HTC Mondrian with Windows Phone 7, 1.3GH Snapdragon processor leaked?
We all know that HTC will launch a Windows Phone 7 device before the end of 2010. Well, this could very well be the HTC Mondrian, a smartphone that was recently mentioned in a leaked Windows Phone 7 OS ROM. According to some posts over at the XDA-Developers forum, the HTC Mondrian will feature a [...]
Foxconn to ship up to 24 million units of Apple’s iPhone 4G in 2010, says DigiTimes Research
Apple’s fourth-generation iPhone (more commonly known as the iPhone 4G) hasn’t even been officially announced but it looks to be Apple’s worst-kept secret. With two leaks showcasing it and its current involvement in a criminal investigation, it’s getting a lot of publicity that Apple won’t be able to get anywhere else. But just how interested [...]
Android-based LG LU2300 now known as Optimus Q
Officially announced in South Korea last month, the LG LU2300 will be commercialized as LG Optimus Q – and it should be available starting the end of May, via LG Telecom (South Korea’s third largest mobile carrier). The LU2300 is LG’s second Android handset to be named Optimus, after the GT540, and it looks like [...]
Palm’s webOS installed and running on old Dell laptop
Old used laptops are usually paired with old operating systems like Windows XP or some GNU/Linux variant. But for those of you who want to try out something completely different, check out Palm’s webOS. No, I have not gone crazy or fallen victim to a typo of some sort. Palm’s mobile operating system on the [...]
Google Nexus One will no longer be sold online
After giving up launching the Nexus One via both Verizon and Sprint (because of the Droid Incredible and the HTC EVO 4G), Google has now announced it’s also ready to stop selling the smartphone online, through its almost-famous Phone store. This doesn’t mean Google is completely ditching the Nexus One, not by far. It simply [...]
More evidence of Samsung Galaxy S (T959) coming to T-Mobile USA
Howard Chui has recently posted what at first seems to be a regular video preview of the high-end Samsung Galaxy S i9000. Well, it’s most definitely not a regular preview, because this Galaxy S is not the i9000 (made for Europe and maybe Asia, too), but the unannounced SGH-T959, which is almost certainly headed to [...]
Nokia X3 officially gets a CDMA / EV-DO candybar version (not for Verizon, but for China)
The CDMA Nokia X3 spotted not long ago will not be launched by Verizon after all. Instead, Nokia continues its Chinese saga with the launch of a brand new X3, made in CDMA / EV-DO flavor for China Telecom. The new X3 has a different form factor: while the original X3 is a slider, the [...]
HTC Desire coming to Telus Canada as Triumph?
While Bell is getting ready to introduce the HTC Legend in Canada, Telus might launch an even nicer Android smartphone, namely the HTC Desire. If we’re to believe Mobile Syrup, Telus should introduce the Desire in July or August, under the name of HTC Triumph. The Triumph will, of course, have the features that we [...]
Rumor: Apple places orders for 10 million CDMA iPhones. Verizon impatiently waiting
Apple and AT&T signed a 5-year iPhone exclusivity agreement back in 2007, but the deal may have been canceled, especially since we’re now hearing that Apple has just placed orders for a CDMA iPhone. According to DigiTimes, Pegatron Technology is the company that will manufacture the CDMA iPhone for Apple – and it’s said that it [...]
Photos: Samsung T669, T479 (Gravity 3) and T359 for T-Mobile USA
Samsung is by far the manufacturer with the most phones available at T-Mobile USA, so it’s not a surprise the fact that T-Mo is readying three new handsets made by the giant South Korean company. The phones are: Samsung T669, Samsung T479 and Samsung T359. We’ve heard about two of them before, but it’s only now that we [...]
U.S. Cellular’s Samsung Acclaim R880 Android phone shows up
U.S. Cellular announced earlier this week that it’s planning to launch the Samsung Acclaim R880 – its second Android smartphone, after the HTC Desire. The carrier didn’t show any photo of the Acclaim yet, but Engadget claims to have an image of it. As already reported, the Samsung Acclaim is a touchscreen device (3.2 inch, HVGA) with a [...]
Nokia X2 approved by FCC
Announced two weeks ago in India (and not yet available for purchase), the ultra-cheap Nokia X2 has received FCC’s approval to be used in the US. The phone is a GSM/EDGE-only device, and since it has quad-band connectivity, it can be used on any non-CDMA carrier in North America (AT&T, T-Mobile, Rogers, you name it). Needless [...]
HTC Desire and HTC Smart finally available at O2 UK
HTC Desire and HTC Smart should have been available at O2 UK since April, but the carrier has only now started to sell them. These two devices (both announced in early 2010) are quite different: the Desire is a high-end Android 2.1 smartphone, while the Smart is more like a smartphone wannabe, being based on Qualcomm’s [...]
Samsung C5010 Squash and Samsung R631 2Thumb coming soon
We have some details on two upcoming Samsung phones, the C5010 and the R631 – both of them are entry-level devices, although they target different categories of users. The Samsung C5010 (also called Samsung Squash) is a candybar that resembles the Shark S5350, but it has fewer features. The C5010 Squash comes with 3G (2100/900) and quad-band [...]
Xperia X10 Mini, Samsung Galaxy S and Samsung Wave arriving at Vodafone UK
Vodafone UK will soon offer three new smartphones (in addition to the BlackBerry Pearl 3G and the Nokia C3), two running Android and another one based on Samsung’s own Bada OS. The Android handsets are Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini and Samsung Galaxy S i9000, while the Bada one is, of course, the Samsung Wave S8500 (the only Bada device [...]
Google’s Android 2.2 (Froyo) to come with USB tethering, Wi-Fi hotspot capabilities
Expected to be launched by Google as early as this month (May), Android 2.2 Froyo will obviously bring a pack of new features. We’ve already reported about full Flash support coming to the next version of Android, and now TechCrunch has unveiled more of the new features: USB tethering and Wi-Fi hotspot capabilities. Naturally, USB tethering will allow [...]
HTC says Apple’s iPhone, iPad and iPod should be banned in the US (but this will never happen)
It took HTC more than two months to properly respond to Apple’s suit filed against it back in March, but the Taiwanese company came with a strong countersuit. Initially, Apple said HTC infringed 20 of its patents, and now HTC fights back, saying that it’s actually Apple that infringes some of its patents – 5 of them, [...]
No Skype for Windows Phone 7, says Skype Vice President
It’s weird how more and more software developers are literally abandoning Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7. Not long after Mozilla unveiled that it’s dropping development of Firefox for WP7, now Skype says it won’t make software for Microsoft’s new mobile platform, either. Dan Neary, Skype’s Vice President for Asia Pacific, confirmed there will be no Skype for Windows Phone [...]
Microsoft offers free Office Mobile 2010 upgrade for phones running Windows Mobile 6.5
As it announced the official worldwide availability of Office 2010 for the desktop, Microsoft also made mention of Office Mobile 2010, saying that it will be available as a free upgrade for all phones running Windows Mobile 6.5. Yes, it is being made available for free. And although free, Office Mobile 2010 is not without [...]
HTC EVO 4G Available June 4 for $199; 2-Way Video Chat Revealed
At CTIA 2010 in March I was given the opportunity to preview the HTC EVO 4G, Sprint’s forthcoming flagship device. We were given enough juicy details to make us salivate and were shown the phone. We were only allowed to have limited access to the phone, restricted to taking only pictures of certain features or apps, [...]