Where would you like the Mobile World Congress to be held from 2013?
That is a good question. Sadly though, this isn’t up to you or me. The GSMA, which is the association that organizes the yearly Mobile World Congress, has publicly revealed the cities that are bidding to get a contract to host the prestigious mobile industry event between 2013 and 2017. These are: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Cologne, [...]
Samsung to name its Android tablet “Galaxy Pad”, 7 and 10 inch versions in the making?
Samsung has reportedly decided on the final name its first Android tablet will have: Samsung Galaxy Pad. However, according to Korean site MK, this name will be used for certain only in South Korea – in other markets, the tablet may be called something else (maybe Galaxy Tab, as rumored until now). Apparently, Samsung works [...]
Dell Thunder prototypes smile for the camera
Not one, but two prototypes of Dell’s upcoming Android smartphone, the Thunder, are in the wild and have undergone an extensive photo and video session. These are labeled “Engineering Verification Test”, which means they’re from pretty early in the development cycle, so do keep in mind that minor details can change before the Thunder’s official [...]
Bell drops HTC Legend due to supply constraints
The HTC Legend has only been available in Canada on Bell for a couple of months. And now it faces ‘end-of-life’ status. According to a leaked internal Bell memo, “due to ongoing supply constraints from the manufacturer, the HTC Legend for Bell is effective immediately being discontinued”. Bell employees are advised to redirect customers wishing [...]
Froyo for Verizon’s Motorola Droid X leaked
We’ve previously heard that the Motorola Droid X would be updated to Android 2.2 Froyo “by early September”, so we shouldn’t be surprised if this happens in the next few days. Someone at the My Droid World forum (which is temporarily offline) already has a leaked version of Froyo for the Droid X and has [...]
Google runs out of Nexus One stock for developers
The Google Nexus One is sold out. Again. How, you ask, when just a month ago we reported it was sold out forever? Well, that was in Google’s online store. But since then, Google have decided to sell the Nexus One to developers via their Android publishers accounts. This meant that the Nexus One effectively [...]
Nokia quietly hikes prices for it’s new devices – C6, C5, E5, C3 and N8
Remember those estimated retail prices before taxes and subsidies that Nokia gives us with the announcement of each of their new handset? They sound great, don’t they? Yep. If only those were the prices that we could get the new Nokia smartphones for. Unfortunately that “before taxes” caveat makes it almost certain that we won’t. [...]
Verizon Motorola Droid Pro is actually the Droid 2 world edition? LG enV Touch 2 to run Android
Both the Motorola Droid 2 world edition and the Motorola Droid Pro have appeared in Verizon’s internal systems not long ago, the first with the model number A956 and the second with the model number A957. Even so, it looks like these aren’t two distinct devices, because the Droid Pro may actually be the Droid [...]
BlackBerry 9670 Oxford overview leaks, outs some of its specs
The BlackBerry 9670 Oxford is the first clamshell RIM handset to have a full QWERTY keyboard. And it looks a bit strange because of that. This smartphone hasn’t been officially acknowledged yet, so in the past few months we’ve had quite a few leaks involving it. We’ve first seen a picture of it, then heard [...]
HTC Desire Z and Desire HD specs leaked
We have previously heard that the device going by the codename HTC Vision will be sold as the HTC Desire Z and the HTC Ace will be known as the Desire HD, and now, thanks to mobiles.co.uk, a subsidiary of Carphone Warehouse, we’ve got some specs for these two smartphones. And they are impressive. The [...]
LG 2010 smartphone plans: Tegra chips, 10 smartphones, 5 million units
LG’s smartphone-related plans are starting to become so confusing that I think that LG themselves may be quite a bit confused. What’s clear is that their mobile division has been losing money, and they need to change that asap. In doing so, a powerful smartphone range is a must, since they’ve basically relied on featurephones [...]
Samsung Galaxy 5 i5503 and Galaxy 3 i5801 bring more Android to India
Having already launched the expensive Galaxy S in India, Samsung is now bringing more affordable Android solutions to the country by introducing the Samsung Galaxy 5 (i5503) and Samsung Galaxy 3 (i5801). Launched as Corby Smartphone in Italy, the Galaxy 5 comes with a 2.8 inch QVGA touchscreen display, Touch Wiz UI 3.0, 3G, Wi-Fi, [...]
RIM’s BlackPad won’t run BlackBerry OS
Now this is odd. When you think of RIM, you instantly think of BlackBerry. And when you think of BlackBerry, right after you think of QWERTY keyboards and whatnot, you think of BlackBerry OS. Now at version 6, this is what has been powering RIM’s devices since the beginning. When we first heard about RIM’s [...]
HTC plans big push into India
According to Gartner, smartphones represented 5.2% of the total mobile phone sales in India in the first quarter of 2010. That number will grow to 18% in 2014. This trend is clearly one of the factors that warranted HTC’s plans for a big push into India. The first signs have started to show up recently, [...]
Samsung Libre C3300 (Champ) and Orange Amsterdam launched in the UK: £49 on PAYG
Orange UK has launched two new and really affordable touchscreen phones for its Pay As You Go customers: the Samsung Libre C3300 and the Orange Amsterdam. Also known as Samsung Champ, the Libre C3300 is a tiny touch-only handset. It features a 2.4 inch QVGA screen, TouchWiz Lite UI, accelerometer, Bluetooth, 3.5mm headset jack, 1.3MP [...]
What will come after Android Gingerbread? Honeycomb, of course
It’s a well known fact that Google likes the alphabet and sweets for its Android versions’ codenames. Cupcake, Donut, Eclair, Froyo, and the upcoming Gingerbread are proof enough. Sure, there were a few misses (wasn’t Android 2.0 supposed to be Eclair? Also, what ever happened to Flan?), but generally the rule is clear. Each new [...]
Verizon ZTE Salute is now available
Just a few days ago Verizon’s product launch roadmap for the following months was leaked. Quite a few featurephones were pegged in it for a September release. Well, today, one of those is already available. It’s the ZTE Salute. Also known as the Verizon Salute or the ZTE F350. And we can’t say we’re upset [...]
BlackBerry Bold R9020 with OS 6 to come in October
Now that RIM has introduced the BlackBerry Torch 9800 and the Curve 3G 9300, it’s probably about time for a refresh of the Bold series. Meet the BlackBerry Bold R020 – the R020 part is so unlike RIM that I’m thinking the final and official name can’t be this one. Anyway. Those hoping for the [...]
RIM is shopping for a mobile ad network
RIM reportedly wants to follow in the footsteps of Google and Apple and get itself a nice mobile ad network. Google snatched AdMob, Apple bought Quattro, and RIM appears to have been in talks with Millennial Media about a potential acquisition. This is a company that serves ads on its own network of mobile websites [...]
More rumors about Motorola’s and Acer’s Android tablets
By now, almost everyone (everyone interested in Android, anyway) knows that Motorola is readying the release of an Android 3.0 Gingerbread tablet via Verizon Wireless. While other companies will also enter the tablet market with the help of Android, Digitimes Research has it that Motorola will be Google’s “priority choice” when it comes to tablets [...]