4 sweet smartphones from CES 2012
Who needs ultrabooks? Some of the coolest devices at this year's CES so far have come from our old friend the smartphone.
Stories by Brad Reed
Six CES 2012 stories to watch
Just like snowflakes, every Consumer Electronics Show is special.
Four cities getting Sprint LTE in first half of 2012
Attention residents of Atlanta, Houston, San Antonio and Dallas: You will soon have three LTE carriers to choose from.
Enterprise smartphone and tablet incursion to grow in 2012
Workers bringing their own devices to work was one of the biggest challenges IT departments faced in 2011... and in 2010... and in 2009 as well. And guess what? It's going to be one of the biggest challenges in 2012 too.
Verizon could soon fall under Uncle Sam's antitrust microscope
It looks as though Verizon's <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/121611-verizon-cox-spectrum-254182.html">cable spectrum deals</a> won't fly under the radar after all.
Timeline: The birth and death of the AT&T/T-Mobile merger
In retrospect, it's not hard to see why AT&T thought its proposed $39 billion merger with T-Mobile would sail through with relatively few issues.
Verizon: LTE services 'returning to normal'
Verizon says subscribers should expect its LTE services to come back online soon after a nationwide outage knocked them offline this morning (See: "Verizon Wireless outage outraging customers") .
Verizon acknowledges signal strength bug on Galaxy Nexus
Verizon has acknowledged a software bug on its new Samsung Galaxy Nexus phone that is preventing users from getting the maximum four bars of signal strength.
Google planning Nexus-style tablet
You didn't really think Google was going to let Amazon hog all the <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/110910-google-android-useful-resources-smartphones.html">Android</a> tablet glory, did you?
Verizon devours more spectrum with Cox deal
While AT&T's attempts to acquire T-Mobile are stuck in limbo, rival Verizon has been quietly gobbling up spectrum from cable companies like Cox Communications, which today sold Verizon $315 million in licenses for 20MHz of its Advanced <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/topics/wireless.html">Wireless</a> Services (AWS) spectrum.
Timeline: RIM's very bad year
You get the feeling that executives in Research in Motion will especially relish singing "Should old acquaintance be forgot" this year.
3 tips for avoiding tablet management headaches
Tablets are a tricky proposition for many IT departments since the mobile devices boast many of the content creation capabilities of laptops but lack mature management and security software.
Google further integrates Google+ into Gmail
Google has started pushing its Google+ social networking service further into Gmail with new features that let users add to their circles directly from their email accounts.
Kindle Fire likely to be a hit despite middling reviews, says Morgan Stanley analyst
While Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet has received <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/111411-kindle-reviews-253077.html">mixed reviews</a> from the tech press, one Morgan Stanley analyst thinks it's all a big misunderstanding.
Verizon LTE network back online
Verizon says that it has restored its LTE data services less than a day <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/120811-verizon-wireless-reports-4g-lte-253863.html">after acknowledging some customers had been knocked down to 3G speeds</a>.