AT&T today announced it has upgraded its 3G wireless network to increase downlink speeds up to 1.7Mbps, a 20 percent increase over previous top speeds. The increased speeds are the results of recent network enhancements the company will complete by the end of the month. HSPA (High Speed Packet Access) is a mobile broadband technology that is comprised of two wireless broadband protocols, known as HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) and HSUPA (High Speed Uplink Packet Access), that oper...

HTC today unveiled the Touch Pro, its newest Window Mobile 6.1 business device with 3D touch user interface, desktop-like browsing and 5-row sliding QWERTY keyboard. The Touch Pro includes a new touch-sensitive control for device interaction. It offers advanced touch screen technology with TouchFLO 3D, HTC's 3D touch interface. TouchFLO 3D uses one touch to scroll through common tasks like messaging, calendar appointments or making calls. Music, photos, contacts and surfing the web are also resp...

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It's good to be in Japan these days as all carriers will be announcing their summer collections. SoftBank already announced it will bring the iPhone to the Land of the Rising Sun, and now it's time to show the rest of its cards. Let's quickly go through all devices they'll be rolling out this summer: Sharp [...]

I guess they had it enough with the iPhone. It's time to expand their feature phone collection with some LG models. Two phones were selected — LG KF600 and the newly launched KF750 Secret — and adorned with 24 carat gold. The end result is stunning and so is the price. Instead of getting these LG [...]

We told ya' this is coming, but this time we have more details about it. Apparently, the upcoming device isn't just the Tony Hawk's phone of choice, but will also will ship with video recording function, stereo Bluetooth support, easier downloads, the so called "Play and Share", and background personalization options. The catch is that [...]

Gigabyte has unveiled three new Windows Mobile smartphones at this year's Computex show in Taipei, Taiwan. All devices mentioned run Smart Touch graphic user interface on top of Microsoft's mobile OS, to make things easier for the users. Let's briefly go through each one of the phones announced, shall we: First comes the GSmart MS802, the device [...]

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Motorola makes Windows Mobile 6.1 update available for Sprint branded Q9c smartphone. Starbucks giving free access to AT&T WiFi network at its stores. Asus introduces its Glide finger UI extensions for its Windows Mobile smartphones. Read the full story here.

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Just moments ago Verizon Wireless, the largest CDMA carrier in the U.S., announced that it was purchasing Alltel Wireless in a deal valued at over US$28 billion. If approved, this will make Verizon once again the largest U.S. carrier, overtaking AT&T. Read the full story here.

Verizon Wireless is acquiring Alltel in a cash merger. Under the terms of the agreement, Verizon Wireless will acquire the equity of Alltel for approximately $5.9 billion. Based on Alltel's projected net debt at closing of $22.2 billion, the aggregate value of the transaction is $28.1 billion. Both mobile operators use a common network technology, and [...]

Here's one more "we told ya' it's coming" news. The WiFi-enabled BlackBerry Pearl 8120 is now available on Rogers Wireless. You probably already know everything about the Pearl, so I won't waste your time there. However, you may not know it's compatible with Rogers' UMA VoIP network, meaning you'll be able to use it for low-cost [...]

Nokia has announced that its MOSH service is joining the Nokia Media Network. Through the so called "Spotlight" program, advertisers will be able to reach more than 100 million consumers around the globe, who are downloading original mobile content. Ads are placed above all organic browse, search and contextual placements; and so far have proved as [...]

Zodttd is bringing its popular VLC media player to the iPhone and iPod Touch users. At the moment, VLC for iPhone/iPod Touch allows selected testers to playback MPEG/MPG, AVI and MP3 files, and the software author wowed to bring the support for FLAC and OGG formats "soon." In addition, he's researching how to include VCD, [...]