MetroPCS to launch 4G LTE Android phone in early 2011
MetroPCS already has a 4G LTE handset – the Samsung Craft QWERTY slider – but this is just a feature phone, not a smartphone. So in case you’re wondering when will the regional carrier have a 4G smartphone, the answer seems to be: in early 2011. According to Fierce Wireless, the new smartphone will run [...]
Free Google eBooks app available for Android, iPhone, iPad (video)
The same day it unveiled Android 2.3 Gingerbread and the new Nexus S, Google has announced the availability of Google eBooks for Android, iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Web, Nook and Sony readers. Available via the new Google eBookstore (accessible here), Google eBooks offers more than 3 million titles, both free and paid. The Google eBooks [...]
Google Nexus S and Android 2.3 Gingerbread finally announced (video)
Google has finally announced the new version of its OS – Android 2.3 Gingerbread – as well as the first smartphone based on it: none other than the Samsung-made Google Nexus S. First of all, let’s talk about the Nexus S. Apart from being the world’s first Gingerbread handset, it’s also the first to feature [...]
Sony Ericsson intros Xperia X10 Experience Packs: XP110, XP120 and XP130
Remember those Experience Packs that Sony Ericsson talked about when announcing the LiveView micro display? Well, the first three of them are now official. They’re the XP110 Fitness Experience Pack, the XP120 Business Experience Pack, and the XP130 Design Experience Pack. Here’s what’s included in them: XP110 Fitness Experience Pack – LiveView micro display, SportyPal [...]
Samsung W899 is the company’s first Android flip phone
Until now, Samsung has launched lots and lots of Android handsets, but they’re all either touchscreen candybars, or touchscreen sliders with QWERTY keyboards. Well, today marks the introduction of a Samsung Android phone in a new form factor: clamshell. The new phone is the Samsung W899, officially announced in China, where it should be available [...]
White Apple iPhone 4 coming next spring after all?
Not long ago, we’ve heard that Apple may have cancelled the launch of its white iPhone 4 – which, according to the company, has proven to be “more challenging to manufacture than expected.” However, if this new piece of info is to be believed, the white iPhone 4 will be available in the end. 9to5mac [...]
Asus E600 with Windows Phone 7 might hit AT&T
Back in August, an unnamed Asus smartphone with Windows Phone 7 was caught in the wild. Now it has appeared again, and this time we know its name, plus some of its features. The smartphone is called Asus E600, it looks simple and stylish and it will likely be announced and launched pretty soon. Its [...]
All LG mobile phones to utilize Eco-Magnesium by 2012
LG is no stranger to eco-friendly phones and, although it currently doesn’t have as many of them as Samsung, it is committed to making all its handsets more eco-friendly. The company has announced that, by 2012, all Magnesium used in its phones will be replaced with a more environmentally-friendly alloy called Eco-Magnesium. The new material [...]
Sprint Blackberry Style Review
Following a trend of phone companies naming their phones after cool adjectives or nouns, Research in Motion released the Blackberry Style this past week on Sprint. I do find it rather ironic that a phone named “Style” is actually a clamshell smartphone, since in 2010 this particular form factor is not in style at all; [...]
Verizon’s Pantech UML290 4G LTE modem available tomorrow, too
Earlier this week, when Verizon announced that its 4G LTE network would go live on December 5 (i.e. tomorrow), it said that only the LG VL600 modem would be available for the beginning. However, it turns out that there will be two modems launched tomorrow. Apart form the LG one, customers will also be able [...]
Sony Ericsson PSP Z1 phone with Android Gingerbread in new videos
We’ve already seen the Sony Ericsson PSP in a video, but that video’s really blurry, and the handset can’t be checked out properly. Well, two new videos have showed up, this time allowing us to take a very good look at the PSP Z1. The phone seems to be a bit on the thick side [...]
Verizon offers BOGO deal for all the Droid phones except the Motorola Droid Pro
Verizon has a nice holiday offer out for those of you who’d like a new Android smartphone. Or two. See, it’s a buy-one-get-one (BOGO) offer, that applies to the HTC Droid Incredible, Motorola Droid 2 Global and Motorola Droid X, but strangely not to the only other current member of the Droid family, the Motorola [...]
Canada: Videotron launches cheap LG Wink slider and red BlackBerry Curve 3G
Videotron has launched the LG Wink cheap sliding featurephone. Videotron’s LG Wink is the third device to have this name that we’ve seen since August, and while it does resemble Mobilicity’s Wink, it’s not identical. It’s also a very long way from the touch-enabled Wink that LG announced back in August. So apparently there may [...]
HTC Desire HD to hit India within a week, Desire Z coming sometime later
This isn’t confirmed yet, but it looks like the HTC Desire HD will be officially launched in India within a week. According to FoneArena, the new Desire may retail for about 35,000 INR ($775). At the moment, Indian customers can buy the Desire HD only on the grey market, without warranty and for about 40,000 [...]
Unboxing the Samsung Continuum on Verizon
Just when I start thinking how impossible it would be to actually come up with a fresh design for an Android smartphone, I’m proven wrong. This time it was Samsung that thought outside the box (no pun intended, since this is an unboxing) and came up with something new to tweak its already massively successful [...]
AT&T LG Quantum Review
Windows Phone 7 is brand-spanking new to the mobile OS world, trying to win back hearts of millions of disenchanted WM 5 and 6 users who grew frustrated at the lack of change. With iPhone and Android taking charge in popularity and user friendliness, Microsoft’s reputation in the world of handheld devices grew more and [...]
App Review: Google Reader for Android
I am a diehard and avid fan of Google Reader. I can’t help it. It’s just a part of who I am, I guess. Frankly, if I could find an RSS reader other than Google that suits my needs and has as friendly a user interface, I’d make the jump. But the fact of the [...]
Motorola Droid X clone comes “with Google” and Windows Mobile
Verizon’s Motorola Droid X is one of the hottest Android smartphones that you can get right now in the US, so it’s not at all a surprise that some Chinese company has made a clone of it. Although the fake Droid X is a dual SIM handset, it looks pretty much like the original. It [...]
Best Buy offering free Android phones this month, Droid Incredible, LG Optimus S and T included
If you’re in the US and you need a new Android smartphone, now it’s the perfect time to get one, because Best Buy has a really nice promotion that lasts throughout December. The giant retailer is offering “a minimum of four free smart phones” until the end of the year, and what’s really cool is [...]
UK: Apple iPad now available at Orange, T-Mobile and 3
Today, Orange, T-Mobile and 3 have all started offering subsidized iPads in the UK. All carriers sell the iPad for the same price on contract (24 month agreement required): £199 for the 16GB model, £249 for the 32GB model, and £349 for the 64GB one. The difference is in what you get for £25 per [...]