AT&T’s HTC Aria (Liberty) Android smartphone announced (video)
Known as both HTC Aria and HTC Liberty until now, AT&T’s first Android smartphone made by HTC has been finally announced as HTC Aria. Although AT&T presents it as “a rich and powerful addition” to its smartphone portfolio, the Aria is just a mid-end device (that’s because its 3.2 inch display has only 320 x [...]
Nokia X6 8GB also announced
While presenting the X5-01 slider in Singapore, Nokia has also announced a new version of the X6, namely the Nokia X6 8GB (this is the third version of the handset, after the X6 32GB and X6 16GB). The new Symbian smartphone has a blue back case and, of course, it comes with only 8GB of [...]
Samsung Galaxy Apollo i5801 coming to Orange UK
It turns out that the Galaxy Apollo seen over the week-end is actually the Samsung Galaxy i5801, showcased by Google last month alongside the Galaxy i5500. The Galaxy Apollo i5801 has appeared at Orange UK’s website, and the carrier promises it will offer the smartphone soon, for free on select contracts. Orange says its Galaxy [...]
Nokia N9 with MeeGo and new Nokia X5 slider show up (video)
Nokia’s first MeeGo smartphone might be the Nokia N9, a slider that seems to take the N8 to the next level with the addition of a QWERTY keyboard. There’s a leaked video on the Web that apparently shows an early version of the Nokia N9. And although we can’t confirm that this is indeed the [...]
Samsung Ready to Announce Wave 2, Wave 2 Pro, Others at CommunicAsia 2010 This Week
Later today we’ll be hearing all sorts of news coming out of Singapore at CommunicAsia 2010, an international communication and IT show going on this week. One report from Samsung Hub tells us Samsung has confirmed (and also leaked the official-looking pictures below) it will be unveiling a few new devices at the show, such [...]
Verizon Motorola Droid X comes in July, Droid 2 in August. Plus a bunch of new Moto DroidX pics
With the new pictures now leaking every other day, Verizon Motorola Droid X/ Xtreme/ Shadow/ Whatever smartphone should be almost ready for the release. And, if the latest round of rumors about it is true, the new Moto DroidX should be officially announced by Verizon sometime in July. It will be running on Android 2.1 and an updated [...]
Nokia E5 coming to North America, Australia?
The Nokia E5 has just been approved by the FCC. However, that’s not why I’m saying it might be launched in North America, because the approved E5 (RM-632) doesn’t have North American 3G bands. So why, then? Well, because there’s an E5 unveiled by the Bluetooth SIG, with a different model number (RM-634). Its geographic [...]
Samsung Galaxy Apollo to bring more Android, more Super AMOLED to Europe
Remember the Samsung Galaxy A M100s, launched back in April in South Korea? Samsung decided to bring the handset to Europe, too, calling it Samsung Galaxy Apollo. The Galaxy Apollo is now featured on Samsung UK’s website, next to the Galaxy S and the Wave S8500 – which probably means that it, too, has a [...]
AT&T HTC Liberty (Aria) shows up in device testing video
AT&T has surprisingly confirmed the existence of the HTC Liberty (which may also be called HTC Aria) in a recently-published video that “provides a sneak peek at the testing process at AT&T labs.” Unfortunately, the video’s showing the Liberty only at the beginning and at the end, but we can still see that the smartphone [...]
Verizon will bring Skype to non-smartphone users this year
Launched by Verizon in March for Android and BlackBerry users, Skype Mobile will be available to some of the carrier’s non-smartphone users, too. According to Verizon, “several 3G Multimedia phones” will be compatible with Skype sometime later this year. With Skype Mobile, users can make free and unlimited Skype-to Skype calls all around the world. [...]
Samsung Galaxy S on pre-order at Vodafone UK, ships on June 15
We knew that the Samsung Galaxy S i9000 would be available at Vodafone UK since last month, and now the smartphone can finally be pre-ordered. The Galaxy S is offered by Vodafone for free on a 2-yr contract with monthly plans from £35 ($51.5). The British carrier says the handset should be available starting June [...]
Nokia N8′s music player and HDMI capabilities showcased on video
While we’re waiting for more details on that leaked Nokia C7 to show up, Nokia has posted another official video walkthrough of its first Symbian^3 smartphone – the N8 – this time presenting the handset’s music player, and its HDMI capabilities. The N8’s music player looks OK, and it obviously works both in portrait and [...]
INQ Android phone with multitouch coming in Q4
Back in September 2009, INQ (fully-owned subsidiary of Hutchison Whampoa) announced that it would introduce phones based on Android starting this year. Now INQ has unveiled more details about its Android plans, saying to GigaOM that its first phone to run Google’s OS will be available sometime in the fourth quarter of the year. The [...]
Motorola Droid 2 video, specs. Droid Shadow / Xtreme might be called Droid X
One of Verizon’s upcoming high-end Android phones, the Motorola Droid 2, has been fully unveiled in new photos and a video, which confirm the fact that the handset features a sliding QWERTY keyboard – just like the first Motorola Droid. The keyboard of the Droid 2 doesn’t include a directional pad (which is probably a [...]
Samsung B7722 3G dual SIM phone now official
The Samsung B7722 has been officially introduced in Sweden, where it should be available starting this month for 4,000 SEK (about €418 or $505). The B7722 is Samsung’s first dual SIM phone to feature 3G connectivity, although only one of its SIM cards works on 3G frequencies, the other one using GSM/GPRS/EDGE bands only. The [...]
Huge AT&T security breach exposes iPad owners’ emails
AT&T has confirmed that a security breach on its website allowed more than 100,000 email addresses owned by Apple iPad users to be exposed and become vulnerable to hacker attacks. The security breach affected only iPad 3G owners (who need to use SIM cards so that AT&T can identify them) and allowed a funny-named hacker [...]
Sprint admits losing customers to AT&T’s iPhone. Hopes EVO 4G will fix that
With AT&T still being the exclusive iPhone carrier in the US, the rest of the mobile operators are probably not too happy to see the iPhone 4 launch date (June 24) getting closer, since they’ll likely lose some customers – who may have been bewitched by the new iPhone’s features and look. Sprint’s chief financial [...]
Motorola Raises the Bar With Plans For 2 GHz Android in 2010
Apple may have had its big day or two to take in the spotlight and make the competition look bad with its fancy new iPhone 4 and iOS 4.0, but Motorola isn’t going to sit there and just take it. Sanjay Jha & Friends are bringing everything they have to the smartphone party and calling [...]
#WWDC highlights: iPhone 4 now a true smartphone. Steve leapfrogs rivals by years with iOS, gets really anxious about Google
There were quite a few interesting things presented during Steve Jobs Apple Apple WWDC keynote. iPhone 4 attracted the most attention. And, it really is a great device. Specwise, iPhone 4 caught up with other latest high end smartphones in every way that matters. Given that iPhone OS already had the best user experience all around, and [...]
Silver HTC Desire to be available in the UK this week
Since it’s not that easy to buy a brown or a black HTC Desire in the UK, British customers should be happy to find out that the silver version of the smartphone will be available for purchase really soon. Online retailer Expansys is offering the silver HTC Desire for £449.99 (unlocked) – that’s the same [...]