HTC Android world phone for Verizon leaked: 4-inch screen, QWERTY keyboard, 1.2GH CPU?
Verizon Wireless is apparently getting ready to launch its first HTC Android smartphone to feature a QWERTY keyboard (the Droid Incredible and the Droid Eris are both touch-only handsets.) Said smartphone doesn’t have a name yet, but some photos of it have appeared on the Web. The device is a tad smaller than Sprint’s HTC [...]
Samsung Flight II (A927) for AT&T gets official, should be launched soon
AT&T will soon introduce another one of those many touchscreen + QWERTY feature phones that promise to offer “the best from both worlds”: the Samsung Flight II (A927). Unlike the first Samsung Flight (currently available for free on contract), the Flight II comes with a landscape QWERTY keyboard, not a portrait one – which could [...]
Sprint Samsung Epic 4G (Galaxy S) pre-orders may start today
Reports are coming in that later today, Sprint will start taking pre-orders for the Samsung Epic 4G, their version of the Galaxy S. Right now however, the page that will supposedly allow you to do this still shows just the option to sign up to receive updates via email. Rumor also has it that reservations [...]
HTC Desire and Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant launched in Canada (by Telus, Bell)
HTC Desire and Samsung Galaxy S, two of the latest high-end Android smartphones, are available in Canada as of today. As mentioned before, Telus is the Canadian carrier that’s offering the HTC Desire. The handset costs $79.99 with a contract agreement for three years, or $449.99 free of contract. Prices for 2-yr and 1-yr agreements [...]
BlackBerry Torch 9800 shows up in AT&T stores
The recently announced BlackBerry Torch 9800 is RIM’s most recent entry into the high end touchscreen smartphone market and is due for launch on August 12th. AT&T is clearly hard at work preparing for the big day, since a BlackBerry Torch box has already showed up in one of their stores’ stockrooms. And it’s quite [...]
Verizon Droid Incredible delays almost over, Droid X sold out, Droid out of stock for Droid 2 launch
There’s some pretty good news (well, at least better than before) today for those wanting to purchase a new Android-powered superphone from Verizon’s lineup. The much delayed (in part because of display shortages) HTC Droid Incredible is currently stated to be shipping by August 9th, which means there’s only a 3-day delay now between ordering [...]
First Asus Windows Phone 7 device spotted?
While Asus was on the list of manufacturers that would introduce Windows Phone 7 devices, since the official announcement of Microsoft’s newest mobile operating system things have been quiet from the Taiwanese company on this front. In the mean time we’ve heard of one of Samsung’s WP7 offerings, the i917 Cetus, and that was about [...]
Saudi Arabia shuts down BlackBerry service
Discussions have been heating up in the past week in the Middle East and some other parts of Asia about RIM’s BlackBerry services, with governments demanding to have the power to intercept communications between BlackBerry users and RIM’s servers, which are located in its home country of Canada. They were threatening to suspend BlackBerry services [...]
Samsung and LG turn to design professors to improve their mobile UIs
South Korean giants Samsung and LG have recently hired new design executives, aiming to enhance their handsets’ UIs. Samsung has hired Jung Ji-hong as vice president of its Mobile Design Group. A professor of Visual Communication Design at Kookmin University in Seoul, Jung Ji-hong will help Samsung improve its smartphone user experience – probably only [...]
Apple intros “Try Before You Buy” apps – not as great as it sounds
Apple has opened a “Try Before You Buy” section in the App Store, this way enabling iOS users to test applications before deciding whether they want to buy them or not. That’s not as great as it sounds, though. The new section currently has a limited number of apps that you can try – and [...]
BlackBerry Pearl 3G, Bold 9700 and Curve 8520 now on Pay & Go at O2 UK
O2 has announced it’s now offering BlackBerry Messenger and five RIM smartphones to Pay & Go customers. Also available on pay monthly, the smartphones include the BlackBerry Pearl 3G, BlackBerry Bold 9700, and BlackBerry Curve 8520. On Pay & Go, these devices cost £249.99, £349.99 and £149.99, respectively. O2’s Pay & Go BlackBerry tariffs start [...]
LG Wink T300 coming to Orange UK as LG Cookie Lite
LG wastes no time when it comes to launching its just-announced Wink phones. One of them, the Wink T300, has already appeared in the coming soon section of Orange UK’s website, and the carrier will probably sell it starting later this month. The phone won’t be named LG Wink, though, but LG Cookie Lite. It [...]
Verizon Motorola Droid X will get Android 2.2 Froyo by early September
The Motorola Droid X is, at least until the Droid 2 launches, Verizon’s top smartphone offering. However, it was released with Android 2.1 on board, despite the fact that Android 2.2 Froyo was already available at that time. An update to Froyo was promised by Motorola for the Droid X, and rumors previously stated that [...]
Sprint Samsung Epic 4G (Galaxy S Pro) to launch on August 11th
Samsung has made a different version of the Galaxy S for each of the big four US carriers. Two of those, T-Mobile’s Vibrant and AT&T’s Captivate, are already available. Their CDMA brethren though, the Fascinate for Verizon and the Epic 4G for Sprint, aren’t yet. And while things are quite uncertain with regard to the [...]
Verizon Motorola Droid 2 mockups show up at Best Buy
One of the most leaked handsets in recent history, the Motorola Droid 2, is still not officially announced. Many previous rumors indicated a possible announcement on August 10th and availability start on August 12th. We sure hope that’s the case, because these constant leaks do nothing but tease. And that’s fine for a while, but [...]
Nokia Listings mobile app launched in India – it’s some sort of digital marketplace
Nokia Beta Labs has announced a new mobile application called Nokia Listings and available only in India for now. The application’s purpose is to connect buyers and sellers, as well as employers and job seekers, via mobile phones – thus acting as a digital local marketplace. It features three major categories of listings: Buy & [...]
Brightstar takes over the distribution of the Nexus One to developers
Not long ago, Google announced that it won’t be selling the Nexus One through its dedicated online store anymore. A short while after that, the last shipment of Nexus One devices was received by Google and almost immediately sold out. And while the Nexus One is still available from Vodafone in some markets and KT [...]
Vodafone’s HTC Desire gets updated: not with Froyo, but with 360 services (in the UK and Netherlands)
Although Android 2.2 Froyo updates for the HTC Desire should have started since the end of July, Vodafone UK and Vodafone Netherlands are still not offering the long-awaited update to their Desire customers. They did update the smartphone recently, though, but with something that you may not even need: 360 services (360 is Vodafone’s own-branded [...]
Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant and Captivate coming to Canada this month
Bell is all set to introduce the Samsung Vibrant Galaxy S in Canada starting August 6 – that’s tomorrow. The Vibrant will cost $149.99 with a 3-yr contract agreement, or $499.99 free of contract at Bell. Bell even offers you the chance to win a Samsung Vibrant – more details here. Mobile Syrup has it [...]
Android-based HTC Paradise and Fiesta apparently pictured
Two unannounced HTC Android smartphones have appeared in leaked photos: HTC Paradise and HTC Fiesta. The Paradise is a mid-end handset with a sliding QWERTY keyboard – and it turns out that we’ve seen it before, thanks to the FCC. There aren’t any details on the features of the Paradise, but it looks like its [...]