Samsung Galaxy Q specs apparently show up: Froyo, 720 x 480 Super AMOLED screen, 1GHz processor
We still have no official details on the Samsung Galaxy Q, but some of its specs and features may have just been unveiled in a snapshot posted over at Android Forums. Assuming these are the real specs of the Galaxy Q, the smartphone will measure 120 x 68 x 9.25 mm, coming with Android 2.2 [...]
Smartphones now make up 73.5% of UK contract market, Android grew 350% this year
The Brits sure do love smartphones. And more and more so by the day. 73.5% of the UK contract market was made up of smartphones in June. That’s up from 55% in the first quarter of this year, and 66.7%, the second quarter average. Growth has therefore been consistent since the beginning of 2010 and [...]
Acer Stream officially arrives in the UK on August 9th
Not many days ago, we told you that the Acer Stream was headed to the UK via Expansys. Back then, the shipping date appeared to be August 3rd, according to information on the Expansys site. Well, today Acer have issued a press release confirming the Stream’s release but mentioning an August 9th launch date. You [...]
Apple iPhone 4 coming to 17 new countries this Friday
Love it or hate it, the iPhone 4 will be launched in 17 new countries around the world later this week – on Friday, July 30. The countries that will get the new iPhone this Friday are: Canada, Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia and [...]
HTC officially switches to Sony SLCD displays. Nexus One and Desire to benefit
HTC has officially announced the first smartphones that will be shipped with Sony’s Super LCD displays instead of Samsung’s AMOLED panels, starting later this summer: the (global) Google Nexus One and the HTC Desire. A “variety” of other handsets will make the switch, although HTC didn’t mention which ones exactly, so it’s not clear if [...]
MetroPCS launches the BlackBerry Curve 8530 with $60/month unlimited everything plan
MetroPCS have just launched the BlackBerry Curve 8530 for their customers. The smartphone itself costs $230 after a mail-in rebate. The sweet part of this offer, however, is the plan. For $60 per month, you get unlimited talk, text, and data. The plan also includes IMs, MMS, turn-by-turn GPS navigation, Metro back-up, Premium Directory Assistance [...]
The Samsung Behold II is now available on Cincinnati Bell
Those of you who always wanted a Samsung Behold II, but had Cincinnati Bell as your carrier of choice should be very happy. Because today, Cincinnati Bell has started selling the Behold II, and there’s some surprising news about it. Namely, the Beholds that Cincinnati Bell stocks have absolutely no overlaid UI whatsoever, what you [...]
Vodafone cancels its 360 line of handsets, including the H2
It seems to be product line cancellation season. Microsoft did it to the Kin phones, and now Vodafone announced it won’t be releasing any more “360″ phones. The 360 services suite however will continue to exist, they just won’t be making any more 360-branded handsets. The cancellation includes the H2, which was supposed to be [...]
The Samsung Haven for Verizon can be ordered now, will ship on July 29th
Verizon introduced a new phone to its lineup today, the Samsung Haven. This is the successor to the Samsung Knack and is a rather unassuming featurephone that will cost you $40 with a new 2-year contract. It features the once-ubiquitous clamshell design and average specs by today’s standards. Here are the quick details: 2.2″ 176×220 [...]
Samsung UK is giving away Galaxy S smartphones to iPhone 4 owners frustrated with the death grip
Well this definitely sounds too good to be true. But it is true. Samsung Mobile UK is giving free Galaxy S devices to people who have tweeted their iPhone death grip-related frustrations. Samsung appear to be so confident about the superiority of the Galaxy S that they’re sending free ones to existing iPhone customers so [...]
Apple delays white iPhone 4 again, won’t be available until “later this year”
Bad news if you were waiting for the predicted July release of the white iPhone 4. Apple has delayed the white iPhone 4 again, this time indefinitely, saying it will be available later this year. Which may mean anything, including that you should expect it to launch in December. Apple is quoting manufacturing challenges as [...]
LG can’t make enough displays for Apple’s iPad
The iPad is selling like hot cakes since launch – more than 3.3 million units have been shipped until now in markets around the world. And Apple would’ve sold even more, if it weren’t for a problem that now plagues both the smartphone and tablet market: component shortages. In the iPad’s case (like in the [...]
Microsoft licenses ARM architecture, this could be big
ARM announced today that Microsoft has become an ARM architecture licensee. The ARM architecture is used in all of today’s phones and smartphones, and many other devices in the embedded space. ARM is the company that creates system designs, that are then produced and sold (after possible modifications and/or additions) by its licensees. Microsoft already [...]
Cheap, Orange-branded Android 2.1 smartphone now available in France
Not to be outdone by its European rivals T-Mobile and Vodafone, Orange seems set to launch a line of own-brand Android smartphones. We’ve seen the Boston already get official and heard rumors about Project JAL. Today, in France, Orange is selling an Android smartphone branded Orange Tactile Internet. Whether or not this is the outcome of [...]
Nokia Q2 highlights. S^3 50 mil – great news or fragmentation nightmare? OVI Store growth stalled. U.S.
Now that the results of another quarter for Nokia are in, it’s time to dive behind the headline numbers and reflect of what they can tell us about the state of Nokia today and in the nearest future. Overall, Nokia Q2 financial results and the follow up conference call were pretty boring and predictable this time. [...]
Windows Phone 7 actually requires 6 hardware buttons, not 5
It’s widely believed that Windows Phone 7 requires 5 hardware buttons, but it looks like, in fact, there are 6 of them. Apart from Start, Back, Search/Bing, camera button and power button, there is also a volume (up and down) button that’s listed by Microsoft as being required. The up and down volume buttons are [...]
Motorola Quench XT3 with Android gets official in Taiwan
Motorola has officially introduced a new member of the Quench series of Android smartphones: the Motorola Quench XT3. Previously appeared as Motorola XT502 Greco, the Quench XT3 was announced in Taiwan, where it should be available starting August (for an unknown price). Unfortuntately, the new Quench runs Android 1.6, and there’s no word if it [...]
WebOS 2.0 will come this year
Former Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein, now at HP, following HP’s acquisition of Palm, mentioned in an interview with Fortune that WebOS 2.0 is on track for “later this year”. If I were a betting man, I’d say Q4 is the magic time of the year when we’ll actually see its release. Rubinstein also said that [...]
AT&T to get 8 million Windows Phone 7 handsets? Don’t think so
Since AT&T is among the mobile operators that will launch WP7 devices first (sometime before the end of this year), the company probably already has concrete plans regarding Microsoft’s new platform. A big part of the plan seems to be this: AT&T may have “signed up for 8 million WP7 devices” – that’s according to [...]
Motorola sues Huawei, claiming theft of trade secrets
Motorola has amended a previous complaint against five ex-employees to include Huawei. The original suit was filed for alleged sharing of trade secrets by the five workers to Lemko, a company that has a reseller agreement with Huawei. In the new form of Motorola’s claims, filed on July 16th, the Chinese telecom infrastructure giant Huawei [...]