The mobile industry may well remember 2012 as the year when LTE became the dominant wireless technology in the United States.

Sprint this week said that its new HTC Evo 4G LTE smartphone, along with future phones, will support HD voice, but noted that users will first have to upgrade to the Sprint 3G network expected to launch in several cities later this year.

LAS VEGAS -- Sony showed off its new Xperia Ion smartphone in the middle of its massive booth at CES here, drawing attention to its multimedia features and sleek styling.

Operator partnerships and small-scale mobile payment trials will start to bear fruit in 2012 and some analysts think Apple will make a play for our wallets. But mass-market acceptance will still allude the sector, according to analysts.

Research In Motion introduced a common platform for smartphones, the PlayBook tablet and embedded systems under the QNX operating system on Tuesday, calling it BBX.

The Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks led to scores of changes in how U.S. residents live and do business, and the IT industry was not spared.

Android media tablets are slowly grabbing market share from the iPad, but no single competitor has yet to mount a formidable challenge to Apple's industry-leading slate.

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer today promised that the company would continue to develop and support Skype on rival platforms.