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It's Valentine's Day, everyone, so we've got a special edition of Computer Love with special guest Dr. Wendy Walsh dishing out the love 2.0 advice. Also, in the tech news, the worst-kept secret in the tech world is unveiled in Barcelona: the PlayStation Phone. Plus, 10-inch tablets creep out of the woodwork to take on the iPad -- finally -- and will an iPhone Nano make an appearance? --Molly

This week on the CNET Tech Review: Verizon's iPhone launch gets a chilly reception; HP debuts TouchPad tablet running WebOS; and Sprint's Kyocera Echo doubles down on touch screens.

Nokia and Microsoft make an intriguing pairing of two companies that frankly need each other more than ever. Apple is working on a cheaper and smaller iPhone and Obama wants 4G to blanket the US. Plus, Donald Bell joins us to flick cockroaches with our monkey toes.

AT&T and T-Mobile offer huge deals to compete with Verizon's iPhone launch, Google offers added security for log-ins, and Windows Phone 7 could become the primary OS on Nokia handsets.

Molly needs a break, but the tech news just won't stop. This week, groundbreaking new phones from Sprint and HP, exciting new WebOS tablets from HP. Oh yeah, and the Verizon iPhone launches.

After buying Palm, HP re-enters the smartphone wars with two new handsets and a Web OS tablet, a 3rd generation iPad could already be in the works, and a continuation of yesterday's debate about ESRB video game ratings!

The Verizon iPhone goes on sale, and no one lines up. We'll talk about what it means for HP to bring WebOS to PCs, and why are we talking about the iPad 3 when we have yet to see the iPad 2. Plus, nothing says I love you like a hissing cockroach.

The Verizon iPhone hits the 5th Avenue Apple store in New York, but almost no one queues up in the freezing weather for the big launch. CNET's Maggie Reardon reports.

HP touts over 50 new features in WebOS 2.1 and unveils its TouchPad tablet, Pre 3 smartphone, and diminutive Veer smartphone. Meanwhile, freezing cold in NYC makes for an unusually timid iPhone launch for Verizon.

Should there be more detailed ESRB descriptions on the back of video game boxes to allow parents to make a more informed buying decision? An article on Fox News provokes a fiery conversation about violence in videogames and the potential for mental damage for young gamers. We also chat about questions to ask on first dates and the Catholic Church's new confession app for the iPhone!

We recap Dell's announcements and Rafe gets banned, even if this is first show back. Sprint's "industry first" is a dual-screen phone, and also the first mobile device with screen-on-screen action. The Verizon iPhone is already jailbroken. Plus, we'll pay you in Smurfberries!

HP will show off the fruits of its acquisition of Palm at an event today, the iPhone 4 for Verizon goes on sale for shipping and pick up via Apple's online store, and new Nokia CEO Stephen Elop sends a strikingly blunt memo to his employees.

The reviews are in for the Verizon iPhone 4, we'll show you how to sex up your iPhone signature, and New Jersey Apple stores are fist pumping!

Bored with the generic email signature that's included on your iOS device? Brian Tong show's us how to sex it up a ittle, with the iPhone Signature Creator.

Afraid to pull the trigger on the Verizon iPhone? It's ok, Molly Wood is here to help you rationalize your long-awaited iPhone purchase.

The Verizon iPhone has much in common with its AT&T counterpart, but varying features and differing performance give it enough room to stand apart. It won't vastly change your iPhone experience, but we welcome the consumer choice that it brings.

On today's show, I tee off a little bit on Internet haters who just can't let it go ... in a way that might seem to suggest I can't let it go. Hm. Anyway, in tech news proper, Apple shareholders demand a succession plan, Verizon users demand their iPhone 4s, and AT&T demands $499 and a two-year contract for people who want an Atrix 4G with the laptop dock. Plus: Computer Love! Aloha, everyone! --Molly

This week on the CNET Tech Review: see what's new and what's not on the Verizon iPhone 4; Google's Android Market opens for business on the Web; keep yourself safe when browsing Facebook; and get your grub on with two tasty take-out apps.

The Verizon iPhone 4 is sold out, Ericsson launches a mobile banking system, and Energy Star is creating a higher tier of certification.

CNET takes the Verizon iPhone to four locations in San Francisco to test signal strength and data speeds. See which carrier's network delivers the best experience.

The reviews are in, and they're just what we expected: the iPhone 4 on Verizon is really good at making phone calls. But that might not be reason enough to leave AT&T: find out why. Plus, UBB is going down in Canada (we hope), UFOs are real (for as long as the Internet will let us believe it), and we finally get around to your thoughts and comments in the Meatback loop. It's everything we hoped it would be. Oh, and I bought a MacBook Air, no big deal. What? What's the big deal? --Molly

Verizon's iPhone 4 is coming to Best Buy, News Corp. launches The Daily for the iPad and says its ready to sell MySpace, and Viacom reaches a deal that brings back "The Daily Show" to Hulu.

We're hoping that Optimus Prime, an emoticon keypad, and a Jedi mind-trick of an iPhone accessory will draw you in. Plus, Jasmine actually ate this week's fat-worthy item.

Yeah, you waited forever. Here are five reasons to keep doing so.

Brian Tong returns from the islands in time for us to get collectively punked by a surprisingly elaborate rumor about Keanu Reeves and two more Matrix sequels. But that's nothing compared to the punking that is AOL's subscription service, which generates 60% of its profits and isn't needed by pretty much anyone who pays for it. Ouch. Plus, the tech bubble is our new drinking game and the white iPhone ... never mind. We're not talking about that damn thing anymore. --Molly
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After a busy two weeks of CES and the Verizon iPhone, Dialed In takes a breather to digest the latest cell phone reviews and all the other news we couldn't get to before.

On today's show, we've got a new meme, new details about the Comcast/NBCU merger, and new comments from Apple dismissing Android tablets as both "bizarre" and "vapor." Ok, guys, whatever you say. Verizon offers $200 off iPhone 4 upgrades, in case that takes the sting out a little, and we discuss the rise of universal app stores, consumer confusion over 4G, and sharks in the streets of Australia. It's a wide-ranging show, folks. --Molly

The Verizon iPhone 4 is finally here, but that's old news. We'll dig inside of the iOS 4.3 beta and show you some new features that you can see now, and talk about others coming later.

Brian Tong shows off some of the new features, including new multitouch gestures, that are in the latest developers version of Apple's iOS for the iPhone and iPad.

Samsung may be holding a digital hostage; Android gains ground on Apple, but may soon lose it to the Verizon iPhone; and the announcement of the next iteration of Android raises questions about version numbers. Join Antuan Goodwin and Justin Eckhouse for all that and more in the world of Android.