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 declared the [...]
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 it [...]
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 now [...]
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 is [...]
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 Sony [...]
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 introduced [...]
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 [...]
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.
Considering [...]
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 latest [...]
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 for [...]