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AT&T's Web site lists the HTC Vivid at $100 on contract and the LG Nitro HD at $150, and both devices have 4.5-inch screens to go along with AT&T's new LTE network. They both also feature eight megapixel cameras with 1080p video capture and speedy dual-core processors. While the Vivid is only a few weeks old, the Nitro is brand new, and just squeaks past the Vivid on a few key items

Novo7, a 7-inch Ice Cream Sandwich equipped tablet available only in China, is reportedly set for release in the U.S. in the upcoming months. The Ice Cream Sandwich equipped tablet could be a major game-changer with an expected listing price of only $99.

There will be no Google Wallet on Verizon’s upcoming smartphone Galaxy Nexus as the largest U.S. wireless service provider has blocked the mobile-payment application because of the security concerns.

With news that Google Chrome is honing in on Internet Explorer for Web browsing dominance, now is a good time to see if Apple or Android has a better Web browsing system in place. Google Chrome is actually not used in the Android mobile operating system. However, Apple does use its Safari browser for its iOS devices. The Android Web browser doesn't have a name.

Here comes another shocking price-breaking tablet - close on the heels of the launch of $199 Amazon Kindle Fire that runs on Android 3.2, MIPS Technologies and Ingenic Semiconductor have joined hands to launch an even cheaper tablet - Novo7 - that costs only $99 and - hold your breath - runs on Ice Cream Sandwich!

Apple’s expected unveiling of iTV a year from now, coupled with continued huge sales of iPads and iPhones should create “a halo effect” to propel shares to around $500, Jefferies analyst Peter Misek told International Business Times.

The LG Nitro HD smartphone, made available on AT&T's networks on Sunday, is expected to face immense pressure from Samsung's Galaxy S2 Skyrocket, which, along with the HTC Vivid will be the first AT&T 4G LTE-capable smartphones.

Research In Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ:RIMM) is said to have delayed the launch of its first BlackBerry 10 OS-run London smartphone by at least 3 months.

T-Mobile missed out on the iPhone, so if you're a customer of theirs, you can grab the Galaxy S2 or the slightly cheaper HTC Sensation 4G. It's $200 with a new two year contract, the same price as iPhone 4S. Sensation 4G will be getting the Android 4.0 update, HTC has confirmed, but it might be a couple more months before it gets it.

Kindle Fire is making a name for itself because of its $200 price and because so many people are getting used to the idea of a tablet computer. iPad came out just a couple years ago, and widespread adoption of the large screen devices has not happened outside of the notable Apple products.

It's not a matter of if, but when the last big project from Steve Jobs will reach the hand of consumers. The debate varies from spring to summer or even fall, but most every qualified observer agrees -- the iPhone release date is coming in 2012. Among the best bets is an early summer unveiling with release soon to follow, keeping in Apple's release tradition that was broken with the iPhone 4S because the product simply wasn't ready yet.

Discovery tool StumbleUpon completely revamped its website, changing its logo, layout, and much more. Here are the five features to familiarize yourself with.

Verizon will sell the Google branded Galaxy Nexus for $300 with a new two year contract, but the Google Wallet function will not be enabled because it competes with a Verizon system that does the same thing. Verizon is involved with a Google Wallet like function called Isis, and it uses the same near field communication technology that Google Wallet uses. So much for the pure Google experience.

Verizon Wireless, the No. 1 U.S. carrier, won’t permit Google Wallet when it starts selling Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy Nexus phone soon, reports said.

Yet another release date has hit the Verizon Samsung Nexus Galaxy rumor mill, this time shooting for Friday Dec.9, but the stakes seem high as the source appears to be an authorized Verizon retailer.

Wireless service provider Verizon Wireless will not include Google Inc's payments app Google Wallet on its latest smartphone Galaxy Nexus this month, The Wall Street Journal said.

Holiday shoppers may have taken a breather after busy Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales. However, the traffic in big box retailers, smaller format stores and carrier stores was strong.

BlackBerry makers, Research In Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ:RIMM), could surprise people with its QNX-based devices that may guide the Canadian company to better fortunes, according to a Wall Street analyst.

The highly anticipated Galaxy Nexus for Verizon Wireless, the latest high-end smartphone from Samsung, will sell for $299.99, The Wall Street Journal reported being told by people familiar with the situation.

The device should arrive in the U.S. market within a few months.

Verizon Wireless is said to release the highly anticipated Samsung Galaxy Nexus for $299.00 on a two-year contract.