The many faces of the Pebble Watch (pictures) +12 more See all photos From the moment I first looked at the Pebble Watch, it was clear that this was a device designed to be purely about apps. Unfortunately, none were really available until a week ago, when Pebble at last released an SDK, and along …

I cut the cord years ago. My wife sat across from me on the sofa and finally convinced me that paying well over $100 a month for the privilege of a bunch of random cable channels wasn’t worth it. We could save money, learn to live lower to the ground, read more, and watch TV shows and movies on demand. …

Sarah Tew/CNET It took using the Microsoft Surface Pro to make me remember an article I wrote a year ago, about productivity on an iPad. I love using the iPad. I also love some of its keyboard accessories. As a product, it’s superior to a Surface Pro. But that doesn’t mean it’s the perfect laptop replacement. And that’s still, in …

I’ve lived with a smartwatch, in one form or another, for several periods over the past few years. Recently, with the Martian Passport. Further back, with the iPod Nano and a Hex wristband. Before that, a SPOT watch. I love the idea of a smartwatch. Certainly, so does the media as of late. Bloomberg reports and iWatch rumors galore, plus …

The Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Sarah Tew/CNET Mobile World Congress is generally all about phones, but this year there are a fair number of tablets out and about. Feeling like you’re losing track? Check out the roundup below, covering the biggest hits (HP Slate 7 and Samung Galaxy Note 8) and a few unknowns (ZTE, anyone?). The tablets of MWC …

Today’s news: the iPad has hit 128GB. That’s fine. But my real question is, why does the $999 11-inch Air still have only a 64GB SSD? If you look at the world of business-targeted Windows 8 tablets, many of them have 128GB storage options…including the upcoming Surface Pro. The logic is clear, especially if you’re in a business where you …

Scott Stein/CNET iTunes 11 is finally here. I hear that it’s a step in the right direction, correcting many of the missteps and redundancies that have crept into the bloated software over the years. But I can’t really give you a full opinion on iTunes 11 because I really haven’t spent that much time with it on a personal level. …

You might not think that adding cellular LTE onto an iPad Mini would be all that exciting. After all, the larger Retina Display iPad and iPhone 5 are both LTE devices. However, the Mini has something unique going for it in the world of Apple devices: it’s the smallest contract-free iOS LTE gadget short of getting an unlocked iPhone. I …

The Nintendo Wii U comes out in just a few days, just in time for Thanksgiving-time shopping. Look at its signature feature: the GamePad. It has a 6-inch touch screen. It has a gyroscope. It has buttons. It’s more than a little like a supertablet. But it’s not. I’ve tried using the Wii U. Nintendo’s upcoming console is clearly a …

OK, I’ll admit it. The iPad Mini hasn’t left my hands in the last three weeks. It’s been no contest, really. While the larger fourth-gen iPad has sat alone by my bedside table, the Mini has gone on field trips on the bus, gotten dragged in my jacket pocket while I dropped my kid off at school, been coddled at …