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Facebook announces Home, AT&T announces a massive LTE expansion and Samsung announces the Mega line. How to Contact us: How to Listen:

T-Mobile launches new plans, new devices and a new network, BlackBerry announces surprising quarterly earnings, and multiple devices get updated to Jelly Bean. How to Contact us: How to Listen:

Verizon announces the unification of messaging with tablet and desktop clients, T-Mobile becomes the “un-carrier”, and a cautionary tale of issues when switching carriers.How to Contact us:Call – +1206-203-3734 How to Listen:

Samsung announces the Galaxy S 4, the FCC approves T-Mobile’s acquisition of MetroPCS and rollover data comes to FreedomPop. How to Contact us:How to Listen:

The White House jumps into the unlocking debate, Verizon talks pure LTE handsets and more leaks leading up to this week's Galaxy S 4 announcement. How to Contact us:How to Listen:

New chipsets announced from Intel and Qualcomm, new devices from Asus and Nokia, and streaming music news from Spotify and Pandora. How to Contact us:How to Listen:

The FCC issues and order on signal boosters, the UK wraps up its LTE spectrum auction and Mobile World Congress begins. How to Contact us: How to Listen:

Broadcom announces its first 4G chipset, LG announces new hardware and multiple bugs are discovered for iOS 6.1. How to Contact us:How to Listen:

The FCC discusses network changes following superstorm Sandy, the best prepaid data plans for tablets, and the winner of our ZAGGkeys Proplus contest. How to Contact us:How to Listen:

RIM is now BlackBerry, the iPad jumps to 128GB and Google extends an olive branch to Windows Phone toting Gmail users. How to Contact us:How to Listen:

Rumors of Google building it’s own wireless network, quarterly earnings a plenty, and rumors begin for the next iPhone and iPad. How to Contact us:How to Listen:

O2 will skip the charger when they sell you a phone, more details leak out on the BlackBerry Z10 and Facebook announces free calling through their messenger app. How to Contact us: How to Listen:

News and Devices from the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show.

This special edition of The Cell Phone Junkie Podcast covers the news from media day at CES 2013. Mickey Papillon is joined by a large crew from Mobile Nations to cover the news, devices and software.

Android and iOS now account for nearly 90% of all smartphones in the US, Sprint may launch it’s own pay as you go service soon, and Apple’s Do Not Disturb runs into problems with the New Year.

Samsung plans for half a billion phones next year, Google offers free Gmail calling for another year and your questions to wrap up 2012.

AT&T picks up AWS and WCS spectrum in over 600 markets, our first glimpse at the new BlackBerry 10 hardware and Google announces scan and match for Google Music.

Surprise, Sprint looks to pick up Clearwire, Republic Wireless officially launches and Google Maps for iPhone.

T-Mobile will finally get the iPhone, Google goes on a tear with updates and SMS turns 20.

The Cell Phone Junkie Show #340 43:02Show NotesRanking the carriers and handset makers, iPhone supply catches up with demand, and Google  issues a slew of iOS app updates.