If we’d had a penny every time we heard someone say, “I would switch from my BlackBerry to Android, but I like the keyboard,” we’d have, well, about 7p, but you get the idea. Acer has seen a gap in the market and pounced, with one of the first Android phones we’ve seen to look …

BlackBerry maker RIM has proudly shown off its native email app for the previously hobbled BlackBerry PlayBook at the stupendously boring BlackBerry World conference. PlayBook users can expect to see email, calendar, contacts, tasks and memopad run natively on the tablet after an update this summer. Right now, if you want to check your email you have to rely on …

Verizon extends its 4G LTE network. A week after Clearwire, Comcast, and Sprint announced their WiMax expansion, Verizon has continued the 4G fun with today’s news that its 4G LTE network is now live in what it calls nine new markets. These are Mobile and Montgomery, Ala.; Greater Fairfield and New Haven, Conn.; Gainesville, Pensacola, and Tallahassee, Fla.; Fayetteville-Lumberton, N.C.; …

Verizon has been on a tear lately, with the recent announcements of the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, the Motorola Droid X2, and now you can add the HTC Trophy to the list. Launching as Verizon’s first Windows Phone device, the Trophy will be available online starting May 26 and in stores on June 2 for $149.99 with a two-year contract …

The HTC HD7S Bonnie Cha/CNET Earlier today Verizon introduced its first Windows Phone handset, and now AT&T has announced the upcoming availability of its fourth Windows Phone 7 device, the HTC HD7S. The HD7S will go on sale June 5 for $199.99 with a two-year contract. The smartphone was first introduced at CTIA 2011 and largely resembles the HTC HD7 …

Verizon Chief Financial Officer Fran Shammo revealed several interesting things at the Reuters Global Technology Summit. First, Verizon will continue to compete with AT&T on the iPhone–Big Red will sell the next-generation iPhone (referred to by some as the iPhone 5 or iPhone 4S) alongside AT&T. Shammo also said that the next Verizon iPhone will operate in as many countries …

Could a 10-inch Honeycomb tablet be the key to Dell’s Android adoption? CNET.UK When it comes to Android hardware makers, Dell is not a name that immediately comes to mind. Thus far the PC giant has had a tough time cracking the Android market thanks to uninspiring phones and tablets. I see many people carrying around Android devices, but I’ve …

Watch out, folks! Nicole and Jessica are armed with sound effects this week and they’re having a blast (me, I have to make my own sound effects) but in between the sad trombones and breaking glass, we talk about the latest rumors floating around about upcoming devices for AT&T and T-Mobile. Meanwhile, Verizon is prepping for a big end of …

Screenshot by Jessica Dolcourt/CNET It’s been about two weeks now since Google and Sprint threw open the doors of a partnership they jointly announced at CTIA, a quick and easy way to integrate Google Voice’s extensive calling extras on almost all Sprint phones. These extras include visual-voice mail that you can read on the phone or online, personalized greetings, and …

The year started out with only one Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablet on the horizon (the Motorola Xoom). Today, nearly halfway through the year, we have so many Honeycomb tablets flying around CNET that it’s hard to keep them all straight. More importantly, the prices on these things are steadily creeping downward, making them a more compelling alternative to Apple’s lowest-priced …