While the pundits debate whether Samsung’s Galaxy Note is a phone or a tablet, the Korean tech juggernaut looks set to mashup the two popular categories with a large-screen Galaxy Note 10.1 announcement at Mobile World Congress (MWC) this month. (Screenshot by Eric Mack/CNET) A casting call for a new advertisement explicitly refers to the …

Love Instagram? Everybody’s favorite photo-tuning app just got a little better–and more than a little worse. The first thing you’ll notice in version 2.1, which hit the App Store last Friday, is the interface: it’s a bit prettier, but gone are the text labels identifying each of the five main buttons. This wouldn’t be a huge deal except that the …

Verizon customers in Clarksville and Cookeville, Tenn.; Little Rock, Ark.; Rapid City, S.D.; and San Antonio, Tex., can smile a little wider tomorrow. Big Red is switching on 4G LTE in Cookeville and expanding coverage in all the rest. The wireless provider has continued to roll out its fast LTE coverage bit by bit in an effort to complete its …

Despite the fact that Nvidia is keeping mum about which devices will feature its Tegra 3 processor at Mobile World Conference, a recent leak suggests that a new high-end LG phone may be in for consideration. Leaked screenshots and benchmark results of the LG X3. MoDaCo.com According to MoDaCo.com, the LG X3 is slated to appear at MWC sporting a …

Nokia is planning a slate of new Windows Phones — and if you don’t have an arm and a leg to spare, the rumoured Lumia 610 could be for you. Nokia will have a number of new Lumia phones ready to launch this month, Pocketnow reports, and the 610 is set to be the cheapest of the lot — sorry, …

Wireless operator Clearwire’s fourth-quarter results were fairly disappointing, but at least its longer term prospects are starting to brighten. The company, which supplies Sprint Nextel with 4G WiMax wireless service, reported a fourth-quarter loss of $236.8 million, or 81 cents a share, compared with a year-ago loss of $128 million, or 79 cents a share. Revenue, however, more than doubled …

As I said last week in my First Take, there’s really nothing special about the Acer Iconia Tab A200. Not that it does anything wrong, but what it does do just isn’t especially noteworthy. It really is the Toll Road of Android tablets. It gets the job done, but not much else. What’s a “Toll Road,” you ask? Actually, he’s …

Rumor Has It host Emily Dreyfuss joins us as we discuss Google Wallet getting hacked, Samsung’s ubiquity, and the ongoing saga of Apple lawsuits. Now playing: Watch this: Android Atlas Ep. 85: Google Wallet has a hole in it 44:36 Podcast Your browser does not support the audio element. Subscribe: iTunes (MP3) | iTunes (320×180) | iTunes (640×360) | RSS (MP3) | RSS (320×180) | RSS …

U.S. Cellular may not be able to offer double the data cap for free, but it is hoping that crediting new customers $100 bucks for a two-year agreement will attract customers tired of their current carrier. Starting today, new post-paid customers will receive a $100 credit on their bill, plus the option to get another $50-to-$150 in cash for trading …

If the Federal Communications Commission suspending LightSquared’s initial approval waiver yesterday weren’t enough, the fledgling wireless network was dealt another blow today. Its deal with Sprint Nextel may fizzle. Sprint said it would have to return $65 million to LightSquared if the wireless venture failed to get FCC authorization by a mid-March deadline, according to The Wall Street Journal. Sprint …

Sony completed its buyout of the Sony Ericsson brand today and renamed the venture Sony Mobile Communications. The new effort aims to “integrate the mobile phone business as a vital element of its electronics business, with the aim of accelerating convergence between Sony’s lineup of network enabled consumer electronics products, including smart phones, tablets, TVs and PCs,” the company said …

Sky Go is coming to Android next week — but not to tablets. The service will let you watch Sky programmes on your Samsung Galaxy S or Galaxy S2 or HTC Sensation, but not on the likes of the Asus Transformer Prime or Motorola Xoom 2. The service will launch on 22 February, according to TechRadar. But it won’t support …

LightSquared today fired back at the Federal Communications Commission, saying the agency’s decision to squash the company’s planned wireless network would harm the American public. But it appears to be too little, too late for the embattled company. The start-up wireless provider was dealt a fatal blow yesterday when the FCC suspended a key waiver that would have allowed it …

Apple is considering an 8-inch iPad. Just weeks before the iPad 3 is set to be revealed, Apple is reportedly testing a smaller version of its phenomenally successful tablet. Apple is testing smaller screens from assorted manufacturers to see who could build a smaller iPad, the Wall Street Journal reports. The current model measures 9.7 inches. Of course, testing smaller …

Remember the iCade? It’s the iPad gaming cabinet that started out as an April Fool’s joke, but then evolved into a real product. Neat, but at $99.99, it’s not exactly an impulse buy–and it leaves Android, iPhone, and iPod Touch gamers out of the fun. Enter ThinkGeek’s latest retro-gaming accessorry, the iCade 8-Bitty. It’s a handheld analog controller that closely …