Andy Rubin says Google won’t make an Android phone of its own
Andy Rubin, the man behind Google’s Android OS, has recently denied the rumors of Google building its own Android phone. About ten days ago, The Street quoted analyst Ashok Kumar, who has reportedly talked with unnamed Google partners and said that a Google-branded Android phone is in the making. Well, according to CNET, Andy Rubin [...]
Bell’s Samsung Omnia II is the Official Mobile Device of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games
Bell Canada announced the upcoming availability of Samsung Omnia II, which will hit the shelves in November, after the carrier launches its brand new HSPA network. The Omnia II was designated the Official Mobile Device of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games (held in Vancouver between 12 and 28 February next year), and Bell will offer [...]
Sony Ericsson Xperia X3 Rachael teaser video shows up
The Sony Ericsson Xperia X3 (aka Rachael) is definitely going to be announced on November 3, as previously rumored. Sony Ericsson posted a teaser video with what’s going to be unveiled on this date, and the phone we can see in the video is the white version of X3 / Rachael (spotted several times until [...]
Nokia will say goodbye to N-Gage in 2010
Launched in the first half of 2008, Nokia’s N-Gage mobile gaming platform will end its life sooner than everyone has probably thought. Nokia has just announced that N-Gage.com and the N-Gage Arena will stop being operational after 2010, while N-Gage games will be available for purchase until September 2010 only. The reason for all this [...]
290.5 million phones sold in Q3 2009, Samsung and LG break new records
The mobile phone market showed slight signs of recovery in Q3 2009, as 290.5 million cell phones were sold during the quarter – a 5.6% increase when compared to Q2 2009. All five major handset vendors sold more phones in Q3 than in Q2, save for Motorola, which slipped to fifth place, previously occupied by [...]
Nokia to launch Qualcomm-based Symbian smartphone for AT&T
Remember Nokia’s plans to launch Qualcomm-based Symbian S60 smartphones in North America? It turns out that one of these smartphones will be released through AT&T. Unfortunately, VentureBeat (the source of this rumor) doesn’t provide a launch date for the handset. However, since Nokia and Qualcomm said back in February that their first phones will be [...]
HTC is working on next gen “Virtual Book” touch UI
Nowadays, every mobile company in the world is hard at work to come up with the best user interface for their mobile touchscreen devices. Samsung is developing TouchWiz, LG has S-Class, Nokia has S60 5th edition (Now Symbian^1) and Maemo 5, Sony Ericsson has their panels, even Acer has come up with it’s own UI for [...]
Verizon: Our 3G Network Can Handle Large Droid Demand
Certain smartphones have become so popular in the US that the large amount of demand was too much for the data network supporting it, thus causing slower internet downloads and dropped calls. Verizon has made it perfectly clear that it is fully prepared for whatever strain its new Motorola Droid will inflict upon its network. [...]
Analyst Predicts Verizon iPhone Deal in 2010
The only way the “Verizon iPhone in 2010″ rumor will go away is if by December 31, 2010 we still haven’t seen a Verizon iPhone. Otherwise, the rumor will stick around and offer continuous debate until we are completely sick of it. Until that happens, we’ll still report the latest developments in that rumor. This [...]
Sprint Plans New App Store on its Smartphones
Sometime early next year, Sprint/Nextel plans to scrap its current Sprint Store and trade up to a new App Store that, according to claims, will be more open and managed by a third party. When the change happens, Sprint will stop shipping smartphones with pre-installed apps already on them, which would be a huge move [...]
Motorola to Launch 20+ Smartphones in 2010
So it appears the Motorola Droid is just the beginning of the company’s rebirth back into mobile phone prosperity, as indicated by a statement by CEO Sanjay Jha during the press announcement of the Droid yesterday. At first Sanjay mentioned the number of new smartphones would be in “multiple tens”, before clarifying that at least [...]
HTC: No Android HD2 For You!
Yours truly reported a rumor circulating a few days back that the HTC Passion, the CDMA equivalent of the Dragon, would be coming to Verizon as Android’s version of the HD2. According to a recent interview however, that rumor has been dispelled by HTC’s CEO. Peter Chou conducted an interview with Forbes yesterday and talked [...]
Sprint readies lots of HTC Android phones, BlackBerries, WiMax phones and more
Sprint announced quite a few interesting phones lately, including the Palm Pixi, Samsung Instinct HD, Samsung Intrepid, Samsung Moment and HTC Hero. Well, the third largest US carrier prepares even more surprises for 2010. According to GearLog, Sprint executive David Owens has just unveiled some of the carrier’s plans for next year. Reportedly, Sprint plans [...]
Verizon’s HTC Droid Eris shows up in press and hands-on photos
Although it’s not officially announced, the HTC Droid Eris has appeared in a press photo, as well as in two clear hands-on photos. The Droid Eris should be Verizon’s second Android smartphone, after the Motorola Droid – in fact, previous rumors have it that the Eris will actually be available at the same time with [...]
Best Buy pre-selling Motorola Droid on October 29, no mail-in rebate
If you want to buy a Motorola Droid without waiting for that $100 mail-in rebate announced by Verizon, Best Buy is the place where you can do so. The giant American retailer announced that it would pre-sell Verizon’s Moto Droid starting October 29, offering a $100 instant saving instead of a mail-in rebate. This way, [...]
Motorola posts Q3 results, Mobile Devices unit loses $183 million
Hot on the heels of announcing the high-end Droid for Verizon, Motorola has just posted its Q3 2009 financial results. While its Enterprise Mobility Solutions and Home and Networks Mobility units reported operating earnings of $306 million and $199 million respectively, Moto’s Mobile Devices unit is still bleeding money, ending the third quarter with an [...]
Qualcomm and Fujitsu join the Symbian Foundation board
The Symbian Foundation announced the addition of two new (and important) members to its board of directors: Qualcomm and Fujitsu. Qualcomm joined the Symbian Foundation through its wholly owned subsidiary Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC), which will have the role of “optimizing open source software for use with Qualcomm technology.” Fujitsu, which sold more than 40 [...]
Sony Ericsson Satio, Aino and Yari launched in India
Sony Ericsson announced the release of three new phones in India: Satio, Aino and Yari. Previously known as Sony Ericsson Idou, the Satio is SE’s flagship cameraphone, coming with a 12MP autofocus camera that features touch focus, geotagging, face and smile detection, Xenon flash, and VGA video recording at 30fps. Sony Ericsson Satio also comes [...]
Orange signs partnership with Google to offer Google Mobile App
Orange announced that it has signed a multi-year strategic partnership with Google in order to provide customers with one-click access to Google Mobile App via various mobile platforms. Google Mobile App will be launched by Orange across many Orange Signature handsets, including phones running Symbian S60, Windows Mobile and BlackBerry OS. The app will include [...]
Rumor: Droid Eris to sell at $99
Hey, remember the Droid Eris? You know, that phone that’s launching the same day as the Droid, but isn’t getting as much attention? We may have some news that will certainly grab your attention. Gdgt has a source on good authority that knows the Droid Eris will be available with contract for $99, compared to [...]