U.S. Cellular today announced the availability of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. It is the first device to be sold by U.S. Cellular that can access its nascent LTE 4G network. The LTE network is active in just a handful of markets so far, including Madison and Milwaukee, Wisc.; Wichita Falls and Lawton, Okla.; Portland, Houlton, Augusta, and Bangor, Me.; ...

AT&T has begun distributing Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to the HTC Vivid smartphone. In addition to the new system software, the update also adds Sense 3.6, Beats Audio, and more Bluetooth profile support. Instructions for downloading the update are available on HTC's support site (link below). The update must be downloaded over Wi-Fi, and not AT&T's ...

Nokia recently released a beta application called Play To, which uses DLNA technology to allow Lumia smartphone users to share media from their device to other DLNA-compatible equipment. To start, the application can share photos and video, but not music. Nokia plans to add music-sharing support at a later time. Nokia hopes that beta testers will help ...

Research In Motion is offering an updated beta version of its BlackBerry Music product to Beta Zone testers. New features of the social music service include the ability to favorite songs, favorite contacts, and see the favorite songs of those contacts. New friend invitations now show users the prospective friend's music playlist before the friend request ...

AT&T recently began selling the Huawei Fusion via its GoPhone prepaid service. The Fusion is an Android 2.3 Gingerbread smartphone that has a 3.5-inch display with 320 x 480 pixels. It includes a 3.2-megapixel camera with video capture; microSD support up to 32GB; 3G, Bluetooth 2.1, and an FM radio; and a number of AT&T-branded apps and services on board. ...

Research In Motion today said that it plans to distribute a limited number of BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha devices to developers who attend an upcoming developer event to be held by RIM. RIM insists that the devices are not final BlackBerry 10 handsets and are not running final BlackBerry 10 software. Instead, they are running modified PlayBook OS and are meant ...

Research In Motion today said that it plans to distribute a limited number of BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha devices to developers who attend an upcoming developer event to be held by RIM. RIM insists that the devices are not final BlackBerry 10 handsets and are not running final BlackBerry 10 software. Instead, they are running modified PlayBook OS and are meant ...

Microsoft and Nokia today pledged to contribute $23.88 million to a new mobile application development program at Aalto University. The goal of the investment is to help spur the creation of mobile applications for the Windows Phone, Symbian, and Series 40 ecosystems. The new AppCampus within Aalto University will offer "support, training in mobile ...

HTC is now making available the kernel source code for its Sensation, Sensation XE, and Vivid smartphones. The code is available now on HTC's Developer Center. The manufacturer began rolling out Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich for its devices and promised that the kernel source code would soon follow.

Apple has officially responded to the various reports of overheating in the new iPad with a statement that says the new device is working as it should. Users have reported overheating in the lower right corner, and a test shows that the new iPad runs a full 10 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than the iPad 2.

Nokia has released Creative Studio, a new app for the Lumia 800 and Lumia 710 Windows Phone smartphones that will let users capture panoramic images and share them with others. Users can snap four consecutive images with the app that will then be automatically stitched together to form one panoramic scene. The final image can then be shared with Twitter, ...

Apple's request for documents from Motorola concerning the development of Android, part of the ongoing lawsuit between the companies, has been denied by the judge after gaining approval earlier this month.