Video: Sprint Samsung Intercept M910 (Moment 2)
Initially known as Samsung Moment 2, the Intercept M910 is now close to being released by Sprint, and it looks like some Best Buy Mobile stores already have it for sale. Someone at Firestorm Computers has managed to get a Samsung Intercept on July 3 from Best Buy, although the official launch date is July [...]
LG announces Android tablet, Optimus One and Optimus Chic (with Froyo)
LG’s Android-related goals for 2010 are pretty ambitious: the company wants to launch 20 Android smartphones by the end of the year. It already introduced a few of them, and today it announced two new ones: LG Optimus Chic and LG Optimus One. Both new smartphones run Android 2.2 Froyo and will probably be available [...]
HTC Vision QWERTY Android phone shows up in the wild
It’s not the first time that we’re hearing about the HTC Vision, but it’s the first time we get to see two hands-on photos that allegedly show the unannounced smartphone. We’ve previously heard that the Vision would be a Desire-like handset with a full QWERTY keyboard. This is only half true, because the Vision doesn’t [...]
200,000 Samsung Galaxy S Android phones sold in Korea within 10 days
Since the very first day it was announced, the Samsung Galaxy S was bound to become one of this year’s most successful Android smartphones. Available as of last month in select markets, the Galaxy S doesn’t disappoint: it was likely sold in a lot more than 1 million units until now. I’m saying this because [...]
Mobiado Classic 712EM luxury phone brings exotic wood into your pocket
One month after unveiling the Classic 712 ZAF in “dream colors”, Mobiado has announced a new luxury phone: the Classic 712 Executive Model (EM). The new handset is “the evolution” in Mobiado’s wood series, being made out of exotic wood, sapphire crystal and aluminum. The exotic wood pieces (which are “inlayed into an anodized aluminum [...]
Samsung Epic 4G (for Sprint) appears in promo video
Announced by Sprint earlier this week (as North America’s first 4G phone with full QWERTY keyboard), the Samsung Epic 4G has appeared in a promo video that (obviously) showcases some of its most important features, like the 4 inch WVGA Super AMOLED display, the front-facing camera, six-axis motion sensor, 3D graphics, HD video recording, and [...]
Apple on iPhone 4 reception. It’s better then fine. We only had a bad bar calculation formula…
The reception issues on iPhone 4, and advice on how “to hold it the right way”, has become the joke of the week around internet. Almost every competitor with a grudge against iPhone had to chime in with their own version of “you can hold our device anyway you want and it still works” quip. Looks like [...]
Samsung Galaxy i899 is India’s first CDMA Android phone
There are quite a few Android handsets in India at the moment, but none of them works on CDMA networks. Reliance (one of India’s top three mobile carriers) is about to fix this by launching the Samsung Galaxy i899. Also available in China (via China Telecom), the Samsung Galaxy i899 is a mid-end phone that [...]
HTC Droid Incredible to get HD video recording and mobile hotspot capabilities via OTA update
It looks like a new OTA update is coming soon to Verizon’s HTC Droid Incredible, and while this won’t change the Android version it’s running (it’s still going to be 2.1, although Froyo should be on its way, too), it will bring two new important features. According to Droid-life, the Incredible will have mobile hotspot [...]
Revisiting Android 3/Gingerbread details post. Some corrections, clarifications
My report on Eldar Murtazin’s remarks about Android 3 mid October release caused quite a stir around tech blogosphere. And there have been a few new developments since then. The most interesting among them was this tweet by Dan Morrill, Google Android Open Source & Compatibility Tech Lead, linking to my Android 3 post: Implying the [...]
Netflix Focusing on Android Client, Hiring Devs
It’s amazing how telling job listings can be when it comes to learning of future projects and/or company aspirations. In this case, now that Netflix is finally finishing up its dedicated app for the iPhone, it is setting sights on the Android platform. Check out this job listing on Netflix’s website detailing the company’s interest [...]
Bye bye, Microsoft KIN
The Microsoft Kin phones were not meant to have a long life on this planet. From day one these unique devices (is it a smartphone or a feature phone?) haven’t been met with the greatest of critical acclaim to say the least. It was geared towards a teenage market even though most teenagers wouldn’t be [...]