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the verdict is in for the surface pro I'm Bridget Carey and this is your Cena update the review is in for the new microsoft surface pro microsoft's second computer is the company's attempt at being that bridge between a tablet and a laptop and unlike the previous surface RT tablet this pro gives you a complete windows 8 experience all packed into a 10-inch tablet it's even got a better screen and it's comfortable to type on so it could be a laptop replacement but oh the pro is not perfect her battery life is limited she's a bit heavier than most tablets on the market today and you'll wish she had more ports there's a 64 gig model but the operating system takes up so much space that it barely has any free storage left for you so you're going to need to get the 128 gig version and if you're serious about working you got to have the keyboard type cover which costs extra and that leaves you spending almost twelve hundred dollars for the pro that costs more than most new laptops cnet reviewer scott Stein says this is not the perfect laptop killer yet you can check out his full review at cnet and we also have a list of some hybrid laptops and tablet machines that you may want to also consider many of which costs less and I'm all about that for those of you waiting patiently for a new smartphone it looks like the Samsung Galaxy s4 could be announced at an event on March fifteenth and it would go on sale in April but that's according to the Samsung rumor site Sam mobile but what's not a rumor is the delay of the blackberry q10 that's the blackberry with the physical keyboard the company's CEO so the q10 will launch in the US about 8 to 10 weeks after the all touchscreen z10 model eight to ten weeks puts it at around May or June and if any group has been waiting for blackberry it's people who want to upgrade to a model with a keyboard and that weight just keeps getting longer and longer and in case you weren't distracted enough at work with Facebook Twitter and Pinterest Instagram now let's review a feeder your friends photos on its website before you could only see the feed from the app today we're keeping our eye out for the new Skylanders game swap force the popular franchise has a new twist this time the playable figures have swappable tops and bottoms so can mix and match the halves to create up to 256 different types of playable characters in the game if you haven't played Skylanders you put your physical toy on the sensor called the power portal and then a virtual version of that character enters the game swap force comes out this fall and this concept of collectible toys that work with a video game is something Disney is also working on with a new game called infinity coming out in June that's your tech news update you can find more details on these stories at cnet com / update from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey