When we got wind of an 8GB Nook Tablet hitting Walmart stores this Wednesday we wondered when or if Barnes & Noble would make an official announcement. Well, that day is today and they have officially taken the wraps off of their cheaper 8GB Nook Tablet model. You’ll be getting all the same features as the 16GB model minus 8GB of storage and 512MB of RAM. The good news is it will only cost $199 and be on point with the Kindle Fire as one of the best priced tablets money can buy. Barnes & Noble also announced a price drop in the Nook Color, which is now being offered for $169. For the full details check out the press release after the break.

We’ve got more device announcements for you. This time it’s LG… again. They’ve already announced the Optimus LTE Tag and Optimus Vu, now they’re announcing a design-conscious brand of phones entitled the L-Style series. The L-Style series consists of three device: the Optimus L3, L5, and L7. All three devices are based off of LG’s design philosophy which consists of five aesthetic elements:

We seem to be seeing announcement after announcement and Mobile World Conference hasn’t even started! Today Samsung has announced a pair of mid-range devices for the budget conscious consumer. Introducing the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 and the Galaxy Mini 2. Both are upgrades to their previous iterations and feature the following specs:

Google Music is definitely an amazing service, however, many users prefer to play their stored music via another music app such as PowerAmp. Unfortunately, the music you have stored in Google Music is only accessible to the official Google Music app — or at least that was the case until now.

ZTE has announced its plans to break into the high-end smartphone market with a pair of Ice Cream toting LTE devices. The PF200 and the N910 are set to be unveiled next week at Mobile World Congress and are among some of the first Android 4.0 devices announced for MWC.