Have you ever wanted a watch that can communicate with your Android phone? Sony sure hopes so. Sony today launched its SmartWatch, a timepiece for the wrist that allows owners to read text messages, social updates and e-mail, manage calls, and control music. The SmartWatch connects to an Android phone via Bluetooth in order to …

Good news, Bond enthusiasts, Sky has acquired the rights to show all 22 movies in HD and without ruinous ad breaks later this year — a feat which the broadcaster reckons is a first for UK telly. As well as showing on Sky Movies Showcase HD, the films will be popping up on Sky’s on-demand service, and will also be …

AT&T continues to expand its 4G LTE markets. A company representative told CNET that the wireless provider added LTE coverage in Staten Island, New York, and in St. Louis, Missouri. The mini-expansion now brings AT&T’s maturing LTE network to all five New York boroughs, and to a total of 32 markets. Article updated at 8:15 a.m. PT to correct the …

Worldwide tablet sales are expected to reach 118.9 million units this year, led by Apple’s iOS, according to a Gartner report, which adds that this number is a 98 percent increase from 2011’s sales of 60 million units. Carolina Milanesi, research vice president at Gartner, noted in the report today that Apple continues to be the dominant media tablet operating …

Although Samsung announced the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet with its larger stylus and screen at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona earlier this year, don’t hold your breath for a U.S. announcement anytime soon. As for the Galaxy Note 10.1, Samsung told a group of journalists today in San Francisco not to settle on the specs for the tablet we …

According to Google, the top requested features for Google Currents were international availability and quicker syncing, and with today’s jump to version 1.1, Google has made these requested features a reality. First, Google Currents is now available globally. This means that no matter where you are, if you can download an app through Google Play or the iTunes App Store, …

A software bug is stopping Lumia 900 phones in the US from connecting to the Internet. But Nokia says the glitch won’t affect devices in the UK. The Lumia 900 has just launched across the pond, but Stateside shoppers who splashed out for the 4.3-inch Windows Phone handset have been struck by a glitch that kills the phone’s connectivity. “In …

Skylanders Cloud Patrol (99 cents) is a target-shooting game unlike any other at the App Store, with just the right mix of cute graphics and addictive gameplay to keep you coming back for more. The concept is simple: tap to fire your weapon or touch-and-slide across evil little trolls to create combos as you complete short quick levels. The game …

The T-Mobile variant of the HTC One S takes one step closer to reality with a swank launch event planned for April 18. The invites just hit our in-boxes and frankly I can barely control my excitement. Sure, the HTC One S may not thrill as many people as the upcoming HTC Evo 4G LTE, but since the fresh Evo …

Now playing: Watch this: Samsung Galaxy Player 4.2, 3.6 2:16 We first spotted the successor to the Samsung’s line of handheld, portable media devices at last year’s Mobile World Congress. Despite the fact that the Players have a form factor of a mobile phone, they do not come with any contract or data fees. Today however, Samsung officially showed off …

Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 7.0 breaks the sub-$300 tablet price barrier. Samsung Today at a Samsung media event in San Francisco, the company unveiled pricing and release dates for both its Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 tablets. We took a brief look at both tablets at Mobile World Congress in February, but this is the first time they’ve been officially shown in …

Samsung will be the first major vendor to release a tablet full-featured tablet that can compete with the Kindle Fire on price. The company’s Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 (pictured) makes only a few sacrifices to get under $300. Josh Miller/CNET SAN FRANCISCO–Going into today’s Samsung media event in San Francisco, there was one device that I was having trouble wrapping …

When it comes to consuming newspapers on an iPad, I’ve long preferred PressReader to individual newspaper apps (like, say, USA Today and my local Detroit Free Press). With the latter, I’m just sifting through headlines. But PressReader makes me feel like I’m actually “reading the paper,” mostly because it provides a picture-perfect digital reproduction of the real thing. Now it’s …

The Nokia Lumia 610 NFC will be launching in Europe later this year, with Orange set to be the first to flog the budget Windows Phone blower. Unveiled earlier today, the Lumia 610 NFC is a version of Nokia’s wallet-friendly Lumia 610 smart phone, but comes with near-field communication tech that lets your phone talk to other technology when you …

Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 gets a slight performance downgrade and a decent price. Josh Miller/CNET SAN FRANCISCO–The announcement that Samsung’s follow-up to its Galaxy Tab 10.1 would be receiving some downgrades from the previous entry, filled me with a mixture confusion and disappointment. I just couldn’t wrap my head around why the sequel to one of the premiere Android tablets …