HTC Desire HD and Desire Z pre-orders have started
The HTC Desire HD and Desire Z have only been announced yesterday, but that didn’t stop many European retailers from starting pre-orders for what are now HTC’s highest-end smartphones. And luckily those retailers were kind enough to also post the date when they expect to ship these devices. It looks like both smartphones will apparently [...]
Cheap Dual-SIM Samsung Guru E2152 launches in India
Samsung has a range of (very) low-end featurephones in India called Guru. These are mostly aimed at those who purchase their first ever mobile phone, and as such are simple devices with calling and texting as the main use-cases. Joining the range is the E2152 Guru, which should have been available in August, according to [...]
Sanjay Jha: Motorola Android tablet hopefully coming in early 2011
Those who were expecting Motorola to launch its first Android tablet this year will be disappointed to find out that the company’s co-CEO, Mr. Sanjay Jha, doesn’t believe this can happen earlier than 2011. AFP reports that Sanjay Jha has recently declared the following (during a Deutsche Bank Technology Conference in San Francisco): “I will [...]
HTC HD7 to bring Windows Phone 7 to T-Mobile USA in November?
It looks like AT&T is not the only US carrier that could offer Windows Phone 7 smartphones as soon as November. T-Mobile may also have a WP7 device on sale that month. TmoNews has managed to obtain a T-Mobile document that includes accessories for some upcoming handsets. One of these handsets is the HTC HD7, [...]
HTC Desire HD, Nokia C7 and LG Optimus One coming to T-Mobile UK
T-Mobile UK has just added three new smartphones to its website’s coming soon section, two of them running Android 2.2 Froyo, and one running Symbian^3. First of all, the just-announced HTC Desire HD will be available at T-Mo starting October. The carrier doesn’t say how much you’ll have to pay for the handset. However, it [...]
Motorola Grasp QWERTY phone available now at US Cellular
Announced by Motorola back in July, the Moto Grasp is now available in the US – not via MetroPCS, as I initially thought it would be, but via US Cellular. The Motorola Grasp is a QWERTY feature phone with a 2.2 inch display, “advanced contact search”, threaded messaging, sGPS, stereo Bluetooth, 3.5mm headset jack, 1.3MP [...]
LG Rumour Plus is now available in Canada from Bell
The LG Rumour Plus should have joined its relative, the Rumour 2, in Bell’s lineup on August 11th. That was the original plan, however it seems that some manufacturing delays have kept that from happening until today. So now, the Rumour Plus is finally available in Canada from Bell. It will set you back $39.95 [...]
Motorola Devour is now free on Verizon
The Motorola Devour is no high end device, that’s for sure. But it is the only Motoblur enhanced Android smartphone on offer from Verizon right now, believe it or not. So if you like Motoblur (I guess there must be people around who do), and hate that it may be dying, this one’s for you. [...]
Nokia C7 pre-orders start in Germany and Spain
The Nokia C7 has been unveiled yesterday during Nokia World, and it looks like pre-orders for this stylish midrange Symbian^3 device have already started in some markets. Germany was the first country to have the C7 up for pre-order, followed shortly thereafter by Spain. In both cases, the price being asked is €429. This, as [...]
BlackBerry Bold 9780 will be available in Canada on October 21st
The BlackBerry Bold 9780 may not have been officially announced yet, but that didn’t stop it from leaking over the past few months. Two different videos showcasing this device have surfaced in the past, but no word on when it will be released. Until now. A tipster informed MobileSyrup that this new smartphone from RIM [...]
HTC Android 3.0 tablet to come in the first quarter of 2011?
While HTC hasn’t announced any tablets during today’s event in London (the Desire HD and Desire Z were unveiled there instead), the Taiwanese company surely has one in the making. According to DigiTimes (which, as usual, quotes “Taiwan-based component makers”), HTC’s first Android tablet might be launched in the first quarter of next year. The [...]
Low-end Android-running Alcatel OT-980 announced, available in the UK in October for £99
More and more low-end Android phones are being released each day. If just a few months ago you were hard pressed to find any Android device retail for under £250, now you just can’t say you’re out of options. And sure, they may all be similar in specs, but that’s to be expected if very [...]
Sprint announces the BlackBerry Curve 3G 9330, 4G App Challenge
Just like Verizon yesterday, today Sprint has announced the upcoming availability of the BlackBerry Curve 3G 9330. Sprint will sell the 3G Curve starting September 26 online, through Telesales, and Business Sales. Weird enough, Sprint’s version of the new Curve is more expensive than Verizon’s (the devices are identical specs-wise): it’ll cost you $49.99 with [...]
HTC Desire HD hands-on preview video
HTC has been setting the pace among Android device vendors from the very beginning, with the launch of G1 two years ago. Sometimes other vendors like Motorola, and now Samsung, will leapfrog Taiwanese upstart. But that will last only a few weeks. E.g, when original Motorola Droid come out, it was able to hold Android leadership [...]
Android-filled HTC Desire HD and Desire Z officially announced
HTC has just presented two new Android smartphones in London (as expected): the HTC Desire HD and the HTC Desire Z. The Desire HD is pretty much an non-American version of Sprint’s HTV EVO 4G. It features a 4.3 inch WVGA TFT touchscreen display, HSPA+, Wi-Fi, GPS, Dobly Mobile sound, HD video recording, 8MP autofocus [...]
Nokia C3-01 Touch and Type announced, the second S40 touchscreen phone (video)
Nokia World 2010 isn’t all about Symbian^3 smartphones (the C6-01, C7 and E7 were unveiled there yesterday). An S40 handset has also been announced during the event: it’s the Nokia C3-01 Touch and Type. Like the Nokia X3 Touch and Type, the C3-01 features a touchscreen display (2.4 inch, QVGA) and an alphanumeric keypad – [...]
Carrier customization on Windows Phone 7 demoed by Telstra
Telstra was among the mobile carriers that supported Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 from the day the new OS was announced. And it will probably be the first to introduce WP7 devices in Australia. The carrier has uploaded a video via its official YouTube channel, which shows that it will customize its Windows Phone 7 devices [...]
Nokia C6-01 hands-on preview at #NokiaWorld
Let the confusion with the new Nokia device naming scheme begin. Introduced today as Nokia C6, the cheapest new Symbian^3 handset should not be confused with previous Nokia C6 QWERTY smartphone that runs on Symbian^1/S0 5th edition. That old model was actually Nokia C6-00, and the new model is C6-01. There. All is perfectly clear [...]
Nokia C7 hands-on preview and video at #NokiaWorld
While Nokia E7 handset is a step above the official flagship – N8, Nokia C7 is one step below. Basically , Nokia C7 is a simplified, cheaper mainstream version of N8, without fancy multimedia features like HDMI out or Dolby Stereo playback, and lower resolution, 8 megapixel camera. It’s not that much cheaper, with recommended [...]
Verizon BlackBerry Curve 3G 9330 available starting September 16
As expected, the BlackBerry Curve 3G will be available at Verizon really soon: the largest US mobile carrier has just announced that business sales channels would offer the CDMA version (9330) of the new Curve starting September 16 (this Thursday). Verizon’s online store, as well as its retail stores, will have the smartphone “in the [...]