CTIA 2008 in beautiful Las Vegas, NV is long over. But, that doesn't mean we can't relive the excitement of the showroom floor. Admitedly, the CTIA show was a bit slow in comparison to CES and Mobile World Congress, but that was almost expected. There CTIA only filled up half of the Las Vegas convention center [...]

Back in February we saw Moto Smart Rider passing the FCC hurdle, and now, almost two months later it's here. Of course, it was announced at the CTIA where we expected much more from America's struggling handset makers, but "it is what it is," as they say. Anyway, the Smart Rider is everything but an eye-appealing [...]

Kyocera announced its entry into the GSM handset market with four new GSM phones. The new devices will launch initially in Latin America, where a number of CDMA service providers recently switched to GSM networks. Four handsets are: E4600 - slider-shaped quad-band (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) device; features MP3 player, 2-megapixel camera with video record/playback, Bluetooth, expandable memory and [...]

AT&T used all the glory of CTIA Wireless to officially announce what we already know. LG Vu is heading towards the carrier's portfolio and it's landing in May. Yap, folks you can't buy the stylish today as AT&T seems to want to postpone the Vu release to coincide with the roll-out of their mobile TV [...]

You may remember we've already covered ZTE's ambitious plans to become top-five handset vendor within five years. At the CTIA, they haven't announce anything spectacular. Rather they announced two low-end, three-band CDMA phones - C78 and C79. I couldn't find decent photos of the two devices, hence I'm posting an image of the C78 model [...]

The popular VoIP application that also allows you to chat and swap files with your IM buddies Fring has announced partnership with Boingo, allowing Boingo Mobile users to talk, chat & interact at over 60,000 Boingo hotspot locations around the world. To be fair, I'm not sure how's this different than standard Boingo's mobile client using [...]

At AT&T's press conference, CEO Ralph de la Vega primarily talked about cooperation with Microsoft to deliver Surface tables/computers in the mobile operator's stores around the country. Along with Microsoft's Robbie Bach, the two talked about wonders of the customer experience and how AT&T will benefit from using the Surface technology. We've already covered that [...]

Sure, AT&T may be the first company to get Microsoft Surface, but that doesn't mean other carriers are sleeping, waiting for people to enter their not-that-techy stores. As a matter of fact, Verizon announced that it will roll out "evolutionary store design" in more than 280 of its Communications Stores nationwide. The stores offer consumers a [...]

We've already covered Parrot's Party Bluetooth speakers and DF7700 MMS digital photo frame in the past. At the CTIA, Parrot announced a bit improved versions of each of the devices. First goes the Party. The Bluetooth speakers are now available in black and like the original version, also feature a built-in Class-D amplifier, two drivers with [...]

It's like the push-email isn't addictive enough for CrackBerry owners, XM Radio is launching its optimized-for-mobile application/service for the RIM-made device owners. Expect to take 20 exclusive XM channels of commercial-free music and 24-hour comedy programming with you, wherever you go. The application's easy-to-use interface with graphical icons for content genres and channels should make [...]