7 inch RIM BlackBerry PlayBook tablet with dual-core CPU officially announced (video)
Research in Motion’s first tablet isn’t called BlackPad, and neither SurfBook: it’s the BlackBerry PlayBook – officially announced today. The PlayBook has a 7 inch multitouch capacitive display with 1024 x 600 pixels (why, hello, Samsung Galaxy Tab) and runs the brand new BlackBerry Tablet OS, also announced today. The tablet is, unsurprisingly, Adobe Flash [...]
Motorola intros Oasis Bluetooth headset for AT&T, S10-HD Bluetooth stereo headphones (video)
Apart from announcing the Droid R2-D2 limited edition for Verizon, Motorola today has also unveiled new accessories: the Motorola Oasis Bluetooth headset and the Motorola S10-HD Bluetooth stereo headphones. The Oasis is made for AT&T and “features a unique, behind-the-ear design that creates a comfortable, stable feel, and dual-mics for superior noise cancellation.” Also featuring [...]
Verizon’s Motorola Droid 2 R2-D2 limited edition officially arrives this Thursday
If the original Droid 2 is too boring for you, Verizon has you covered with the Motorola Droid R2-D2 limited edition, which has just been officially announced. Available at Verizon starting September 30 (this Thursday), the Droid 2 R2-D2 will cost $249 after a $100 mail-in rebate (new 2-year contract agreement required). Featuring a cover [...]
Verizon Samsung Fascinate Galaxy S review
One by one, the Samsung Galaxy S lineup was released. The craziness started with the Captivate on AT&T, followed by the T-Mobile Vibrant just days later. The following month we were blessed with the presence of Sprint’s version, the Epic 4G, with its faster network and full keyboard to go along with it. But even [...]
Samsung Galaxy Tab offered with free keyboard dock in Spain
Expected to be available starting the next few weeks (or even sooner) in some European countries, the Samsung Galaxy Tab will come with an array of accessories meant to provide a better user experience. One of these accessories is a keyboard dock that will allow you to input text easier than via the tablet’s virtual [...]
BlackBerry Style 9670 spotted in Sprint’s internal systems, new videos
The new BlackBerry Style 9670 is still not announced, but RIM should make it official really soon. Until this happens, we have to report that the clamshell has made an appearance in Sprint’s internal systems – this confirms, once again, the fact that the third largest US carrier will offer the new BlackBerry clamshell to [...]
Windows Phone 7 to be launched on October 21 in Europe. AT&T HTC Mondrian revealed in ads
Microsoft is reportedly getting ready to launch different Windows Phone 7 devices in Europe on October 21. According to Neowin, this is the date when said WP7 devices will be available for purchase in the following European markets: the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain. Before that, Microsoft should hold an event on October 11 [...]
Sonim XP1300 Core rugged phone (IP68 certified) to be announced next month
We haven’t heard much about Sonim lately, but that doesn’t mean the Californian company is wasting time doing nothing. According to PortableGear, Sonim has a new rugged phone that’s called Sonim XP1300 Core and should be announced at the beginning of October. The XP1300 Core is IP68 certified (the previous model, Sonim XP3.2 Quest Pro, [...]
Dell Streak and Motorola Flipout coming to Australia in early October
Two new Android devices will be launched in Australia really soon: the Dell Streak and the Motorola FlipOut. The Dell Streak will be Australia’s first Android tablet (the Samsung Galaxy Tab will also be launched there, but it’s not clear when exactly). It should be available via Optus starting October 1, bringing features like a [...]
Samsung i916 (Cetus?) shows off its love for Windows Phone 7 next to an iPhone 4
Samsung has at least two Windows Phone 7 handsets in the making: the GT-i8700 and the AT&T-bound Cetus i917. The latter seems to have a slightly different version – the SGH-i916, which has been recently spotted somewhere in Canada, proudly standing next to an iPhone 4. The i916 looks exactly like the i917, so the [...]
Samsung Galaxy Tab official video demo now available. 10 inch Galaxy Tab may come in early 2011
Samsung’s first Android tablet, the Galaxy Tab, is not yet available for purchase – but it should be starting this month (in Europe, not in the US – where AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile will likely introduce it starting October). Until you get the chance to buy a Galaxy Tab, Samsung has uploaded an official [...]
Two Facebook Android phones from INQ coming next year?
INQ and Facebook have been friends since the INQ Chat 3G and Mini 3G were developed (the phones come with Facebook integration, among other things). Now the two companies seem to want to take their relationship to a new level. Bloomberg reports that INQ and Facebook are working on two new smartphones that will run [...]
Nokia and AT&T launch Symbian app development contest with $10 million in prizes
It’s been only two days since Canadian Stepehn Elop took over Nokia as its new CEO, but the company is already showing an increased interest in the North American market. Nokia has teamed up with AT&T to announce the “2010 Calling All Innovators, North America” contest, which asks developers to create Symbian^3 apps and games [...]
Android 2.1 update for the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 range delayed until October
Bad news for the owners of Sony Ericsson’s Xperia X10, X10 Mini and X10 Mini Pro: the three smartphones won’t receive Android updates this quarter, as previously promised. Sony Ericsson has posted an “update on updates” on one of its official blogs, saying that it now plans to roll-out updates for the Xperia X10 line [...]
Interview with Gravity for Symbian developer Jan Ole Suhr
During Nokia World 2010 in London I had a possibility to sit down with Jan Ole Suhr, developer of Gravity social networking client, one of the most popular and successful Symbian apps. Jan is currently at the sort of the crossroads with the development of the Gravity app, as it comes to porting it to QT. [...]
HTC HD7 full spec sheet apparently leaked
Just yesterday, we saw the unannounced HTC HD7 Windows Phone 7 handset in some live photos, and now it’s time to take a look at its specs. WMPowerUser claims to have a full spec sheet of the new smartphone. The first noticeable thing is that the HD7 comes with AWS support – so it can [...]
New BlackBerry Storm 9570 with OS 6 shows up in photos?
RIM may have not one, but two new BlackBerry Storms ready to be launched. One of them is the alleged Storm 3 seen a few days ago, while the other one is the BlackBerry Storm 9570. Looking similar to the Storm 2, the Storm 9570 should have more RAM (512MB), a better camera (5MP), and [...]
The importance of apps has been greatly exaggerated. Only 18% of users buy smartphones for apps
Smartphones are called smartphones not because they’re “more intelligent than you are”, but because they run complete operating systems and, thus, they let users customize them with a great deal of apps (useful or less useful – that’s another story). And although you’d think that the availability of apps is one of the main reasons [...]
CDMA iPhone (for Verizon?) rumored again, production could start next quarter
The long, long-rumored CDMA iPhone is making headlines again. This time, Barron’s reports that Susquehanna Financial analyst Jeff Fidicaro did some “checks with Apple’s supply chain” and has concluded that 3 million CDMA iPhones should be manufactured in the fourth quarter of this year (which starts in October – meaning really soon). The analyst doesn’t [...]
Actual live pictures of the HTC HD3/HD7 Windows Phone 7 device leak
Tired of looking at sketches trying to figure out how the HTC HD7 might look like? Tired of the name “HD7″ and wish it were HD3 as initially expected? Well, good news for you then, on both accounts. HTC are clearly working on quite a few smartphones to be powered by Windows Phone 7. One [...]