Whew! Finally we can stop all the speculating and rumor-mongering. The Apple iPad is here, and it’s an…interesting device, to say the least. Some folks are no doubt gaga over it, while others probably came away thinking, “That’s it?!” How about you? Think you’ll pull the trigger on an iPad? If so, which of the …

If this Crave story is a little shorter than normal, that’s because we’ve got 18 episodes of The IT Crowd to watch, and then The Inbetweeners, Drop the Dead Donkey and The League of Gentlemen to keep us busy for the rest of the week. Yup, we’ve got access to new online streaming TV service SeeSaw, which has hundreds of …

Why is the mobile phone signal in our house like a holiday in Saudi Arabia? They’ve both got no bars. Honk! So we’re happy to see Vodafone’s signal-boosting femtocell, the Vodafone Sure Signal. Previously known as the Vodafone Home Gateway, the Sure Signal plugs into your home broadband connection and beams out a bubble of 3G goodness. That means no …

The Federal Communications Commission is asking all four major U.S. cell phone operators and Google to explain their early termination fee policies and how they communicate these to customers. FCC Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau Chief Joel Gurin and Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Chief Ruth Milkman sent letters (PDF) on Tuesday to AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile USA, and Google …

Corinne Schulze/CNET Hello, iPhone fans. We know that you’re tingling with excitement at what Wednesday’s Apple event will bring. Sure, the elusive tablet should grab the spotlight, but the iPhone may show its face during the infamous “one more thing” portion of the program. Will it be a new OS or will we get a whole new iPhone? Or maybe, …

This is just a concept image, but you can bet any device with such a big screen isn’t going to come cheap. Gizmodo Now that we’re just less than 24 hours away from Apple’s big announcement, let’s take a quick poll: What’s the most you’d pay for an Apple tablet? You know, the tablet–Apple’s worst kept secret since the iPhone. …

Smartphone customers and the bandwidth-hungry applications they’re using have forced wireless carriers to accelerate their plans for big upgrades as they move toward the next iteration of their networks. The biggest challenge these wireless operators will face is making sure they have enough capacity in a part of their networks known as backhaul to feed the hungry appetites of wireless …

Only a few months after the launch of the Nokia X6 comes its more compact sibling in the form of a 16GB model. The original X6 had 32GB of storage and has Comes with Music built-in, while the smaller model does not. Still, it retains that nice 3.2-inch wide-screen touch display from its bigger brother, plus it has the series …

After struggling throughout 2009, mobile phone maker HTC is eyeing an upturn in sales this year, though profit margins are still likely to be down. Earlier this month, HTC announced a 31 percent drop in fourth quarter 2009 earnings to 5.6 billion Taiwan dollars ($175 million) from 8 billion ($250 million) in 2008’s final quarter. Sales fell 13.2 percent to …

A $3 billion charge for workforce reductions hit Verizon Communications’ bottom line in the fourth quarter, despite strong growth in wireless. On Tuesday, the telecommunications giant said it added more than 2.2 million mobile subscribers to its network. About 1.2 million were retail customers and about 1 million came from reseller partners. Analysts had expected Verizon to sign up just …

The second permutation of Sharetones for Android 2.0 is here. But what is it? If you’re unfamiliar, Sharetones is an app that helps you coax ringtones out of songs you already own. At first blush, that sounds identical to Ringdroid, a free ringtone editor. What’s different here is that Sharetones caters to the lazy. Not everyone has the talent or …

The Federal Government today announced plans to provide digital satellite receivers to one in every 30 households living in broadcast blackspots in a bid to provide digital TV access to all Australians. About 247,000 households across the nation are expected to receive “free-to-air” satellite services at a cost of AU$160 million over four years, the government said. “All regional Australians …

Nokia is to offer free turn-by-turn navigation on all its mobile phones. Whether you’re walking or driving, download the latest Ovi Maps software from nokia.com/maps and your Nokia phone becomes a pocket sat-nav — and you won’t shell out a penny for the privilege. Nokia is offering turn-by-turn voice guidance for 74 countries in 46 languages, as well as detailed …

Motorola has joined Eastman Kodak in asking U.S. authorities to ban imports of BlackBerry devices, in a dispute over patents. On Friday, Motorola said it had filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission, alleging that BlackBerry maker Research In Motion is infringing on five Motorola patents with its products. According to Motorola, RIM used to have a license …

Ericsson it is cutting 1,500 jobs from among its 80,000 global employees, the wireless equipment maker said Monday. The company reported on Friday a huge downturn in fourth quarter and full-year 2009 earnings. For the quarter ended December, Ericsson saw its net earnings plummet 92 percent to 314 million million kronor ($43.4 million dollars), compared with the year-ago quarter. Sales …