Talk Is Cheap and Reliable on Nokia’s $50 Phone

Walt reviews Nokia’s Lumia 710, the $50 device that gets the most common smartphone tasks done for a bargain price.
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FCC Chairman Has New Tablet, but Same Script: More Spectrum!

The call from Julius Genachowski was a familiar one, but his CES speech was novel in one way: He read from a Galaxy Tab rather than his familiar iPad.
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Verizon Wireless: We Want to Connect Five Devices for Every Subscriber

A Verizon executive says the company isn’t content to have customers using just a single device on its network.
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Grover Is at CES and I Am Missing It

Qualcomm has worked with the creators of “Sesame Street” to bring its Muppets into augmented reality.
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Nokia Unveils That LTE Windows Phone It’s Been Dying to Share

After merely teasing its first LTE Windows Phone at an AT&T event Monday morning, Nokia is set to offer up details at a Las Vegas press conference.
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AT&T’s De La Vega: Shared Data Plans Still in the Works

AT&T’s mobile unit CEO Ralph de la Vega tells AllThingsD that plans are still on the way. But, he says, sometimes it’s better not to rush things.
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AT&T’s Vegas Act Stars LTE and, Making Her Return to the Stage, Nokia

Ma Bell is drawing a line in the sand in Sin City as it tries to catch up with rival Verizon Wireless in the battle over 4G.
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Confirmed: Sprint Combining Business and Consumer Units, Ousting Four Top Execs

Looking to save money amid heavy investments in the iPhone and its network, Sprint is reorganizing itself.
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Sprint Announces First LTE Cities and, Prematurely, Its First LTE Phone

The company confirms plans to launch LTE service in four Southern U.S. cities by midyear. And, in a CES-related ad on CNET, it says the Galaxy Nexus will be its first LTE phone.
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AT&T Lights Up LTE in 11 More Cities, Including L.A., N.Y. and San Francisco

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.
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Cox Giving Up Completely on Wireless Business

The iPhone Finds Its Voice