Verizon Wireless meant business when it promised a big push for 4G LTE at CES 2011. The carrier unveiled four new devices: the HTC ThunderBolt, the Samsung Droid Charge, the LG Revolution, and the Motorola Droid Bionic. All four promise fast 4G speeds, and indeed, they deliver. However, they aren’t all the same. Here’s our …

Sprint announced its latest Android handset today, the affordable Android 2.3-powered Kyocera Milano. The phone, which will be available in stores and online tomorrow, features a sliding QWERTY keyboard, a 3.5-inch display, and a 3.2-megapixel camera. Other details include 512MB of RAM, 512MB of ROM, a 2GB microSD card, and support for Bluetooth, GPS, and Wi-Fi, (802.11 b/g/n). For software, …

If you’re a heavy data user, Sprint offers the most bang for your buck, according to a study released today. For $1, you get 12.5 megabytes of data, which breaks down to 8 cents per megabyte, by far the best among the national carriers. Surprisingly, T-Mobile offers the worst deal at 4.3 megabytes for every dollar spent, or 23 cents …

Samsung Electronics and Microsoft may be showing off a tablet powered by Windows 8 next week. The Inquirer, citing a Korea Economic Daily report, said the tablet would be revealed at Microsoft’s Build developers conference in Anaheim, Calif. The report said the tablet marks Samsung’s first collaboration with Microsoft for its hardware devices. Representatives from Microsoft and Samsung weren’t immediately …

The smartphone display is today one of the most important elements of any new mobile device. With nearly all new phones using touchscreen technologies, the display is more than just a window full of words and pictures, it’s the way we interact with the technology we keep closest to ourselves. (Credit: CBSi) If you are shopping for a new smartphone …

9to5Mac A new feature in Apple’s forthcoming iOS 5 update, Find My Friends, will help users see where their contacts are. Think GPS tracking for your social life, included in iOS. According to sources reporting to 9to5Mac a few months ago, Apple had been working on the Find My Friends feature for quite some time, though the project was on …

Somewhere in the world, a pig must be flying, because we’ve got the Motorola Droid Bionic in the studio. We also dig into the latest tablet news and Antuan promises to work on his pronunciation. Now playing: Watch this: Ep. 64: The Bionic’s here! Now can we stop talking about… 51:50 Podcast Your browser does not support the audio element. …

(Credit: pocketnow.com) Well, well, well! Look at what we may or may not have here. Internet conjecture tells us that this is the first photo leaked from the iPhone 5’s camera. Close examination of the photo’s EXIF data gives away a few vital clues. First, the aperture is f/2.4, which is a tad faster than the iPhone 4’s f/2.8 lens. …

Need to send some e-mail while trekking in the Australian Outback or dog sledding on the Alaskan tundra? Or maybe you just want to check some game scores while sailing in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Satellite phone provider Iridium Communications introduced a new product today that will allow people traveling in remote parts of the world to access …

Andrea Mancuso was working just north of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, when two planes struck the towers. Soon after, she was the only person around who seemed to have cell phone service. “I walked from downtown to Lincoln Center (about 4.5 miles) before I was able to hail a cab with four strangers,” she said. “Everyone …