Cellular Networks

Nokia Lumia Icon on sale Feb. 20 exclusively at Verizon

$200 and a two-year contract gets you a quad-core, 5-in. HD display, 20 megapixel beast

Your next smartphone is now closer to wireless charging

The consolidation of two groups should help the industry standardize -- and spread

New Enterprise Mobile Report Details iOS Dominance, Most Popular Business Apps

Samsung hints at new UI for upcoming Galaxy S5

Flatter-designed icons for 'Fitness' and 'Outdoor' shown in blog post suggest stronger ties to smartwatch and other wearables

Tip of the Hat: The ‘forking’ of Android is inevitable

No matter what it does, Google can't prevent device makers from customizing Android -- 'open source is by its nature forkable'

House committee passes bill banning in-flight phone calls

The bill would allow mobile device users to surf the Internet and send text messages

MediaTek wants to cut cost of LTE smartphones with octa-core processor

Smartphones based on the new chip will start shipping during the second half of the year

Broadcom aims to power fast LTE smartphones for less than US$300

Its new handset platform will support the 150Mbps 'Category 4' specs

Tip of the Hat: Google floors Motorola — twice

Google's purchase of Motorola led to a patent deal with Samsung aimed at blunting the latter's changes to Android and move to Tizen

Gates Reddit AMA: Next-gen condoms, NSA, Bitcoin, his new role at Microsoft

He also praises CEO Satya Nadella during a Reddit online chat, saying he is 'off to a great start'