Nook Tablet or Kindle Fire? That’s the question that’s already bedeviling consumers and gadget aficionados alike. In a matter of weeks, it seems, the tablet market has been compressed to just a handful of choices. The iPad 2 still rules the high end ($500 and above), but the “e-reader as tablet” option now looms large …

Nokia plans to add a little rhythm to its Lumia line of Windows Phone handsets. Nokia CEO Stephen Elop shows off the new flagship Lumia 800 Windows Phone model. Stephen Shankland/CNET Nokia’s partner Echo Nest today unveiled the Nokia Music app. It includes the Nokia MixRadio service, which acts like Pandora, as well as additional features such as an MP3 …

BlackBerry Music is live and amplified today. The unique twist is that you can also listen to your friends’ tracks, so more chums means more choons. The cloud-based music service, powered by Omnifone, has a catalogue of over 45 million tracks. You create your own profile of 50 songs, which you can stream online or save on your phone and …

If Qualcomm Atheros President Craig Barratt had his way, the whole world would work like his house in Silicon Valley. Craig Barratt has a strong vision for where connected devices are going. Qualcomm Barratt lives in the ideal vision of the connected home. He has precise control over things like temperature, energy consumption, the TV, stereo, and security system–all accessed …

According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, Apple has not given in to pressure from Japan’s largest cellular network, NTT DoCoMo, to include carrier-specific apps on the iPhone. Apple’s stance has caused negotiations to get the iPhone on NTT DoCoMo to stall. NTT DoCoMo CEO Ryuji Yamada says that his company’s apps, specifically an e-wallet app and an …

Two Sony Ericsson Android phones made their debut in the U.S. today, although they are only available through the Sony Store. The Xperia Arc S from Sony Ericsson. Sony Ericsson The handset manufacturer unveiled the Xperia Arc S and the Xperia Neo V. The Arc S is $549.99 and the Neo V is $349.99, and both come unlocked. Xperia neo …

After teasing the Samsung DoubleTime and Samsung Captivate Glide at CTIA last month, AT&T is finally sharing the news we all want to hear: when the phones will arrive, and for how much. Samsung DoubleTime (photos) +5 more See all photos The DoubleTime, the more entry-level of the two keyboarded Android handsets, has a price tag of $49.99 with a …

Verizon Wireless and Casio are at it once again with yet another rugged phone release, and this time it’s the Casio G’zOne Ravine 2. The successor to the G’zOne Ravine from last year, it has many of the same features that are designed for outdoor enthusiasts and field workers, like the ability to withstand immersion, water, shock and dust, vibration, …

Research In Motion today unveiled two more BlackBerrys to its current lineup, continuing an impressive run of new product rollouts. The BlackBerry Bold 9790 RIM The company showed off the BlackBerry Bold 9790, which looks like a compact version of its flagship Bold 9900 phone, as well as the all-touch-screen Curve 9380, which looks like a slightly smaller version of …

Boom isn’t your everyday mobile banking service. M-Via CEO Bill Barhydt. M-Via While much of the attention in mobile payments has focused on affluent smartphone-wielding consumers and their top-tier banks, m-Via has gone the opposite route. The company has built Boom as a service almost entirely devoted to the migrant worker population in the U.S., allowing them to easily set …