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Sprint unveils dual-screen Echo phone (live blog)

Editor's note: This live event has concluded. You can replay our full coverage of the announcement--including the David Blaine magic show Sprint used to warm up the crowd--in the Cover It Live module at the bottom of this post. Or, for details on the new Echo device and hands-on photos, check out this summary post.

NEW YORK--Sprint Nextel will take the wraps off a new smartphone at an event here this evening.

The company has been tight-lipped about the announcement. But The Wall Street Journal today reported the new smartphone will be a dual-touch-screen device running the Android operating … Read more

Nintendo 3DS official details revealed: March 27, $249

In case you missed our live blog coverage of the Nintendo 3DS press conference, we're rounded up the salient details here, some of which we've seen before, some of which are new.

US release date: March 27, 2011 MSRP: $249.99 Confirmed third-party launch window games: The Sims (EA); Ridge Racer 3D (Namco Bandai); Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition (Capcom); Resident Evil The Mercenaries 3D (Capcom); Dead or Alive: Dimensions (Tecmo); Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 (Konami); Madden Football (EA); Asphalt 3D (Ubisoft); Combat of Giants (Ubisoft): Dinosaurs; Lego Star Wars (Lucasarts) Confirmed Nintendo launch window games: Pilotwings … Read more

Nintendo 3DS announcement (live blog)

Editor's note: This live event has concluded. For a brief rundown of what was announced, check out our summary post. You can also replay our live blog in the Cover It Live module below.

Nintendo released further details of its new Nintendo 3DS handheld today at a press event in Manhattan. The transcript of the live blog as it happened is available below.

Additional 3DS information is available here:

Nintendo 3DS official details revealed: March 27, $249 The latest on the Nintendo 3DS Hands-in video with the Nintendo 3DS Nintendo 3DS: First hands-on impressions

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iPhone 4 comes to Verizon (live blog)

Editor's note: This live event has concluded. For a brief rundown of what was announced, check out our summary post here. You can also read the transcript of our live blog below or replay our live blog in the Cover It Live module at the end of the transcript.

Today is D-Day for the announcement of the much-anticipated Verizon iPhone, or so hope millions of iPhone fans, who want another carrier option.

Verizon Wireless is holding a press conference in New York on Tuesday at 11 a.m. ET at Lincoln Center (That's 8 a.m. PT.) The … Read more

Samsung pictures the future of TV at CES (live blog)

Editor's note: This live event has concluded. For a brief rundown of what was announced, check out our summary post here. You can also replay our live blog in the Cover It Live module below.

LAS VEGAS--Samsung had the tech world's attention earlier yesterday afternoon as it unveiled new phones, a Wi-Fi-only Galaxy Tab, and TVs, cameras, and Blu-ray players. But, just wait, the company tells us, there's more.

Today at 4:30 p.m. PT, the president of Samsung's visual display business, BK Yoon, will be giving a keynote speech in which he will apparently … Read more

Microsoft's 2011 CES keynote (live blog)

Wednesday evening was the occasion for Microsoft's traditional CES keynote kick-off.

As usual, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer took the stage to demonstrate hardware and software from Microsoft and its partners. At this year's keynote, the topics ran the gamut from Windows Phone 7 to the Xbox and Avatar Kinect to ARM processors and system-on-a-chip technology.

(Last year's keynote had Ballmer talking up Windows 7, while demoing the Office 2010 suite and Halo: Reach for the Xbox 360. That keynote was also where we first laid eyes on HP's Slate 500 device--some 10 months before proper details … Read more

Sony talks 3D, music at CES (live blog)

Editor's note: This live event has concluded. For a brief rundown of what was announced, check out our summary post here. You can also replay our live blog in the Cover It Live module below.

LAS VEGAS--Sony Chairman and CEO Howard Stringer brought along his pal Taylor Swift this time last year to usher in the company's 3D push. What famous friends will he bring along to CES this year?

We'll find out Wednesday at 5 p.m. PT when the gadgetmaker will host a press conference at its massive booth on the showfloor of CES 2011. … Read more

Samsung trumpets connected devices at CES (live blog)

LAS VEGAS--We already knew a few of Samsung's product announcements for CES 2011, but the company held some of the more interesting stuff back for this afternoon's press conference.

Adopting the style of a fast-moving Demo conference, Samsung busily showed off a few dozen new products over about 40 minutes, starting with a Wi-Fi-only version of its Samsung Galaxy Tab tablet that will be available early this year.

Also getting time on the big stage was the Samsung Infuse 4G, which will be one of the first smartphones in the U.S. to tout Samsung's next-generation Super … Read more

Microsoft announces Windows' ARM support at CES (live blog)

Editor's note: This live event has concluded. For a brief rundown of what was announced, check out our summary post here. You can also replay our live blog in the Cover It Live module below.

LAS VEGAS--Join us Wednesday at 1 p.m. Pacific for Microsoft's afternoon press event at CES 2011. Please note this event is separate from the CES keynote address taking place at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday and headed by Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer.

As for what to expect, high-level rumors from both The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal have … Read more