General Mobile DSTL1 dual-SIM Android phone for the US, Turkey
General Mobile’s Android plans were first unveiled back in January, when the company said it would launch the world’s first dual SIM phone to run on Google’s OS – the so-called DSTL1 Imaginary.
As it turns out, the company is seriously betting on Android and it intends to launch the DSTL1 starting June.
According to Android Authority, [...]
Samsung Spark T749 3G phone to hit T-Mobile USA
T-Mobile USA is getting ready to release a new Samsung phone, namely the Samsung Spark T749.
As its mode number suggests, the Spark T749 is a mid-end handset – unlike the cheap T349 and T239, for example.
The Spark was just approved by the FCC as an “850/1900 GSM/GPRS/EDGE / 1700 WCDMA Phone with Bluetooth”, so it [...]
18 to 20 new Android phones coming this year, says Google
We’ve recently learned that Android phone shipments are expected to grow at least 900% by the end of 2009.
Andy Rubin, Google’s senior director for Mobile Platforms, comes to confirm this by saying that there will be 18 to 20 new Android phones released this year.
According to The New York Times, the phones will be manufactured [...]
LG GD900 Crystal coming to more than 40 countries
LG has just announced that its fashionable LG GD900 Crystal phone will be “very soon” available in more than 40 countries in Europe, Asia and Latin America.
The South Korean company initially said the phone would be on sale starting May, but this obviously didn’t happen.
The price of LG GD900 is still not announced, but we’re [...]
AT&T might sell the Palm Pre too, after Sprint’s exclusivity ends
We all know that Sprint is the exclusive US carrier for the Palm Pre until later this year (or even until 2010), but what will happen after the exclusivity ends? Would the other major carriers want to sell the Pre too?
Well, AT&T wants it.
At least that’s what Chief Executive Randall Stephenson said during an interview [...]
Android Developer Challenge 2 announced by Google
Google has just announced the Android Developer Challenge 2 (ADC 2), the second edition of the competition that should (and will) bring new and cool applications for the Android OS – which has now reached version 1.5.
Participants can develop apps, evaluate/score others’ apps, or both.
The ADC 2 will debut in August, when developers will be [...]
Samsung flexible AMOLED displays to enter mass production soon
Samsung has quite an impressive line-up of phones with AMOLED displays (including the unreleased-yet devices), so it’s only natural for the company to try and develop the AMOLED technology even further.
Samsung Mobile Display, a joint venture between Samsung SDI and Samsung Electronics, has recently announced that it managed to develop the world’s first flexible AMOLED [...]
Ovi Mail updated with Ovi.com integration, other enhancements
Nokia’s Ovi Mail was just updated – once again – this time in order to provide the free service with Ovi.com integration, as well as with several other improvements.
According to the folks over at the Nokia Beta Labs, users can now easily navigate between Ovi Mail and Ovi.com – although, for the moment, the Ovi [...]
AT&T to upgrade its 3G network to HSPA 7.2Mbps
North America’s former no.1 mobile carrier, the big-and-blue AT&T, has announced it wants to upgrade its 3G network to HSPA, which should offer data transfer speeds of up to 7.2Mbps (double the current 3.6Mbps speed).
The carrier said that network upgrades are planed to begin later this month, although they will be completed only in [...]
Skyfire 1.0 mobile browser now available
Skyfire, the mobile browser that will be competing with Opera and Mozilla’s Fennec, has reached version 1.0 and is available as a free download.
Presented as “the only mobile browser to bring the full PC Web to phones”, Skyfire 1.0 comes with new features and, thus, with improved usability.
Skyfire supports a wide array of plug-ins, including [...]