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get ready for a smartphone season I'm Bridget Carey and this is your cnet update if you're pondering what your next smartphone will be listen up the annual Mobile World Congress which is the largest smartphone event is kicking off in Spain will have continuing coverage at cnet com and yours truly will help you sort through what really matters in the days ahead although there will be a deluge of new phones some of the biggest models won't be making a splash Samsung's Galaxy s4 won't be there you can expect galaxy s4 to have its own event in March HTC unveiled the one just a few days ago and it's already offering bribes for you to buy it HD c is given out one hundred dollars for you to trade in your old phone for the one but if you have a phone with a high trade-in value go check somewhere else like gazelle or ebay because you might get more for it somewhere else then with the promotion LG also wanted to get ahead of the phone announcement blitz it unveiled a pair of Optimus f-series smartphones but these are mid-range phones and the Optimus line the high-end model is called the optimus G but these eps will run Android 4.1 point2 Joey beam and they can tap into 4G LTE speeds but there's no price or availability details just yet online gambling is now legal in the state of Nevada as the state's Governor Brian Sandoval signed a bill that allows internet gaming and Nevada could partner with other states to offer internet poker billboard charts will now include youtube streaming data when ranking the most popular songs YouTube's views will be counted along with digital and physical sales radio airplay and streaming numbers consumers will be able to purchase a google glass headpiece sooner than expected by the end of this year for less than the developer cost of $1,500 sources have confirmed to cnet that Google sped up the release time frame which originally was targeted for 2014 it's also been confirmed that glass will connect via bluetooth to both Android phones and the iphone and it can gather data from Wi-Fi or use the wireless 3g or 4g feed from a connected smartphone today's appt spotlight goes to Songza and if you haven't tried it yet it's a free music streaming app that's kind of like Pandora but a station isn't built around an artist or genre rather you can pick a playlist based on your mood or activity such as walking away from explosions taking the day off at the beach or perhaps you need songs for an afternoon energy boost 90 style it's just another neat way to discover new music and you can also set alarms and sleep timers for your favorite playlists that's your tech news update you can find links to all these stories on the blog sina com / update from our studios in new york I'm Bridget Carey