Nokia launches early build of MeeGo 1.1 for handsets (video)
Today, Nokia has released an early build of MeeGo for handsets (call it a pre-alpha version, if you will), thus keeping its promise made last week. This version of MeeGo that’s available today is a work in progress: the APIs are not stable and some components (including Web Runtime, APIs and optimizations for TI and [...]
Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant coming to Bell Canada
T-Mobile USA is not the only North American carrier to launch the Galaxy S as Samsung Vibrant: Bell will be spreading the Vibrant Android fun, too – but in Canada, of course. It looks like Bell is the exclusive Canadian carrier for the Galaxy S Vibrant. However, this doesn’t mean Rogers or Telus won’t be [...]
Android 3.0 Gingerbread details: 1280×760 resolution, 1Ghz minimum specs, mid-Oct. release
We’ve been hearing about the upcoming Android Gingerbread release in Q4 for a while now. And also how the new Android user interface will blow our socks off. Still, everyone’s been pretty sketchy about exact details of what’s actually coming to Android Gingerbread. Until now. Mobile-review.com’s Eldar Murtazin just went and spilled a boatload of interesting details [...]
Emblaze’s First Else Linux phone is dead
We suspected there was something fishy about the Emblaze First Else, and we were damn right to be suspicious. Announced with much fanfare in the fall of 2009, the Emblaze First Else phone won’t get to see the light of day market, because it has been officially cancelled (despite being showcased at CES 2010). Designed [...]
New firmware update available for Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 (no Android 2.1 yet)
Earlier this year, Sony Ericsson announced that its Xperia X10 handsets would be updated to Android 2.1 eventually. Until this happens, the original X10 gets a special software update that won’t change the version of Android it’s running. Instead, the update “focuses on improving the general performance, speed and responsiveness” and brings a free back [...]
Sony Ericsson Vivaz now also in pink
Sony Ericsson has introduced many pink phones over the years. The company’s latest handset to be launched in this girly color is the Sony Ericsson Vivaz – it is the fifth color the handset has, after Silver Moon, Cosmic Black, Galaxy Blue and Venus Ruby. The Vivaz, which will probably be launched by AT&T in [...]
Verizon iPhone 4 coming in January?
A lot of people must be tired by now from all these iPhone is coming to Verizon rumors. After all, Verizon iPhone has been rumored to happen for several years now, and nothing ever came out of it. Sorry, can’t help you. CDMA iPhone 4 on Verizon rumors, will only get more loud and frequent in [...]
Samsung Galaxy S to get Android 2.2 Froyo upgrade… eventually
Now, that every other major competitor chimed in about Android 2.2 Froyo upgrade plans for their smartphones, Samsung will not be left behind. They used yesterday big U.S. launch event, to confirm that Samsung Galaxy S smartphones will be getting Android Froyo update as well. And, just like HTC yesterday, Samsung was pretty vague about exactly when they [...]
Sprint admits to HTC EVO 4G shortages. HTC Desire to get Sony SLCD displays
Not that shortages of Sprint HTC EVO 4G needed any confirmation, but now we have it anyway, directly from the lips of Sprint CEO Dan Hesse. Speaking to the press on Tuesday, Sprint CEO admitted that EVO 4G proved “more popular then Sprint or HTC could foresee”, and that “they are facing shortages in some places [...]
Verizon Droid Incredible ->Droid X exchange confirmed for July 15th. Incredible won’t be phased out
I’m a bit tired reporting about Verizon Droid Incredible delivery delays by now. The next post I want to publish about it, would be “Droid Incredible shortages resolved”. Alas, I don’t expect such good news until HTC gets those replacement SLCD displays from Sony. But, I do have one bit bit of good news for Droid fans, who [...]
HTC Hero Android 2.1 update delayed by U.K. operators. HTC Desire, Legend, Wildfire to get Froyo someday
Today’s is the day for some HTC Android device upgrade news. Some of them good, some not so good. Let’s start with a year old HTC Hero handset. It’s great news for the owners of unlocked Heroes. HTC has just started pushing the second part of the Hero firmware update, which includes OS Android 2.1. [...]
iPhone 4 in African Blackwood/Gold from Gresso. Only $3500 a pop
If you have an iPhone 4, got tons of money, and want to show off, how would you do that? Now, that Apple has sold 1.7 million of darn things in a single weekend, soon everyone and their grandma will be carrying iPhone 4 around. Don’t worry, luxury phone maker Gresso is rushing to the rescue. [...]
Google Nexus One Android 2.2 Froyo update is finally official
There have been a few false starts, telling that Google is finally pushing Android 2.2 Froyo to the owners of Nexus One handsets. And anyone who isn’t afraid of a bit of hacking, could get their Google phones updated to to the leaked build of Froyo, for more then a month now. But if you were [...]
Nokia S^3 QWERTY slider (NOT N9!) video shows up
The guys at the Negri Electronics are making good on their promise to release more info on the Symbian^3 QWERTY slider they’ve got their hands on. I just wish they stopped calling it N9 and confusing a hell of a lot people about it. Hey Negri guys, the thing you are showing us IS NOT NOKIA [...]
Apple iPhone 4 sales: more than 1.7 million in the first week-end
Last week, when talking about the problems that the new iPhone has, I said I was sure that Apple would announce record sales after only few days of iPhone 4 availability. And it sure did: the Cupertino company says it sold more than 1.7 million iPhone 4s in three days (the first week-end of availability). [...]
Nokia C7 confirmed, though we’re still not sure what it looks like
Remember the Nokia C7, seen earlier this month? The smartphone has been conformed by Nokia on its own website, via an XML file. The XML file confirms that the C7-00 features a 360 x 640 pixels touchscreen display (a standard for most of Nokia’s touchscreen phones), HSDPA, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. There’s no mention of the [...]
Verizon’s ZTE F350 hits the FCC
ZTE F350, the first phone made by the Chinese company for Verizon Wireless, has just been approved by the FCC – which means it’s probably coming soon to a Verizon store near you. Unlike the Droid X or the Samsung Fascinate, the F350 doesn’t run Android, and it’s not even a smartphone. It’s just an [...]
Verizon allowing Droid Incredible pre-orders to be changed into Moto Droid X pre-orders?
The HTC Droid Incredible has been suffering from supply shortages since the very first day it was released. The reason for this is not only the high demand, but also the fact that Samsung can’t produce enough AMOLED displays for HTC. The display problem might be solved soon (with HTC turning to Sony and its [...]
Pantech Jest, Samsung Haven and N150 stand next to the Droid X in Verizon coming soon list
In case you’re not interested in Verizon’s Motorola Droid X or Samsung Fascinate, you should know that the largest US carrier is also getting ready to launch some cheaper phones: the Pantech Jest and the Samsung Haven u320. PhoneArena has managed to obtain a list of devices that are coming soon to Verizon and, of [...]
Samsung Galaxy S Pro announced as Sprint Epic 4G
Apart from announcing the Vibrant for T-Mobile and the Fascinate for Verizon, Samsung today has also unveiled the Samsung Epic 4G for Sprint – which is actually that Galaxy S Pro seen not long ago. The Samsung Epic 4G will be North America’s first 4G (WiMax) handset with a full QWERTY keyboard and a Super [...]