so. TextArrest is one such freemium application we’ve seen at CTIA …

LAS VEGAS–To many people’s disappointment, we didn’t see any handset news from Verizon Wireless at CTIA 2010, but the carrier did announce that it will launch its own app store on March 29, among an already crowded field of app stores. The V Cast Apps store will be available first on the RIM BlackBerry Storm 2, but will be rolled …

LAS VEGAS–Day two of CTIA 2010 is in the books, and it was another action-packed 24 hours filled with talk of wireless trends and product announcements. If you missed any of the news, don’t worry. We’ve rounded up the highlights of the day’s events, which include our hands-on analysis and photo galleries, right here for your reading pleasure. LG Cosmos …

Pantech Link (photos) +1 more See all photos LAS VEGAS–Even though AT&T announced the Pantech Link and the Pantech Pursuit prior to the start of CTIA, we managed to get a quick hands-on with both phones at the show. As we mentioned in the announcement of the two phones, they are both messaging handsets with the addition of AT&T’s new …

Here’s an interesting solution to a problem you may not have known you had. How to share the moments of your life, live, with others. Knocking Live Video is a free video-sharing app for iPhone, and now for Android, that broadcasts live video from one smartphone to another. There’s nothing new about live streaming video on these platforms or others. …

New Bluetooth headsets from Samsung (photos) +5 more See all photos Along with the Modus 3500 and the HM1000, Samsung also showed us a whole slew of Bluetooth headsets that it hopes to release in the second quarter of 2010. They are the HM1600, the HM1500, the HM3200, the HM3600, and the WEP570. The HM1600 is sort of like the …

LG Wine II (photos) +1 more See all photos The LG Wine II was released a few months ago, but we did not have a chance to get a closer look at the phone until CTIA 2010. This overall design is not quite as shiny as its predecessor, the LG Wine, but it still has that basic flip phone form …

LG BL20 and LG BL40 (photos) +1 more See all photos Both the LG BL20 and the BL40 were announced last year, but they are only available in Europe and Asia. So when we got the chance to handle these devices for ourselves at CTIA 2010, we leapt at it. Of course, you can read CNET UK’s full review of …

The first 4G mobile phone has been spotted in Las Vegas. The HTC Evo 4G makes its debut at the CTIA trade show in the States, and its list of features is eye-watering. The Evo 4G runs Android 2.1 with HTC’s Sense interface on top. It sports a massive 110mm (4.3-inch) LCD touchscreen, with four capacitive touch-sensitive buttons underneath. Inside …

The excellent Sky Player service is coming to Internet-enabled TVs from UK manufacturer Cello and PVRs from 3view. Cello was the first manufacturer to integrate the BBC’s iPlayer into its tellies last year, which caused much excitement. Sky loves to keep up with the Joneses at Broadcasting House, and that’s almost certainly one of the reasons it’s launched its Web …

Now playing: Watch this: HTC HD2 vs. Nexus One 5:14 No one enjoys being locked down to a carrier contract, but it’s often a necessary evil to get discounted prices on handsets. However, if you refuse to be tied down and can afford to get an unlocked phone, two of the top devices that money can buy are the Nexus …

AT&T 3G MicroCell will be available nationwide. AT&T LAS VEGAS–After months of trial tests in select parts of the country, AT&T announced Wednesday that it’ll begin rolling out its 3G MicroCell femtocell solution nationwide beginning in mid-April. Yes, that will include San Francisco and New York City, two of the more maligned cities when it comes to AT&T coverage. As a reminder, AT&T’s 3G …

LAS VEGAS–Android and BlackBerry users envious of the new “bump” feature in PayPal’s iPhone app should sit tight. Versions for their platforms are coming soon. PayPal’s slick new feature lets virtual money change virtual hands when two iPhones are tapped together (gently, now). The integration of Bump, which has heretofore let users exchange social information on Android phones and the …