Motorola Milestone XT720 and BackFlip introduced in India
Motorola has recently launched not one, but two Android smartphones in India: Motorola Milestone XT720 and Motorola BackFlip. The BackFlip is the cheapest of the two, retailing at 22,990 INR (about $499) and featuring a 3.1 HVGA touchscreen display, flipping QWERTY keyboard, Wi-Fi, GPS, stereo Bluetooth, 5MP autofocus camera with flash, and a 2GB memory [...]
BlackBerry Bold 9700, BlackBerry Bold 9650 and BlackBerry Pearl 3G will get OS 6
While officially announcing the BlackBerry Torch 9800 for AT&T, RIM has also unveiled more details on BlackBerry OS 6. The Canadian company has confirmed that OS 6 works with both touchscreen and non-touchscreen smartphones, and it even said it plans to bring it to some older BlackBerries starting “the months ahead.” BlackBerry Bold 9700, BlackBerry [...]
Is Android unstoppable?
Canalys have published their quarterly report on the mobile market yesterday, this time focusing on the second quarter of this year. Statistics from other research companies such as IDG and Gartner, and even those from phone makers themselves can and probably will be different from these. That’s just how it always is. The following quick analysis [...]
AT&T’s BlackBerry Torch (9800 slider) with BlackBerry OS 6 gets official
Research In Motion has finally unveiled the BlackBerry Torch (aka BlackBerry 9800) – its first smartphone to feature a sliding QWERTY keyboard, and the first to run the all new BlackBerry OS 6 that we’ve been hearing so much about lately. The Torch appears both on RIM’s and AT&T’s websites and, as expected, it will [...]
HTC Wildfire gets HTC Sync 3.0 with Media Sync, other smartphones will get it later
HTC has announced the availability of HTC Sync version 3.0, which comes with a new media sync feature that lets HTC smartphone owners sync music playlists (and more) with their PCs, via USB. HTC Sync 3.0 currently works only with the HTC Wildfire (which ships with Froyo in China). But don’t worry, HTC says other [...]
Samsung thinks about putting touchscreen on a tablet’s back
Now that Apple showed how a real tablet device should look and work, everyone else is scrambling to make their own tablet that will be at least on par with the iPad. Samsung is no stranger here, and has already confirmed that it will have an Android tablet ready for market this fall. We’ve even seen [...]
Motorola Glam XT800 launched in Korea, sadly without Froyo
I’m surprised that Motorola’s still releasing high-end handsets that run Android 2.1 and not Froyo. For example, take the Motorola XT800, which should be available to Korean customers starting this month as Motorola Glam (and not as Motorola Titanium, as previously believed). Also launched in China, the XT800 Glam features a FWVGA (480 x 854) [...]
BlackBerry Curve 3G (9300) and Motorola Flipout to be launched by Rogers with new unlimited plans
Rogers – Canada’s largest mobile carrier – will introduce new unlimited “Student plans” soon, at the same time with two new smartphones: BlackBerry Curve 3G 9300 and Motorola FlipOut. The Student plans start from $40 per month and include: unlimited My4 local calling, unlimited texting, unlimited BlackBerry Messenger, unlimited Picture and Video Messaging, Unlimited Social [...]
Motorola Droid won’t get hotspot or tethering capabilities in Android 2.2
We already knew that updates to Android 2.2 for the Motorola Droid are supposed to start this week. Today new information has surfaced, and it’s not good. In spite of the fact that Android 2.2 natively supports wireless hotspot and wired tethering abilities, the update that the Droid will receive won’t do either. A Motorola [...]
Motorola Milestone will get Android 2.2 in September
Motorola isn’t undecided about upgrading the Milestone to Froyo anymore. Which is very good news if you’re a Milestone owner. According to the official Twitter account of O2 Germany, the GSM version of the Droid will also get Android 2.2, and the update will happen in mid to late September. The tweet in question is [...]
New Meego UI video. More rumors about Nokia N8
There have been some interesting developments in Nokia land these past few days. Let’s start with the newest and most interesting to me. A video captured from the PC emulator and showcasing some of the new Nokia Meego for smartphones interface features, like desktop widgets, integrated/social phonebook, App store access and music player, has been [...]
White Samsung Galaxy S spotted. Nokia N8 to cost €499 in Spain
Available only in dark colors at the moment, the Samsung Galaxy S is apparently coming in white, too. The Phone House seems to plan the launch of the white Galaxy S in Spain, where the smartphone will cost €499 (unlocked). There’s no word on when exactly the white version of the Galaxy S will be [...]
LG Wink, Wink 3G and Wink Style touchscreen phones announced for Generation Z
LG is adding three new devices to its army of touchscreen featurephones, all part of the just-announced Wink Series: LG Wink T300, LG Wink Style T310 and LG Wink 3G T320. Reportedly designed to meet the demands of young users (the so-called Generation Z), the LG Wink phones come with wide social networking support, customizable [...]
Windows Phone 7 to be launched in October in Europe, November in the US?
As the fourth quarter of the year comes closer, we’re finding out more and more details about Windows Phone 7. The latest piece of news is that Microsoft’s new mobile platform will “likely” be launched in Europe first (October), and then in the US (November). This isn’t a rumor coming out of nowhere, but something [...]
Sprint expands 4G coverage as it’s getting ready to launch the Samsung Epic 4G
Sprint has just announced that it’s extending 4G coverage (again) in several markets across the US, including Modesto and Stockton (in California), Jacksonville (Florida), Wilmington (Delaware), and Grand Rapids (Michigan). With these new markets added, the carrier now offers 4G services in 48 US metropolitan areas. Sprint also says that the Samsung Epic 4G will [...]
Samsung Press Event on August 11, Could be Galaxy Tab?
It’s no secret now that Samsung has a 7″ Android tablet in the works currently named the Galaxy Tab. The Tab specs have been uncovered for quite some time now, and last week the actual tablet itself was pictured in the wild and in a very non-chalant way. Today we got word of Samsung’s invitation [...]
Motorola Sage MB508 with Android, QWERTY keyboard shows up. Headed to AT&T?
Take the Motorola BackFlip and change its flipping keyboard with a normal, sliding one – what would you get? Probably something similar to the Motorola Sage MB508. The Sage MB508 is not officially announced, but we’ve found a photo of it chillin’ at the Bluetooth SIG, alongside some details on its features. Motorola Sage MB508 [...]