Golden Motorola XT800+ with Android Froyo and faster processor launched in China
Remember Motorola’s XT800 Android smartphone, launched earlier this year in China and South Korea (as Moto Glam)? The handset has an upgraded version now – the Motorola XT800+, which features a somewhat luxurious, golden metallic body, and a leather back cover. The new XT800+ has more RAM (512MB), and a faster 1GHz processor (the old [...]
1 million Samsung Galaxy Tabs already sold
Less than two weeks ago, we reported that Samsung shipped 700,000 Galaxy Tabs worldwide. Now Samsung announced that its first Android tablet has been sold in more than 1 million units – this coming roughly two months after the Tab was first launched. Samsung hopes to sell at least 1.5 million tablets before the year’s [...]
New MeeGo tablet and Intel Atom-based MeeGo smartphone show up
We don’t get to hear much about MeeGo lately, and that’s because Intel and Nokia – the two companies behind the new OS – are quietly readying the platform for when the first devices based on it will hit the market. Until then, Intel has reportedly held a conference in Moscow yesterday, where it showcased [...]
Clearwire intros Clear modem with Wi-Fi, might launch Samsung Notion Android slider
Clearwire – which, together with Sprint, is offering 4G WiMax services in the US – announced the availability of the Clear Modem with Wi-Fi. As the name suggests, the new modem allows customers to bring wireless Clear 4G services to homes or offices. You can buy the Clear Modem with Wi-Fi for $120, or you [...]
Verizon LG Ally gets a software update, it’s not Froyo
Verizon’s oft-forgotten midrange Android-powered smartphone that packs a side-sliding full QWERTY keyboard, the LG Ally, has received a software update. Sadly for its owners, the phone will still be on Android 2.1 even after this update is applied, since it isn’t an update to Android 2.2 Froyo. There’s no word on when or even if [...]
T-Mobile UK’s Android 2.2 update for the Samsung Galaxy S delayed, coming next week
A couple of days ago, T-Mobile UK went and announced on its support forums that the update to Android 2.2 Froyo for the Samsung Galaxy S devices they’ve sold would be rolling out either that day via OTA, or yesterday via Samsung’s desktop software, Kies. Well, two days have passed and there’s still no sign [...]
Android 2.3 Gingerbread unveiled in official Google video
Google has been teasing with Android Gingerbread since October, and yet the newest iteration of the mobile OS is still not out. However, Google Hong Kong has recently posted a video showcasing Voice Search in Cantonese and – surprise – the smartphone on which the app is demoed runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread. There aren’t too [...]
LG T320 Flick to be launched in Canada
A new LG touchscreen feature phone is about to be launched in Canada: the LG T320. The handset is already available in other parts of the world under two names: LG Wink 3G and LG Cookie 3G. In Canada, the T320 is called LG Flick. Its features include 3G, a 2.8 inch QVGA touchscreen display, [...]
iOS/ iPhone 5 to get pop-up radial menus?
Basically unchanged since it’s introduction in 2007, Apple’s iPhone/iOS user interface is still the best in class today, almost four years later. It now runs on more then a hundred million devices, have been jumped up to a much bigger iPad form factor, and only required minor tweaks and changes during it’s 4 year tenure. Well, in [...]
RIM buys The Astonishing Tribe, BlackBerry and PlayBook UIs should be enhanced soon
RIM announced it has bought yet another company – after Dash Navigation, Torch Mobile, and Viigo. The latest to join RIM is TAT, aka The Astonishing Tribe, which was acquired by the Canadian smarthone and tablet maker for an undisclosed sum. Based in Sweden (with offices also in San Francisco, Tokyo, Seoul and Taipei), TAT [...]
83% of all Android smartphones now run Android 2.x
Google has just unveiled that 83% of all Android-powered smartphones active around the world now run either Android 2.1 Éclair, or Android 2.2 Froyo. 43.4% of all handsets have the latest version of Android (2.2), while 39.6% still run 2.1 (and some of them will be stuck with it forever). The rest of the Android [...]
Android Google Reader app now available
Google Reader now has an official Android application, which will, of course, help users read Atom and RSS feeds directly on their smartphones. The new Android app supports multiple accounts, friends, unread counts, synced preferences,search, linking and sharing, and pretty much anything else you’d need. Google says that there are a few „harder to discover [...]
AT&T Dell Streak Android 2.2 update now available
At first, the Dell Streak Android tablet/smartphone was released running Android 1.6. Then, an update to Android 2.2 Froyo became available for unlocked Streaks. Not long after that, Dell started selling new Streaks with Android 2.2 preinstalled. What has been missing from this picture? The Froyo update for Dell Streak devices sold by AT&T. Well, [...]
Dell Venue Pro is now available for $99.99, will ship on December 9
Yesterday, we brought you news that Dell’s first Windows Phone 7 device, the Venue Pro is about to finally be released, and would cost $149.99 and be shipped out from Dell on December 14. Soon after that post was published, the Dell page showing the Venue Pro got pulled. Until today, when it’s back up, [...]
Verizon’s 4G LTE network goes live on December 5
Verizon has announced that its LTE network, which it dubs 4G, will go live this Sunday, on December 5. As they have previously said, for starters LTE service will be available in 38 metropolitan areas and 60 airports. The full list of cities and airports is available here. To check if your specific street will [...]
Sprint Sanyo Zio Review
Over the next few weeks we will see a whole lot of amazing high-end smartphones come out that will blow us away. While we wait in the meantime, we’re noticing a huge flock of mid-range to low-end smartphones getting released in preparation for the holidays. This is important, as not everybody shopping for a new [...]
Motorola Olympus MB860 shows off its Android UI with MotoBlur
Motorola Olympus – one of Moto’s next high-end Android smartpohnes – has appeared in a new set of photos, and this time we can confirm that it runs Android 2.2 Froyo. The new images also confirm that the Olympus features MotoBlur (which might be bad news for some), and that its model number is Motorola [...]
Sony Ericsson’s PSP Android phone (Z1) caught on video?
Expected to be officially unveiled on December 9, the long-rumored Sony Ericsson PSP phone seems to have appeared in a video for the very first time. Apparently, the video was shot somewhere in Greece. According to Techblog.gr, the PSP phone is also called Sony Ericsson Z1. Reportedly, it runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread, featuring a 4 [...]
Verizon HTC Merge detailed in Entrepreneur Magazine, launch date still a mystery
November is now gone and Verizon Wireless has still not announced the HTC Merge – a new Android 2.2 Froyo QWERTY smartphone that we’ve seen lots of times until now. So when will it announce it? We’ve no idea, but it should happen soon, especially since the Merge has just made an appearance in the [...]