Bell: HTC Desire Z available tomorrow, BlackBerry Bold 9780 delayed again
It looks like the HTC Desire Z is (finally) slowly becoming available throughout the world. Just a few hours ago it started shipping in the UK, and Bell will start selling it in Canada tomorrow. HTC’s newest Android smartphone to pack a physical QWERTY keyboard will set you back $129.95 if you sign a 3-year [...]
Verizon Samsung Continuum specs break cover (again)
Verizon’s Samsung Continuum, a Galaxy S phone with a unique secondary ‘ticker’ display, still hasn’t been officially announced, but that hasn’t stopped details about it from leaking over time – including a video. The Continuum will be released on November 11, according to a previous rumor. It has also recently been featured as a holiday [...]
Palm Pre 2 pre-orders will begin in the US on November 8
According to previous rumors, the Palm Pre 2 will be released by Verizon on November 11. And it now looks like HP’s new WebOS 2.0-powered smartphone will get a short three-day pre-order period before that. Those interested in the Palm Pre 2 will be able to pre-order it starting November 8. That information has been [...]
HTC Desire Z finally in stock in the UK
The HTC Desire HD and Desire Z were both delayed and weren’t able to make the first expected deadline to the market – mid-October. The Desire HD however has started to ship by the end of last month, leaving its QWERTY-touting sibling the only one still not available to buy. Well that’s starting to change. [...]
Apple approves Skyfire for iPhone, the app should be available this Thursday
Already available for Android, the Skyfire mobile browser will be launched for iPhone and iPad, too. It won’t be a standalone browser, though, but an app that runs on top of Safari. According to CNN, Apple has just approved the Skyfire app, which will be available in App Store starting this Thursday (November 4). Unlike [...]
Verizon cancels LG enV Pro just days before release
Several pictures of the user guide for the LG enV Pro have leaked on Android-Life today, and they bring us, believe it or not, the first images of this device. Which is quite surprising in this day and age, when new smartphones are leaked numerous times before they get released. Not the enV Pro though, [...]
Explaining SYMBEOSE, Symbian& EU funding thing
Yesterday Symbian published the news about receiving a 22 million Euro funding through EU Artemis Joint Technology Initiative for a project called SYMBEOSE. For those not familiar how these EU funding projects work and EUspeak in general, in which part of that post was written, SYMBEOSE announcement might have sounded mightily confusing . No wonder [...]
Telstra’s T-Touch Android tablet available starting today?
Telstra is apparently ready to start selling its own Android tablet, called T-Touch Tab and manufactured by Huawei (it’s actually a re-branded Ideos S7). According to Telstra’s official website, those who have pre-ordered the T-Touch Tab should receive it starting today. The tablet costs $299 outright (no contract agreement required). The T-Touch Tab currently runs [...]
The new QWERTY Nokia X2-01 is like the C3, but not really
Nokia is getting ready to launch its second S40 QWERTY phone (the first one being the very popular C3-00, available around the world since June). The new phone is the unannounced Nokia X2-01. Like the C3, the X2-01 has a QVGA landscape display, a full QWERTY keyboard beneath it, GSM/GPRS/EDGE connectivity (no 3G), Bluetooth, FM [...]
Red BlackBerry Bold 9780 also coming soon?
Several days ago, AT&T and RIM announced that the BlackBerry Torch 9800 would be out in red, so why not a red BlackBerry Bold 9780, too? Well, although the Bold 9780 currently appears on RIM’s official website only in black and white, a red version of it also exists. The red Bold 9780 has been [...]
Verizon presents the Samsung Continuum Galaxy S and the Galaxy Tab as holiday gift ideas
Although it’s still not officially announced, the Samsung Continuum Galaxy S is now featured on Verizon Wireless’ website. The largest US carrier shows off the Continuum next to the Samsung Galaxy Tab and the already-available Samsung Fascinate, on a Holyday Gift Ideas webpage. Said webpage can be accessed here (it may not last long there [...]
T-Mobile’s Dell Venue Pro with Windows Phone 7 hits the FCC
A Dell smartphone that features T-Mobile USA 3G (1700MHz) has just been approved by the FCC: it’s the Windows Phone 7-based Venue Pro (model name V02S). There’s nothing really new that the FCC tells us about the Venue Pro. However, the handset’s approval means it can (and should be) launched by T-Mobile pretty soon, possibly [...]
Verizon Motorola Droid 2 Global specs revealed, including color options
The Motorola Droid 2 Global (previously known as World Edition) is coming soon, that much is clear. And as time goes by (and we’re presumably close to its release date), the leaks only intensify. This time a comparison sheet between the Droid 2 Global, the iPhone 4, the HTC Droid Incredible and the Samsung Fascinate [...]
Walmart will sell you T-Mobile’s LG Optimus T for $0.97, Motorola Defy for $48.88
T-Mobile is prepping for a big launch of a few midrange and low-end Android devices on Wednesday, November 3. The devices in question will be the LG Optimus T, T-Mobile Comet and Motorola Defy. We’ve already known these will be reasonably priced, but the news just keeps getting better – for those interested in two [...]
Motorola Droid 2 and HTC Droid Incredible both now go for only $149.99 from Verizon
Verizon has just dropped the prices of two of its high-end Android smartphones – the Motorola Droid 2 and the HTC Droid Incredible. Both were previously sold for $199.99 with the now-standard 2-year contract, and both are now available for $50 less. A new 2-year service agreement is naturally still required. What’s more, there’s a [...]
Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 will get Android 2.1 this year
Just a few days ago Sony Ericsson announced that the software update to Android 2.1 for the Xperia X10, X10 Mini and X10 Mini Pro would start rolling out this past Sunday – at least in some markets. Left out of that announcement, however, was any mention of Sony Ericsson’s other Android smartphone – the [...]
T-Mobile Comet (with Android Froyo) will join the Moto Defy and LG Optimus T on November 3
T-Mobile has officially announced it would introduce three new Android handsets on November 3. As expected, the handsets are Motorola Defy, LG Optimus T, and T-Mobile Comet (which is a re-branded Huawei Ideos). This is the first time that T-Mobile officially mentions the Comet. The Huawei-made smartphone will come with Android 2.2 Froyo on-board, featuring [...]
Announced: Samsung Evergreen a667 for AT&T and Samsung M360 for Sprint
Samsung Mobile USA has just announced two new feature phones, one for AT&T (Samsung Evergreen a667) and one for Sprint (Samsung M360). The Evergreen a667 for AT&T is an eco-friendly QWERTY slider that will be available starting November 7 for $29.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate (2-yr contract agreement and a monthly plan of at [...]
Google Nexus Two isn’t made by Samsung after all?
Samsung is all set to unveil a brand new Android device on November 8, and last week we’ve found out that this might be the Google Nexus Two. However, South Korean portal Danawa has quoted a Samsung official who said that the Gingerbread Samsung Nexus Two rumor is “simply not true.” Of course, said official [...]
Verizon’s Samsung Continuum i400 and Samsung Zeal landing on November 11
Verizon didn’t launch the Samsung Continuum on October 29, as we’ve previously heard it would. But fret not, the new Galaxy S Android smartphone is coming really soon. Phone Arena has some Verizon documents which show that the Continuum will be released on November 11, alongside another phone made by Samsung and called Samsung Zeal. [...]