Halfway between phone and tablet, Galaxy Note is surprisingly good (photos, video)

As smartphones grow ever larger and tablets shrink, they’ll inevitably meet at some kind of hybrid, halfway point, neither entirely tablet nor entirely phone, but a bit of both.

The Samsung Galaxy Note is that midpoint, and it’s coming soon …

Dell plans to reenter the tablet arena with a bang later this year

After Dell’s Streak tablet quickly became roadkill, it seemed that the computer maker had given up on slates altogether. Instead, Dell has been quietly working on a major tablet comeback.

The company has plans to release a consumer tablet later …

Feedair Friend streamlines your mobile notifications

Feedair is launching its Feedair Friend today, which streamlines and personalizes various notifications you get on your smartphone.

Available as either a small light-emitting diode (LED) display device or a smartphone app, Feedair Friend keeps you in touch with all …

Will.i.am touts making music on his Intel Ultrabook, calls it “the new ghetto-blaster”

Musician Will.i.am took the stage at the Consumer Electronics Show Tuesday during Intel chief executive Paul Otellini’s keynote speech to talk about how technology is changing the way he makes and distributes his music.

Will.i.am, who is the director of …

Intel CEO shows off an Intel-based tablet design for Windows 8

Intel chief executive Paul Otellini said in his keynote speech today that computing experiences are everywhere as consumers begin to reap the benefits of low-cost electronics that are spreading into everyday devices.

As part of that trend, Otellini showed showed …

T-Mobile expands 4G network, launches cross-platform Bobsled Messenger

T-Mobile may have lost out on getting acquired by AT&T, but it’s not giving up the fight to survive in the U.S. just yet.

The carrier announced today at a small CES gathering that it has widened the availability of …

Dell unveils its ultra-thin XPS 13 Ultrabook

Dell is diving into the Ultrabook business today with the unveiling of its Dell XPS 13 laptop, a thin and high-performance laptop that should turn heads.

If last year was the year of tablets, this year could be the year …

DirectTV’s integration with Samsung Smart TVs means one less box in the living room

Samsung has announced its new line of Smart TVs will let DirecTV customers access their TV service without the use of a set-top box. The company announced the feature addition at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

At Samsung’s …

Razer shows-off Project Fiona, a PC gaming tablet (hands-on video)

Min-Liang Tan, founder of enthusiast PC-gaming firm Razer, has been thinking about Fiona for a while. The concept project is part-tablet, part PC, and all gaming machine.

Tan showed off Fiona, a new concept tablet computer for gamers, today at …

Mercedes-Benz brings Facebook, Google and more to the dashboard

Mercedes-Benz announced a new cloud-connected dashboard computer called “mbrace2″ that provides access to 3G Internet, apps such as Facebook and over-the-air software updates. The company announced the new product at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

We mentioned in …

Apple’s iPad app of the year, Snapseed, coming to Mac and Android tablets

Photography software developer Nik Software will soon release its popular Snapseed photo-editing application for Mac and select Android tablets.

Snapseed, originally released for iPhone and iPad, offers a smattering of photo-editing features and creative enhancements that help hobby photographers capture, …

Qualcomm pulls heartstrings, explores how mobile is changing lives (video)

Starting things off on an emotional beat during his CES keynote this morning, Qualcomm CEO and chairman Paul Jacobs unveiled a series of videos that show how mobile devices are changing the lives of people all over the world.

The …

Qualcomm CEO touts the ever-expanding mobile world

People check their cell phones about 150 times a day, or about once every 6.5 minutes. Paul Jacobs, chief executive of wireless chip maker Qualcomm, says he’s OK with that. After all, Qualcomm has 22,000 employees working on chips that …

Pandora is leading the internet radio front by entering your car

While competition in the streaming music service market has steadily increased over the past year, Pandora is still strongly in the lead, according to new metrics the company announced at the Consumer Electronics Show today.

The company claims to have …

CES Day 2 was full of smart TVs, super-thin Ultrabooks, and a tweet choir (video)

While Sunday was the unofficial start to CES 2012, the real fun began on Monday with press conferences and announcements from heavy hitters like LG, Intel, Sharp, Samsung, Nvidia, Sony and Microsoft.

At the end of that incredibly busy day, …

Qualcomm and the X Prize Foundation will give you $10M if you create a Star Trek tricorder

Qualcomm and the X Prize Foundation announced today that they will award $10 million to anyone who invents a “tricorder,” or a magical medical and information scanning device like the one used in the Star Trek science fiction series.

In …

Seagate gives you new entertainment choices with 4G LTE storage

Seagate is announcing today that it is teaming up with Verizon Wireless to create the first 4G LTE mobile wireless storage devices for use with smartphones and tablets.

The devices use 4G LTE mobile networking to connect to the internet …

Blu Homes shows off 3D home Configurator tool for real home designs

It’s getting a lot easier to design your own home with a computer. A case in point is the Blu 3-D Configurator from Blu Homes, which simplifies home design to the point where regular non-architects can design their own homes …

BlueStacks brings Android apps to Windows 8′s Metro interface

After gaining notoriety for bringing Android apps to Windows 7, plucky startup Bluestacks is setting its sights on Windows 8, the company announced at the Consumer Electronics Show today.

But BlueStacks isn’t just porting its software over to the new …

WTF CES: Choir sings sweet tweets at Ballmer keynote (video)

Well, that was unexpected.

A choir came out and started singing a few tweets during Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show today.

You could call it an ode to CES from Microsoft, since this will be …