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LG, Samsung, others show off cable products that look more like Roku, Apple TV

Consumer electronics companies and cable technology vendors are preparing devices and services for the cable industry that incorporate the features found in in streaming media devices like the Roku and Apple TV.

LG unveils white Nexus 4, says it has no plans to produce a 'Nexus 5'

LG Electronics announced a white version of its Nexus 4 smartphone, the phone it built for Google's "Nexus" program, but an LG executive said the company is not currently working with Google on another Nexus-branded gadget.

Samsung, LG team with Korean cable operators to drive sales of Ultra HD TVs

Samsung and LG announced last week that they have struck deals with five South Korean cable operators aimed at driving sales of new Ultra HD TVs.

LG expanding Google TV presence into more countries, executive says

Consumer electronics giant LG Electronics is generating such good business for TV sets with built-in Google software that it now plans to expand that feature into more sets and more countries, a company executive said at the Digital Cable TV tradeshow in Jeju, Korea.

While Samsung & Co. are away, the smaller OEMs will play

Absent from the CTIA Wireless 2013 conference here this week were the big, company-sponsored product unveilings or parties (or combination thereof) that used to dominate this show. In fact, many big-name companies, including Samsung Electronics, BlackBerry ( NASDAQ:BBRY ), HTC, LG Electronics, Nokia ( NYSE:NOK ) and others did not send their mobile executives to the show.

In pictures: The phones of CTIA Wireless 2013

LAS VEGAS--Trade shows like CTIA Wireless 2013 are often the scene of phone and device introductions. Handset makers often hope to grab conference-goers with new and innovative devices. Check out this slideshow to see them all .

NPD: One-third of U.S. smartphone sales were prepaid in Q1

Nearly one-third of U.S smartphone sales in the first quarter were on prepaid carriers, the highest on record, according to a report from the NPD Group. The statistic is another indication of prepaid's growing momentum in the smartphone market.

Sprint MVNO Zact offers customized data plans, no overage charges

A new Sprint Nextel MVNO, Zact, is taking aim at the Tier 1 carriers--including T-Mobile US' new "uncarrier" strategy--by giving customers granular control over their plans, including the ability to change them on the fly.

Blin: How will the 'X Phone' affect Google's relationships with Android OEMs?

One of the biggest announcements at Google I/O is likely to be the introduction of the long-awaited Google X Phone, rumored to be manufactured by Motorola Mobility and scheduled to launch in the second half of 2013. How could the Google X Phone affect Google's relationship with leading Android smartphone makers?

Analyst: Apple, Samsung again dominate smartphone profits, but is Samsung catching up?

Apple and Samsung Electronics once again gobbled up all of the operating profits in the global smartphone industry in the first quarter, according to a new report from investment research firm Canaccord Genuity, as has been the case the past several quarters.