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Apple on Australian 4G: You’re Branding It Wrong

John Paczkowski in News on April 20 at 3:55 am PT

Apple tells regulators it’s not the iPad that’s been mislabeled, it’s Australia’s 3G networks.

Verizon: Half of Our First-Quarter Smartphone Sales Were iPhones

John Paczkowski in News on April 19 at 7:42 am PT

Verizon sold 6.3 million smartphones in Q1. Of those, 3.2 million were iPhones.

Great App-pectations: When Innovation Leapfrogs Phone Capabilities

Liz Gannes in Mobile on March 17 at 8:00 am PT

When a new smartphone platform come out, it’s like a huge opportunity for app builders to get creative, use every sensor, take advantage of the display and push limits — in some cases, too far.

With every available power outlet in use, a popular FedEx promotion brought a "human charging station" to the street. Thankfully it didn't use homeless people.

LG Shows Its Hand in Barcelona (After Already Tipping It)

Ina Fried in Mobile on February 26 at 5:57 am PT

The Korean phone maker had already announced four of its Mobile World Congress devices over the past week, but nonetheless gathered in Barcelona to show off the devices, along with a few others.

Two Joysticks to Beat Smartphones at Games

Katherine Boehret in The Digital Solution on February 21 at 3:42 pm PT

Sony’s PS Vita tries to offer almost everything, but game-focused features are still what PlayStation does best.

Track Changes on an iPad

Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox on January 25 at 6:02 pm PT

Walt answers a reader’s question on whether a new Microsoft Office app for the iPad tracks changes.

Grover Is at CES and I Am Missing It

Ina Fried in Mobile on January 10 at 9:30 am PT

Qualcomm has worked with the creators of “Sesame Street” to bring its Muppets into augmented reality.

AT&T Lights Up LTE in 11 More Cities, Including L.A., N.Y. and San Francisco

Ina Fried in Mobile on January 5 at 10:19 am PT

Ma Bell added a bunch more major cities to its fledgling service. It still trails Verizon, but is in a solid No. 2 spot in the LTE race, with Sprint not beginning service until later this year.

Verizon: Sorry for the 4G Downtime, but It Really Wasn’t That Bad

Ina Fried in Mobile on December 29, 2011 at 5:32 pm PT

In the wake of its third outage this month, Verizon today defended its network performance.

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Verizon: 4G Data Service Returning After Overnight Outage

Arik Hesseldahl in News on December 21, 2011 at 8:58 am PT

Verizon Wireless just confirmed the service outage on its 4G network that numerous customers noticed overnight, in an official statement: “Verizon Wireless 4G LTE service is returning to normal this morning after company engineers worked to resolve an issue with the 4G network during the early morning hours today. Throughout this time, 4G LTE customers were able to make voice calls and send and receive text messages. The 3G data network operated normally.”