LG Optimus T will be available from T-Mobile starting November 3 for $30
T-Mobile has officially announced the LG Optimus T a few weeks ago. This is a midrange Android-powered device that effectively is T-Mobile’s version of the LG Optimus One. The Optimus T will be available from T-Mobile on November 3 and will set you back $30 (after a $50 mail-in rebate) if you opt for a [...]
Spice Mobile launches cheap dual SIM phone with 3D display in India, no glasses needed
Sharp may be working on a phone with a 3D display that won’t require special glasses to view, but it looks like someone else beat them to the punch. India’s Spice Mobile has just launched the M-67 3D, which is a phone that has an auto-stereoscopic 3D display. What that means is that, you guessed [...]
The Android Market finally, officially has 100,000 apps
In the world of modern superphones, the race to have the most apps available in the Store, or Market, or Marketplace, is certainly on. No matter how irrelevant numbers may be after a certain threshold. Apple has long been leading this metric, but Android is slowly catching up. The first time we heard that the [...]
Samsung to announce new Android device on November 8. Will it run Froyo or Gingerbread?
Samsung is getting ready to officially unveil a new Android device on November 8 (in two weeks from now), during an event held in New York. The company doesn’t specifically say what type of device it is, but that Phone icon seen on the right of the invite (pictured below) suggests it’s either a smartphone, [...]
Sprint’s Samsung Galaxy Tab launching on November 14 for $400 on contract
Just like Verizon did last week, Sprint has announced the launch date of its Samsung Galaxy Tab: November 14 (that’s three days after Verizon’s version will be available). Sprint will sell the Galaxy Tab for $399.99 with 2-yr agreement (a 3G Tablet Mobile Broadband plan starting at $29.99 per month is required). The Samsung tablet [...]
HTC Speedy / Knight to hit Sprint in January next year, maybe with Gingerbread?
Sprint already has an impressive collection of Android smartphones, but there’s always room for more. That’s why the third largest US carrier is readying the launch of a new Android handset from HTC. Initially appeared as HTC Knight, the new device may be called HTC Speedy when launched. Boy Genius Report has it that Sprint [...]
BlackBerry Bold 9780 coming to T-Mobile USA on November 17?
The new BlackBerry Bold 9780 will be released not only in Europe and Canada, but also in the US, where T-Mobile could be the first carrier to offer it. According to a document uncovered by TmoNews, the Bold 9780 should be available at T-Mo USA starting November 17. While RIM has not announced the 9780 [...]
Huawei Ideos X6 and X5 – new Android Froyo smartphones
Not long after announcing its first Android 2.2 smartphone, the Ideos, Huawei has presented other two handsets that run Froyo: the Ideos X5 and Ideos X6. Unlike Huawei’s older Android offerings, the X6 and X5 are not low-end devices. The Ideos X6 has a Moto Droid X-like design and features a 4.1 inch WVGA display, [...]
Verizon’s Motorola Droid Pro to cost $299 on contract? Probably not
So we’ve heard that the Motorola Droid Pro might be launched by Verizon on November 11, at the same time with four other smartphones: Droid 2 Global Edition, Motorola Citrus, HTC Merge and Palm Pre 2. But will the Droid Pro have the same price as the Droid 2 and Droid X, i.e. $199 on [...]
Android Gingerbread’s launch date gets really close as giant Gingerbread man arrives at Googleplex
Like it did before launching the previous versions of Android, Google has just mounted a giant sculpture that represents the latest iteration of the OS in front of its headquarters. This time, of course, we’re talking about Gingerbread, so Google has brought in a giant Gingerbread man. This certainly means the Android Gingerbread SDK will [...]
Virgin Mobile Canada launches low-end HSPA-capable LG Sway
Virgin Mobile Canada has launched a new entry-level device today, the LG Sway. This is no smartphone or even a midrange featurephone, it may however be the perfect match for mobile novices and could also perhaps make a good second handset. It has HSPA support, a 1.3 megapixel camera, 2-inch display, GPS with A-GPS, MP3 [...]
Vodafone UK now sells the HTC Desire HD and the Nokia N8
Following its release on Three and the start of its availability SIM-free, the HTC Desire HD is now also ready to be bought from Vodafone, as previously expected. Big Red will give you HTC’s flagship Android smartphone for free if you sign up for a £35/month, 24-month contract. This agreement will get you 600 minutes [...]
Sprint Samsung Moment gets a bugfix firmware update
Sprint has released a firmware update for the (aging) Samsung Moment. This sadly isn’t an update to Android 2.2 Froyo. The phone will still be on Android 2.1 Eclair. The update is aimed at fixing bugs and will address issues with inability to dial 911 (which happens after a modem crash related to airplane mode [...]
HTC Desire HD and BlackBerry Torch 9800 are now available SIM-free in the UK
Both HTC’s and RIM’s flagship smartphones have become available in the UK SIM-free. The HTC Desire HD is certainly the most anticipated Android-powered device of the month, and, after some delays, it has finally landed online at retailer Devicewire and it can be yours for a cool £515 (VAT included). Given the expected levels of [...]
Android Gingerbread will be version 2.3, Samsung may be making one of the first phones to run it
The next version of Google’s mobile operating system will be called Gingerbread, that much we know for sure. However, until now there’s been a lot of speculation regarding what version number Gingerbread would get. Most assumptions focused on 3.0, and a lot fewer on 2.5. But today a slip from a Google employee may have [...]
Nokia N8 coming to Orange UK this weekend (HD Voice-enabled), Rogers Canada later
Orange UK has announced (via Twitter) that it would offer the Nokia N8 to its customers starting this weekend. The new Symbian smartpohne will be available for free on select plans, coming with HD Voice (which reportedly delivers “excellent audio quality to mobile calls”). Orange UK currently offers only four other HD Voice-enabled handsets: the [...]
Dell Venue Pro with WP7 to arrive in the UK next month for £499.99
One of the most interesting Windows Phone 7 handsets officially unveiled on October 21 is the Dell Venue Pro, a touchscreen device that also has a vertical sliding QWERTY keyboard. The Venue Pro will be launched by Dell in the USA (via T-Mobile), and it’s also coming to the UK, where Expansys currently takes pre-orders [...]
KT to offer 30,000 free Apple iPads to employees
Apple’s iPad will be launched in South Korea sometime next month by KT, the country’s second largest mobile carrier. Those who work for KT (about 30,000 people) won’t have to buy the iPad if they want to, because the company has decided, “after reviewing a proposal by the labor union”, to give away free iPads [...]
Motorola Defy and Samsung Galaxy Tab coming to T-Mobile UK, too
Already announced by T-Mobile USA, the Samsung Galaxy Tab and the Motorola Defy will also be available via T-Mobile UK. Both Android devices are now featured on T-Mo UK’s coming soon webpage, and it looks like they’ll be available starting November (for unknown prices). The Samsung Galaxy Tab is, of course, a 7-inch Android Froyo [...]
Lumigon T1 is the first Android phone with Bang & Olufsen technology (video)
Lumigon, a Denmark-based company, has announced the launch of its first Android handset, called Lumigon T1. The T1 is the first Android device to feature Bang & Olufsen’s ICEpower technology, which provides “superior audio quality both in the speaker, receiver and head phones.” The phone also features: 3.5 inch WVGA touchscreen display, a “a special [...]