AT&T’s Galaxy S, the Samsung Captivate, arrives on July 18th for $199
The Samsung i897, a.k.a. Samsung Captivate, is AT&T’s version of the Samsung Galaxy S, and it has now got a release date and pricing. So, July 18th, $199.99 for new 2-year contracts that include voice and a $15 per month data option. Recapping the phone’s features, we get: Android 2.1 Samsung’s 1GHz Hummingbird processor 4″ [...]
Telus starts HTC Desire employee training, will launch INQ Chat 3G
Telus is getting really close to introduce the HTC Desire in Canada, as the carrier has reportedly started employee training for the Android 2.1 smartphone (which won’t be named Triumph after all). Right now, it’s said that the Desire will hit Telus’ shelves before the end of this month (July). There’s still no word on [...]
Nokia Ovi Contacts graduates from Beta Labs
Nokia has announced that Ovi Contacts (the service initially launched as Nokia Chat) has graduated from BetaLabs and will come preinstalled on new devices. Owners of compatible S60 3rd Edition FP2 and S60 5th Edition smartphones can also get the latest version of Ovi Contacts, via a software update. Nokia brags about the success of [...]
Official iPhone 4 prices for T-Mobile UK unveiled
iPhone 4 is already available in the UK, but not via T-Mobile, which has yet to launch the new Apple smartphone. In case you’re wondering about iPhone 4 pricing on T-Mobile, the carrier has just posted most of the details you need. As probably expected, the new iPhone is not cheap at T-Mobile (since it’s [...]
Opera Mini 5.1 launched, compatible with more than 3000 phones
Opera Mini, the mobile browser of choice for millions of users worldwide (61 million, according to Opera), has reached version 5.1 – almost four months after the 5.0 version was released. Opera Mini 5.1 doesn’t bring major changes, but it features overall improved browsing performance, new optimized browser skin (that lets you open more pages [...]
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini Pro headed to Vodafone UK. T-Mobile pushes back launch date
Vodafone UK has recently added the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini Pro to its coming soon list of devices (where the Nokia N8 and the BlackBerry Pearl 3G 9105 can be also found). The price and launch date of Vodafone’s X10 Mini Pro have not been disclosed yet. Anyway, it’s worth mentioning that the carrier [...]
HTC Mondrian and Mozart confirmed to run Windows Phone 7
The HTC Mondrian is a real device after all: HTC is confirming this via one of its official websites, and it’s also confirming that the handset runs Windows Phone 7 and features a WVGA (480 x 800) display. According to previous rumors, the Mondrian should also have a 1.3GHz Snapdragon processor. The HTC Mondrian might [...]
T-Mobile Samsung Vibrant Galaxy S to be launched on July 15?
When T-Mobile USA announced the Samsung Vibrant (its own version of the Galaxy S), it said that the smartphone would be available starting July 21. However, the carrier might have changed its mind since then, and now it appears it wants to launch the Vibrant earlier, on July 15 – that’s the same day when [...]
YouTube’s mobile site gets a big HTML5 revamp
Today, YouTube announced a complete HTML5-based redesign of their mobile site for iPhone and Android devices. This is now the highest quality way to watch YouTube videos on the iPhone, since the native app streams are a bit lower quality than the “HQ” setting on the new mobile site. For Android 2.1 devices, there isn’t [...]
Vodafone clears up the specs of the Samsung 360 H2
The LiMo-based Samsung 360 H2 is exclusively created for Vodafone and integrates their ’360 experience’. It has been known to be in development for quite a while, and many different supposed specs have been leaked or rumored during the past few months. Vodafone finally decided to step in and make some things clear about this [...]
HTC Wildfire gets first root, HTC Desire gets first taste of Froyo and 720p video recording
The recently released HTC Wildfire, their lowest-end Android handset and the HTC Tattoo‘s successor, can now be rooted. Make sure you understand that you’re doing this at your own risk, you will void your warranty, and so on, then read through and follow these instructions exactly. Need proof? Here you go. Next up, the HTC [...]
T-Mobile’s handset launch roadmap for 2010 leaked, 5 new Androids coming
What we have here is supposedly T-Mobile’s handset launch roadmap for what’s left of this year. Now we can’t possibly verify this, so the good old pinch of salt may do you good here. There are mentions of the previously announced Motorola Charm and Samsung Vibrant (both set to launch on July 21), and it [...]
Sprint’s Samsung Intercept to launch July 11, $99 on contract
The rumored Samsung Intercept for Sprint is now official. It will launch on July 11, will cost you $99 after a $100 mail-in rebate for new 2-year contracts or eligible upgrades. Sprint didn’t bother to attach a full spec sheet to the press release, so here’s a list of the specs we know of right [...]
HTC may be on track to sell 24 million devices this year
HTC is on a roll. Ever since betting almost everything on Android, they keep going, and going, and going. Up. And now it looks like it may end up selling 24 million devices this year, a target set internally at the beginning of 2010, but one that no analyst thought was possible to reach. But [...]
Froyo’s browser leaves the iOS 4 Safari in the dust when it comes to JavaScript
When Google announced Android 2.2 Froyo they did say that it would boast the world’s fastest mobile browser, a claim that was surely made easier to accomplish by the borrowing of the JavaScript rendering engine from its cousin, Google Chrome. And while we were hoping that it was true ever since, an actual comparison test [...]
Samsung Galaxy Naos and Galaxy Teos: Android 2.1 successors to the i5700 Galaxy Spica in France
Two identically-specced but differently styled versions of the Samsung i5800 just popped up in France. They both feature: Android 2.1 with Samsung’s TouchWiz interface a 667 MHz processor 3.2″ WQVGA 240 x 400 capacitive touchscreen WiFi 802.11 b/g/n HSDPA microSD card slot 3 Megapixel camera aGPS 1500 mAh battery The Galaxy Naos is headed to [...]
Verizon Motorola Droid X arriving early for some customers?
Although the official launch date of the Motorola Droid X is July 15 (8 days from now), it looks like some few lucky Verizon subscribers are already receiving their new Droids. Droid-life has some photos from one of these lucky customers who unboxed his Motorola Droid X received today in El Paso, Texas. Droid-life is [...]
AppBrain Fast Web Installer lets you install Android apps without even touching your phone
Still drooling when you think of the new push install functionality in Android 2.2 Froyo‘s Market? Don’t have Android 2.2 on your device but would do anything for this functionality to be available for you? Your prayers have been answered. AppBrain, an alternative front end for the Android Market, has launched what they’re calling the Fast Web [...]
Motorola Charm with Android 2.1 officially announced for T-Mobile USA
Motorola has officially announced its third Android smartphone for T-Mobile USA: the Motorola Charm, a QWERTY-equipped candybar that will be available via T-Mo “this summer.” The Charm is Moto’s second Android device to come with a vertical QWERTY keyboard, after the FlipOut. It runs Android 2.1, uses an enhanced MotoBlur skin, and comes with BACKTRACK [...]
Skype for Symbian 1.1 launched
Skype for Symbian has just been updated, reaching version 1.1 and coming with minor design changes. The new application also seems to reduce the amount of RAM it uses – good news for those who have slower Symbian handsets. Needless to say, the app lets you make free Skype-to-Skype calls and IM (via both 3G [...]