Closer look at the Kyocera Zio

Now playing: Watch this: Kyocera Zio M6000 1:51 LAS VEGAS–Over the last few years, Kyocera has been a reliable presence at CTIA. It’s had one of the best-looking booths on the show floor, it’s always introduced phones, and those new handsets have stuck to the basics. This year, however, Kyocera partly broke with tradition. It …

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Coming to Fring for iPhone: Two

Fring’s two-way iPhone video calls (photos) See Gallery See all photos LAS VEGAS–It wasn’t too long ago that VoIP calling and chat app Fring became imbued with the ability to make video calls on iPhone over 3G and Wi-Fi. There was one major problem with that version (the current version, in fact) of Fring for iPhone–you could see your buddy, …

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AT&T connects everything to its network

LAS VEGAS–First it was e-readers and Netbooks. Now AT&T wants to connect dog collars and pill caps to its wireless network. AT&T’s Glenn Lurie, who heads up the company’s emerging devices business, sees a world in which any device can be connected over AT&T’s wireless network. And for almost two years, he has been working to get as many devices …

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AT&T presses play on new music service

LAS VEGAS–AT&T launched a new service on Wednesday that enhances the music experience on its cell phones and brings the ability to stream radio and download music, among other things. Developed by PacketVideo, the AT&T Music application combines an array of services into one app, including: The ability to preview, purchase, and download songs or entire albums right from the …

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Apple lets you give the gift of apps

All it takes is two clicks to turn any app into a gift item. Rick Broida Until yesterday, the only way to buy an app for someone other than yourself was to give an iTunes gift card and say, “This is so you can buy Words With Friends.” Lame, right? Now, giving the gift of apps is a whole lot …

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Philips HDT8520, DTR5520: Freeview HD PVR and receiver have legs

People seeking a high-definition hit without a monthly subscription now have two more Freeview HD set-top boxes to choose from. Dutch master Philips presents the HDT8520 PVR (pictured) and storage-free DTR5520. The striking-looking, Pace-designed HDT8520 offers a 500GB hard drive, so you can record up to 125 hours of high-definition telly and free yourself from the shackles of broadcasters’ schedules. It …

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Battle Royale: Five smartphone screens face off

How do the phones rank in terms of screen performance? Maybe there’s a hint in this photo… Eric Franklin/CNET With the recent release of DisplayMate Multimedia Edition for Mobile Displays, a battery of tests to measure the quality of portable screens–and apparently because I’m a glutton for punishment–I thought now would be the perfect time to bring five popular smartphones …

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Hands

CTIA 2010: LG Remarq (photos) +3 more See all photos As soon as the show floor opened at CTIA, we dashed over to the LG booth to take a look at its new eco-friendly phone, the LG Remarq. LG boasts that the Remarq is made of 19 percent recycled plastic and 87 percent of its parts are recyclable once you …

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Total folly? Opera submits Mini browser for iPhone approval

We admit it: when we first heard that Opera was creating a browser for iPhone, we wondered if the browser company was bluffing to prove a point, namely, to pressure Apple into accepting a browser to compete with Safari. Yet Opera followed through on Tuesday, submitting Opera Mini 5 to the iPhone App Store. Before Opera submitted, we got a …

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Kyocera launches first Android phone

LAS VEGAS–Kyocera today made good on its promise to launch an Android smartphone in 2010. The Zio M6000 is the company’s first handset with the Google Android operating system and is the first U.S. smartphone we’ve seen at CTIA since i first attended the show in 2004. Running on Android OS 1.6, the Zio offers a candy bar design with …

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Firefox Mobile: Where it stands now

Just to get it out of the way, Mozilla had no official news to share at CTIA 2010 in Las Vegas. That didn’t stop us from catching up with Jay Sullivan, Mozilla’s vice president of mobile, to lay a finger on the pulse of Firefox’s browser for mobile phones. (After all, why should Opera have all the fun?) Mozilla continues …

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Tank warfare, LED basketball, Fisher

Though it might seem otherwise just now, there’s more to life than college basketball. Oh, who am I kidding? No, there’s not. But you need something to keep you busy during those endless Southwest Airlines commercials, right? With that in mind, here’s this week’s batch of new games for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and, soon enough, iPad. 1. Fisher-Price games …

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Android

Samsung Galaxy S Samsung LAS VEGAS–A new Android smartphone from Samsung will be making its way to North America, as well as other parts of the world, this summer. Dubbed the Samsung Galaxy S, the device was introduced at CTIA 2010 and includes features that boast the multimedia and social experience of the phone. To start, the Galaxy S boasts …

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Verizon unveils the LG Cosmos

Hot on the heels of Monday’s LG Remarq announcement by Sprint, Verizon announced yet another LG messaging phone Tuesday, dubbed the LG Cosmos. Though it doesn’t have quite the same green cred as the Remarq, the Cosmos does have a similar slide-out QWERTY keyboard. Features include the typical text and multimedia messaging, plus a speakerphone, Bluetooth, GPS, voice command, automatic …

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T

LAS VEGAS–T-Mobile USA on Tuesday announced its first Netbook for its 3G wireless network here at the CTIA trade show. Starting Wednesday in select markets, T-Mobile will begin selling the Dell Inspiron Mini 10 Netbook with access to the company’s newly upgraded HSPA 7.2 network. The device, which comes with Windows 7 installed as well as an Intel Atom processor …

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