NEW ORLEANS–Clearwire, often seen in the industry as the odd duck of the wireless providers, may actually be on the unlikely path to offering a globally compatible device. At least that’s what CEO Erik Prusch believes. With major carriers in China, India, and Europe supporting the same spectrum band and variant of LTE, it’s possible …

Sony has shown off two new additions to its Xperia range of smart phones — the 4.6-inch Xperia GX and its cheaper little brother, the 3.7-inch Xperia SX. Sadly, they’re only being flogged in Japan, for now at least. The Xperia GX is the big boy of the two. It’s packing a 4.6-inch screen with a 720p resolution, which is …

NEW ORLEANS–Sprint Nextel is preparing to bid adieu to the Nextel side of the business. Sprint executives today ran through its Network Vision upgrade plan, which includes the decommissioning of its Nextel iDEN network. The company has already shut down 1,900 cellular sites and plans to turn off 9,600 sites by the end of the third quarter, Bob Azzi, senior …

NEW ORLEANS–Security suite maker AVG has teamed with independent Android marketplace and mobile content provider Livewire to scan all the apps it hosts for malware before they are made available to the public, the companies announced today at CTIA. The deal will also install AVG’s free Android security app Mobilation (download) on devices to scan apps after they update. Jon …

NEW ORLEANS–Seven years after it last visited New Orleans and almost seven years after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, CTIA has returned to The Crescent City. And as the 2012 Hurricane season approaches on June 1, Verizon Wireless uses the trade show to show how it is preparing for future disasters. We’ve already seen a Verizon Super Switch that can …

NEW ORLEANS–As expected, the first day of CTIA 2012 was inundated with the release of new phones ranging from companies like Kyocerato HTC. Now that the trade show is settling into its second day, however, most of the buzz heard around town came from carriers. Don’t get us wrong; new handset announcements pop up arbitrarily, no matter what day it …

For the jury evaluating testimony by the cast of Oracle and Google in their ongoing legal slugfest, the blog post by former Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz is one of the more prominent, and less technical, points of contention in the trial. In both the copyright and the current patent phase of the trial, the blog post has been central to …

Curvy is the new skinny, so I hear. The BlackBerry Curve 9320 is stuffed with social network features, instant BBM access and the latest BlackBerry 7.1 OS software — but you won’t need a fat wallet to make it yours. The phone is packed with features that appeal to young BlackBerry-ers. Not only is it available for pocket money, but …

Tu Me, to you, Tu Me, to you… Enough Chuckle-inspired messing about — Tu Me is a new app offering free calls and texts for iPhones. Created by O2’s parent company Telefónica, Tu Me is a VoIP app and rival to Skype and Apple’s owniMessage. Calls, texts and media messages are free, sent via Wi-Fi or your data plan instead …

Apple has let loose an update to its iOS operating system that brings changes to HDR photography as well as various bug fixes for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. Applying the update will see your iPhone bumped up to the spanking new version of iOS, known to its mates as version 5.1.1. Before you get too excited, don’t expect …