The fifth-largest U.S. carrier may never have had much in the way of 3G networks, but MetroPCS is continuing to close the gap by expanding its 4G LTE markets to major U.S. cities. Today, New York, Boston, and Sacramento, Calif., join the roster. For now, that gives Samsung the edge among U.S. customers, since the …

Just when you thought Nicole Lee was all sunshine and rainbows, she ends this week’s podcast with the above farewell. Indeed, it was a Grinchy week in the studio as Bonnie shot down my hysterical jokes (well, I thought they were funny), I scolded Sanyo for naming its new phone the “Taho,” and Jessica slams the Nexus S for not …

Apple has updated its popular digital-book reader iOS App, iBooks, now version 1.2, to include support for AirPrint, PDF and notes printing, Collections, and new fully illustrated children’s books and art books available for download in the iBookstore. Apple’s iBooks allows you to download digital versions of your favorite books directly to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch. iBooks 1.2 …

Fring, Apple FaceTime, and the Evo’s Qik app for Android may have shone a light on mobile video chatting, but OoVoo is making good on an almost year-old promise by rolling out a new free app today that one-ups them all. Two things set the cross-platform service apart. First, in addition to two-way video chatting like Fring and Qik, it …

Good news for data-gobblers: 3 has brought back unlimited data to its pricing deals. Smart-phone users on the 3G-only mobile network can opt for the heavyweight One Plan to eat up all the Internet, video and apps data they can stuff into their pockets. The One Plan launched in July and offers 2,000 minutes of calls to any network, 5,000 …

Over the past couple of days, there have been numerous reports and some confusion over whether shipments of the Dell Venue Pro have been delayed till January 6 (original estimated ship date was December 9). We contacted Dell to try to get to the bottom of the situation and was directed to check out the Dell community blog where it …

If you’re under the age of 30, the name “Riven” might mean nothing to you. But for us old fogies of PC gaming, it’s instantly recognizable: Riven is the sequel to Myst. Myst, of course, was the groundbreaking, best-selling puzzle/adventure game–of 1993 (and for the next decade, until The Sims came along). That title made its iOS debut back in …

LG dropped major news on the global front today with the introduction of the LG Optimus 2x. Code-named the LG Star, the “2x” is for twice the power and twice the speed, thanks to the phone’s dual-core Tegra 2 processor, a first in the smartphone world. With great power comes great multimedia promise, as the phone boasts a stunning 4-inch …

Do you want a glimpse into the near future? LG is on the verge of launching some very powerful new smartphones and someone has posted the videos to prove it. This video features an Android that LG is currently calling the “Optimus 2X”. And it’s the first phone we’ve seen in motion pictures running a dual-core processor. To test its …

It may have taken Google a year and a half to get Google Voice in the iPhone’s App Store, but it’s taken only one month longer for Google Voice to complete the expansion to Apple’s other two iOS devices: the iPod Touch and iPad. Starting today, a Google Voice app update compatible with the iPad and iPod Touch (iOS 3.1 …