• 2012: The year LTE becomes a standard, not a luxury

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

• Sprint set to offer cure for poor wireless voice quality

  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.

• Hands on: Sony Xperia Ion smartphone

  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.

• Mobile payments to make slow progress in 2012

  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.

• RIM to unify phones, PlayBook under BBX OS

  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.

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