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LAS VEGAS--At its annual developer summit--held near the hubbub of the Consumer Electronics Show--AT&T had a surprise guest: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, who showed up to announce the first LTE Windows Phone on AT&T.

HTC CEO Peter Chou, up next, revealed it'd be the HTC Titan II. Then Nokia CEO Stephen Elop came on stage to tease to a U.S.-bound 4G Windows Phone device, saying he would provide more details later this afternoon. It's believed to be the Nokia Lumia 900.

AT&T announced today six new Android devices on its … Read more

LAS VEGAS--While the Consumer Electronics Show is a must-see event for anyone in the technology business, AT&T has quietly made its developer summit, a stone's throw away from the actual show, a pretty important destination for itself.

While the company has long had a developer program, which previously focused on the enterprise market, it began holding an annual summit six years ago to further drum up developer interest just as the consumer app market was beginning to emerge.

Four years ago, when the summit was still in its infancy, 250 developers packed into a ballroom at the … Read more

LAS VEGAS--Now that OnStar is courting app developers, it's going to be needing a bigger data pipe to feed the new mobile apps it's expecting for the next generation of OnStar-equipped vehicles.

This is where Verizon comes in with its broadband wireless network. OnStar and Big Red have jointly unveiled what they call a "second-generation connected research vehicle" at CES 2012. Based on a Chevrolet Volt, the research vehicle is connected to the cloud via Verizon's 4G LTE network and will be used to help test and develop new capabilities for OnStar's Advanced Telematics … Read more

It's no secret that the U.S. version of the Nokia Lumia 800 will make its debut at CES this month. There's also little doubt that the Lumia 900, as it's widely expected to be called, will come packed with two important goodies that the global version lacked: LTE support and a front-facing camera.

Our friends over at Pocketnow.com got their eyeballs on a few more details as well: the Lumia 900 (code name: Eloko) will come with a 4.3-inch WVGA display instead of the Lumia 800's 3.7-incher. It will also feature an 8-megapixel camera (of course) and an 1,830mAh battery.

That's not all; a few days after the leak reached our ears, The New York Times also pitched in its confirmation of the Lumia 900, through two sources who spoke on conditions of anonymity.

Although Nokia will announce the phone next week, the word on the street is that the Windows phone won't hit AT&T stores until March.… Read more

The full set of hardware details for the Android-powered LG Spectrum has surfaced ahead of a rumored January 19 launch.

Droid Life has obtained leaked information that shows that Verizon could be readying CES announcements for the successor to the LG Revolution.

Hardware for the Spectrum indicates that it will be the carrier's strongest Android phone to date with a dual-core 1.5GHz processor, 1GB RAM, and a 4.5-inch HD display. Rounding things out are an 8-megapixel camera, 4GB internal storage, a preinstalled 16GB microSD, and 4G LTE connectivity.

In terms of software, the LG Spectrum will run … Read more

Verizon Communications said today that veteran executive John Stratton will take over for CEO Lowell McAdam at a key panel at the Consumer Electronics Show.

Stratton will take part in the CES Innovation Power Panel on Wednesday, which also includes Ford Motor CEO Alan Mulally and Xerox CEO Ursula Burns. McAdam was originally slated to participate but had to beg off in what is believed to be a personal matter.

Stratton's presence is part of an increasing role at CES for Verizon, which last year used the show as a platform to announce its 4G LTE lineup. The company … Read more

Fujitsu announced the BroadOne LTE femtocell today, a networking gadget that when connected to broadband can support up to eight 4G devices.

Femtocells are small network devices that augment larger-scale mobile phone base stations, something that's very handy in areas with poor network coverage. The BroadOne LTE also supports Wi-Fi networking like a conventional wireless router.

Fujitsu isn't selling the device directly to consumers, but will offer it to carriers who may choose to do so. The device will be available in the second quarter.

"When installing the LTE Femtocell, there is no need for mobile carriers … Read more

Earlier today, AT&T officially turned on its 4G LTE network in San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, and eight other cities.

The move comes almost a month after LTE was first spotted on compatible smartphones in San Francisco and elsewhere, before AT&T had begun supporting it in full. Trials like that are not unusual for carriers.

To quickly test the speeds, I grabbed up the HTC Vivid--one of three compatible LTE phones, alongside the Samsung Galaxy II Skyrocket and the LG Nitro HD--and ran Speedtest.net, a free app we often use to measure … Read more

You might have already read that we're anticipating 4G phones and products dominating this year's CES.

That's why it comes as no surprise that companies are banking on some users wanting even more of a boost on their 4G network.

So far, at least two new cell phone signal boosters will be announced at CES 2012.

The first is from Wilson Electronics, which you may remember debuted its Sleek Cell Phone Signal Booster at last year's CES. The company also released a signal booster for the iPhone in 2009 called the iBooster.

This year, the company … Read more