Canada: Bell will launch the BlackBerry Bold 9780 on November 2 and the HTC Desire Z on November 3
Two new smartphones are headed to Bell in Canada. The BlackBerry Bold 9780 has been seen before, and even rumored to hit both Telus and Rogers later this month. And now it certainly looks like Bell won’t be far behind, with the launch set for the second day of November. The handset will be available [...]
Samsung Continuum and LG Vortex will be on Verizon on October 29
A source has told Droid-Life today that the Samsung Continuum and LG Vortex will both be released by Verizon on October 29. The Samsung Continuum is an Android smartphone that was first seen a couple of months ago in a leaked Verizon roadmap for this fall. Then last month, not one, but two sets of [...]
Symbian ‘CEO’ steps down
The Symbian Foundation’s Executive Director (title equivalent to CEO if the foundation were a company), Lee M. Williams, has stepped down. His departure is (perhaps surprisingly) effective immediately, and his replacement will be Tim Holbrow, formerly the Symbian Foundation’s CFO. Though usually in such cases the immediate replacement announcements only refer to temporary replacements, in [...]
Verizon to launch Motorola Droid Pro, Droid 2 Global, Moto Citrus and Palm Pre 2 on November 11?
We already know that Verizon is getting ready to introduce lots of new smartphones in the near future (including the just-announced Palm Pre 2 with HP WebOS 2.0), but we don’t know their exact launch dates. Or do we? According to Droid-life, November 11 will be a very busy day for Verizon, because that’s the [...]
Steve Jobs Android Anxiety Disorder
Steve Jobs has an Android anxiety disorder. And, as the Android adoption grows, threatening to surpass iOS dominance in the next generation mobile devices, the anxiety is getting worse each month. Ever since Google first introduced Android back in late 2007, and especially when they launched the touch focused version of it in late 2008, [...]
HP officially announces WebOS 2.0 and Palm Pre 2 (coming to Verizon, SFR and Canada)
HP has just announced the Palm Pre 2 and WebOS 2.0 – both of which have been in the rumors lately. HP and Palm have taken an Apple-like approach when designing the new Pre 2, making it look only a tad different from the previous model (just like new iPhones don’t look too different form [...]
Vertu Constellation Quest hits the FCC, Symbian confirmed
Announced by Vertu last week, the Constellation Quest QWERTY smartphone has been approved by the FCC today. The FCC posted the handset’s Users Manual, which confirms that, as we assumed, the Constellation Quest runs Symbian – although it seems to be a slightly customized version of it. Other known features of the Quest include: Wi-Fi, [...]
Android 3.0 to be ready for tablets in December. HTC’s tablet may be delayed
According to Taiwanese sources quoted by DigiTimes, Google has recently notified hardware partners that Android 3.0 is close to be completed, and tablet engineering samples based on it would show up starting December this year. Reportedly, Android 3.0 tablets should be announced in January 2011 during CES. It’s said that Acer, Asus, MSI, Samsung, Motorola [...]
Samsung Galaxy Tab is now available from Vodafone Germany
The Samsung Galaxy Tab is quickly making its way into shops across Europe. And while if you live in the UK you’ll only be able to buy one starting on November 1, if you’re in Germany, you’re a bit luckier as you can get one now. A few days ago Samsung announced the official recommended [...]
Like the iPad, BlackBerry PlayBook will have 16GB, 32GB and 64GB versions
Last month, when RIM announced the BlackBerry PlayBook, it didn’t unveil the tablet’s storage capacity. Well, it turns out that, just like Apple’s iPad, the PlayBook will come in three versions: 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB. Jim Balsillie, RIM’s co-CEO, has confirmed this new detail while showcasing the PlayBook during GITEX in the Middle East. He [...]
Samsung Chat 322 dual SIM QWERTY phone announced
Samsung has just announced its first dual SIM phone that features a full QWERTY keyboard. Called Samsung Ch@t 322, the new handset is a candybar which comes with a dedicated key that “offers convenient access” to any of the two SIM cards the user has installed. The phone also features a trackpad, a rather small [...]
Verizon Motorola Droid X SE is on the way
The unreleased, unannounced, but leaked smartphone of the day comes courtesy of PhoneArena and is an Android powerhouse. The Motorola Droid X SE is reportedly on its way to Verizon, and it’s unclear what its name stands for – it can either be Silver Edition (since the bezel around the display is now silver, compared [...]
Apple sold 14.1 million iPhones this quarter
Apple has announced the financial results for its fiscal fourth quarter (ending September 25). And once again, records have been broken. Revenue was at $20.34 billion and the net quarterly profit was $4.31 billion. During last year’s fiscal fourth quarter, these numbers were significantly lower: $12.21 billion in revenue and $2.53 billion of net quarterly [...]
Samsung Galaxy Tab gets official £530 UK street price
The Samsung Galaxy Tab will become available in the UK in just a few weeks, on November 1. And since that date is fast approaching, more details about its pricing are slowly coming to light. For example, today we have the first official street price for the tab, £530, courtesy of Carphone Warehouse, one of the [...]
More iPhone rumors surface
Not a week goes by without an iPhone-related rumor. And sometimes, not even a day can pass without us hearing more and more about the (apparently) imminent CDMA iPhone. Today’s rumor comes from one of Boy Genius’ Apple sources, and it may have nothing to do with the CDMA iPhone. It seems like the iPhone [...]
Confirmed: Bell will sell the HTC Desire Z in Canada
While the HTC Desire Z and Desire HD may be delayed in Europe, carriers elsewhere are at work planning their future releases. Up until now, it wasn’t clear whether any of these flagship smartphones would make it to North America. We’ve only heard a rumor that the Desire Z may be going Bell’s way in [...]
Samsung E1252 to be the company’s cheapest dual SIM phone
If you thought Samsung couldn’t launch a dual SIM phone that’s cheaper than the E2152 (which costs around $80), check out the new Samsung GT-E1252. Mobil.cz has it that the E1252 should cost only 800 CZK – that’s about $45 or €33, which makes the new phone almost as cheap as the Nokia C1-00. Feature-wise, [...]
Amazon now sells both the HTC Evo 4G and the Samsung Epic 4G for only $99.99
Over the past couple of years a ‘standard’ price has emerged in the US for new high-end smartphones – $199.99. There have been some exceptions to this ‘rule’, like the Sprint Samsung Epic 4G being priced by the carrier $50 above, but generally the big four US carriers stuck with this pricing. However, for those [...]
Toshiba Regza IS04 is the world’s first 12MP Android phone
Japan’s KDDI (which will launch the Samsung SMT-i9100 Froyo tablet next year) has announced three new Android smartphones. One of them is the Toshiba Regza IS04 – which, as far as I’m aware, is the first Android handset to come with a 12 Megapixel photo camera. The Regza IS04 is waterproof and it also features [...]
Sprint’s BlackBerry Style 9670 (Oxford) gets official: $99.99 starting October 31
Sprint and RIM have officially announced the BlackBerry Style 9670 (aka BlackBerry Oxford). As rumored, the new RIM clamshell will be available for purchase at Sprint starting the end of this month: October 31. The third largest US carrier will sell the smartphone for $99.99 on contract (after a $100 mail-in rebate), in your choice [...]