So you’re thinking of switching to the Verizon iPhone next month from another carrier? Assuming you’d like to keep your current phone number, there are some clear-cut dos-and-don’ts when it comes to porting numbers. Here’s a refresher in case it’s been a while. Read up on everything else you need to know about the iPhone …

Last October, PBS took the wraps off an eponymous iPad app, allowing tablet users to stream full episodes of public-television favorites like “American Masters,” “Nova,” and “MotorWeek.” iPhone and iPod users were promised their own version in November, but it never materialized. Thankfully, PBS for iPhone is finally here. It’s missing a few key elements, but it’s still a great …

CES 2011 might be over, but the handset announcements keep on coming. The latest news comes from Sprint, which announced today the addition of the Motorola i886. Available now for $79.99 with a two-year contract and after a $50 mail-in rebate, the i886 is the first Nextel Direct Connect mobile with a side-sliding full QWERTY keyboard. The front of the …

Android and 4G were the big themes here at CES, with several smartphone announcements from Motorola, HTC, LG, and more. We go over the Best of CES nominees and also mention the Verizon event next week that may or may not feature a certain Apple product. Now playing: Watch this: Ep. 156: Android and 4G are big news at CES …

If there was any doubt this year’s CES is all about tablet computers, the arrival of Panasonic to the handheld computer party has scotched it. Causing many a cry of “WTF?” round the CNET UK office, the Japanese company has announced its intention to release three Android tablets this year — 10-inch, 7-inch and 4-inch jobbies. In a press release …

Ever since AT&T and Apple introduced the first iPhone four years ago, the carrier has raked in the cash and customers while selling iPhones by the millions. But along with that success, AT&T also has been blamed for a creaking network that has saddled users with dropped calls and slow data speeds. Though AT&T doesn’t deserve all of the blame, …

T-Mobile has slashed its mobile Web browsing fair-use cap to 500MB, bringing it in line with its new bed-fellow, Orange, in a woeful tale of fail. In a badly written statement on its website today, T-Mobile said “you’ll never need to worry about… the ‘data/GB’s'”. But despite those incoherent platitudes, the warning is stern: “If you want to download, stream …

Funny story: Last April 1, gadget outlet ThinkGeek pranked customers with the iCade, a tabletop arcade cabinet for iPads. Cut to CES 2011, and suddenly the iCade is a real product, with Ion Audio handling the manufacturing and Atari supplying a large roster of classic arcade games. The retro-styled cabinet plays host to “your otherwise useless iPad” (ThinkGeek’s words), holding …

Verizon Wireless is keeping its unlimited data plans when it announces the new Verizon iPhone, The Wall Street Journal reported today. Verizon is expected to unveil the long-awaited Verizon iPhone tomorrow at a media event in New York City. The carrier sent invitations to the press on Friday. The Wall Street Journal cites one unnamed source on the news that …

A Forbes source has confirmed that Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. is planning to launch its iPad-only daily news source, The Daily, at a special press conference on January 19. Although the information seems pretty complete, as reported by Forbes, there’s no official word from News Corp. about The Daily’s launch date. According to Forbes, Murdoch briefed some reporters under embargo …