Angry Birds for Android passes 2 million downloads, crashes GetJar servers
The full version of the popular Angry Birds game has been launched this Friday for Android, first via GetJar and quickly after via Android Market, too. Rovio (the game’s developer) says on Twitter that, since then, Angry Birds for Android was downloaded 2 million times. The maybe unexpected success caused GetJar’s servers to crash and [...]
Samsung Wave II S8530 to hit the UK in December
Officially announced a few weeks ago, the Samsung Wave II S8530 should be available starting November. However, in the UK the new smartphone will only be launched sometime in December – that’s what a tweet from Samsung UK says. The Wave II S8530 is Samsung’s fifth smartphone to run the company’s own Bada OS. It [...]
HTC Gratia with Android 2.2 Froyo announced: it’s the European version of HTC Aria
HTC has just unveiled a new Android smartphone: the HTC Gratia – which is actually not that new, since it’s just the European version of AT&T’s HTC Aria (announced back in June). Unlike the Aria, the Gratia comes with Android 2.2 Froyo on board, and it will be available in at least three color versions: [...]
Verizon’s upcoming world phones: Motorola Droid Pro, Droid 2 Global Edition, HTC Merge, LG enV Pro
A new leaked Verizon roadmap seems to confirm that the largest US carrier will launch no less than four global handsets before the end of the year. First of all, we’ve obviously got the Motorola Droid Pro, announced earlier this month and expected to hit the shelves in the coming weeks. Next, we have three [...]
Samsung’s second Android Froyo tablet, SMT-i9100, announced in Japan
Samsung has announced a new Android tablet in Japan. It’s not that rumored 10-inch tablet, but another 7-inch (1024 x 600 pixels) one called Samsung SMT-i9100. The SMT-i9100 doesn’t look like the Galaxy Tab P1000, and it also has some different features: 2MP photo camera, no front-facing camera, no TouchWiz UI (an “Ocean Observation UI” [...]
Verizon Motorola Droid 2 and Droid X security flaw discovered
An interesting, if not worrying, bug has been discovered to exist in the software for both the Motorola Droid 2 and the Droid X. We’re talking factory software here, no rooted phones or custom ROMs. Both Droids allow the execution of Google voice actions on the phone even if it is locked with a password [...]
Samsung Galaxy Tab is now available in Russia
The Samsung Galaxy Tab is starting to slowly become available across Europe. A few days ago, Samsung announced that you can buy one in Germany for 799 euro and the expected shipping date of the Tab in the UK is November 1. In the mean time, Samsung’s first Android-powered tablet has gone on sale in [...]
Android 2.1 update for the T-Mobile Motorola Cliq is on its way
In a world filled with news about smartphones being updated to Android 2.2, it’s easy to forget just how many Android devices aren’t even on 2.1. Such is the case of one Motorola Cliq, which for months and months seemed all but forgotten by Motorola in Android 1.x territory. Well, there’s good news today for [...]
Official Android 2.2 Froyo update for Samsung Galaxy S finally available
Samsung seems to have finally launched a Froyo 2.2 update for its hugely successful Galaxy S smartphone. According to BriefMobile, Swedroid and this thread at the XDA developers forums, an official Froyo build (I9000 JPM) is being pushed to Galaxy S owners in Sweden, Norway and Denmark. The update is made via Kies and, hopefully, [...]
Sony Ericsson posts Q3 2010 results, still dreams of becoming the largest Android vendor
Sony Ericsson has announced its financial results for the third quarter of 2010. Like in the previous quarter, the company has managed to make profit ($49 million), despite selling fewer handsets (10.4 million, compared to 11 million in the second quarter). During Q3, SE launched its Xperia handsets in new markets, including the US and [...]
Palm strikes back at Nokia for stealing its WebOS design VP, hires ex-MeeGo head Ari Jaaksi
Back in September, Nokia hired Palm’s vice president of design, Peter Skillman, as its new VP of MeeGo UX and services. One month later, meaning now, Palm is striking back at Nokia by hiring Ari Jaaksi, who recently resigned from his position as head of Nokia’s MeeGo branch. All Things Digital has it that, starting [...]
Palm Pre 2 will be on Verizon
The Palm Pre 2 is coming soon. That much is clear. We already know its specs, we’ve also seen some live hands-on pictures, and today’s leak is about its presence in the United States. Previous leaks either came from French carrier SFR or were related to the device it will sell. But now it looks [...]
Motorola knows what’s wrong with your Froyo-powered Droid X
The Android 2.2 Froyo update for Verizon’s Motorola Droid X was one hotly anticipated software package. And it got released into the wild last month. Since the update was deployed, numerous issues with it started to surface as people were (and still are) experiencing a multitude of bugs, some small, some rather annoying. A thread [...]
T-Mobile Comet (Huawei Ideos) Android Froyo phone coming to the US on November 3?
Officially announced in early September, the Huawei Ideos will, apparently, be released by T-Mobile in the US next month. According to TmoNews, the fourth largest US carrier will sell the new Android smartphone starting November 3 under the name of T-Mobile Comet. Although it’s rather low-end, the Comet / Ideos will be launched with Android [...]
New luxury iPhone 4 costs $8 million
Remember the iPhone 3GS Kings Button, which was priced at $2.41 million last year? If you thought that was expensive, check out this new luxury iPhone 4, which costs no less than £5 million. – about $8 million. Customized by Stuart Hughes for a wealthy Australian businessman, the uber-expensive iPhone 4 is dressed in rose [...]
Verizon iPhone on track for March release
It’s time for some new info on that elusive iPhone for Verizon. We’ve previously heard on two separate occasions that production will start before the end of this year. And while that certainly is reassuring, the problem is that up until now there wasn’t one credible rumor about when the smartphone will be out in [...]
Rugged Samsung Xcover B2710 launched in Russia. Orange UK will offer it, too
Samsung has a new rugged phone called Xcover B2710. Like the E2370 (available since August), the Samsung B2710 is a waterproof and dustproof candybar. It features a 2 inch QVGA display, 3G (UMTS only), A-GPS, Google Maps, social networking integration, 2MP camera, and MicroSD card support. The handset has been launched in Russia, where it [...]
Apple iPad officially coming to Verizon on October 28. No 3G, Wi-Fi only
Surprise: Verizon and Apple have announced that the iPad (currently available only on AT&T in the US) would be launched by Big Red on October 28. Only the Wi-Fi version of the iPad will be sold through Verizon – that’s because Apple doesn’t make 3G iPads to support CDMA networks (yet). Verizon will offer the [...]
New BlackBerry Bold 9780 to be launched by Rogers on October 27?
The unannounced BlackBerry Bold 9780 will be available in Canada not only via Telus (apparently starting October 21), but also via Rogers. However, the largest Canadian carrier will launch the new Bold a bit later than Telus. According to TheBerryFix, Rogers will sell the BlackBerry Bold 9780 starting October 27. The price? $149.99 with a [...]
Opera Mobile for Android will be available “within a month”
Several months after launching Opera Mini for Android, Opera has now announced the upcoming availability of Opera Mobile for Google’s OS. Expected to be compatible with all Android builds, Opera Mobile will come with hardware acceleration (which lets it “run at lightning speed”) and pinch to zoom (which allows users to “choose their own level [...]