ARM-based Nokia tablet to come in the fourth quarter?
Apple has a tablet, Samsung has a tablet, Dell has a tablet, and Google might have one, too. Who’s next? We don’t know for sure, but it might be Nokia. Of course, Nokia has had internet tablets (N800, N810) for some time now, but those aren’t really tablets – not by today’s standards. So now [...]
Motorola Droid X teaser video suggests a July launch
Verizon may be hosting a Droid X event on June 23, but that’s not the date when the new smartphone will be available for purchase. So when will it be? Well, an official Motorola Droid X video teaser (posted by Verizon via its YouTube channel) suggests that the handset will be out sometime in July [...]
Verizon Motorola Droid 2 video preview shows up
By now, we all know that Verizon will launch two new Droid smartphones from Motorola: the Droid X and the Droid 2. Only the Droid X has been officially confirmed by the largest US carrier, but the Droid 2 is on its way, too. The first video preview of the Droid 2 has appeared over [...]
Best Buy confirms white HTC EVO 4G. Black version out of stock
BestBuy has confirmed that it would launch a white edition of Sprint’s HTC EVO 4G (North America’s first 4G smartphone). As mentioned before, the EVO 4G in white will be available through Best Buy starting July 11. However, customers can already pre-order it (as of June 18) in stores, as well as online. Like the [...]
Sprint HTC EVO 4G coming in white via Best Buy
In the improbable case you don’t like the black HTC EVO 4G that Sprint’s currently selling, maybe a white one would get your attention. Yes, a white HTC EVO 4G is (apparently) coming to Best Buy, where customers will be able to buy it starting July 11. Sprint retail stores should also get it, but [...]
Motorola Milestone XT720 announced in Germany, too
Expected to hit the UK in July, the Motorola XT720 will also be available in other European countries – one of them is Germany, where the new smartphone was announced yesterday. Motorola (which, in the meantime, readies the launch of the Droid X via Verizon) didn’t say how much the XT720 will cost in Germany, [...]
Samsung Galaxy Q to be a new QWERTY Android phone for the US?
All of Samsung’s Galaxy smartphones announced until now are full-touch devices without QWERTY keyboards, despite the fact that demand for such handsets is high (the Motorola Droid’s success is a good example in this case). We’ve recently heard that Samsung is readying the QWERTY-equipped Galaxy S Pro, and it seems that this isn’t the only [...]
Samsung Galaxy 3 (i5800) to cost more than $400?
Officially introduced earlier this week by Samsung, the i5800 Galaxy 3 should be available starting July, and it looks like its price will be higher than expected. According to Mobile-review, the Galaxy 3 (which runs Android 2.1) will retail for 14,000 rubles in Russia. This means about €365 or $450. Now, if you think about [...]
Verizon’s Motorola Droid 2 shows up again, will “probably” come with Android 2.2 Froyo
While the Motorola Droid X has been confirmed yesterday by Verizon, there’s still no official word on the Droid 2 (A955), which will be the true successor of the first Motorola Droid. Even so, it looks like the Motorola Droid 2 was showcased by Verizon during a tech show held at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. [...]
Post-Acquisition Palm Plans “Very Exciting” Year With New Devices, New Version of WebOS
Just because Palm is in the middle of being purchased by HP, the company is not showing any signs of stopping. In fact, the acquisition has most certainly encouraged Palm to take new strides in its progress. In a developers webinar put on by Palm and AT&T yesterday, Palm’s representative had some encouraging words to [...]
AT&T announces the Android-based Samsung Captivate i897 – its own Galaxy S
It’s a big day for Android in the US: while Verizon confirmed the long-rumored Motorola Droid X, AT&T has announced the Samsung Captivate i897 – a heavily-customized version of the Samsung Galaxy S (which should also be announced by T-Mobile). AT&T says that the Samsung Captivate will be available “in the coming months”, without mentioning [...]
Verizon officially presents the Motorola Droid X
Verizon Wireless has finally confirmed the upcoming launch of Motorola’s new Droid, which will be officially introduced as Motorola Droid X (and not Motorola Shadow or Motorola Xtreme). The Droid X is now featured on Verizon’s official website, between the first Motorola Droid and the HTC Droid Incredible, and it’s “coming soon.” Interestingly, Verizon says [...]
All Nokia smartphones will have NFC starting 2011
Although Nokia cancelled the launch of the 6216 classic (which should have been its first SIM-based NFC pohne), the company doesn’t abandon the idea of offering NFC handsets. On the contrary, Nokia’s Anssi Vanjoki has just announced that all of the company’s smartphones introduced starting 2011 will feature NFC, likely supporting SWP (Single Wire Protocol), [...]
How iPhone inspired Google kicked Nokia and Microsoft butts, to take over the world with Android. Pt1
To say that the rise of Android over the last year was impressive, would be an understatement. A year ago, Android still was more of a paper tiger, then an actual full fledged mobile platform. About this time last year, with six months on the market, only 1 million G1/Dream handsets had shipped. The second [...]
CDMA iPhone 4 (for Verizon?) to come in Q4
Earlier this month, when Apple announced the new iPhone 4, Steve Jobs said nothing about planning to make a CDMA version of the smartphone. And yet rumors about this have started, again, to appear. According to DigiTimes (which is sometimes right and other times wrong), CDMA iPhone 4s (made by Pegatron) will be shipped to [...]
Google Nexus One with Android 2.2 Froyo launched in Korea
As promised last month, Google has just launched the Nexus One in Korea, via KT (the country’s second largest mobile carrier). The Korean Nexus One is loaded with Android 2.2 Froyo from the beginning, allowing users to enjoy the latest features, including: Adobe Flash 10.1 support, faster web browser, and enhanced voice recognition (available in [...]
Samsung C3300 Champ available now, costs €129
Samsung Champ C3300 was announced almost one month ago, and back then I said that it might cost less than $150. Well, it doesn’t, at least not in Germany, where the Champ C3300 is available as of yesterday for €129 (about $172). That’s still really cheap, though. The Samsung Champ is small and weighs only [...]
More than 600,000 iPhone 4 units pre-ordered. AT&T pre-orders are temporarily suspended
The first iPhone 4 pre-order day was pretty much a fiasco in the US, with lots of problems plaguing the pre-ordering procedure. Still, Apple seems to be pretty happy about the whole thing, as it has just announced that more than 600,000 new iPhones were pre-ordered (not only in the US, but also in the [...]
HTC Desire officially coming to the US in August, likely via U.S. Cellular
HTC has officially confirmed that its high-end Desire Android smartphone is going to be released in the US. The Taiwanese company only said that the handset would be available starting August, via “select regional operators.” One of these operators is almost certainly U.S. Cellular, which, earlier this year, announced its intentions to offer the Desire [...]
Motorola Flipout priced (€349), announced for O2 and Vodafone Germany
Apart from getting ready to announce the Droid X and Droid 2 for Verizon, Motorola is also preparing to launch its first square Android phone, the Flipout, around the world. One of the first countries to get the Flipout is Germany, where the handset will be available starting July. German customers will be able to [...]