ZTE Racer for 3UK gets you Android 2.1 for £110 without contract
We’ve seen the ZTE Racer before, but back then it wasn’t even officially announced. And now, many months later, it popped up in Three’s online store in the UK. The good news is that unlike previously thought, it runs Android 2.1, not Android 1.6. It can be yours for £110 on pay as you go. [...]
Apple’s got a hardware fix to iPhone 4 antenna problem
Aren’t you a bit tired by now of all the hoopla about iPhone 4 antenna problems? Me? No way. It’s a real fun to watch Apple’s arrogance taken down a notch, but this antenna debacle. It was fun even when only us, tech geeks, were talking about it. And when Apple had the gall to try to [...]
HTC launches Wildfire in India
Already available in Europe, the HTC Wildfire is now coming to India, too, where it should cost about 16,000 INR ($343) unlocked. The Wildfire is a cheaper alternative to the HTC Desire and HTC Legend and features Android 2.1, Sense UI, a 3.2 inch QVGA touchscreen display, Wi-Fi, GPS, 3.5mm headset jack, Stereo FM radio [...]
Indian phone maker Lava tries to reinvent the QWERTY keyboard. Behold the Alpha keyboard
I don’t know if this company is named like that because it wants you to believe its products are hot, but I do know that Lava International Ltd has managed to make a unique phone. Two of them, actually: the Lava B2 and Lava B5 – which are BlackBerry-like devices that, instead of QWERTY keyboards, [...]
Apple engineer warned Jobs about iPhone 4 antenna problems
It did seem a little strange that no one inside Apple figured out that there were going to be reception issues before the iPhone 4 was launched. I mean, these things are tested, tested some more, and then re-tested for every conceivable scenario before the final design gets sent to the manufacturers. And sure, Apple [...]
FaceTime is coming to the iPad and iPod Touch
Everyone wished that FaceTime would be available for more Apple products, not just the iPhone. But no one really knew how such a system might work. After all, on the iPhone, FaceTime needs phone numbers to work. Which is all well and fine on phones, but what about devices that don’t have phone functionality built-in, [...]
HP kills Android Slate, relies only on WebOS for tablets?
This is the second HP Slate that gets canned. But unlike the Slate that was supposed to run Windows, the Android Slate still may have a teeny, tiny chance of making its way into the market. At this point, it’s just certain that it won’t happen this year in Q4, as it was originally supposed [...]
1 billion app downloads from the Android Market
The Android Market is on track to set milestone after milestone. Before the end of this month, it will have 100,000 apps available for download. And now it looks like the 1 billion downloads mark has been crossed. That means that, from the beginning of the Android Market’s existence up till now, there have been [...]
Opera Mobile 10.1 beta for Symbian S60 launched
Opera is on a roll these days. After launching Opera Mini 5.1 (Android version included), the company has now announced the availability of the first beta of Opera Mobile 10.1 for Symbian S60. Among the new features that Opera Mobile 10.1 beta for S60 comes with, Opera mentions accelerated speed (thanks to the Presto rendering [...]
HTC wants to sell 8.5 million devices in Q4, 6 new smartphones will help
HTC is apparently set to launch six new devices in the fourth quarter in the US and Europe. These launches may help it reach a sales target of 8.5 million for Q4. As is usually the case with HTC leaks, some of the smartphones we keep hearing about (via leaked codenames, pictures or both) seem [...]
T-Mobile Samsung Vibrant Galaxy S also available starting today
It’s not only Verizon that released a super Android phone today in the US: T-Mobile’s Samsung Vibrant is also available, making T-Mo the first North American carrier to offer the Galaxy S. With a 2-yr contract agreement, the Vibrant costs $199.99 – just like Verizon’s Droid X, although the no contract price of T-Mo’s handset [...]
Nokia N8, Samsung Galaxy Apollo and SE Spiro coming to T-Mobile UK
While getting ready to launch the iPhone 4, T-Mobile UK has added three other new handsets to its website’s coming soon section: Nokia N8, Samsung Galaxy Apollo, and Sony Ericsson Spiro. Also coming to Vodafone UK, the Nokia N8 (with Symbian^3 and a 12MP Carl Zeiss camera) should be available at T-Mobile starting October 2010 [...]
HTC Desire officially announced by Telus
Telus has officially confirmed that it’s going to offer the HTC Desire in Canada, although it didn’t mention when exactly it will launch it, and neither for what price. The carrier’s website says the Desire is “only from Telus”, so Rogers and Bell will most likely not get the smartphone. HTC Desire was named the [...]
Verizon Motorola Droid X now available, $199.99 on contract, $569.99 full retail
Right on time, the Motorola Droid X is now available for purchase at Verizon Wireless. As expected, the new Droid can be yours for $199.99 with a 2-yr contract, or for $569.99 with no agreement. You can buy it both online (here), and in Verizon’s stores. It looks like third party retailers don’t have the [...]
Apple will hold an iPhone 4 press conference on Friday
Finally. Apple decided a press conference regarding the iPhone 4 is necessary. It will happen on Friday starting at 10 AM Pacific Time. There are no more details on what will be discussed. But we can easily guess. This has to be about the iPhone 4′s reception issues. Otherwise, the backlash against Apple for not [...]
Release date for Verizon’s Samsung Fascinate is uncertain
Yesterday we showed you Verizon’s leaked summer catalog. And while it did feature some usual suspects, such as the Motorola Droid X, and even a yet-unannounced smartphone, the Motorola Droid 2, one device was strangely missing from it. The formally announced Samsung Fascinate, Verizon’s very own Galaxy S, was nowhere to be found in the [...]
iOS 4.1: redesigned signal bars and Game Center, watermarks for jailbroken iPhones
Apple has just released a beta version of the iOS 4.1 SDK. This SDK is meant for developers to play with to make sure their apps will work fine with the new version of the OS. And while it is a beta, it gives us glimpses into the new features that the next iteration of [...]
Motorola Droid X and Droid 2 will brick themselves if you mess with their bootloaders
There was bad news for those wanting to run custom ROMs on Motorola’s Droid X and Droid 2, and now there is worse news. Motorola did state that they’ve chosen to include locked bootloaders on both phones. And while this certainly meant it would be very, very difficult to run custom ROMs on Moto’s newest [...]
Apple may have started an iPhone 4 “silent recall”. Or not.
Oh look, it’s this story again. And we may or may not have new developments. It goes like this. Some people that had their iPhones replaced for various reasons claim that the replacement iPhones they got don’t have the infamous death grip issue. But Apple still hasn’t uttered word one about a possible recall, or [...]
BlackBerry 9800 Slider may be a Rogers exclusive in Canada
Expected to be introduced in the US via AT&T, the unannounced BlackBerry 9800 (RIM’s first slider) will surely hit Canada, too. Theoretically, all three major Canadian carriers can launch it, but MobileSyrup has it that the 9800 might be a Rogers excusive. There’s still no word on the launch date or price of the slider, [...]