LG Surf 4GB launched in Italy
LG Surf 4GB is the latest touchscreen phone launched by LG in Italy, one of Europe’s largest mobile markets. The handset seems to be a renamed Cookie Music KM570, as its design and features aren’t different from the ones of the latter. The LG Surf 4GB comes with a 3 inch WQVGA touchscreen display, S-Class [...]
LG GT540 gets Optimus trade name. Dresses in new colors, keeps Android
Lowendish LG GT540 Android 2.1 handset has showed up for a short moment during CES in January. With a promised April launch date. But we haven’t heard much about it since then. Until today. Today LG France blog decided to take GT540 for an extensive photo shoot, to show us all the colors the handset will [...]
Nokia N8 delayed, possibly coming to O2 UK. Nokia X5 gets mentioned
Nokia N8 wasn’t announced on April 13 (as rumored), and it looks like its release will be delayed. According to GSM Arena, Nokia initially planned to unveil the new Nseries handset in May. However, for some unknown reasons, the launch date has been pushed back to mid-July. Since Nokia N8 should run Symbian^3, this might [...]
Samsung Corby TV and Metro TV announced in India
Samsung is launching yet another Corby phone in India – the Samsung Corby TV, which, as its name suggests, lets users watch live TV. The Corby TV comes with a MimobiTV Mobile TV application (developed by Apalya) that provides access to more than 40 TV channels. Other than that, the Corby TV is similar to [...]
Verizon finally announces the HTC Droid Incredible. $199.99 starting April 29
Today, after a long wait and tons of leaked details, Verizon has finally announced the HTC Incredible, officially known as “Droid Incredible by HTC.” The Incredible will be available starting April 29 for $199.99 with a new contract agreement for two years (and after a $100 mail-in rebate). Customers will be able to pre-order the [...]
HTC turns to Facebook users for naming new device (Jovi, Zeal, Wildfire or Festi)
HTC is working on a new phone and, for some reason, it needs fans’ help for naming it. Unfortunately, the Taiwanese company doesn’t give too many details about the phone, but it says that its name should be “playful and full of youth”. The company’s official Facebook page hosts a poll with four name options: [...]
Vodafone 845 (Huawei Joy) with Android 2.1 shows up again
First seen in a blurry photo more than one month ago, the Vodafone 845 has now appeared in several hands-on photos, which allow us to take a better look at it. Manufactured by Huawei (and also called Huawei Joy), the Vodafone 845 is expected to be the smallest Android 2.1 smartphone on the market – [...]
Intel demos MeeGo 1.0 on a smartphone, a TV, and netbooks (video)
We’ve recently seen some UI screenshots of MeeGo, and now it’s time to see the new open source OS on video. Intel has showcased its version of MeeGo 1.0 in Beijing, on several devices: a netbook, a TV, a smartphone and even a digital coupon machine. Reportedly, MeeGo is “designed to be very easy to [...]
Meizu M9 will run Android 2.1
Meizu, the Chinese company known for making one of the best iPhone clones out there, will adopt Android for one of its future handsets. The handset is Meizu M9 and, according to Meizu’s CEO, it will be launched with a customized version of Android 2.1 on board. The features of M9 have not been announced, [...]
Verizon’s HTC Droid Incredible to cost $599 at Best Buy
We know everything there is to know about Verizon’s Droid Incredible by HTC, save for its price. Well, a couple of Best Buy inventory screenshots appeared at Phandroid suggest that the Incredible will retail for $599 – which means Verizon could sell it for not more than $200 on contract. Said inventory screenshots mention that [...]
Nokia 5230 to be launched in Canada by Wind
Already available via T-Mobile USA as Nokia Nuron, the Nokia 5230 will also be launched in Canada, where Wind (the newest Canadian mobile carrier) is getting ready to sell the handset starting the coming weeks. The Nokia 5230 is a Symbian smartphone with a 3.2 inch, 360 x 640 pixels touchscreen display, accelerometer, HSDPA connectivity, [...]
Review of the Jawbone Icon Bluetooth
The Jawbone series of bluetooth devices have been Aliph’s staple for over 3 years. Since this time Jawbones have been the industry standard for top-of-the-line noise cancellation bluetooth headsets, and Aliph isn’t showing any sign of stopping. The company’s latest offering is called the Jawbone Icon, and it certainly fits the name. Jawbone headsets always [...]
HTC Desire coming to U.S. Cellular?
While Verizon’s busy with the HTC Incredible, other US carriers might get the HTC Desire – which is, as you probably already know, another high-end Android 2.1 smartphone from HTC. We’ve already heard that the HTC Desire is headed to AT&T, and now it looks like the handset will also be available at U.S. Cellular [...]
LG Viewty GT (GT405) launched by 3 UK
3 UK has just launched a new LG phone dubbed Viewty GT. By the looks of it, this is the LG GT405, showcased by LG back in March. The Viewty GT features a 3 inch resistive touchscreen display with 240 x 400 pixels, 3G connectivity, A-GPS, Google Maps, Bluetooth, music player, Facebook access, 5MP autofocus [...]
Gigabyte-made Orange Boston Android smartphone confirmed, coming soon in white
The Gigabyte GSmart G1305 Codfish is indeed coming to Orange, as we assumed last month, and is indeed called Boston (which is not that weird, since the carrier also has phones dubbed Rome, New York, Vegas and Miami). Running Android 1.6, the Orange Boston features a 3.2 inch touchscreen display with 480 x 320 pixels, [...]
Apple fails to deliver international iPad on time, delays launch by one month
Due to unexpected high demand in the US, Apple is unable to launch the iPad in other countries at the end of April – as it initially said it would. The Cupertino company claims to have sold more than 500,000 iPads in the US since launch (April 3), and says that demand is “likely continue [...]
June 22 iPhone HD / 4G announcement date confirmed?
Whether it will be called iPhone HD, iPhone 4G or something else, a new Apple iPhone is coming this summer (and another new one next summer, but we’re not going to talk about this one right now). We’ve previously heard that the new iPhone might be announced on June 22, and it looks like this [...]
Verizon HTC Incredible now official as “Droid Incredible by HTC”. April 29 seems to be the launch date
Although it didn’t issue a press release (as usual in these cases), Verizon has just officially presented the long-awaited HTC Incredible, which now appears on the carrier’s website as “coming soon.” Verizon doesn’t provide too many details, but it says that “the next chapter in the Droid saga begins April 29th.” And speaking of Droid, [...]
T-Mobile myTouch Slide will have three color versions
T-Mobile USA’s upcoming myTouch smartphone, namely the myTouch Slide, will apparently have three color versions. We’ve already seen two of them (red and black), and now it’s time to see the white version. As previously reported (and as its names suggests), the myTouch Slide features a sliding QWERTY keyboard – unlike the myTouch 3G, which [...]
Pantech Sirius with Android 2.1 and Snapdragon processor announced; Verizon and AT&T might get it
Pantech, South Korea’s third-largest phone maker, has just announced its first Android device, the Pantech Sirius IM-A600S. The Sirius is a thin (11.5 mm) full-touch smartphone with features that put it next to the likes of Google Nexus One and HTC Desire. The handset runs Android 2.1 and comes with a 3.7 inch WVGA AMOLED [...]