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Approximately 85 percent of American homes have a traditional wired land-line phone, and a large number of these households also have cell phone accounts. Some people are concerned about cutting the cord to the home phone, thinking that a cell phone is just not as reliable as an old-fashioned twisted-pair desk phone. Verizon Wireless took a look at the problem and came up with the Home Phone Connect - a way to use your desk phone just as you always have, with the kind of reliability you expect from a traditional wired phone. Read More

SkatterTech has published a very useful infographic for tablet shoppers. The chart contains a detailed comparison of specs and features of the brand new iPad 2 vs. the LG G-Slate and the soon-to-launch Samsung Galaxy 10 and HP TouchPad. Read More

Verizon Wireless recently topped all carriers in a study by the prestigious J.D. Power and Associates marketing information company. The study surveyed more than 27,250 cellular subscribers across the country. Conducted during the second half of 2010, Verizon Wireless had the highest score in 44 U.S. states plus the District of Columbia. Consumers were polled on their experiences with dropped calls, static, failed connections, distortion, echo and other performance problems. Verizon Wireless scored well in all regions across the country. Read More

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Thanks to David at TmoNews.com for capturing this video demo at LG's press conference. Enjoy, T-Mobile fans, as this phone is likely headed your way. But, it's also likely going to land in Europe first. Read More

It might have snowed in Las Vegas earlier this week, but manufacturers of smartphones are now at the CES and turning up the heat in just about every possible way. Just yesterday, HTC and Sprint made a widely publicised announcement unveiling the HTC EVO Shift for Sprint's 4G WiMax network. Today, HTC joined with AT&T in announcing the HTC Inspire 4G, which uses AT&T's HSPA+ network to achieve data speeds similar to Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless. Read More

Will 2010 be crowned "The Year of Android"? Earlier this year, it was widely reported that shipments of smartphones running the Android operating system outpaced all other smartphone standards, including the venerable Apple iPhone. Read More

HTC recently announced a software upgrade for the Evo 4G that adds SWYPE, as well as a couple other features. Read More

Cell-phone manufacturer HTC announced this week that it plans to expand its "Sense" user interface to include computers and different types of electronic content. Read More

The first two devices to run on Verizon's LTE network are both USB modems that plug into computers, including the Pantech UML290. Read More