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HTC Rezound was released Nov.14 and is available at Verizon Wireless. It is the first U.S. smartphone with Beats Audio integration and sports some impressive features.

Tablet computers make great gifts, and the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Asus Eee Pad Tranformer Prime are two of the best. Both have been out for over six months now, so they can be found for around $400. Not a bad price for a 10-inch device. Both have front and rear-facing cameras, good resolution and run the Android system.

Asus Eee Pad Tranformer Prime may be the best Android Tablet out there, but it's not so good people who want an iPad 2 are going to change their mind. Unless they are very open minded and have done more research than most, they may not even hear about the Transformer Prime.

Smartphones are, increasingly, becoming quite common, particularly with several wireless carriers making feature-rich devices affordable through contracts. The key aspect of a smartphone, apart from its operating system, is its processor... something which determines the speed of the device and acts as its brain.

Apple Inc scored a narrow victory against Taiwan's HTC Corp in their smartphone patent battle after the International Trade Commission ruled HTC infringed on only one of four patents at the center of the case brought by Apple.

Apple Inc scored a narrow victory against Taiwan's HTC Corp in their smartphone patent battle after the International Trade Commission ruled HTC infringed on only one of four patents at the center of the case brought by Apple.

Even though Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 came out in the summer, it holds up well to the newly released Droid Xyboard from Motorola. That helps explain why the Galaxy Tab 10.1 is about $50 less than Xyboard 10.1, but that number improves in Samsung's favor when you don't included the Verizon subsidy for the Xyboard.

Apple Inc scored a narrow victory against Taiwan's HTC Corp in their smartphone patents battle, after the International Trade Commission found HTC infringed on one of Apple's patents.

Amazon's new tablet and e-reader line-up includes four devices with very similar names, so the Kindle Touch and Kindle Keyboard may be just similar enough to need a brief explanation. Obviously, one is a touch screen device and one relies on a full QWERTY style keyboard, but the Touch has a couple extra features readers might really love.

Nook Tablet is a great seven inch tablet in the sub-$300 range, while the Droid Xyboard 8.2 is a 4G-enabled full feature tablet that requires a two-year contract and data plan if you want it for the $430 price. That means the Xyboard should be twice as good as the Nook Tablet because without the Verizon subsidy, Xyboard costs $600.

According to tech insider DigiTimes and analyst Richard Shim, Apple will not only launch an iPad 3 to compete with Amazon's tablet computer in 2012 but a 7-inch mini iPad as well. As Kindle Fire sales threaten Apple's iPad 2, analysts are already debating the mini iPad's pricing and specs, and after Steve Jobs' death, a 7-inch tablet is looking more and more likely.

Motorola's Droid RAZR, claimed to be the world's thinnest smartphone, was launched on Verizon Wireless on Nov. 11. The Droid Razr weighs only 127 gm and is only 7.1 mm thick.

The drama over the meltdown of the brokerage firm MF Global pivots around a clash between two veteran traders who rose from relatively humble roots to the very top of the futures-trading business.

Verizon Wireless has finally started sales of the eagerly anticipated Samsung Galaxy Nexus, the first mobile device in the U.S. to run on the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, on Dec. 15. The flagship Android smartphone is selling at Verizon stores and through its online network for $299.99 with a two-year contract and will on its 4G LTE network.

The International Trade Commission said on Friday it will revisit in part a decision by an ITC administrative law judge, who had found no violation by Apple of four HTC patents that include technologies for power management and phone dialing.

Asus' Eee Pad Transformer Prime is the sequel to the Eee Pad Transformer, and like the original, the Prime is a real contender for the best Android tablet. They are both 10-inch tablets that double as notebook computers because they can be attached to sold separately docks that include physical keyboards, trackpads and extra battery life.

So many tablets came out in 2011, it was easy to miss one that was actually pretty solid. Many were overpriced or underperformed, but the Asus Eee Pad Transformer and Lenovo IdeaPad K1 are nice tablets that are available for $400 or less. The IdeaPad K1 can be found on Amazon for $350 and the Eee Pad Transformer is $400.

Long-Term Evolution (LTE), or sometimes called 4G, seems to be the new buzzword for all smartphones and carriers as it offers lightening fast internet speeds compared to the existing networks.

The highly anticipated Samsung Galaxy Nexus, the first smartphone to be launched with the new Android 4.0 operating system, also called Ice Cream Sandwich, has been released overseas and is rumored to be available in stores in the U.S. on Dec. 15.

HTC Corp, the world's No.4 smartphone maker, said on Wednesday that a U.S. court has further postponed a final ruling on its lawsuit against Apple Inc, which is seeking a ban on sales of HTC devices in the U.S. market.

HTC Corp, the world's No.4 smartphone maker, said on Wednesday that a U.S. court has further postponed a final ruling on its lawsuit against Apple Inc.