Verizon has had some pretty decent deals as of late and they continue to discount some great 4G LTE devices. They are now offering an online only deal where you can pick up an HTC Rezound or LG Spectrum for the low price of $99 on a new 2-year contract. That’s a great deal when you consider both devices are packing a dual-core 1.5GHz processor. There certainly hasn’t been a lack of deals on smartphones, especially with Amazon constantly outdoing the carriers. Now’s a good time to grab a high-end device for a sub $100 price, so if you’re interested in either of these 4G LTE phones, hit the break for a quick spec refresher and links to purchase them.

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.