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Latest Android wins best platform award, but most still waiting for it

Google's Android 4.0 may have won the Gold Prize for best platform experience at Parsons' 2012 User Experience Awards, but most users have yet to get the update.
 

Verizon Wireless unveils new data sharing plan

Verizon has unveiled its long-rumored sharing plan. The new plan will let consumers share connect up to ten wireless devices on a plan.

HTC One X review: Best Android phone you can buy now

Looking for a top shelf device? With a superb screen, 4G LTE, excellent camera controls, terrific construction, and long battery life,  it challenges the likes of the Droid RAZR MAXX, Galaxy Nexus, and iPhone 4S. Supply has been tight, but we know how you can win one.

Verizon to phase out grandfathered unlimited data plan

Verizon wireless customers on the carrier's $30 per month unlimited data plan will eventually have to leave the grandfathered plan behind.

Fierce Wireless reports Verizon CFO Fran Shammo said users on the 3G unlimited data plan will have to purchase the company's data-share plan as they migrate to 4G LTE devices. "Everyone will be on data-share," Shammo said.

No pricing details for the data sharing plan have been released, but it is expected to launch this summer.

Most carriers have had to backpedal on unlimited data plans amid the mobile device boom that brought a surge of wireless data subscribers, and fast-paced mobile technology with an increasing appetite for bandwidth.

New iPhone to get bigger screen reports WSJ

Rumors of an iPhone with a larger screen are nothing new, but a recent report from the Wall Street Journal says to expect it this year.

The WSJ cites multiple unnamed sources in its report saying that Apple will release an iPhone featuring a display measuring "at least 4-inches diagonally."

Other reports have said the screen size will remain at 3.5-inches. Apple could and likely will continue to offer a 3.5-inch version. The smaller size is popular with many who find larger phones too much too handle.

On the other hand, many users have flocked to larger Android smartphones where 4-inches plus screens are fairly standard, and flagship-phone displays approach 5-inches.

Can screen-size alone cut into the Android market share?

43 percent of teens text while driving, 41 percent report parents do also

A survey conducted as part of AT&T's It Can Wait campaign revealed that most teens consider texting while driving to be very dangerous, but do it anyway. So do their parents.

Study ranks Raleigh's wireless carriers

Independent mobile testing firm Root Metrics conducted thousands of data, call and text tests throughout the Raleigh area to see which wireless network provided the fastest and most reliable data network, fewest dropped calls and fastest text message delivery.

Harris Teeter launches new version of mobile shopping app

Harris Teeter launched a new version of its mobile shopping app this week.

Similar to the old version, you can shop the sales circular on your smartphone to create a personalized shopping list. But you can now access your e-VIC offers and save digital coupons to your loyalty card through your phone.

The new app also allows you to scan the barcode of an item in your kitchen pantry and add it to your shopping list, transfer or renew a prescription and create your own personal list of favorites that you buy on a regular basis.

Who's winning the 4G network battle, really?

Earlier this week PCWorld gave the edge to AT&T's wireless network as the fastest overall among the big four carriers. But is it the best? Another recent test gives the nod to Verizon.

Which wireless carriers are fastest?

Wireless carriers make much ado over their network speeds. But which among AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon is the fastest?  The big four networks were tested by PCWorld a year since their last wireless shootout. In the 2011 test, Verizon's LTE network and T-Mobile's HSPA+ were top performers, but the wireless landscape has changed.

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