Samsung’s much-rumored Galaxy Tab 3 Lite is no longer a rumor. Following a surge of recent leaks, the so-dubbed lighter version of the full Galaxy Tab 3 was finally announced by Samsung on Thursday. Many of the features match those of the current Tab 3, while others have been removed. Overall, Samsung is touting the …

Change that light bulb to green and wind up the Official Klaxon! Samsung’s pulled the trigger on the Galaxy Tab 3 Lite, officially announcing the budget tablet after it was put on sale by a Polish retailer yesterday. Glancing down the official specs list, there are few surprises, but it seems highly likely this will be Samsung’s cheapest tablet yet. …

New research data from the NPD Group shows that Samsung and Apple have a stranglehold on the US smartphone market, making up 68 percent of all phone sales. (Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET) Apple alone accounted for 42 percent of the market in Q4 2013, up from 35 percent last year. Samsung, meanwhile, had slightly slower growth, up from 22 percent to …

Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 3 Lite continues to get exposure ahead of any official announcement. A user manual for the allegedly upcoming tablet now appears on Samsung’s Polish Web site. The Web page displays a model number of SM-T110, which reportedly refers to a Wi-Fi-only variant of the Tab 3 Lite. Indeed, the manual itself explains how to set up Wi-Fi …

BlackBerry is seeking to seduce Android apps onto BlackBerry phones, with reports suggesting the struggling smart phone company is sounding out the developers behind apps made for the rival Google Play store.  Good e-reader reports that several developers attending the recent CES technology trade show in Las Vegas confided they have been approached by BlackBerry to stick their existing Android …

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday struck down rules adopted by the Federal Communications Commission in 2010 meant to protect the openness of the Internet. What does this ruling — and the principles of Net neutrality that it affects — mean to the average Internet user? While the legal arguments may seem complicated …

Hewlett-Packard’s Chromebook 11 is now available with LTE — and can be purchased at Best Buy stores. The 11.6-inch laptop (see CNET review) running Google’s Chrome OS is priced at $379 at Best Buy, where it is beginning to show up in physical stores, as first reported by Liliputing. That’s $100 more than the Wi-Fi-only version but still relatively cheap …

The Motorola Moto G now has a Google Play Edition. The budget smart phone now comes with stock Android software just like Google’s own Nexus 5, only cheaper. The one drawback is that it’s not available in the UK. The Moto G Google Play Edition, available now from the Android online store in certain countries, features pure, unadulterated Android 4.4 software, shorn …

Regardless of how you hold your phone, this app will automatically record videos in landscape orientation. Be gone, vertical video. (Screenshot by CBSi) While it may be the most comfortable way to hold your phone, shooting video in portrait orientation makes for some pretty unattractive footage. If you try and integrate this footage into an editing program or even just …

Samsung’s not giving up on Windows Phone, with a new mobile boasting Full HD resolution showing up in a Bluetooth certification document, spotted by Samsung fan blog Sammy Today. As well as the desirable 1,920×1,080-pixel screen, the phone uses Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser — so it must be a Windows Phone, because you can’t get IE on anything else. Its …