Now playing: Watch this: Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 vs. New iPad 5:55 Two of the hottest rivals in tech meet up in the ring to battle it out for tablet bragging rights: the third-generation Apple iPad and the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1. The Samsung brings a touch interface and a stylus in one single package. …

Verizon Wireless said today that it would surpass its year-end goal of blanketing 400 markets with 4G LTE two months ahead of schedule. On October 18, the company will have covered 417 U.S. markets with its super-fast wireless network, extending its overwhelming lead over the other carriers. Its 4G LTE was the focal point of the carrier’s presentation at the …

Verizon Wireless plans to launch voice over LTE services by late 2013 or early 2014, according to a networking executive for the carrier. Consumer trials will begin in late 2013, with service to follow, likely in the subsequent year, Nicola Palmer, vice president of network and chief technical officer for Verizon Wireless, said in an interview with CNET. The target …

Whenever Apple brings out a new iPod Touch, the specs never quite measure up to the latest iPhone’s, though the Touch is a good deal lighter and thinner. In the case of the new fifth-generation iPod Touch, you get an A5 processor instead of an A6 and the camera isn’t as good as the iPhone 5’s camera (though it has …

LG’s rumoured Nexus phone has been photographed, in a series of blurry snaps that show off a glitzy sequin-style pattern on the phone’s rear casing. The pictures surfaced at Android Central, and offer a glimpse at what could be the next smart phone to arrive running an un-meddled version of Google’s Android operating system. The phone in the pictures has …

Related stories LG once out-iPhoned the iPhone. Now it’s exiting the phone business completely Don’t bother with Android tablets A look back at the cutting-edge tech of 2010 — and how it’s shaped the decade since Nearly a dozen photos arrived online late last night, which could prove to be our first glimpses of the fabled LG Optimus G Nexus. …

Now playing: Watch this: LG Mach an LTE slider 0:56 Sprint Nextel expanded its lineup of 4G LTE devices, nabbing the LG Optimus G quad-core smartphone, the LG Mach QWERTY slider, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 tablet, and a 4G USB stick. Apart from the previously announced LG Optimus G, Sprint announced the new devices at the MobileCon wireless …

If you’re a Windows Phone 8 fan on Verizon, listen up. A leaked image of what reportedly is a Verizon-branded Nokia Lumia 820 has surfaced. Called the Atlas, the device appears to be a Nokia Lumia device and is clearly running Microsoft’s upcoming Windows Phone 8 software. The source of the picture is the Twitter account of tipster evleaks and …

Samsung today kicked off the launch of the Galaxy Music smartphone, an Android 4.0 device with special audio and music features. The new phone comes with dual stereo speakers in the front along with built-in FM radio and such features as Sound Alive and SRS. Sound Alive pumps up the bass, tone, and clarify of the sound and automatically adjusts …

SAN DIEGO–T-Mobile hasn’t announced pricing information or a concrete release date for its version of the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 (II), but a press release issued today promises the 5.5-inch smartphone/tablet hybrid “in the coming weeks.” Related stories: Hands on with the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 CNET UK reviews the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Quad-core Samsung Galaxy Note 2 launches …