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Waiting for the nitty-gritty details about Verizon Wireless' long-awaited 4G network? Step back here after noon Wednesday, when company executives plan to dish out some new information on their plans for the major high-speed upgrade.

In a breakup that's been in the works for the last two years, Motorola says it will officially split into two companies -- Motorola Mobility and Motorola Solutions -- on Jan. 4.

Apple's iPhone 4 is the most reliable smartphone around, according to SquareTrade. In a report released Wednesday, the warranty provider says the iPhone 4 is about three times less likely to malfunction in the first year of ownership than BlackBerry devices.

Sprint Nextel (S) is aiming to undercut Verizon Wireless by offering Samsung's (SSNHY) Galaxy Tab for one third less than its rival. There's a catch. Sprint will offer the Galaxy for $400 starting Nov. 14, Reuters said. To get that price, customers will have to sign up for a two-year contract...

Tony Bates, the incoming CEO of Skype, is a serious player aiming to crack the corporate market. But solving the many problems of wild child Skype won't be easy for the ex-Cisco exec.

Phone manufacturer HTC Corp. (HTCXF) almost doubled quarterly profited as demand for smartphones surged. Third-quarter profit jumped to NT$11.1 billion ($360 million) from NT$5.7 billion a year earlier, Bloomberg News reported. The Taiwanese company easily beat the NT$9.2 billion forecast by...

Skype released its app for Android phones today. Phones using Google's (GOOG) Android 2.1 and 2.2 operating systems can download the free app now, Electronista reported. The app lets users make free Skype-to-Skype calls over wireless Internet in the U.S. In Europe, users can make Skype calls over...

After months of talk, Dell brought its Aero smartphone to the U.S. on Tuesday. The Aero uses an older version of Google's Android operating system called "cupcake." Will it prove to be stale -- or still a treat?

Many users of the new iPhone 4 have complained that the signal strength drops dramatically if the phone is held in a certain way. Apple said it is "stunned" to discover iPhones use a "completely wrong" formula to display signal strength.

The concept of the videophone is nearly as old as the phone itself, and prototypes predate the Beatles by many decades. But while other new modes of communication, from email to instant messaging to cell phones have been adopted at astonishing rates, video has lagged -- until now.