Sprint to launch HTC, Samsung Windows Phones by the summer

LAS VEGAS--Sprint Nextel confirmed that it will launch LTE smartphones running Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 by the summer. Sprint said it will launch devices made by HTC and Samsung Electronics, though it did not mention specific models. Sprint said in mid-November that it would launch Windows Phones this year.Read more

Huawei unwraps 5-inch Ascend D2 and 6.1-inch Ascend Mate

LAS VEGAS--Huawei used its press conference here at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show to unveil two new high-end smartphones, the 5-inch Ascend D2 and massive, 6.1-inch Ascend Mate, which it dubbed the world's largest-screen smartphone.Read more:

Alcatel One Touch promises U.S. smartphones by second half of 2013

LAS VEGAS--Alcatel One Touch is looking to translate its success in China and other markets to the United States this year, and plans to release some of its new Android smartphones in the U.S. market during the second half of the year, according to a senior company executive.Read more

Qualcomm's Jacobs unveils new Snapdragon chips, touts connected vision

LAS VEGAS--Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) CEO Paul Jacobs announced a new line of the company's flagship Snapdragon chipsets and, in highlighting how he envisions them being used in smartphones and tablets, also noted how Qualcomm hopes to enable the next generation of mobile experience.for more

AT&T Talks Connected Everything, Digital Life to Launch in March

AT&T used its annual developer conference in Las Vegas Monday to highlight connected car and home products, as well as its work in mobile payments with ISIS. The conference's opening keynotes were streamed live online from AT&T's website.
Ralph de la Vega, president and CEO of AT&T Mobility, encouraged developers to create applications for the home, car and mobile payments platforms. He said developers could expect a merging of various products, including Digital Life, NFC-enabled ISIS applications and connected cars. read more..

Dawn of a new wireless: first 802.11ac router available today

Texas-based networking company Buffalo announced its first 802.11ac wireless router and wireless media bridge are available today for retail purchase. The two networking products are backwards compatible with 802.11n devices, but also feature the latest ac wireless standard.
Earlier this year, Buffalo promised the arrival of this next-generation router in the summer, but last month Netgear announced its similar router would be arriving in May. Today, it looks like Buffalo hustled enough to be able to call "first."read more

Implementing ZigBee Light Link for Lighting Control

Oyvind Strom, Sr. Director of Wireless Solutions, Atmel Corporation looks at the techniques for implementing Zigbee Light Link in lighting control applications.for more...