Samsung Galaxy S may get Android 2.2 Froyo on September 23rd
Samsung’s flagship Android smartphone has sadly launched with Android 2.1 Eclair on board. As a consequence of that, ever since its release, what people have been most interested in is when it will receive an update to Android 2.2 Froyo, the latest version of Google’s mobile operating system. And up until now we have heard [...]
Nokia E7 hands-on preview, video at #NokiaWorld
Nokia may position N8 as their main Symbian S^3 flagship for late 2010/early 2011, but as far as I am concerned, the real Nokia smartphone flagship this year is Nokia E7. The new Nokia Eseries (business) handset was officially announced today, and you can find official E7 specs and details here. I had a possibility [...]
Samsung i8700 Windows Phone 7 handset caught on video
Samsung GT-i8700, which will probably be one of Sammy’s first Windows Phone 7 devices, has appeared in a relatively lengthy video preview, not long after we’ve seen it in some hands-on photos. Caketuzz (the source of the video) even has some new images of the i8700, showing it next to the Bada-based Samsung Wave S8500. [...]
Project JAL budget Android smartphone gets official as the Orange San Francisco
European operators have a thing for own-brand cheap Android smartphones. Or so it would seem, judging by recent moves. T-Mobile, Vodafone and Orange have all announced budget devices under their own brands. But perhaps the most intriguing has always been Orange’s Project JAL. We’ve heard of this first about two months ago, that it was [...]
Acer unveils the Liquid E Ferrari Special Edition Android smartphone in India
Clearly, today is re-announcement day in the Android smartphone world. LG was at it, and now there is news about Acer basically re-announcing the already announced Liquid E Ferrari. They did however slightly rebrand it, as it’s now called the Acer Liquid E Ferrari Special Edition. I don’t know if having more words in the [...]
LG re-announces the Optimus One and Optimus Chic Android smartphones, delays Optimus Pad tablet
LG is a bit funny. They claim time and time again that they will launch dozens of new smartphones this year and sell millions of them. And then they keep announcing and re-announcing the same devices. Take the Optimus One and Optimus Chic smartphones. These Android-packing devices were first semi-announced more than two months ago. [...]
Nokia N8 is “the best entertainment phone”, says Anssi Vanjoki
Before announcing its three new Symbian^3 smartphones (Nokia C6-01, C7 and E7) and the new Ovi Maps at Nokia World 2010 – in front of 3000 people – Niklas Savander and Anssi Vanjoki talked a lot about the Nokia N8 and Symbian in general. First of all, Niklas Savander reminded us that Nokia is the [...]
New Ovi Maps beta: check-ins, real time traffic info and public transport
New smartphones were not all that Nokia launched at Nokia World today. Now available is a new beta version of Ovi Maps, which is probably the most successful Nokia software/service. Today, free Ovi Maps walk and drive navigation is available in 78 countries and on 24 Nokia devices. The new beta version, which you can [...]
The Nokia E7 is real and official, big and slim
Nokia World, Nokia’s biggest event/conference of the year has started, and, as expected, there was no new MeeGo device announced. However, three new Symbian^3 smartphones were officially unveiled. These are the C6 and C7, and the E7. The Nokia E7 is exactly the device that has leaked over and over again during the past few [...]
Nokia C6-01 and Nokia C7 Symbian^3 smartphones announced at Nokia World
Today, during Nokia World 2010, Anssi Vanjoki (who announced, yesterday, that he would no longer be Nokia’s head of Mobile Business) has unveiled new Symbian smartphones. Two of them are the previously rumored Nokia C6-01 and Nokia C7 – while the third one is the Nokia E7. The C6-01 looks a lot like the Nokia [...]
Verizon HTC Droid Incredible smartphones will ship with SLCD displays before the end of September
HTC have had their share of issues with AMOLED display technology. Or rather, not with the tech itself, but with shortages of displays using it. This then led to widespread delays of HTC smartphones. Probably the most notable (and longest) of these hit the Droid Incredible for Verizon. And while that phone is now back [...]
Samsung Galaxy Apollo now available on T-Mobile UK
The Samsung Galaxy Apollo is a midrange Android smartphone that is starting to slowly become available in more and more markets. In the UK, the two operators that we’ve so far heard will carry it are Orange and T-Mobile. It’s been in the “Coming Soon” section of T-Mobile UK‘s website for quite some time. And [...]
AT&T holiday 2010 lineup leaks: Samsung Galaxy Tab, 3 new Android smartphones, 6 WP7 devices
Parts of AT&T’s holiday 2010 smartphone and tablet lineup have leaked. And while this leak doesn’t feature exhaustive details on each upcoming product, it paints a very interesting picture regarding AT&T’s Q4 offerings. The Samsung Galaxy Tab was photographed with AT&T branding and is, at this point, all but confirmed to be coming to the [...]
Canada: Koodo Mobile to launch the LG Breeze
Koodo Mobile, the Canadian discount carrier, is apparently getting ready to launch a new LG handset, the Breeze. A leaked screenshot taken from Koodo’s inventory management application shows just that. The LG Breeze is not a superphone, but it most certainly will be very affordable, which is also one of its key features. The LG [...]
RadioShack will sell the T-Mobile G2 for only $149.99
The HTC-made T-Mobile G2 is the successor to the legendary G1, which was the first Android smartphone. It was officially announced a few days ago, and pre-orders direct from TMo will start later this month. And while the official price that T-Mobile will ask for this superphone was leaked, but not officially confirmed, Best Buy [...]
Brew-based Motorola EX300 touchscreen phone coming soon
Motorola, which has just announced the Android-running Defy for T-Mobile USA, is launching a new touchscreen phone that runs Qualcomm’s Brew OS. Named Motorola EX300, the phone is an entry-level one. It features tri-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE connectivity (900/1800/1900 MHz), 3G (900/2100 MHz), a 2.8 inch QVGA display, GPS, stereo Bluetooth, 3.1MP camera, and MicroSD card support. [...]
WiFi Apple iPad available in China on September 17th
China Unicom may have gotten the iPad 3G exclusive in China, but it looks like the non-3G, WiFi only versions of the iPad will not be sold by China’s second largest carrier. They will, however, be sold directly by Apple through its Apple Retail Stores in China, starting on September 17th at 10 am. The [...]
Samsung Galaxy Tab will be available on Verizon, AT&T and Sprint
The Samsung Galaxy Tab is poised to repeat the feat pulled by its smartphone cousin, the Galaxy S, of launching in very many different countries or territories with very many different carriers. The story is no different in the United States. The Galaxy S is available, in one version or another, from all the Big [...]
Acer Liquid Metal confirmed, will run Froyo and launch in the UK by the end of October
Last week we saw the first leaked pics of one of Acer’s upcoming Android-powered smartphones, the Liquid Metal. And while the pictures look real enough, there was no official confirmation that this handset exists, if Liquid Metal will indeed be its commercial name, or if the leaked specs are real. There is still no info [...]
Kyocera Sanyo Innuendo QWERTY phone launched by Sprint
Sprint has added a new messaging phone to its line-up of devices: the Kyocera Sanyo Innuendo. Like the Sanyo Incognito (currently available at Sprint for free on contract), the Innuendo has two displays – a small, OLED external one, and a 2.8 inch WQVGA internal one. The phone also comes with a full QWERTY keyboard, [...]